ela minus: acts of rebellion (2020) - minimal techno pop aoty????

couldn't find anyone talking about ela minus on ilm and i couldn't figure out a rolling thread her music fit into correctly so here is the thread about ela minus and her remarkable debut album acts of rebellion https://elaminus.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-rebellion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EyDeCvQ8vA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8CPeAX81w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35HLWF6PeA

saw her perform on the save stereogum zoom party and she was one of the highlights, def gonna check the album.

I was saying to brad separately that this reminds me a lot (and in a good way) of stuff I was listening to in the early to mid 00s. It makes me flash on the kind of songy miminal-electroclash fusion of groups like Closer Musik, Codec & Flexor, Martini Bros etc.

Electroclash has somehow come around to sounding fresh to me again (“it was never bad” yea yea) which is kind of cool

I've been disappearing into mid-00s minimal and electro mixes quite a lot lately as a comfort thing so this is very much of a piece with all that. Reminds me more of Ellen Allien and other Bpitchy stuff than electroclash per se but the lyrics feel more 2020 than 2005.

In general I'm enjoying the more songful pop stuff than the techier material, I feel like I've heard the latter before.

This album's awesome. Coming on the heels of the Annie album and After Dark 3 it feels like a return of some kind, but also doesn't seem dated to me. Or maybe I just like this sound so I don't care if it's retro?

Great album

Oh, Brad …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw5A0idzCIs

music video of the year

missed this artist until now, but I really like BROKEN and COMBAT

2025 aoty for sure

<3

2025 aoty out friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ18a7kQ3G0

yesss

excited for this! I listened to "acts of rebellion" for the first time over the weekend and it was great, though I think the new album tracks are even more impressive

anyway, QQQQ rules

It’s interesting on how she and Kelly Lee Owens seem to have converged on the same territory with their recent material while coming from very different starting points. But yeah really looking forward to this.

Damn, I was just about to update the thread but Ivy beat me to it

fantastic record

it gets a bit gothy and moody in ways I wasn't quite expecting from the prev released songs. but I am already looking forward to listening to it again, and my only fully felt criticism is that it's too short!

I found the very simple lyrical refrain on "I Want to Be Better" embarrassingly relatable

started it over and already think I'm upgrading my opinion quite a bit. as much as you could dismiss Abrir Monte as aphex-y pastiche I would legit listen to an entire album of that...but then the transition into Broken is so good

the life-changing magic of increasing your headphones volume by 1

oh yeah this is fucking incredible

ok but really COMBAT should be like 10 minutes longer

excellent album. QQQQ is particularly amazing. it flags a bit with IDOLS/IDK for me, but there are so many magical moments on the rest

cosign Broken

ok but really COMBAT should be like 10 minutes longer

this is my one criticism. someone please do an extended remix. hell go 30 minutes if you can

QQQQ FUIUD

my bf compared "Broken" to the Temper Trap which I now can't unhear. Loving the album though, particularly "QQQQ".

whole thing is very karin dreijer coded for me