because this song is pretty amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYRfOy0J9w
― jaxon, Friday, 22 July 2011 05:38 (fourteen years ago)
where can i hear more?
he's got an album out w/charles hayward. sounds beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19d9D0UHe-I&feature=related
― jaxon, Friday, 22 July 2011 05:40 (fourteen years ago)
hmmm, newish album. free download. don't mind if i do
http://www.laverna.net/releases/Lav22.html
― jaxon, Friday, 22 July 2011 05:43 (fourteen years ago)
I shoulda put bjork and to rococo rot have sampled him and he sounds like Blue Nile in the title to get people to post.
― jaxon, Friday, 22 July 2011 19:26 (fourteen years ago)
Loving the new comp and the collaboration with Tempelhof. Also, this particular act of generosity was very welcome (see comments from youtube poster):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Ws3jTM_cQ
― doug watson, Saturday, 20 September 2014 12:46 (eleven years ago)
Is "Call Me" the EXACT midpoint between Blue Nile and Bark Psychosis or
― Andy K, Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:42 (ten years ago)
i've had the music from memory comp on preorder for an eternity now, is it finally out?
― the late great, Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:47 (ten years ago)
The 2CD is supposedly out this week in the US.
― Andy K, Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:53 (ten years ago)
is there anything else he's done that has vocals like Call Me? the rest of Wind is great too but I was disappointed there wasn't anything else like it
― ufo, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 11:35 (ten years ago)
'snake theory' and 'almanac' both have vocals
― max, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 12:29 (ten years ago)
was pleased to find he put blue nile on this dj mix, posted previously in the balearic thread.
https://soundcloud.com/kocmoc-manifesto/gigi-masin
― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 12:33 (ten years ago)
That Gigi mix is crazy diverse.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:28 (ten years ago)
so i've contacted gigi on facebook to confirm there's no way i can buy it: does anyone have a copy of the gigi/charles hayward album that's not all hissy and pissy like the only rip i can find? would rather not shell out for a rare LP i have no way of playing and shipping to seoul...
if so pleeeez email me jakob dot dorof at gee mail i will find some way to reward you :'(
― soyrev, Saturday, 9 May 2015 13:17 (ten years ago)
also "clouds" is god-tier new age synth music, like top five of the genre status...just incredible
― soyrev, Saturday, 9 May 2015 13:18 (ten years ago)
Check your email, Jakob.
― doug watson, Sunday, 10 May 2015 00:55 (ten years ago)
Wind is soooooo great
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 10:29 (nine years ago)
yeah it is another dazzler after Talk To The Sea, really need to hear more of his stuff.
― The New Faeces (xelab), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 12:33 (nine years ago)
i've been hopelessly addicted to talk to the sea... another mix of his here: http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/vf-vinyl-mix-19-gigi-masin/
― home organ, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:05 (nine years ago)
haven't got the new one yet - must remedy that.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:07 (nine years ago)
I hadn't realized that Music From Memory just released the digital download of the remastered Wind:
http://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/wind-3
― doug watson, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:55 (nine years ago)
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 5:29 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
What the... I've just been binge listening to Wind since yesterday and I'm halfway through it again now!
― Evan, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 14:46 (nine years ago)
cosign the love
― sleeve, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:26 (nine years ago)
― soyrev
Just listened to this song for the first time and just had one of those moments where I had heard this song before... and indeed, I had. The synth line has been sampled by both Nujabes and To Rococo Rot, the latter shamelessly structuring a whole song around that one loop. Funny how these days you can hear a song for the first time, but still get that deja vu sense due to its use elsewhere. My favorite recent example is hearing Bernard Fevre's song Earth Message for the first time and realizing The Chemical Brothers song Got Glint not only samples it, but essentially covers it in the chorus.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:44 (nine years ago)
new Gaussian Curve album is out, excellent
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 20 April 2017 22:19 (eight years ago)
How does it compare to Clouds?
― Wimmels, Friday, 21 April 2017 11:40 (eight years ago)
i love it. definitely comparable, maybe even better.
― dyl, Sunday, 23 April 2017 21:54 (eight years ago)
high praise! thanks. I was probably gonna buy it anyway but good to know
― Wimmels, Sunday, 23 April 2017 22:52 (eight years ago)
yeah, I feel like these guys just get it
― boxedjoy, Monday, 24 April 2017 08:45 (eight years ago)
https://soundcloud.com/duyaka/kashemes-livingroom-live-session-with-gigi-masin-music-from-memory
Kasheme's Livingroom Session with Gigi Masin
― saer, Friday, 7 July 2017 15:30 (eight years ago)
new self-released album on Bandcamp:
Dear friends..
Recently I have been thinking about what 'a change' means. Whether it's a turning corner of keeping on walking straight down the road, or a ship adapting its course to the winds and waves, or a kite dancing in the air one step away from the clouds. I'm thinking about new passages, further destinations, new places to reach.. but I still have a bag full of memories: unique people I've met, smiles, hugs, projects.. Maybe a change is like crossing a bridge, following a kite that finds its meaning in the wind, its motive for searching the horizon and stealing another dream. This collection contains some songs that I've made in the past few years, written to talk about dreams and love while waiting for new colors and new music. It's like looking back at a garden of roses and flowers, hoping the next lawn is just as beautiful and bright.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 16 February 2018 07:07 (seven years ago)
http://masin.bandcamp.com/album/kite
― calstars, Friday, 16 February 2018 07:51 (seven years ago)
Love everything Gigi has done, but refuse to pay ten euros for a download
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 16 February 2018 11:42 (seven years ago)
happy to give gigi money but a bit reluctant to buy the download if there's a chance that it might get a physical release. what i've heard sounds good though!
― Maconie Youth (NickB), Friday, 16 February 2018 11:54 (seven years ago)
Yeah, would gladly pay three times that for an LP of this material
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 16 February 2018 12:54 (seven years ago)
heads up london folk:
http://thejazzcafelondon.com/event/gigi-masin
― Maconie Youth (NickB), Friday, 16 February 2018 19:41 (seven years ago)
yesss
https://masin.bandcamp.com/album/calypso
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Friday, 31 January 2020 23:10 (five years ago)
About to see him! Like now
― Evan, Sunday, 16 February 2020 00:19 (five years ago)
I please tell him hello for me
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 16 February 2020 00:37 (five years ago)
I will try! I assume you don’t actually know him
― Evan, Sunday, 16 February 2020 00:38 (five years ago)
how was he?
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 16 February 2020 09:49 (five years ago)
SO good. Lots of relatively upbeat numbers. I’m sure much of it will be on the new album.
― Evan, Sunday, 16 February 2020 14:42 (five years ago)
Really enjoying Calypso. It's so long though, I'm only just spending time with the second half.
― cooldix, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:32 (five years ago)
ooh, didn't realise this had been released now
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 14:40 (five years ago)
so good
― sleeve, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 14:50 (five years ago)
some of this is really good but some of it sounds distractingly like the most dated parts of 90s trip-hop, the melodies and pad sounds are great and this is probably better than like 80% of anything I'll hear all year though
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:08 (five years ago)
Haha, definitely had the same thought re. dated '90s touchstones. There's a LOT of good stuff though.
― cooldix, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:37 (five years ago)
"Khalifa golf club" is the standout jam imo
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:15 (five years ago)
He did a live thing the other day and I was surprised by how much it reminded of *something*... but I couldn't put my finger on what it was (Gottsching? Eno? Papa M? Fennesz?)
If you have time, listen to the first 7 minutes of this and please tell me what other artist/works it sounds like (RIYL?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9r0vIZYUw
ISO slow, heavy reverb ambient guitar over soft drum machine?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:33 (five years ago)
the chords themselves (through the first 2 minutes, at least) sound quite a bit like "Sugar for the Pill" from the reunion Slowdive album
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:38 (five years ago)
ok, that was a terrible reference. the rest of it sounds nothing like that, sorry
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:41 (five years ago)
haha awesome - that's a cover of 'small hours' by john martyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLVM560Fok
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:45 (five years ago)
+100000 points to NickB!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:47 (five years ago)
First seven minutes sounds particularly electric Windham Hill-y to me (Peter Maunu, Danny Heines come to mind). Also reminds me of that Jakob Bro guy on ECM. Not hearing any Eno or Ashra at all.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 17 April 2020 15:48 (five years ago)
<3, thx NickB... not familiar with that track at all!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:51 (five years ago)
If you don't know the two Gaussian Curve records that Gigi did with Jonny Nash and Young Marco, they definitely mine that soundworld, as does some of Jonny Nash's solo stuff (e.g. 'Exit Strategies' from 2015). Also try the album 'Surface' by Santilli that came out last year.
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:55 (five years ago)
this Youtube is awesome, thanks
― zoomer death circus (sleeve), Friday, 17 April 2020 16:16 (five years ago)
that Santilli album is madly underrated
― boxedjoy, Friday, 17 April 2020 21:17 (five years ago)
Gigi Masin is my top new musical discovery from lockdown. Just what I need right now.
What type of music do you call this? Is it Balearic? And more recommendations in this style would be appreciated (I've checked out most of the names mentioned above)
― paolo, Sunday, 14 June 2020 10:31 (five years ago)
music from memory has a great catalog with lots of stuff in this vein
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Monday, 15 June 2020 00:38 (five years ago)
the gaussian curve albums are nice. 'uneven paths' and 'outro tempo' are very good. i don't think i've found anything as deep and beautiful as the stuff on talk to the wind tho tbh.
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Monday, 15 June 2020 00:47 (five years ago)
I’d also check out Jonny Nash + Suzanne Kraft. Jonny Nash and Masin did an album together iirc
― brimstead, Monday, 15 June 2020 00:48 (five years ago)
ah yeah both in Gaussian Curve
― brimstead, Monday, 15 June 2020 00:49 (five years ago)
Lots of good things in this thread (although it goes back twelve years and is fairly all encompassing)
During lockdown Test Pressing have been releasing daily Stay In & Chill playlists on Spotify which are a veritable treasure trove of downtempo gems
You might also like some of the Claremont 56 releases - there's another Spotify playlist here which gives a flavour
― groovypanda, Monday, 15 June 2020 07:45 (five years ago)
Thanks! I've been listening to a lot of Music From Memory lately (they were how I found out about Gigi)
― paolo, Monday, 15 June 2020 08:16 (five years ago)
Do people rate the first Gaussian Curve album higher than the second one? Because after listening to both back to back during a bout of insomnia, I think The Distance (second album) is superior, if only for the gorgeous "Suspended Motion."
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 15 June 2020 11:33 (five years ago)
Agreed 2nd is my favorite
― Evan, Monday, 15 June 2020 11:38 (five years ago)
Would also recommend Steve Hiett, Vini Reilly/The Durutti Column and Wally Badarou in terms of other '80s people with a similiar-enough sensibility if you haven't heard any of them yet
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Monday, 15 June 2020 13:11 (five years ago)
Suso Saiz too
― Evan, Monday, 15 June 2020 13:28 (five years ago)
For sure--looks like the MfM bases are covered, though
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Monday, 15 June 2020 13:51 (five years ago)
Figured it was worth highlighting
― Evan, Monday, 15 June 2020 13:57 (five years ago)
xps talk to the sea lol. i've got memory worms
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Monday, 15 June 2020 17:39 (five years ago)
Thanks for the recommendations! Those Test Pressing playlists are an absolute goldmine
― paolo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 11:45 (five years ago)
I like the second Gaussian Curve album best too. I've also been feeling Gigi's albums with Tempelhof.
The first album from Young Marco (other other guy in Gaussian) is nice too, though a little clubber. Still chill though.
Love the second Gaussian Curve album.
― cooldix, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:28 (five years ago)
Clubber? Clubbier.
― cooldix, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:46 (five years ago)
Young Marco's a great DJ but I've not been too impressed with his solo productions. I'll check it out though.
― paolo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:28 (five years ago)
yeah I love that first album biology
― brimstead, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:31 (five years ago)
Do check out his wonderful Welcome To Paradise Italian Dream House comps tho if you haven't already xp
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:00 (five years ago)
both of marco's lps are excellent
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:53 (five years ago)
'Suzaku' off Biology is a gorgeous summery synthpop thing and was well ahead of curve on that sort of YMO-ish tip afaicr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQakVMy6fHo
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 21:01 (five years ago)
i think they're both comparably great, but i may actually prefer the first gaussian curve album!
― dyl, Thursday, 18 June 2020 04:00 (five years ago)
― willem, Saturday, 20 June 2020 09:04 (five years ago)
Jason Kolar's Modified Perspectives on the stroom label is similar to gm's sound, w/o any drum programming. really nice.
― tomorrow, Saturday, 20 June 2020 14:42 (five years ago)
I'd not heard Suzanne Kraft until now. Perfect.
And I'm probably being daft but is Kraft a Johnny Nash pseudonym?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 21 June 2020 11:01 (five years ago)
Sheeeiiit: Talk from Home was only released on vinyl and is currently going for around £80 on Discogs.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 21 June 2020 11:02 (five years ago)
two different people, they've made several albums together. i would recommend nash's label in general to gigi lovers: https://melodyastruth.bandcamp.com/
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 21 June 2020 14:09 (five years ago)
several releases i should say
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 21 June 2020 14:12 (five years ago)
Lewis "L'amour" - its not the closest sounding stuff the way Jonny Nash and Suzanne Kraft are, but it has the same sense of otherworldly stillness as Masin's more song-structured releases
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 21 June 2020 15:41 (five years ago)
In a similar way, K. Leimer and Beverley Glenn-Copeland slot alongside this stuff for me - not as lush but atmospherically similar
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 21 June 2020 15:45 (five years ago)
Bit off topic but Diego Herrera (Suzanne Kraft) was also in a really good band called Pharaohs who out some great records like the album In Oeland on Mark Barrott's International Feel label. Lush neo-tropical sounds but quite uptempo - kind of a (Japanese) Mariah vibe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoUAfVO2Ys
On more of a Gigi tip, I've really been enjoying the album La Calle Roja by Pablo Color which came out last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTgUQ_Sawag
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Sunday, 21 June 2020 16:17 (five years ago)
Missum is indeed just utterly beautiful, even when not hungover. I totally get the Lewis comparison Boxedjoy, and am glad you dished it out.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 21 June 2020 16:39 (five years ago)
My rockist stan is looking for a name for this kind of stuff. New Age isn't cutting it. I'm cautiously distancing myself from it but my unconscious just barked 'Digital Pastoral' at me.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 21 June 2020 17:11 (five years ago)
I like Haunted Weather but I think Toop would barf.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 21 June 2020 17:13 (five years ago)
nu age
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 21 June 2020 17:23 (five years ago)
beach synth
― sleeve, Sunday, 21 June 2020 17:23 (five years ago)
my playlist of this stuff is called Hungover At Yoga
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 21 June 2020 18:36 (five years ago)
Yeah that Pablo Color album is super nice!!
― brimstead, Sunday, 21 June 2020 18:38 (five years ago)
A lot of this music makes me think of the events that Labradford curated in London way back when under the banner 'Festival of Dritfing' and you'd get electronic stuff ranging from Eno ambient to dub techno from Pole but also textural guitar-based acts like Durutti Column and David Pajo and John Martyn. Gigi Masin feels like a Mediterranean extension of that, but I've come to think of them all basically as ~ d r i f t w a v e ~
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Sunday, 21 June 2020 19:13 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHsXcmd6gg
the whole satoshi & makoto album is incredible, but this track in particular is all time
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 22 June 2020 16:36 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kfGw7agMg
the e ruscha v album from a few years ago also fits this vibe
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 22 June 2020 16:51 (five years ago)
not quite as smooth and effortless though
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 22 June 2020 16:52 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls2F59qCKmA
wilson tanner - 69. the more recent II is good as well, but i go back to 69 more. i had a pretty memorable experience staring at a pillow made out of an old sweater to this album while my mind was quite altered
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 22 June 2020 16:56 (five years ago)
i mean, pillows are amazing, makes sense
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Monday, 22 June 2020 17:00 (five years ago)
yeah there’s a few tracks on that first Wilson Tanner that just kill merelatedly, the last Eleventeen Eston album (By The Water is really nice
― brimstead, Monday, 22 June 2020 17:01 (five years ago)
I love that Lawrence quote where he’s all “I just want to spend all day in a dreamy haze staring at beautiful album covers”
― brimstead, Monday, 22 June 2020 17:02 (five years ago)
a couple more essential albums in this vein:
wolf mueller & cass - the sound of the glades (the title track is an incredible slow-build prog ambient journey)art wilson - overworld (aka andras fox, was composed for a contemporary dance piece and the sun signs of the dancers involved are listed on the sleeve)
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 22 June 2020 17:03 (five years ago)
I'm listening to Suzanne Kraft's Talk from Home and it just struck me that one of the missing pieces in this thread is Rothko. Flatiron, in all its spreading, plangent beauty is pure Rothko.
Plangent is one of those words that needs to be banned from music criticism but sometimes it's the only word for the job.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 08:45 (five years ago)
Thanks for all the recommendations. I was listening to Jonny Nash's RA mix yesterday and that would fit in with this vibe. It's all his own work, including a collab with ol' Gigi himself
― paolo, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:02 (five years ago)
Very thankful Gigi was one of the very last shows I saw before the pandemic.
― Evan, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:28 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BE9jXUSreQ
fools - source
new one on music from memory with a gorgeous music video
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:48 (five years ago)
How was Gigi when you saw him Evan? The one time I saw him was a laptop performance in an empty and oppressive-feeling venue and I found it somewhat hard to engage with
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:55 (five years ago)
He was fantastic! Yeah you need the ideal space to engage for sure. I saw him here:
https://www.svconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Public-Records-4-726x484.jpg
...which helped
― Evan, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 19:13 (five years ago)
cor look at those speakers!
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 20:55 (five years ago)
Is that public records?
― badg, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 21:39 (five years ago)
yes!
― Evan, Thursday, 2 July 2020 05:39 (five years ago)
Great room, I hope they manage to reopen OK
― badg, Thursday, 2 July 2020 14:52 (five years ago)
Agreed, it seems they're keeping active with their online presence so hopefully things are generally alright behind the scenes.
But yeah Gigi sounded great there and he was super nice.
Definitely my favorite artist in this scene. He walks the line between calm pensive / moody so well; other musicians often just go full mopey doctor-drama-theme-music when they try to do the same. He has a good taste for emotional melodies while at the same time not sounding too gloomy. But for that reason his tunes stick better to me than most of the music in this genre. I feel like that's why he stands out.
― Evan, Thursday, 2 July 2020 15:10 (five years ago)
late to the party here but spent a lot of time this year listening to both Gaussian Curve albums wandering a pretty isolated beach town and I prefer Clouds over The Distance by a small margin. Both are lovely but "Ride" and "Impossible Island" are hard to beat. "Suspended Motion" is incredible though.
― gman59, Monday, 3 August 2020 23:00 (five years ago)
yes I would like one late pass on these Gaussian Curve albums, please
― sleeve, Monday, 3 August 2020 23:13 (five years ago)
I made a post on Instagram yesterday gushing over Clouds and Gigi commented that we might get a new Gaussian something (album?) at some point
"Thanks!! A lot!.. Gaussians? they could come back suddenly.. who knows?! 😎"
So, that's awesome. Maybe this was known but it's news to me.
― gman59, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 22:43 (five years ago)
Paolo mentioned this over on the ambient thread but think it'd fit here. Romeo Poirier - Hotel Nota. Lots of warm bubbly glitch, the overall aesthetic of which sorts of edges into Masin territory at times.
https://sferic.bandcamp.com/album/hotel-nota
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 14 September 2020 08:32 (five years ago)
calypso is crazy good. can't believe it took me this long to get to it. he really is one of a kind.
― ffolkes (map), Saturday, 26 December 2020 00:31 (four years ago)
My favorite album of the year
― Evan, Saturday, 26 December 2020 04:10 (four years ago)
I wouldn't have got through 2020 without Gigi Masin but it wasn't Calypso I was listening to
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 26 December 2020 10:18 (four years ago)
That's fine but do you not like Calypso?
― Evan, Saturday, 26 December 2020 15:50 (four years ago)
I'm not answering for boxedjoy but I will say I typically get more out of Gaussian Curve than Gigi solo
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 26 December 2020 17:29 (four years ago)
hard disagree. i like gaussian curve a lot but i think his solo material is on another level. his new album doesn't throw out a welcome mat, it's kinda restless overall and is very much in a high-mid register eq-wise but it's such a rich, tense bridge between ambient concepts and experimental / jazz facility w/ the kind of elegant, intuitive phrasing that makes his music so compelling, i still think he's head and shoulders above the genre he's sort of given birth to over the past decade.
― ffolkes (map), Saturday, 26 December 2020 21:44 (four years ago)
― Evan, Saturday, December 26, 2020 4:10 AM (seventeen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol something i agree with Evan about ;)
!!! Is this surprising?
― Evan, Saturday, 26 December 2020 22:13 (four years ago)
Winky face acknowledged however am I known for my dumb opinions?
― Evan, Sunday, 27 December 2020 02:03 (four years ago)
no no i just disagree with you sometimes on those dang politics threads
― ffolkes (map), Sunday, 27 December 2020 02:09 (four years ago)
sorry didn't mean to be weird
Oh! I sometimes post on those, and if so it’s usually a dumb joke or shitpost.
― Evan, Sunday, 27 December 2020 02:12 (four years ago)
well anyway calypso is cosmic bliss and kind of mysterious and sad and it's perfect imo. one thing that comes to mind, apropos of not much, and i don't mean to be *that guy*, but i feel like people might not realize gigi has experimental music bona fides, has collaborated with people like charles hayward, and that's kind of part and parcel with with his solo work too... feel like that comes through more on this album idk.
― ffolkes (map), Sunday, 27 December 2020 02:16 (four years ago)
Sorry for making you feel weird. It was just a mini-rollercoaster for me. "I'm finally established enough here after 11 years to have recognizable opinions?? Wow neat because I've never really felt a par-...oh I see he is simply confusing me with someone else."
Anyway, I agree he has experimental credentials that contribute value to his music, but I'm not sure it's an entirely unique feature vs. other artists that do the same (many of which are also on the wonderful MFM label as a broad example). To me it's actually his moving melodies that help him stand out among that pack of minimal experimental musicians, not the other way around (AKA experimentation making him stand out among ambient artists).
― Evan, Monday, 4 January 2021 22:06 (four years ago)
http://offtherecord.net/off-the-record-mix-series-20-gigi-masin/
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 16:57 (four years ago)
Ha... looks like a mistake in the formatting but it reads as if Gigi passive aggressively pivots and asks himself about new solo music in the middle of answering about the prospect of new Gaussian Curve material.
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:34 (four years ago)
Thanks for sharing though I was just yesterday wondering what might be coming next from him.
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:09 (four years ago)
― jaxon, Friday, July 22, 2011 2:26 PM (nine years ago)
i'm glad i did a quick command+F before posting! spotify "recommended" the to rococo rot song, which led me on a quick search to see who else had sampled "clouds" (1989?) and who was the first. to rococo rot was apparently the first (1999), and it's much more of a blantant rip than bjork's. bjork's sounds vaguely inspired by it. the to rococo rot song is more on the Vanilla Ice side of sampling practice
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 23:19 (four years ago)
whenever a old jaxon threads or posts come up im always thinking "this guy has very similar taste to me but ten years ahead of me"
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 23:22 (four years ago)
jaxon was/is the best
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 23:23 (four years ago)
haha, i don't have that specific thought with jaxon (or anyone else), but definitely feel that with tons of old posts (including this one). it makes me wonder, sometimes, about how word spreads, out networks of recommendation and that kind of shit, and how much it might feedback on itself.
i'm high sorry
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 23:24 (four years ago)
i guess this is a bad thread for me to make that kind of comment on, because it sounds negative, and gigi masin rules and although i don't currently listen blue nile much, i also didn't listen to talk talk that much until a few years ago and now mark hollis and i are close, so i realize that's probably in my future. i just meant, in general i've "been thinking" (ie, not really and not that hard and not all that often, in fact this is probably the 3rd to 4th time i've thought about it) about feedback mecha -adsfasdfl
(the poster went to go find a candle)
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 23:26 (four years ago)
still jam the new album all the time.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Thursday, 25 March 2021 00:01 (four years ago)
i think it's my favorite at this point.
I agree, it's so good. the sense of depth/space in some of those tracks is really impressive
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Thursday, 25 March 2021 00:05 (four years ago)
https://angophora.bandcamp.com/
getting some Gaussian Curve/Gigi Masin vibes from this Angophora album, posting it here because one of the members is Santilli who is mentioned upthread
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:41 (four years ago)
I agree, it's so good. the sense of depth/space in some of those tracks is really impressive― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:05 AM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:05 AM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
it still offers up new details for me from time to time, especially on headphones. i find myself not wanting to listen to anything else when i want to chill out.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 16 July 2021 00:26 (four years ago)
Best album
― Evan, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 20:30 (four years ago)
i've listened to this album over 100 times. extreme safety blanket material for me.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Sunday, 17 July 2022 02:44 (three years ago)
i never look at the track titles but glancing at it now i realize it could be the tracklist of an alternate dimension smashing pumpkins album lol
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Sunday, 17 July 2022 02:48 (three years ago)
i'm annoyed at myself for not mentioning suso saiz when i was listing riyl-gigi's. he shares his experimental bona fides (and mediterranean background) and is one of the only ambient artists that rivals gigi masin for subtly, tenderness, endless relistenability etc. his new one, resonant bodies, is so lovely
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 18 July 2022 14:01 (three years ago)
https://www.soundohm.com/data/products/2022-09/vahine_-_front_cover_rgb-1-jpg.jpg
Widely-loved electronic maestro Gigi Masin returns with ‘Vahinè' – a mini album of beautiful and distinct music that is unmistakably his, sounding better than ever.
Masin always pours his heart into composing, but here it takes on a potent new level of heavy emotion – as it’s a tribute to his late wife, who sadly passed away last year.
“There is a Tahitian dance called ‘Aparima’. It consists of graceful, sinuous and fascinating movements, which tell you stories and legends about love or tradition. The ‘Vahinè' are now dancing, the Tahitian females, with smiles and gestures that could be symbolic or descriptive but are always gentle, harmonious, charming. I was watching this documentary, it was almost 4 in the morning, but I couldn't sleep; I was in front of the television for hours, my wife had passed away the day before, and I was watching hands and arms swaying.
I told myself that maybe it’s so, at the end of the road it’s possible to realize dreams, and I’m sure that she is finally able to dance like never before, and is able to move without any impediment, with no suffering, free to make all the movements that she couldn't make for so long, turning to me with a smile and a wink. So, in the clouds, you will discover and see an extraordinary 'Vahinè', because she will move and dance and smile until the end of time.” Gigi Masin
A future-retro dreamscape where stripes of early evening sun pour through partially closed venetian blinds; kalimba, piano and steel pans meet on the incredibly evocative ‘Marilene (Somewhere in Texas)’.
The Balearic/Italo house heart of ‘Barumini’ throbs throughout a celestial epiphany, whilst ‘Shadye’ is a sun blinded ambient mirage where angelic voices and electric guitar intertwine, before more heavenly music ensues on the trance-like ‘Malvina’.
A heart-wrenchingly beautiful evocation of transitioning to the other side, ‘Valerie Crossing’ is Gigi’s compelling and inspirational take on death, with a vivid evocation of something spiritual, existential and metaphysical. His exemplary approach shows decease not as a cause for despair, but a philosophical and poetic exploration of where souls go, when they leave their earthly bodies.
Masin closes with ‘Vahinè' – a twitchy, levitational piece of sublime deep techno, which transmits high strength vibrations of powerful emotions. On both this track, and the album of the same name, there’ s no pseudo intellectual ambient posturing with cod academic angles tagged on; This is music of real substance, coming from a real place. It’s saturated with feelings, but turns mourning into affecting art, and even a beacon of hope.
https://d1rgjmn2wmqeif.cloudfront.net/r/g/330258.jpg
― sorry, it's just Babe (2006) (Evan), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:21 (three years ago)
Posted both images because it's hard to tell which is the official artwork?
Really gutted to hear about his wife though...
― sorry, it's just Babe (2006) (Evan), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:22 (three years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2i3CAnlzFc
― sorry, it's just Babe (2006) (Evan), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:23 (three years ago)
great news/sad news, thanks for the revive
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:23 (three years ago)
you're very welcome!
― sorry, it's just Babe (2006) (Evan), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:33 (three years ago)
map
― Evan, Thursday, 29 September 2022 14:35 (three years ago)
wow. saving this for the weekend.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 29 September 2022 14:50 (three years ago)
awful news about his wife, poor gigi
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2022 19:51 (three years ago)
btw just in case any here missed it, he makes a guest appearance on the excellent new ron trent album alongside jean luc ponty amongst others...
https://rontrent1.bandcamp.com/album/what-do-the-stars-say-to-you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOqYk8LGuCM
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2022 19:53 (three years ago)
^ video is the track that gigi is on, 'admira'
The single is really beautiful
― calstars, Thursday, 29 September 2022 20:23 (three years ago)
It's out!
― Evan, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 15:10 (two years ago)
Interview: https://player.fm/series/lost-and-sound/gigi-masin
― Evan, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:22 (two years ago)
this is liquefying me
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:30 (two years ago)
"marilene (somewhere in texas)", i'm voting yes for reverb
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:31 (two years ago)
He is such a sweet guy
― Evan, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:39 (two years ago)
hello barumini, the best track in a future lindstrom set
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 19:41 (two years ago)
does lindstrom even dj, maybe i meant prins thomas
Really similar so either one! Gigi can do no wrong
― Evan, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 21:40 (two years ago)
yeah this is terrific, different feel than calypso, maybe a little more stripped back and synthesized overall, but still all of his signature depth and lyricism
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 22:49 (two years ago)
https://languageofsound.bandcamp.com/album/vahin
weirdly not on his personal BC page
― sleeve, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 23:16 (two years ago)
Strut presents an exclusive new collaboration between UK jazz keyboardist Greg Foat and Venetian ambient / electronic maestro Gigi Masin on ‘Dolphin’:https://gregfoat.bandcamp.com/album/dolphinFirst available track is gorgeous & lush
― willem, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 16:01 (two years ago)
this is a lovely & luxurious drift, curious to hear how gigi is integrated in the rest of this record
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 16:10 (two years ago)
yeah sounds great thx
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 16:14 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-JE_t9_BQ
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 17:17 (two years ago)
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 17:18 (two years ago)
calypso is the one i can't stop listening to lately. it's like every relaxing activity you can imagine - lying in a park and staring at clouds, people watching in a cafe, taking a train ride, watching the tide go out - combined and condensed into one album.
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 24 July 2023 02:00 (two years ago)
I agree! New Greg Foat collab delivers too!
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Monday, 24 July 2023 03:41 (two years ago)
map have you heard that in full yet? It's gorgeous but with obviously more forward piano which makes it more conventional sounding than a typical Masin record, but still feels very much a part of his universe.
Also must say that Gaussian Curve's The Distance gives me the same romantic-mundane serenity spirit as you described regarding Calypso.
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Monday, 24 July 2023 15:01 (two years ago)
DREAM COLLAB!!
http://13.silentes.it/private_sounds/sps2366.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJyG3AtYQrQ
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 16:13 (two years ago)
Heads up, people!
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Thursday, 7 September 2023 14:56 (two years ago)
v intrigued
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 7 September 2023 15:57 (two years ago)
me too
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:11 (two years ago)
Yeah thanks Evan, ordered it yesterday <3
― willem, Thursday, 7 September 2023 20:10 (two years ago)
You're welcome! I also grabbed it right away
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Thursday, 7 September 2023 20:40 (two years ago)
I'm going to immure this Masin remix of Eddie Chacon's 'Sundown' in some far chamber of my heart and just let it roll on forever.
― Slays two. Found gassed. Thinks of cat. (Chinaski), Saturday, 9 September 2023 09:56 (two years ago)
Probably not the right thread for it but post/thread on Twitter that would suggest, if true, that Greg Foat is a bit of an arsehole
Just Greg Foat losing his mind at me for posting on FB about my Louder Than War best albums inclusion and saying that it can be pretty challenging and thankless promoting records as an independent artist. First he dropped a little public post about it, now he’s in my DMs. pic.twitter.com/zyUCQIfohb— Scrimshire (@scrimshire) December 4, 2023
― groovypanda, Monday, 4 December 2023 21:12 (one year ago)
wtf business is it of Foat's if some website listed scrimshire's album on their best of list? what an ass
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:22 (one year ago)
Feels like there's a really big hole in the plot here. Otherwise it's a completely random attack by GF,which is insane.
― sawdust lagoon, Monday, 4 December 2023 21:58 (one year ago)
I read that entire thread and I'm still not exactly clear about what it is Foat is upset about
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 4 December 2023 22:25 (one year ago)
Holy heck, what repellant behaviour
― blazin' squab (NickB), Monday, 4 December 2023 22:26 (one year ago)
I lol'd at "wet wipe", though. There's got to be more to this saga.
― beard papa, Monday, 4 December 2023 23:06 (one year ago)
― sawdust lagoon, Monday, 4 December 2023 21:58 (yesterday) link
Yeah unless there is more context to their beef I would otherwise assume alcohol or something. But it certainly seems like Greg had already had a major bone to pick with him.
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 17:24 (one year ago)
ANYWHO the Masin / Modell collab record is so beautiful maybe let's focus back on that
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 17:25 (one year ago)
Actually it’s my favorite album of the year?
― Evan, Thursday, 21 December 2023 03:00 (one year ago)
New Gaussian Curve!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z00JUECdYyk
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:54 (one year ago)
Truth be told, I'm feeling a bit emotionally fragile right now and also still finding Jamie's death hard to process so that was a hard (but very beautiful) listen
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:56 (one year ago)
gorgeous <3
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 16 January 2024 21:15 (one year ago)
<3
― Evan, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 21:20 (one year ago)
Ah there's more info on what this is on Gigi's insta:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2KLKRzsAOV/?igsh=MWF1eGhhOHk4NTV6NQ==
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:01 (one year ago)
Out today :)
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 February 2024 06:26 (one year ago)
Fever Dream is great and actually has some vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QfMkHwHRc8
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 February 2024 06:27 (one year ago)
The RSD exclusive release from Gigi & Greg Float is now available digitally (and on streaming services)
https://gregfoat.bandcamp.com/album/the-fish-factory-sessions
― groovypanda, Friday, 14 June 2024 06:54 (one year ago)