Top Tracks 2014 Part V 69 - 60
69. Inventions – Peaceable
Child (Inventions)
When Eluvium / Mark Cooper and Mark T. Smith from Explosions In The Sky announced a collaborative effort, I was excited. Inventions feels very natural without any track being a feature of either Explosions In The Sky on a Eluvium track or vice-versa. Peacable Child brings a good amount of ethereal noise but it is when the slow pounding beat hits that the track really takes off. It´s a fully immersive layering process, spiraling into bliss.
68. Future Islands – Spirit (Singles)
For all the synth-driven vibes arching back to past times, it is the voice of singer Samuel Herring that sets Future Islands far apart from anything existent or existing. The guttural quality adds depth and something devilish to otherwise sparkling pop rock.
67. Old Man Gloom – Predators (The Ape Of God)
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If there is one thing Old Man Gloom are good at, it is tearing your face of in a short amount of time only to duct tape the bits and pieces found back to you through interplay and instrumental bliss. Predators is the prime example of this years The Ape Of God (the real one for all I know). After three minutes of blasting doom with some of the harshest vocals I have heard from Aaron Turner since early ISIS, the band goes pale ambient ending in ghostly whispers and the nice feeling of dread.
66. Recondite – Jim Jams (Iffy)
Recondite was busy this year. With three singles/Ep´s, Iffy marks his third full length effort after last year’s sublime Hinterland. For this kind of house music becoming repetitive really fast, Iffy keeps things fresh with going easy on the ambiance and delivering an array of driving bassy tracks. If Hinterland dwelled more in the colors of white and brown, Iffy and especially Jim Jams introduces us to red and yellow; truly danceable and energetic from top to bottom.
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65. Yuki Murata – Cherry Blossoms (Gift)
Unfortunately I didn´t get to listen to Anoices´ new album yet, but member Yuki Murata delivered yet another serene effort. Cherry Blossoms has a childish playfulness to it, making heavy use of tingling keys and xylophone. Stargazing music.
64. PARTYNEXTDOOR – Sls (PARTNEXTDOOR2)
Drake´s other persona taking form in PARTYNEXTDOOR seemed to portrait the indulgent and purely positive, but with his second album/mixtape there was the layer of smoothness added. Sls grows stronger and stronger every second, starting from sitting in a chair and telling a story to shouting on stage and filling his listeners with good vibes.
63. Kele – Stay The Night (Trick)
Kele´s newest album came out of nowhere and to a time I was missing Bloc Party´s youthful indie music. There is a lot of progression in Trick from Boxer and Hunter, especially in the use of electronics. Kele has gotten back in touch with his voice it seems and with the few lines he delivers on Stay The Night, he breaks his whole agenda to you.
62. Fakear – Pale War God (Sauvage)
French producer Fakear should gain much more recognition then he does now I feel. There are many great producers out there, no doubt. But Fakear blends the various ethnic music influences so well into his sharp electronics that there is never a feeling of him "sampling" something. The best way to describe Pale Ware God might be a high climb as a spiritual journey with winds crashing around you and evoking the sound of praying monks.
61. Future – I Be U (Honest)
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Listening to Future can become dull if searching for true content. His songs about love / sexual encounters for the most part fall flat for me. But somehow his voice, though auto-tuned and altered, draws a certain pathos from dull lyrics. The icy beat and his crooning culminates in I Be U and stick to your mind after all of Honest has sucked away precious time of your life.
60. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (1989)
Taylor Swift is pop done right, even if this statement will prevent you from reading any further. The decisions to go full pop and therefore largely eschewing the acoustic elements might not be the best development but hopefully will only be for a short time. Blank Space has great appeal instrumentally and vocally and shows Swift dominating her own stereotypization with grandeur and irony.
When Eluvium / Mark Cooper and Mark T. Smith from Explosions In The Sky announced a collaborative effort, I was excited. Inventions feels very natural without any track being a feature of either Explosions In The Sky on a Eluvium track or vice-versa. Peacable Child brings a good amount of ethereal noise but it is when the slow pounding beat hits that the track really takes off. It´s a fully immersive layering process, spiraling into bliss.
68. Future Islands – Spirit (Singles)
For all the synth-driven vibes arching back to past times, it is the voice of singer Samuel Herring that sets Future Islands far apart from anything existent or existing. The guttural quality adds depth and something devilish to otherwise sparkling pop rock.
67. Old Man Gloom – Predators (The Ape Of God)
If there is one thing Old Man Gloom are good at, it is tearing your face of in a short amount of time only to duct tape the bits and pieces found back to you through interplay and instrumental bliss. Predators is the prime example of this years The Ape Of God (the real one for all I know). After three minutes of blasting doom with some of the harshest vocals I have heard from Aaron Turner since early ISIS, the band goes pale ambient ending in ghostly whispers and the nice feeling of dread.
66. Recondite – Jim Jams (Iffy)
Recondite was busy this year. With three singles/Ep´s, Iffy marks his third full length effort after last year’s sublime Hinterland. For this kind of house music becoming repetitive really fast, Iffy keeps things fresh with going easy on the ambiance and delivering an array of driving bassy tracks. If Hinterland dwelled more in the colors of white and brown, Iffy and especially Jim Jams introduces us to red and yellow; truly danceable and energetic from top to bottom.
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65. Yuki Murata – Cherry Blossoms (Gift)
Unfortunately I didn´t get to listen to Anoices´ new album yet, but member Yuki Murata delivered yet another serene effort. Cherry Blossoms has a childish playfulness to it, making heavy use of tingling keys and xylophone. Stargazing music.
64. PARTYNEXTDOOR – Sls (PARTNEXTDOOR2)
Drake´s other persona taking form in PARTYNEXTDOOR seemed to portrait the indulgent and purely positive, but with his second album/mixtape there was the layer of smoothness added. Sls grows stronger and stronger every second, starting from sitting in a chair and telling a story to shouting on stage and filling his listeners with good vibes.
63. Kele – Stay The Night (Trick)
Kele´s newest album came out of nowhere and to a time I was missing Bloc Party´s youthful indie music. There is a lot of progression in Trick from Boxer and Hunter, especially in the use of electronics. Kele has gotten back in touch with his voice it seems and with the few lines he delivers on Stay The Night, he breaks his whole agenda to you.
62. Fakear – Pale War God (Sauvage)
French producer Fakear should gain much more recognition then he does now I feel. There are many great producers out there, no doubt. But Fakear blends the various ethnic music influences so well into his sharp electronics that there is never a feeling of him "sampling" something. The best way to describe Pale Ware God might be a high climb as a spiritual journey with winds crashing around you and evoking the sound of praying monks.
61. Future – I Be U (Honest)
Listening to Future can become dull if searching for true content. His songs about love / sexual encounters for the most part fall flat for me. But somehow his voice, though auto-tuned and altered, draws a certain pathos from dull lyrics. The icy beat and his crooning culminates in I Be U and stick to your mind after all of Honest has sucked away precious time of your life.
60. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (1989)
Taylor Swift is pop done right, even if this statement will prevent you from reading any further. The decisions to go full pop and therefore largely eschewing the acoustic elements might not be the best development but hopefully will only be for a short time. Blank Space has great appeal instrumentally and vocally and shows Swift dominating her own stereotypization with grandeur and irony.
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