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Artist......: Actress
Album.......: Karma & Desire
Label.......: Ninja Tune
Genre.......: Electronic
Catnr.......: ZENCD271
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-10-28
Str.date....: 2020-10-23
Quality.....: 631 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://ninjatune.net
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1. Fire and Light 1:16
2. Angels Pharmacy (feat. Zsela) 4:41
3. Remembrance (feat. Zsela) 2:41
4. Reverend 2:58
5. Leaves Against The Sky 4:38
6. Save 5:05
7. VVY (feat. Sampha) 2:37
8. XRAY 3:31
9. Gliding Squares 3:06
10. Many Seas, Many Rivers (feat. Sampha) 8:10
11. Loveless (feat. Aura T-09) 4:40
12. Public Life (feat. Vanessa Benelli Mosell) 3:59
13. Fret 1:28
14. Loose (feat. Christel Well) 4:18
15. Turin (feat. Aura T-09) 7:12
16. Diamond X 3:50
17. Walking Flames (feat. Sampha) 4:12
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\ / ________ Runtime 68:22
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,: Actress returns with singers in tow for an ambitious but very :,
: real 7th album of greyscale and chromatic electronics - his :
:' first since the Ai project with Young Paint and 2017Æs æAZDÆ. ':
,: :,
: On his definitive new opus Actress ushers in vocalists for the :
:' first time, allowing Sampha, Zsela, Aura T-09, and Rebekah ':
,: Cristel to voice his music alongside additional keys from :,
: Italian pianist/composer Vanessa Benelli Mosell. The result is :
:' layered and spaced out to accommodate other souls in a hazy ':
,: matrix of tenderised melodies and amorphous rhythms. If youÆve :,
: followed Actress' work thus far - since his cult beginnings in :
:' the mid æ00s, or since the acclaim for his subtly game-changing ':
,: run of LPs from ÆHazyvilleÆ to æGhettovilleÆ circa 2008-2014 - :,
: the crystalline intricacies of æKarma & DesireÆ feel like a :
:' natural progression of his music into a form of dematerialised ':
,: dancefloor/bedroom metaphysics that many others have tried to :,
: imitate, yet never quite executed with this sort of deeply :
:' enigmatic, dreamlike appeal. ':
,: :,
: Recent years have seen Actress incorporate classical and Ai :
:' inspirations thru his work on æLageosÆ with the LCO, and his Ai ':
,: Jade Soulform on æAZDÆ and the æYoung PaintÆ album. Now æKarma & :,
: DesireÆ feels like the consolidation of all his work in this :
:' direction, achieving a unique sense of timeless, soul-burning ':
,: immanence and detached, OOBE-like qualities that can safely be :,
: called Actress music. Sampha proves an ideal foil for his ideas :
:' on three of the albumsÆs quietest highlights; inhabiting æMany ':
,: Seas, Many RiversÆ with the tenderest warbles, and almost :,
: channelling a tremulous Linda Sharrock in æVVYÆ, while found at :
:' his most vulnerable in the drizzly swing of æWalking FlamesÆ, ':
,: featuring Kara-Lis Coverdale on fliute. And likewise he finds :,
: the perfect sort of club music muses from Zsela in the deep blue :
:' house of æAngels PharmacyÆ, Aura T-09 on the slackened garage ':
,: of ÆLovelessÆ, and Rebekah Christel on the LPÆs jitty highlight :,
: æLooseÆ. :
:' ':
,: The instrumental arrangements here still ooze amorphous :,
: expression in every hiss, lop-sided drum and smudged chord, from :
:' the the scuzzy electro-soul swerve of æDiamond XÆ to the ':
,: air-stepping keys and bass wamp of æLeaves Against The SkyÆ, to :,
: what sounds like CoilÆs studio ELpHÆs emerging in the great :
:' matter probe æReverendÆ, and a jaw-dropping masterstroke in the ':
,: panoramic strings and funereal thuds of æSaveÆ. :,
: :
:' More than 15 years after we first heard his music, Actress ':
,: still works our hearts, feet and minds like no other, we canÆt :,
: wait to spend time entangled in this one. :
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