From Sham Beam Sent Wed, Mar 28th 2018, 09:03
From Sham Beam Sent Wed, Mar 28th 2018, 09:03
I'm always keen to hear a bit of footwork. Thanks for the Ja Ru tip. I'm listening now and am enjoying it. JLin is too much for me. I've tried a couple of times but haven't got into it yet. I like how "Pariah" has got the beats but is a bit more restrained with the number of things going on. On 28/03/2018 4:12 AM, kent williams wrote: > https://ruiho.bandcamp.com/album/becoming-is-an-eventful-situation > > From one of my favorite labels right now Objects Ltd., the brainchild > of Lara Rix Paradinas. She has stated the mission of the label to be to > promote music by "women & non-binary artists." Which makes it a good > place to hear things a bit rotated out of the normal. > > What Rui Ho sounds like to me, surprisingly or not, is Mike Paradinas's > early work. Lush synths, distorted drums, but everything has a sheen of > distortion from the subtle to the outre. Her harmonic palette seems to > be tuned to the 'black keys' pentatonic sounds, which is always > serviceable and consonant, but she finds ways to push the familiar into > the strange. > > Everything on Objects is worthy, but Ja Ru's "Pariah" is in particular a > real game-changer both for the label and for Chicago footwork. I know > footwork isn't super-popular on this list, but if you've not liked it in > general, this may be the album to change your mind. I like JLin a lot, > but Jana's stuff I think might be more fully realized music than most of > Jlin's. > > -- Sham Beam