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neekafat
Emeritus
September 22nd 2024


26926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

"LCD Soundsystem, Jon Hopkins, M83, James Blake, Darkside, Jai Paul, DJ Koze, Flying Lotus, Daft Punk and Todd Terje (and I'm probably forgetting some) all released albums that were true definitive electronics albums in the 2010s."

nice im still catching up on my 2010s electronic



"no to half that list"

which half lol

onionbubs
September 22nd 2024


23796 Comments


i gotta jam this. debut ruled

rufinthefury
September 22nd 2024


4389 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Still Summer into Life is that good stuff

Butkuiss
September 22nd 2024


8746 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

What’s with all the annoying Stutter House vocal samples

durkl
September 23rd 2024


65 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"Breather would slap if they removed that dumb voice over. Not everyone should be Fred Again.





"Baddy is a cool track, but tell me it doesn't sound like this:" theres similar elements but that song sounds like a college kid's FL Studio session structurally while Jamie has a way more refined sense of build"



Yeah Jamie XX builds stuff really well and Breather is probably the best example of that here

DoofDoof
September 24th 2024


17330 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

The spoken word on ‘Falling Together’ keeps making me picture bleedin Angela Rayner in that Ibiza DJ booth

zakalwe
September 24th 2024


41986 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Haha



Absolute slag

keaton_86
September 24th 2024


1374 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Listened to half of this today. It's house music for people that don't listen to house music. That summer song was a banger though. Kinda reminds me of when King Gizzard do metal. For people that don't listen to it, it's amazing, but for people who are into the genre, theres a hundred other artists that have done it much better.

zakalwe
September 24th 2024


41986 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Don’t be an arse.



I was genuinely listening to House music in 1988



This album is class.

jrlikestodance
September 24th 2024


6851 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Yea idk if I can get behind that fully. Baddy is such a nice callback to 90s Chicago house, I just wish it was a bit longer and a little more expansive instrumentally. Some of the vocals are my biggest gripe. Love some cheesy house vocals but here not is much.

durkl
September 24th 2024


65 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm a little surprised everyone seems to like baddy so much. It doesn't really stand out much compared to the rest here for me.

bloc
September 24th 2024


70880 Comments


"Don’t be an arse.



I was genuinely listening to House music in 1988



This album is class."

You're giving me strong torso

durkl
September 24th 2024


65 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"You're giving me strong torso"



That quote with the little laugh after it makes me cringe every time I hear it



bloc
September 24th 2024


70880 Comments


Haha I get that. I don't mind it personally

rufinthefury
September 24th 2024


4389 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I honestly zone out of lyrics on edm, like I straight up do not give a fuck what they're saying 99% of the time. It's like black metal the vocals are just there to be another part of the instrumentals.



But the talking bits? Man they get me sometimes. Why is it always so awkward lmao

durkl
September 25th 2024


65 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"I honestly zone out of lyrics on edm, like I straight up do not give a fuck what they're saying 99% of the time. It's like black metal the vocals are just there to be another part of the instrumentals.

But the talking bits? Man they get me sometimes. Why is it always so awkward lmao"



Yeah the talking is much harder to ignore. I also don't mind complete nonsense in lyrics, but it's hard to ignore if it's just talking.

The worst is these tracks I get recommended through Spotify sometimes which are these ambient tracks with a British sounding gentleman talking over it saying all kinds of "profound" things about life, the cosmos and being in the current moment. Who likes that stuff?

keaton_86
September 25th 2024


1374 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I think any track that features Robyn would be a much better song is she was removed from it.

rufinthefury
September 25th 2024


4389 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

6eah the while therapy edm trend aint for me. Fed Again is all I can handle in that realm and that style is my least favorite of his tunes lol

zakalwe
September 25th 2024


41986 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Robyn is a funny old bird.

She either looks a million quid or a school dinner lady.

zakalwe
September 25th 2024


41986 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Could’ve gone to Alexandra Palace tonight to see this fella but I have to be up at silly bollocks o’clock tomorrow morning which has put an end to that.

Shame.



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