Actress - Splazsh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQFMjUySio&feature=related

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After crafting one of the most enduring albums of the last few years with 2008's 'Hazyville', Actress sets his sights on the future with a crucial LP for Honest Jon's. This album signifies two important points; firstly, the fact that Honest Jon's are putting this out at all acknowledges Mr Cunningham's place in the lineage of potentially classic Afrofuturistic music, from George Clinton through Prince and Shake Shakir, and secondly, a major maturity and cohesion in his sound. Wheras it's predecessor was composed over a staggered period of many, many years, this album was fashioned in a fraction of that time, lending a tangible symmetry between these shapeshifting tracks that's as loose as it is detached from the rest of the modern herd. Of the 14 tracks he's selected, we've previously encountered the first two, with the unstable space float of 'Hubble' appearing on a shady Thriller 12" and his remix of Various Production's 'Lost' reminding us how good his most overlooked cuts can be. From here in it's all about that next-level longing, sealing the airlock and initiating pressure sequence with 'Futureproofing', before laying down the robo-boogie with 'Always Human'. Showing a teflon resistance towards easy categorisation, 'Get Ohn (Fairlight Mix)' swerves down a side street into a footwurkin' face-off by cyborgs sliding to a mutilated mix of Jon E Cash and Chez Damier played underwater. Next we hit the erogenous interzone of 'Maze' and that incapacitatingly lush bassline designed to lock into your central nervous system and send shockwaves of piloerection to every f*cking corner of your soul. After that, we're cynically dumped, cold post-sex style into the Ferraro-esque Prince tribute 'Purple Splazsh', and on into the Detroit ghetto stalk of 'Let's Fly'. The dissonant robo-crunk of 'The Kettle Men' and closing entry 'Casanova' confirm that if anything, the man is only suffering from a surfeit of ideas and expanded technical expertise. Which is never a bad thing. If you want music that enhances or removes you from your own reality like the most visceral sci-fi novel or confirms that there is a sprawling future beyond the stasis of too much modern music, this is just absolutely vital listening.

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Actress

its pretty alright

will check out liked everything i've heard from actress before.

it's really good

Man I really dig Actress.

I liked Hazyville more but this is also a solid release. Recommended!

the lost is very good, just a bit different then the original mix on versus.

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I'm quite surprised there isn't more hype about Actress on this forum. I mean, this track wouldn't sound out of place on ep7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERueHLneBKw

  On 5/26/2010 at 9:39 PM, Jacck said:

I'm quite surprised there isn't more hype about Actress on this forum. I mean, this track wouldn't sound out of place on ep7:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERueHLneBKw

definitely one of actress best

yeah i dont remember older actress sounding so autechre

i never heard the machine and voice before - splazsh is hook me.

I've never heard Actress before, and I think I'm going to order this album. i love the really minimal, organic, simple house feel of Senorita.

what's the previous album like? because i've fallen in love with the artwork for Hazyville. is it Dubbier?

  On 5/28/2010 at 5:34 AM, Backson said:

I've never heard Actress before, and I think I'm going to order this album. i love the really minimal, organic, simple house feel of Senorita.

 

what's the previous album like? because i've fallen in love with the artwork for Hazyville. is it Dubbier?

It´s good. Very good. If you liked this you will also like Hazyville.

i'll order this one and see.

14tracks this week is actress - remixes and shit. bought but not listened yet.

http://14tracks.com/

I never heard of him until about 2 days ago .

And yes , I enjoy his work . Time to start collecting .

hubble-the kettle men and get ohn r great trac's

GOD DAMN!

ordered this through a CD store two weeks ago and its on back order!

and I'm too lazy to order off the net like a smart person.

so I must wait...

scrap that, got it today.

its goood!

Just started playing this for the second time. First was enjoyable, but it seemed very patchy at times, like just a bunch of undeveloped ideas. We'll see how it goes today.

  On 6/17/2010 at 7:56 PM, sidewinder said:

seemed very patchy at times, like just a bunch of undeveloped ideas.

i agree, but I wasn't expecting any different so I'm enjoying it alot.

I tried to explain Actress to my friend, and ended up describing the music as though someone filmed a DJ playing house music at a club with their phone camera and released the audio. but in a good way.

My favourites thus far are Always Human, Purrple Splazsh and Senorita.

  On 6/18/2010 at 2:43 AM, Backson said:

I tried to explain Actress to my friend, and ended up describing the music as though someone filmed a DJ playing house music at a club with their phone camera and released the audio. but in a good way.

Yeah I felt this a bit too.

Truth be told I don't think this album is for me. There are some tracks I enjoyed but much of it annoyed me. It might grow on me but I don't really enjoy listening to it so it probably will never get that chance.

  On 6/17/2010 at 7:56 PM, sidewinder said:

it seemed very patchy at times, like just a bunch of undeveloped ideas. We'll see how it goes today.

this is how all actress struck me at first and then something changed - i don't know what happened - just crept under my skin

Finally got round to listening to this and its a step up from the last album I think. Already playing it for the third time today. Maze is the stand out track for me atm.

I like a good few of the tracks on this !

Hubble

Bubble Butts and Equations

Get Ohn

Let's Fly

Wrong Potion

The Kettle Men

and I like the short interlude bits too.

Love the off-key vibes in Actress's stuff.