liv.e - girl in the half pearl

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there was a little discussion in the r&b thread but this is good enough to need its own thread.

eclectic, fragmented r&b with plenty of breakbeats (r&breakbeats is really in at the moment, huh)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5z8HMsANaI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUd9E08qoRM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASceJ61eQ5c

personally thrilled about her using a sample from the bomberman hero soundtrack in "reset!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XVdwbJMV5w

ufo, Sunday, 5 March 2023 10:21 (one year ago) link

just coming to this! yes R&Breakbeat very much seems like a thing at the moment and i love it. love a little Love Supreme reference too

satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 March 2023 14:07 (one year ago) link

a lot of manic horny energy on this album

satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 March 2023 14:19 (one year ago) link

i keep reading r&breakbeat as b&breakfast (bed and breakfast)

flopson, Sunday, 5 March 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link

Yeah it’s a sharp album, like her work a lot.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 March 2023 15:06 (one year ago) link

deciding i don't really like this. some of the beats are good, but it's mostly tuneless and her voice isn't anything special at all. sounds great while it's on but nothing has any resonance. ufo used "fragmented" and i agree with that, but more as demerit in this case.

.austinuos, plug forth. (Austin), Sunday, 5 March 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link

youse hear fragmentation, i hear exciting energy, but that's how it goes

satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 March 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link

Couldn't Wait to Tell You was really good too, loved this one (and had no idea there was a video til now)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F3AB7QoQhY

fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Sunday, 5 March 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link

thanks for starting this thread. need to listen again to grasp everything that's going on, but i'm pretty sure it's fantastic

avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Sunday, 5 March 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link

omg i'm so happy to learn she has new stuff, her vocal on this pandemic era classic is so great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjHMBrmgd8Q

ꙮ (map), Sunday, 5 March 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link

WOW @ 'ghost'

ꙮ (map), Sunday, 5 March 2023 20:01 (one year ago) link

ooh "stay inside" is great, never heard that before

ufo, Sunday, 5 March 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link

she was on the most recent mount kimbie album from last year?!!??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ9LOG4C53w

mount kimbie feat liv.e — "a deities encore" (2022)

.austinuos, plug forth. (Austin), Monday, 6 March 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link

Yeah loved “stay inside” good find!

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 6 March 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link

nine months pass...

"Wild Animals" came on the other week while I was listening to the ilm 2023 playlist you've been helping to assemble Moka, which then led to me listening to the album for the first time and I've gotta say, it has really stuck with me.

I don't listen to much rnb these days but I feel like liv.e works together quite a few interesting threads into her own distinctive voice. I get some Hiatus Kaiyote, a dash of the whole West Coast Get Down thing (maybe it's just a few sax or sax-like flourishes), and some whacky Tyler the Creator vocal processing, along with all the electro stuff. Manic but also pretty playful, adventurous, with something new and interesting around each corner.

Ubiquitor, Friday, 29 December 2023 19:45 (eleven months ago) link

three weeks pass...

Wow, I LOVE this -- out of nowhere, a cover of "Kissability" by Sonic Youth, very much in her own vein.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2fjP3HPLs5/

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 23:59 (ten months ago) link

this rules

her album was one of last year's very best

ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2024 01:04 (ten months ago) link

omg!!

ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 January 2024 01:12 (ten months ago) link

how was i the only vote for this!!!

ufo, Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:21 (ten months ago) link

lol, i was just bemoaning how we were the only algiers voters

you need to get into the habit of forcing me to listen to things. i will hear this now

imago, Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:50 (ten months ago) link

yeah 30 seconds in, yeah. yeah

imago, Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:51 (ten months ago) link

i didn't think i really had to campaign for it because there seemed to be some enthusiasm in this thread, it's the sort of thing people usually love here, it got bnm so wasn't exactly obscure, and so on

ufo, Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:57 (ten months ago) link

'find out' omg

imago, Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:04 (ten months ago) link

oh, i always get those two mixed up:

liv.e
e. live

blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:10 (ten months ago) link

this is spectacular

mind you, all this 'i would have voted for it' = what would i have bumped off my ballot? all the metal? i can't bump off the metal!

imago, Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:12 (ten months ago) link

one month passes...

https://o-liv.bandcamp.com/album/past-futur-e

this is spectacular [2]

imago, Saturday, 30 March 2024 19:39 (eight months ago) link

what the hell is she doing, this is insane :D

imago, Saturday, 30 March 2024 19:41 (eight months ago) link

there's some cool sketches here but nothing here really rises above just being a sketch either

ufo, Saturday, 30 March 2024 22:39 (eight months ago) link

she made it inside 24h, lol

imago, Saturday, 30 March 2024 22:42 (eight months ago) link

one month passes...

My wife put me on to the new EP today, loveit!

I had completely forgot I had downloaded “Girl in the Half Pearl” too and will give it another listen.

In the meantime I have also really enjoyed this DJ set on The Lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sxL440tqAQ

Chewshabadoo, Friday, 3 May 2024 14:21 (seven months ago) link

$14 for a 7 track digital EP though, I don’t know if it is THAT good.

Chewshabadoo, Friday, 3 May 2024 14:33 (seven months ago) link

one month passes...

Lol had no idea there was a new album and thought it was another artist with the same name because this sounds nothing like the previous one. Was not expecting synth punk at all from her.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 30 June 2024 18:50 (five months ago) link


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