Actress - LXXXVIII (New album)

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Welcome to LXXXVIII – the ninth Actress album to be created by Darren Cunningham and the very first presentation of Actress’ voyage into luxury sonics.

A lifetime in the making, LXXXVIII is the culmination of 25 years’ honing mind-shorting, soul-igniting audio infusions for dance floors, rave dens, festivals, and concert hall, and the inaugural vessel for Actress’ cruise into novel strata of artistic influence: the executive suites, yacht decks and private jets of our planet’s ultimate power players.

 

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The fuck is he on about

"luxury sonics" lol fuck off. Actress is boring

  On 10/18/2023 at 1:19 AM, Summon Dot E X E said:

Music shouldn't be talked about

That NTS session is heavenly. Some sections are my favourite stuff from him in ages.

That description though .... 

  On 10/18/2023 at 1:11 AM, BobDobalina said:

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The fuck is he on about

This is a Partridge-ism if ever there was one.

sorry mom I can’t help you bring in the groceries I’m listening to luxury sonics 

Oh my, apart from 'luxury sonics' - when is the Tim Hecker collab coming, lol - this is the best material from Actress in ages. Totally lost interest around Karma & Desire - dude, you're not Andy Stott hihi.

NTS thing is really nice...hyped for the album! 

https://mixmag.net/feature/actress-cover-feature-interview-lxxxviiii-ninja-tune

The NTS show was wicked. I'm really hyped for luxury sonics, there was droppage today... 

Preparing a silk bedspread and good headphones for these luxury sonics tomorrow. 

I'm donning my Balenciaga dressing gown and Prada slippers, ready for these luxury sonics.

Absolutely love this album. 

This album is so good that im willing to excuse the whole "luxury sonics" nonsense 

someone please add the luxury sonics tag to this post

Fucking not here yet in america (lol), yeah suck it yanks

Somebody please pass the courvoisier (darren-condom pls)

What is that track 15 or so mins in on the nts mix with the luxury sonics? Omg

He's delivered the goods yet again. Quite a low key release tho for him, apart from the chess concept it doesnt seem to have as much of a strong individual sonic identity: the pianos left over from Karma and Desire, the big room techno from AZD, the slick dark basslines from his earlier work. Just good tunes no nonsense. The standout track for me is Its Me (g8), those Michael Jackson esque vocal chops are stunning.

He does it again. Stunning release, maybe even better than K&D. These luxury sonics are a serious AOTY contender.

My girlfriend went to spin this album earlier. I told her it wasn't for her. It's luxury sonics.

First impressions after a few listens:

I like it more than Karma & Desire. The vocals seem to work better here, imo. The meandering pianos still feel a bit too aimless at times, though. I'm not sure what it was about the NTS session that clicked with me, but I had that shit on loop. I don't expect the same to happen here, but let's see.

Standouts: M2, Green Blue Amnesia Magic Haze
Skipper: Typewriter world

Is Azd Rain a remix of "Caves of Paradise"?

Also, does anyone understand the connection to chess? 

I'll be playing LXXXVIII most of the weekend, and 88, nice having that on vinyl. 

Really is a great listen. Top tier 

Great record, current favourites are Hit Dat Spdiff and M2. I'm also considering getting that 3xLP with that 88 album, quite expensive though.

I don't really get this luxury sonics meme, maybe someone can enlighten me.

  On 11/4/2023 at 9:42 AM, AnwarAutokino said:

I don't really get this luxury sonics meme, maybe someone can enlighten me.

I think it has something to do with training your AI twin to stare at MS-DOS chess piece icons while contemplating infinity.

Words seen juxtaposed in the promo copy here (probably bandcamp and blerp too).  Mix is the chef's kiss tho.

  On 10/17/2023 at 3:57 AM, Friendly Stranger said:

https://www.nts.live/shows/actress/episodes/actress-13th-october-2023