Yeah it’s actually great? It’s just that sometimes i’m thrown by the (deliberately) laziness of “I had a rillyrillyrillyrilly good time” (and then other times I love it). Which is my point about the general greatness of the album I guess.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 08:52 (four years ago) link
yeah i guess it just seems cute & unforced for that reason ... its like the thing you say when you want to say more but are afraid of bungling the articulation so your vocabulary regresses
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 5 September 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Just discovered that Erika was (is?) part of an alt-R&B duo called Saint Cava:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzO1Onse2A
― winters (josh), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LHBCmCNBA
― winters (josh), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:28 (four years ago) link
iirc it's a was, they broke up then she teamed up with dj sports for a single a few years ago which lead to the album
― ufo, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luTGJMSmLxg
i forgot to post this but this was the single (by dj central, her main collaborator on essentials, though dj sports did do a remix like he did for "intimate" and he also co-produced some of the album iirc?)
― ufo, Saturday, 26 October 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCjBW3b_mqk
new remix of "little bit" by erika & el-trick (dj central)
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 10:05 (four years ago) link
My favourite discovery from the 2019 EOY nominations. Has anyone seen her live? Just got tickets for the London show next month.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 10:25 (four years ago) link
when she whispers her voice somehow reminds me of stina nordenstam. very girlish and immediate. which is a good thing obviously.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
this album is really pretty much perfect at what it does
― ufo, Friday, 14 February 2020 08:12 (four years ago) link
Erika did a remix of Dua Lipa's "Physical" and bodied the vocal with her prod.:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyfA44cXwz0
― winters (josh), Saturday, 25 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
this album is incredible
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Saturday, 25 April 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.thefader.com/2020/05/21/erika-de-casier-interview-essentials-album
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Friday, 22 May 2020 07:42 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/MWofrpSCekY?t=1678
gorgeous unreleased song here
― ufo, Monday, 25 May 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link
whole set is lovely
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 10:09 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK8RilMVd9U
good new track & she's signed to 4AD
― ufo, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
This is just lovely.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 21 October 2020 05:33 (three years ago) link
yes, extremely nice. good for her!
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
cosign
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
Early highlight of 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6mgqSP4pKU
Hi Mount - U N Me
Features Erika on vocals. She also sings on the A-side (SPCE - lightness).
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 6 February 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
this is incredible
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
that gasp at 1.25 > all other sounds ever
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
"no butterflies no nothing" was robbed in the tracks poll
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
The EP also features another track with vocals from Erika. SPCE - Lightness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saRbqHE44iQ
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 8 February 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
Doh, just re-read your post above where you say the same thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxX1fVBkOns
godDAMN
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
so good
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
Love it
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
that’s really good
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
new album Sensational out may 21!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnqo1t0zV0
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
What a great track too.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
very excited for this! her appeal somewhat alluded me for a while and then over the past couple of weeks I've fallen super hard
― rob, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
wasn't expecting a fabolous/nate dogg interpolation lol but this is indeed very very good
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
I found her initial stuff to be good, but I somehow find this to now be offensive for whatever reason
― Bongo Jongus, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 4:33 PM (forty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
haha i definitely had the thought on her last album that she actually sounds more like a g-funk artist than anything
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
my problem is prob based off the embrace of 90s R&B sound coming off as cynically empty, not helping that the vid has heavy tim and eric vibes idk
― Bongo Jongus, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
i really don't think she's doing any sort of ironic or cynical thing
i get what you mean with the video but that's not really how it comes across to me
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
agree with her not being ironic/cynical at all -- if anything, the "Polite" MV in context with the other two singles is helping me make sense of what this record's gonna be all about, and I'm really looking forward to it
― winters (josh), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
trying to think about why her videos work with the music for me & i think it's how a sense of intimacy is created through the deliberate kinda clumsy low-budget vibe
― ufo, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
I haven’t watched the video, I don’t think I even know how she looks like but this song is great and I don’t hear how it’s an ironic take on 90 rnb.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
I never said it was ironic, just empty, just going through signifiers of a genre without adding anything new to it and coasting off nostalgia I guess? I don't know what it's coasting off of, but it feels like it's coasting. Overwhelmingly people like it though!
― Bongo Jongus, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
I like her stuff but it’s very low stakes (aside from the dnb remix that ended her last project) worried ppl are gonna overhype this to oblivion
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 23:48 (three years ago) link
I agree with that - I mean, I wish her every success in the world but her work feels best-suited to being discovered without the pressure of excess hype, and then becoming an unexpected low-key year-end favourite.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 April 2021 00:29 (three years ago) link
idk i think she's very very good at the thing she does and she's carved out a distinctive little space that's drawing on a lot of different styles in an interesting & cohesive way. not revolutionary but certainly much more than an empty pastiche or something.
it would be great if she pushes her sound further out there with more stuff like "intimate (club mix)" but i don't need her to or anything.
― ufo, Thursday, 15 April 2021 04:18 (three years ago) link
I don't really get how the amount of hype really informs if the music is good or not
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 15 April 2021 04:19 (three years ago) link
music is lovely.
her videos don't work for me at all though - they remind me of bad karaoke visuals lol
― Roz, Thursday, 15 April 2021 06:00 (three years ago) link
I don’t think I’ve seen anyone hype her out of ILM.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
And judging by these two songs I don’t hear how it would break her to a wider niche.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
music critics are absolutely picking up on this outside of ilm and saying things like, "erika de casier had pop aoty 2019 and she’s gonna have pop aoty 2021"
you can search twitter yourself if you're curious lol im not trying to send shots, a friend was complaining to me that her new song didn't get reviewed by pitchfork and i was like yea sure but they also didn't review "Good Days" by SZA and thats like, legitimately one of the best songs of the year ... thats the kind of contrast where suddenly the hype seems "ok lets relax a bit"
but then not everyone is as keyed into "the discourse" so of course its going to have varying effects on your mileage, varying
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
The new album will be on 4AD, right? That seems more or less guaranteed to get her some more attention
― rob, Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
Oh, a new album is coming, and the single is out now! https://pitchfork.com/news/erika-de-casier-announces-new-album-still-shares-video-for-new-song-lucky-watch
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 14:18 (five months ago) link
Awesome!
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 14:30 (five months ago) link
sounds great
judging from the credits it should be a Rodney Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels sample, must be the piano? something sounds familiar
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:50 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZOKYZtERFQ
yeah the full "lucky" is wonderful, i'm delighted she's going full "empty"
the piano is sampled from linda karaly's "can't let go"
― ufo, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 22:53 (five months ago) link
Love this so much - I've wanted her to make songs like this ever since the club mix of "Intimate".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 23:55 (five months ago) link
yeah, it's exactly what i've wanted more of from her. already a soty contender
― ufo, Thursday, 11 January 2024 00:35 (five months ago) link
the drums on this are soooooo good
― ufo, Thursday, 11 January 2024 12:44 (five months ago) link
Lucky is pretty nice. The descending piano melody reminiscent of Christopher Cross "Sailin".Pre-chorus has "You Gotta Be" vibes.Verse melody at 29-33 seconds is 100% from some rnb or pop tune that I'm going crazy trying to remember. Anybody?
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 11 January 2024 14:15 (five months ago) link
Song of the year
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 11 January 2024 14:27 (five months ago) link
I think it might actually be a “sailin’” sample
Song reminds me to so many other things in certain points, but it’s perfect on its own. Really excited about the full album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 11 January 2024 14:30 (five months ago) link
Wouldn't mind a copy of just the rhythm track on this thing. Real good fun.
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 11 January 2024 15:50 (five months ago) link
Like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN5o70QddoE
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 11 January 2024 16:42 (five months ago) link
That's nice, but was thinking literally just beats (maybe bass). The skittering action and 16th notes make me real happy.
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 11 January 2024 17:38 (five months ago) link
the sample is 100% "can't let go", the writers are credited and everything
― ufo, Thursday, 11 January 2024 18:08 (five months ago) link
i think this is the best r & breakbeats song i have ever heard
love this, so gorgeous and deceptively effortless
― Roz, Friday, 12 January 2024 03:09 (five months ago) link
being an outlier here but I think this is a bit underwhelming
― boxedjoy, Friday, 12 January 2024 08:43 (five months ago) link
Yeah she sounds a little buried in the fog of the sample to me and this style is not new. Thinking of Cuando Fue that I have relistened to a lot lately.
― Nabozo, Friday, 12 January 2024 09:46 (five months ago) link
i think this is a great record, i also wish it was mixed differently to give her vocals the effect of levitating above the beat instead of being engulfed by it. the one main difference i would draw between this & something like "empty"
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Friday, 26 January 2024 17:09 (four months ago) link
Ok I just heard 'Lucky' on a playlist having not heard or registered her name before, and I had to look and see if it was newjeans. So I'm glad to learn there's a connection.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:38 (four months ago) link
new album sounds very good on first listen but "lucky" is the clear standout
― ufo, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 23:40 (three months ago) link
after a few more listens i feel a bit underwhelmed, "lucky" is incredible but totally overshadows the rest of the album which is low key even by her standards and the songs are a little weaker and less interesting than usual too
― ufo, Thursday, 22 February 2024 12:46 (three months ago) link
i enjoyed "ice", but mostly because it's well-executed pastiche of a rap/r&b duet from 20 years ago
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 February 2024 16:06 (three months ago) link
hmm it's growing on me!
― ufo, Friday, 8 March 2024 09:23 (three months ago) link
whoa, I just learned about the newjeans connection. makes a lot of sense.
― jaymc, Saturday, 4 May 2024 14:08 (one month ago) link