ARTIST...: Klein
TITLE....: Tommy EP
YEAR.....: 2017
LABEL....: Hyperdub
CAT.NO...: HDB112
GENRE....: Electronic
TIME.....: 24:34
SIZE.....: 56,35 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2017/09/29
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com
TRACKLIST
01) (05:19) Prologue (feat. Jacob Samuel, Pure Water, ThisisDA, Atiena & Eric Sings)
02) (02:56) Act One (feat. Embaci & Jacob Samuel)
03) (03:44) Cry Theme
04) (01:48) Tommy
05) (00:55) Runs Reprise
06) (03:00) Everlong
07) (03:27) B2k
08) (03:25) Farewell Sorry
Klein debuts on Hyperdub with an intuitively avant blinder, the Tommy EP,
dropping a pin at the labelÆs farthest flung coordinates, somewhere
between concrΦte R&B and soul-wrenching jazz noise. Very safe to say,
if you were into KleinÆs Only LP, this oneÆs a peach..
We pick up in Prologue with a candid glimpse of Klein in the studio
riffing on Mariah Carey along with her pals - Atiena, Jacob Samuel,
ThisisDA, Eric Sings and Pure Water - weÆre dropped off 25 minutes later
at the glitching jazz chord chops of Farewell Sorry feeling dazed and
seriously wondering, wtf just happened?!
To offer some kind of description, the London/LA-based artist takes the
cut-up, collaged themes and techniques of Only to beguiling new degrees,
flinging the listener thru a maze of idiosyncratic gestures from clouds
of diaphanous, operatic vocals in Act One to the tenebrous R&B of Cry
Theme and the rainy parade of Tommy, then crushing æ90s soul and jungle
like youÆve never heard in the all-too-short Runs, and even some sorta
grungy jungle trample in Everlong, while B2k is possibly best described
as kitchen sink hypersoul.
ItÆs anarchic, unsettling and steeply unique stuff, largely thanks to
her distinctive concrΦte palette - no recognisable plugins or owt here -
but also thanks to a balance of daring, knowing, and playful boldness
that makes it clear she couldnÆt give a f*ck about trends or convention,
which is evidently all too rare nowadays.
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