dance / electronic music EOY 2013 picks

what were everyone's favorites from this year? what do you think will place high on the RA list? FACT list? other media outlets, etc

Stuff I liked this year: DJ Sprinkles, Rudimental, Toyboy & Robin, Omar S, DJ Rashad, Blondes, Chris Lorenzo, Hannah Wants, MK, DJ Koze, Pharaohs, Floorplan, Kolsch, Beautiful Swimmers.

Tale of Us as well.

A lot of the above and Max Loderbauer, Maxmillion Dunbar, tm404, Segue, Ø [Phase] are others that I enjoyed.

Machinedrum is probably my favourite in this area. I enjoyed Natasha Kmeto's debut as well, haven't seen her mentioned much round here.

Trentemoller and Four Tet both a little disappointing. Haven't had a decent crack at the BoC yet.

Oh I like the first disc of the Zomby release a lot, second not so much.

Dinky's new album grew on me, it's probably my favourite electronic thing from this year. I even started a thread about it, but no one cared... :(

Dinky - Dimension D

I haven't yet fully digested Laurel Halo's new album, but I think it might make it to my top 10 as well. On the more dancier side, the Kölsch stuff and the DJ Sprinkles comp are well worth the ILM hype. Donato Dozzy's new remix album, OTOH, was a disappointment; it sounds pretty much like some paint-by-numbers 1990s ambient record.

Yeah Halo record was pretty good. I think I preferred the EPs beforehand though. Definitely Sex Mission.

Should mention Black Butter records as well, and the many DJ Q mixes throughout the year.

Albums-wise, the Kolsch album is super-fun throughout, I really like the Machinedrum album despite it being on paper totally not my thing at all. The Stellar Om Source album is probably my favourite techno album this year. Didn't get into Maximilion Dunbar at all until it suddenly clicked with me about a month ago, the prettier stuff in the second half in particular. Segue's 'Pacifica' is gorgeous throughout, like a really lush, textured, Balearic version of Voices From The Lake. Also DJ Koze, Maya Jane Coles, Lusine, Holden, Hecker etc. Been a great year for the more abstract end of things. Also all the Black Butter-centric UK pop-house stuff.

Tracks-wise, loads of stuff, will post a list later when I get round to it, although I've been clubbing maybe twice this year and have been almost totally insulated from what's actually popular on dancefloors, so there's bound to be loads of great stuff I've not heard in the RA poll.

I'm probably one of the few who really likes the Trentemoller album, but that's Sunday evening music really.

I quite liked that Mr G - Retrospective.

It's gotta be Exai for me. Hasn't done well in many lists so far.

Otherwise Logos, DJs Rashad & Koze and Special Request

I picked up the BoC on its release and have listened to it only a handful of times. Not entirely sure why, just haven't connected with it at all.

Exai on the other hand is huge. Perhaps the length of it was too much for some people.

I enjoyed BoC, but was never compelled to come back to it like the first two, which still kick my ass whenever I put one on

The thing with Exai, I think, is that it works well as a complete album if you have the patience, but just as well as something to dip in and out of in whatever way you like. In the WATMM thing they said they considered it as 4 EPs, one with the first 5 tracks then the rest of the tracks grouped in 4s. The last 4 are some of their best work IMO

I think I'm gonna have finally pull the trigger and check out Exai.

Pretty sure I haven't heard an Autechre album since Confield tho.

I really liked the Mano Le Tough album.

http://thump.vice.com/words/2013s-most-pretentious-dance-music-moments

I liked the new Sally Shapiro album a lot. Also Dumb Disco Ideas, a couple of the Koze tracks, Rainbow Arabia, !!! was surprisingly good, Kolsch, Classixx, CFCF Music for Objects EP, Factory Floor.

Wow, that Vice article is truly terrible.

I don't know, that Boards of Canada campaign was pretty tiring.

nah vice article nailed it

The Ron Morelli quote was a definite lol.

The tone of that article is really cringey, even by Vice standards - "But while I do love all you artsy fuckers, I’m here to shake it up a little bit." - "That's cool. While y’all are enjoying the live PA sausage fest and standing with your arms crossed watching a dude in a turtleneck slide faders up and down on a mixer, I’ll be over here dancing on top of stuff and talking to babes. Later!"

:/

"The only thing more pretentious than Boiler Room is trolling the Boiler Room."

Since when is the Boiler Room pretentious, am I missing something?

I think the actual picks, on the other hand, are totally fine and mostly otm. Outsider House and Noise Kids Have Techno Careers are kind of the same phenomenon, but whatever.

just a few off the top of my head

parassela - home alone EP
glimpse - true south EP
analogue cops - five EP
dusky - careless EP
dusky - vanishing point EP
anthony naples - P O T EP
anthony naples - RAD AN-1 EP
anthony naples - moscato EP
alan johnson - goron sound / fickle EP
dj haus - thug houz anthems EP and album
boddika - steam EP
pearson sound - starburst EP
pearson sound - REM EP
trumpet & badman - love keeps changing EP
etch - old school methods EP
etch - rise EP
joe - slope EP
joe - punters step out EP
v/a - livity sound compilation
pev & kowton - raw code EP
staffan lindberg - Y2K EP
delta funktionen - sun storm EP
special request - everything dude put out under this name
tom trago - the light fantastic
dj nori - 80s drugs
woo york - ancient light EP
galcher lustwerk - tape 22 EP
randomer - ruffa / no hook
randomer - bring / curtains
gerry read - crave EP
gerry read - u got no goddamn groove EP
snuff crew - new life EP
italojohnson - itj 07
sensate focus - 1.6
sensate focus - 2
delroy edwards - white owl EP
ksoul & muteoscillator - soul hell EP
flava d - hold on EP
flava d - hold on VIPs EP
traxman - westside boogie vol 3 EP
bambounou - full of feelings EP
bambounou - ignition EP
untold - targa / glare EP
boxwork - boxwork EP
boxwork - specialists EP
head high - burning EP
addison groove - BS3 EP
logos - cold mission
huerco s - colonial patterns
stellar om source - joy one mile
dj rashad - double cup
four tet - beautiful rewind
mr g - retrospective
dj ez - fabriclive 71
boys noize - fabriclive 72

there must be some others ...

oh how could i forget

dark sky - the click
mak & pasteman - brown bread

honestly though i've been listening to a lot more stuff from 2012 ... i'm perpetually behind the curve

I pretty much get all my music from Resident Advisor, so nothing I say bears listing, but I'll add: One 12" that I think will go largely unsung for no good reason is Nick Hoppner's Red Hook Soil.

Otherwise, DJ Sprinkles all around.

Stuff I've liked, off the top of my head:

Isolee - Allowance
Agoria - Scala
Maya Jane Coles - Easier To Hide (the whole album really)
Lord of the Isle - A2B
Lee Jones - A Perfect Kick
VA - Acid Arab EP
Ten Walls - Requiem
Ten Walls - Gotham
Matthew Jonson - Level 7 (Dixon Remix)
Marcus Worgull/Onsulade - Reno (this may be 2012?)
Syclops - Jump Bugs
Green Velvet - Bigger Than Prince (Martinez Brothers Remix definitely not the Hot Natured one)
Tiago - Souljam
Pional - We Have Been Waiting For You (Original and Gavin Russom remix)
Coma - My Orbit
Jimpster - Porchlight & Rocking Chairs (KiNK Remix)
Paul Woolford - Untitled
Sophie - Nothing More To Say
Zinc ft. Sasha Keble - Only For Tonight
Toyboy & Robin - Jaded
Kove - Love For You
T. Williams - Three Letters
Lil Silva - No Doubt (ft Rosie Lowe)
Kidnap Kid - Thin Lines
Devolution - Listen To The Badman
Krystal Klear ft. Jenna G - Addiction

favorite stuff so far: joey anderson, xosar, creme organization, omar s. feel like xosar had a great year and is a bit underrated.

kyle hall and funkineven were on-point. dj haus was a rush. the pal joey compilation on bbe was fantastic and not at all what i was expecting. robert hood put out some great stuff but he keeps leaving me a bit underwhelmed tbh. trevino was a highlight. heard a lot of noisy/dark techno i wasn't into, but will stan for that vatican shadow album.

for house house, dungeon meat - the fuck off track might be my track of the year. still need to sample from the jackin house thread, have no idea what's going on there.

oh yeah this year i heard some edm that is pretty dope.

xps nice lists!

V happy to see this thread. Don't have much to add beyond that.

definitely feel like anthony naples put out secretly funky tracks in "outsider house" garb or w/e. same with dixon avenue basement jams re: "deep house revival."

dark sky - the click

oh i need to hear this! i really loved in brackets in spite of having mixed feelings about that kind of akufen-ish thing but it totally won me over by being gorgeous and perfect and not cloying.

naples is not quite as noisy as all that ... i think of him more as being in the lineage of classic abstract and fuzzy detroit techno rather than "outsider house"

I'd say it's been a weak year for dance/electronic music. There's been some amazing music come out but overall the scene seems a bit stale to me. Maybe I'm just getting old

Positives - Livity Sound, A Made Up Sound, Morphine, Trilogy Tapes, Blackest Ever Black, PAN, Opal Tapes, The Siege Of Troy, Logos

what idm did you like matt

some 2013 non-vocal electronic music i like:

hav lyf, s/t
Actress, Silver Cloud EP
Shlohmo, Laid Out EP
Arca, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Jon Hopkins, Immunity
Forest Swords, Engravings
Shigeto, No Better Time Than Now
Koreless, Yugen EP
Four Tet, Beautiful Rewind
Kid Smpl, Armour EP
Dutty Artz, 6 Years Deep comp

tons more i'm sure

idm i liked this year: mark fell, n-dimensional analysis!

What do people think about this Heatsick record? I've got a copy, but haven't really listened much. Seems like there's some weird high concept stuff going on with it.

havent heard

9dw - Right On EP
Alex Burkat - Tarot EP
Anaxander - Local Talking EP
Anom Vitruv - Demos EP
Anton Zap - Water basically a comp
Aquarian Foundation - Silent Teaching EP
Axel Boman - Family Vacation LP
Baba Stiltz - Our Girls
Beautiful Swimmers - Son LP
Benedek - Peoples Potential Unlimited Test Pressing LP
Black Deer - Trail Of Tears EP
Black Deer - Born to Win (Life After Ghostbusters)
Blondes - Swisher LP
Bookworms - Japanese Zelkova EP
Captain Sunshine & The Valley People - Tomorrows Never Known LP
Classixx - Hanging Gardens LP
Cosby - Hands Together LP
Cosmic Kids & Fingerpaint - Reality On The Horizon EP
D-Ribeiro - Down You Will Get EP
Delroy Edwards - White Owl EP
DJ Fettburger & DJ Speckgurtel - Speckbass
DJ Fett Burger & Telephones - Rytmenarkotisk EP
DJ Koze - Amygdala LP
DJ Sotofett - Diggi-Dubbi-Tripp-Mixes EP
DJ Sotofett - Presents Fran Benitez - Lagrimas Negras
DJ Sotofett feat. Madteo - There's Gotta Be A Way
Dr. Dunks & The Rhythm Odyssey - Fox
Drvg Cvltvre - Porn Wax Five EP
Dungeon Acid - Dungeon Jams EP
Eddie C - Country City Country LP
Elgato - Dunkel Jam EP
Galcher Lustwerk - Tape 22 EP
VA - Gerd Janson Presents: Musik For Autobahns comp
Glimpse - True South
Gonno - The Noughties EP
Head High - Burning EP
HNNY - Mys (Young Marco Remix)
HNNNY & Koko - Boy
Huerco S. - Apheleia's Theme EP
Innershades - No Stopping EP
Jee Day - Sum of Love
John Roberts - Fences LP
Joey Anderson - Above the Cherry Moon (Vakula Remix)
Leisure Connection - Jungle Dancing
Levantis - Believe EP
Levon Vincent - Rainstorm II EP
Local Artist - Local Artist EP
Maciek Sienkiewicz & Ptaki - The Very Polish Cut-Outs Sampler Vol. 1 EP
Marcus Worgull - Muwekma
Mark E - Black Country Roots EP
Maxmillion Dunbar - Woo Daps
Moon B - Entropic Feelings EP
Moritz von Oswald Trio - Blue Dub
Moritz von Oswald & Nils Petter Molvær - 1/1 LP
Mudd & Pollard - Mawson's Walk
Nathan Savage & Roland Tings - Brain Foam EP
New Jackson - Sat Around Here Waiting (Fort Romeau Remix)
Outboxx - Outboxx LP
Palms Trax - Equation EP
Patricia - Body Issues LP
Paqua - Late Train EP
Pharaohs - Replicant Moods LP
Pharaohs - Island Time EP
Philipp Matalla - Lack Of Loss EP
R-Zone - R-Zone 01 EP
Red 7 - I Lost My Shoes On Acid
Rollmottle - The Obsolete Man LP
Royal Crown of Sweden - R.E.G.A.L.I.E.R. EP
Sabre - Nightdrive To Bolland EP
Secret Circuit - Tactile Galactics LP
Severence - Hidden Ceilings LP
Shocks - III EP
Sophie - Nothing More to Say (Dub)
Steve Moore - Zen Spiders / Lwaxana
Sven Weisemann - Inner Motions LP
Terekke - Yyyyyyyyyy EP
The Black Madonna - We Still Believe
The Coober Pedy University Band - Moon Plain EP
The Mole - Caregiver LP
The Smoke Clears - Listen LP
The Sonic Aesthetic - Tales from the Nocturn EP
TM404 - TM404 LP
Tommy Rawson - Don't Lose It
Tornado Wallace - Thinking Allowed EP
Vakula - You've Never Been to Konotop LP
Various Artists - House Slippers comp
Vester Koza - Vester Koza EP
Woolfy vs. Projections - Set Me Loose
Zombie Zombie - Illuminations (DJ Sotofett's House-Chugging-Tuff-Tripp-Mix)

sorry for massive list, i was very organized this year, which is a first for me

what idm did you like matt

― flopson, Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can't remember rn but i'll get back to ya (didn't hear much tbh).

Enjoying late great's picks so far. I'd only heard the El Portal EP from Anthony Naples, these other ones are something else.

I'm still trying to get my head around the Heatsick album but it's a good listen.

some more i forgot about

outboxx - sunshine mills EP
kevin mcphee - version one EP
george fitzgerald - thinking of you EP
trikk - basement trax EP
shifted - the cold light EP

Always flabergasted by the amount of new music a lot of people here have the time to get to know.

i gotta give props to the late great for turning me on to so much great stuff this year!

the reverend should post itt ;)

Lil Jabba,Slava and Genotype have done some decent shit this year MattP.

Not to forget RP Boo.

ty

my 2013 singles picks, which do include other footwork and so-inspired tracks (notes from my site update):

1. DJ Rashad - Rollin’ EP
Chicago juke artist DJ Rashad got a lot of attention this year, and for good reason. He’s at the forefront of producers making “footwork“ — think very fast, 808-driven instrumental hip-hop — music made for lovers of bass music, and the stepping ability keep up. This EP on UK label Hyperdub broke Rashad to a wider audience, and also features him flirting with another 2013 trend, jungle/hardcore breakbeats.

2. Archie Pelago - Subway Gothic EP
New York trio Archie Pelago make a kind of elctro-acoustic deep house. It’s dreamy, chill, and goes down perfectly in your earbuds on a long, gray subway ride.

3. Mark Pritchard - Ghosts EP & Lock Off EP
UK bass artist Mark Pritchard has been making dance music for over 20 years in various guises, most recently as part of the juke-influenced group Africa Hi-Tech. These EPs continue in that direction, though with more jungle flavor, and a knack for minimalist sheen. IMO, one of the most consistently interesting producers working.

4. Romare - Love Songs: Part One EP
Romare is a French producer based in London, and makes down-tempo bass music. This EP is a good example of how to apply 808 beats to lounge-y atmospherics (and even a strange cover of Peggy Lee’s “Fever”), and not come off cloyingly.

5. Addison Groove & Sam Binga - BS3 EP
UK bass music producers Addison Groove and Sam Binga have issued lots of music on their own, and in collaboration, the last couple of years, but this pairing features everything that’s great about their sounds: footwork-tempos, driving momentum, sleek synths, perfect vocal samples. Professionalism!

6. Eagles for Hands - Hot Telescopic EP
Self-issued UK house and down-tempo. Pretty under-the-radar as far as this stuff goes, but I played both tracks on this EP more than a lot of other more well-known stuff this year, and would be surprised if he remains unknown for long.

7. Blacksmif - “Kang’s Odyssey” (from the How the Fly Saved the River EP)
Great, jazzy house from UK producer Yemi “Blacksmif” Olagbaiye. Breezy, and perfectly paced for dancin’.

8. Tessela - Hackney Parrot EP
Ace jungle/garage-inspired bass music from UK’s Ed “Tessela” Russell. This was one of the earlier entries in the nu-jungle sweepstakes of 2013, but still one of the best, and most energetic.

9. Lone - Airglow Fires EP
UK’s Lone makes really cool music! This EP is actually pretty chill by his standards, featuring lush synth pads and 90s house/garage beats, but with Lone’s unmistakable bounce. He’s one of those guys who makes me curious about whatever he's doing now.

10. Cid Rim - “Mute City” (from the Mute City EP)
I never heard Cid Rim before this year, but glad I did. The title track from his latest EP is a bouncy, practically grinning take on 808-powered bass music. I wouldn’t even call this “dance” music, but it would make an insanely GREAT old school Nintendo soundtrack.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
11. 813 – “The Whaler”
12. Siriusmo – “Stinky Wig (Anstam’s Bustified Breaks mix)”
13. Kevin McPhee – “Who Loves You”
14. Alizz – Whoa! EP
15. Champion – “Bowser’s Castle”
16. Sun Glitters – “Mouth (Shigeto mix)”
17. Dawn Day Night – “Mister Meanor”
18. Helix – “Linn Jam”
19. Templa – “Fracture”
20. Beau Wanzer – “Balls of Steel”

other than rashad and machinedrum, does anyone have any other recommendations for footwork / drum n bass / dubstep from this year? looking for more 80/160-ish bpm tunes.

yeah, me too

i would second romare and addison/binga

om unit did some good stuff this year

stuff i've loved & been surprised not to see in more lists

new jackson - sat around here waiting
henrik schwarz - take words in return (return version)
bnjmn - hummingbird
alden tyrell & gerd ft. jess allen - luv thang
breach - let's get hot
trumpet & badman - love keeps changing
russ chimes - turn me out
sophie - nothing more to say
toyboy & robin - jaded
i:cube - le bon vieux temps

stuff i've loved & been happy to see in many lists

axel boman - klinsmann
fcl - it's you
mano le tough - primitive people (tale of us remix)
levon vincent - ???
floorplan - never grow old
the mole - lockdown party (dj sprinkles' crossfaderama)
isolée - allowance
paul woolford - untitled
floating points - wires

albums

holden - the inheritors
creep - echoes
maya jane coles - comfort
floorplan - paradise
nils frahm - spaces
peven everett - king of hearts
prurient - through the window
mr beatnick - the synthetes trilogy
darkside - psychic
omar-s - thank you for letting me be myself
ikonika - aerotropolis

although the best dance music for me this year was probably everything in/around black butter and uk house

henrik schwarz's take words in return somehow slipped past me. the carl craig remix is my fav.

robert hood eleven a late entry for my favorite robert hood related track, that shit slays.

err "eleven" the a-side.

black butter stuff i'm hearing on spotify is dope

gotta say "never grow old" on the floorplan album cannot be denied.

Thought it was curious that Reynolds went out of his way to list the Floorplan record under "you fill me with... inertia." Sure, it's got a fair amount of straight retro appeal, but surely no more than Special Request. I certainly didn't see many people hyping Floorplan either...

i've heard "never grow old" out a few times and it def feels anthemic, but the only person who hyped the album to me was lauren martin

just realised the sample in "klinsmann" is from mariah & boyz ii men's "one sweet day" :D

also just read the original RA review of it, how completely clueless

2. Archie Pelago - Subway Gothic EP
New York trio Archie Pelago make a kind of elctro-acoustic deep house. It’s dreamy, chill, and goes down perfectly in your earbuds on a long, gray subway ride.

Liking this stuff. Thanks

Developed a completely unexpected and intense addiction to Nils Frahm's Spaces.

Too many EPs and singles that I liked but couldn't get my hands on the vinyl b/c of lack of money or them going too fast, so it's hard to keep track of them. But here's 2013 stuff that I did buy, including a couple of reissues (do reggae records fit this thread? idk, I've heard them played out so...):

Bass Clef - Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare (Bass Clef Remix / Pev Remix) (Punch Drunk)
Charles Cohen - Dance Of The Spiritcatchers (Morphosis Reworks) (Morphine Records)
Delroy Edwards - White Owl (L.I.E.S.)
DJ Sprinkles - Queerifications & Ruins Vinyl Sampler 1 (Mule Musiq)
DJ Sprinkles - Queerifications & Ruins Vinyl Sampler 2 (Mule Musiq)
The Dynamic Four - Let's Make Love / Version 7” (Faze Four)
Kambo Super Sound / Don Papa - Tung-I Ramen / Done Is One 7” (Sex Tags Amfibia)
Laurel Halo - Behind The Green Door (Hyperdub)
Levantis - Believe (The Trilogy Tapes)
Levon Vincent - Rainstorm II (Novel Sound)
Kassem Mosse - The Siege Of Troy LP (Ominira)
Madteo - Strumpetocracy (Nuearth Kitchen)
_moonraker - Remota Instruere (Great Circles)
Pev & Kowton - Raw Code (Hessle Audio)
Prins Thomas - Bobletekno & Flau Pappadans Versions (Full Pupp)
Rezzett - Rezzett EP (The Trilogy Tapes)
Sheriff Lindo And The Hammer - Ten Dubs That Shook The World LP (EM Records)
Theo Parrish - Dance Of The Medusa (Sound Signature)
Theo Parrish - Overyohead / Dance of the Drunken Drums, Repress (Sound Signature)
Westov Temple - Messiah Drugs (Great Circles)

i just wanna stress how good The Smoke Clears - Listen LP is, its ambient/chill out by John Daly and it's the best thing he's done in a good while, just really deeply satisfying.

haven't really seen anyone talk about it, except it was on good ol' p1pecock's eoy list

Is anyone else enjoying d'Eon's 12" as Kallisti? It's split more or less evenly between more hardcore-sounding tracks ("Coke Priest," "Michael Douglas") and pretty, beatific new-agey stuff ("Dancefloor," "Arc of Fire") and it is wonderful

Xps, it's kind of a mixture of things, one of which is dubstep, but I really liked Ishome's album Confession.

who is that an xpost to?

hahahaha "i'm sorry i've been on mute"

apology accepted!

This Actress stuff is kind of pleasantly monotonous.

Not sure but Shigeto's "Perfect Crime" sounds like it might have an After Dinner sample in it.

I'm really struggling to get my head around the much repped 100% Galcher mix tape. Some pretty listless rapping over uninspired deep house....hmmmm.

or is it uninspired rapping over listless deep house?

well your hatin' inspired me to find out for myself, and i liked it, so there

Not sure but Shigeto's "Perfect Crime" sounds like it might have an After Dinner sample in it.

oh? i don't know After Dinner, but i don't hear anything that sounds sampled in that track.

On succeeding listens this seemed more doubtful to me, because the snippet of music I was focused on continued in a way I don't remember it. After Dinner was a Japanese art rock sort of outfit. For example (I'm not sure this is the track I had in mind).

Or avant-pop. Etc.

I haven't been following new music enough lately- could any of you recommend your favorites this year in the vein of (any of these) Isolee, Actress, Stott, Holden, Hecker, Emeralds? Those are just some artists I've been binge listening to lately.

Stott
http://1080pcollection.bandcamp.com/album/tulpa

huerco s dude

also check out stellar om source

Thanks! Will report back tomorrow.

Loved all 3 recommendations! Thanks again.

This may be my most clueless post (hopefully) but what does this make me- a house/experimental fan?

makes you a n00b

That too, for sure.

I'm really struggling to get my head around the much repped 100% Galcher mix tape. Some pretty listless rapping over uninspired deep house....hmmmm.

― millmeister, Monday, January 6, 2014 11:26 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i did not feel it at all, myself

i would love to see some kind of hype flowchart on that one. i remember seeing white material ("what, like beautiful drapes?") mentioned on the bobbins thread in october and then suddenly it was fucking everywhere, everyone riffing on "working man's techno" (rmde).

Slow Life

#2

The Gardland album is really good and I would recommend it for Evan.

Noted! I'll listen to that too! Thank you.

marco nega on batti batti

Anthony Naples - Faceless could have been such a good track if he'd let it breathe and didnt fuck about with it