Nighttime (1995)

I think we're listening to different things. My nighttime world is orange. It sounds orange. I took a week off work to fly to Wellington for three days and see Lil B. Before flying, this was my jam. This and Burnout Paradise. Let the genius of this and the retardation of that hypnotize you into a warm, low-key, hypno-elation. 'Cause it's all fun and it's all orange.

A+

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downer dub (2013)

because 2013 doesn't have a clear narrative yet, the self-sufficient or enclosed uncomfortably-modern-armchair-looking-out-over-any-city-at-night-through-the-huge-glass-wall-of-some-modernist-house-inherited-or-broken-into-however-you-did-it indifference of a record like You Are Eternity is really able to thrive (or just exist, if it wants) without seeming too incongruous, casually helped of course by the listener's list of things that have sort of stirred or interested (the listener) in this vague new/old soundworld which goes like this: UMO (timeless) then Waka (ephemeral). that is to say you'll dig it because you like it, or dislike it because you don't, and that's it. the record doesn't tease, twist, or change, but typifies. where we're headed, i don't know, but this one'll assuredly stay put. return trips are welcome, of course, but not at all necessary.

B-

try / buy

Pacifica (2013)

Holy shit nature and warm and the sublimity of dub but warm and rumbling and like the cover and it won't change anything but it doesn't want to and doesn't need to and it's so warm

B

wait for re-release / chill til then

Michael Mayer - Immer (2002)

'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO FEEL GOOD, YA KNOW... MAN

the non-professional (non-critical) Immer written template seems to be Immer makes me feel cool even though i'm not and so here's my one:

my new haircut makes me feel like college Ders, one of my wisdom teeth broke through but only some of the way and when i poke the gum it expels pus and old food, the other side isn't showing at all, but it hurts, so i'm scared how gnarly it's gonna be when it gets to the same stage as the other one, if it ever does, i'm losing weight through exercise but not on my face, as a matter of fact, i think it's getting bloated, and the fact i care or even notice really bums me out, though i'm sure it's better that than the blur that beer-bros experience or lose track of experiencing, of course, when one day their faces are swollen 'cause carbs, 'cause dehydration, 'cause beer, and old girls are looking better than ever, maybe married, or they have a kid, or they just don't want a bloat-face ex-bully ex-bro age 20something beerface who told their little brother what they did, how they did it and when, too, publicly, trust translates to humiliation, with these people, what's left but denial, harden the hard shell of denial through future bullying, but who's left, ha? nobody, but seriously, where does this pus come from, in this volume, it's like getting a cold and thinking roughly the same thing, about snot, college ders, broken gums, bleeding teeth, wait for lunch, slimy cucumber, single, of course, sex-drive, gone, at 22, baldness comes in cycles, next stop, next year, shiny-head-fat-faced-fuck, and ya know what? as much as I like Immer there's no way it'll ever make me feel cool, and it shouldn't work on you either

Flying Far makes it feel like I'm flying through the sky, hungry, on a wave of positivity

A-

5/5 amg etc

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Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)

Having gone techno but good then consciously messing his chances at mainstream success with techno for losers and then avant-garde techno for migraines after his Eno for depressives phase, James went avant-garde migraine pop with his Richard D. James Album. I got it when I liked an Animal Collective/Black Dice split and found that the most common complaint was that it sounded like Aphex Twin gone shit. Then Richard D. James Album started playing when I took a trip through Desolace and entered the wonderfully tranquil Feralas for no reason and I got this vibe from 4 that I couldn't believe. THAT VIBE. I like it when Aphex is difficult- he really drills your brain with his drums and noises- but Richard D. James Album has a few pop songs which make it stand out. It's really very sweet. Fingerbib alone would sell me on the whole thing. Whether he went pop for the sake of introspection as the title suggests, or to push electronica into a more generally human area as fans believe, it's certainly human- this sounds corny but every time I hear 4, Fingerbib,To Cure A Weakling Child, Goon Gumpas, and Girl/Boy Song I get all warm inside knowing that a) they exist, and b) I've heard them. Even the more difficult tracks often have appealingly odd structures, sweet ambience behind the drums, or unsettling mini-atmospheres like there's a beautiful/sad world behind all the layers and avant-garde showiness. It might just be that he knows when to pair two obvious elements- the sample toward the end of Girl/Boy Song slowing to a close as he continues to aggressively scatter his drums- but that's still worthy of praise. Really though, it's the vibes, however he went about breathing life into various sources, mechanical drums and senseless noises. Fact is there's the life there and I'm gonna stop writing now 'cause that cover is staring right at me

A

buy 1/2
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Polygon Window - Surfing On Sine Waves (1992)

Oh music! How something like

Surfing On Sine Waves is rave music for weird people on downers who won't dance

can either be a compliment or an insult depending on who reads that/agrees with it

A-

I think it's cool

bitch

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