try out maxwellâs 1998 sophomore album âembryaâ. my personal favorite track is âluxury: cococureâ. delicious basslines, smooth + warm vocals and funky, dynamic percussion. very enigmatic and sounds just like the album cover looks. not on this album, but i also highly suggest his beautiful cover of kate bushâs âthis womanâs workâ. he makes the song very much his own, while still being loyal to the original. his experimentation, creativity and wide array of inspirations make it obvious as to why heâs seen as a pioneer of the genre.
Sep 30, 2024
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max cooper just put out a new EP yesterday and itâs so good. i might have a preference for him since i met one of my lovers the night we saw his set after she bailed on the DJ she was planning to f***. i mean this guy has a PhD in whatever he does, so listen to it for yourself. his sound is exploratory and full of innovative compositions, but track 2 is classic max.
Feb 29, 2024
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the original track and album are iconic for obvious reasons, but jamie brings a dreamy, ethereal quality to the production and sampling that elevates this track to some kind of angelic transmission from another realm
i met him at a party
he said the sweetest things
i was lonely and naive
i guess thatâs why i believed
every word.
Jun 1, 2024
as the years go by i realized how much this dude has inspired me. somehow his songs captures the essence of night time, syrupy mysterious nocturnal grooves. itâs hard to recommend a proper entry point into his catalogue too, because thereâs so much and to me itâs all good. though i always fall back on his solo records âbete noirâ & âboys & girls.â it has the super hit âslave to loveâ obviously - but the other tracks are just as juicy - âwindsweptâ is a personal fav. each song features a different heavy hitter guitarist from the era too - which is why iâm so obsessed with it. heâs like a sweaty laid back lounge singer serenading you at 3AM, meanwhile these guitarists are just shredding behind him.
last saturday, i played a show and to get myself in the zone, i popped on âboys & girlsâ on the drive over. when i finished my set, a friend asked about the drum machine in one song and i said i took a cue from ferry and he recommended his 2010 record âolympiaâ which i somehow had never heard and now iâm currently obsessed with it. when i was packing up my gear the dj just put on another track of his. the next day at work, to sustain my post-show high i put on roxy music, and a customer i usually never talk to wound up sticking around telling me how much they love him. anyways i love that heâs kind of my spirit guide following me around at the moment and highly recommend doing a deep dive into his world if you havenât done so alreadyâŚ
Mar 9, 2024
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Aug 12, 2024
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started writing this a few hours ago when i first saw this ask, then decided against posting but i've since changed my mind. there really is no justification for it outside of entitlement. even from a selfish lens, there's no long term benefit to its usage. it harms the world and culture in more ways than one.
a.) the water and energy usage that isn't a secret at this point. "no ethical consumption under capitalism" yadda yadda and yeah corporations are extremely culpable in the state of the environment but there really is no need for chatgpt and the planet is already too delicate at the moment.
b.) the exploitation of workers in the global south. this program is not just a computer figuring it all out, there are in fact humans behind it. it reminds me of the acceptance of fast fashion and how people have the tendency to divorce the idea of the garment worker from the garment they wear when all clothing is handmade in some way, shape or form. you need hands to man a sewing machine, you need human eyes to moderate content. also, content moderation can be a thankless job with psychological repercussions.
c.) the erosion of social skills, humanity and media literacy...this one is very personal. like, you have a cushy email job but can't write an email? you need a computer and a worker in kenya to get paid a dollar an hour to figure out a daily routine for you? i've seen the program churn out blatantly incorrect information. fine tuning a prompt or chat or whatever to give you the exact (possibly incorrect) answer you need isn't really that much less work than sharpening your research skills by cracking open a dictionary or using boolean search keys in google. again, the main issue with this kind of stuff is the entitlement to convenience, with no thought towards the repercussions within and outside of us. we are losing major recipes (critical thinking and media literacy) here, people!
i probably did an iffy job are coherently articulating my thoughts here but i am in fact, human. and thatâs the beauty of it all.
Oct 1, 2024
i donât work w oils often, mainly tempera, collage, and digital but this is the one i'm still most proud of as of late bc itâs way bigger (18x24) than i'm used to working <3
Oct 14, 2024