Not watched this, but the fact that the Surkit sample is the absolute cornerstone of this tune is well-known. If that’s the gist.
It’s a bit more interesting than just that, he remakes it, but yeah that’s fine crux of it
What do people make of Actress? I’m listening to a bit of his stuff at the moment and at times it seems a bit non existent, like some noise and shuffling sounds but also quite a nice atmosphere, can’t really tell if I like it or not
I’m into it. Totally get your angle, though.
This one is amazing. It’s been on my playlists for a few years now:
I think the non-existent part has made it nice to stick on in the background but has made it hard to pull out more stuff like Maze where I really am into it as a standalone piece.
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Yeah that’s good. I’m enjoying the atmosphere off his stuff and I keep coming back to it
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Yeah, that is the album Maze is from and the one I’ve gone back to plenty.
The RIP and Hazyville albums I didn’t grab until fairly recently…Listened to them a few times, but they aren’t jumping out like Splazsh does.
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I grabbed Push Power which was the new one…wasn’t into it.
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Apparently I saw Actress perform the other day in APE, but I have no recollection of it. Shame. That’s a result of a big bottle of Buckfast and a good few cans and two vegan sosig rolls for yer day’s diet, though.
Yeah this is one I bought and sat as heavy rotation in me motor for a while. I think his newest one didn’t really grab me, but shall return to see if my brain can pick up on it better.
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Cheers peeps just bought Splazsh and AZD, look forward to getting battered and giving them a spin
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Absolutely love Actress and have done for a long time, non-existent is a great way to describe his music tbh. Hazyville and splash are both true all timers for me.
Watched him do a yayoi kusama inspired live set silent disco at tate modern in 2012 and it was fucking incredible. Same year I also saw him dj the Sunday arvo at bestival playing extremely loose disco ish tunes, both exceptional sets. He really can do it all
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Just stumbled on Mickey Diamond.
Reigniting my faith in hip hop. DOOM vibes without parodying styles.
Last three albums - all 2023, putting work in - seem pretty solid.
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Actress is a weird one. Some pieces I really like and some frustrate me because there is an idea in there and it wasn’t fleshed. Loads of artists do this to me, OPN for one.
I have a very polite internal battle with this stuff all the time. I tend to gravitate to music that has had lots of effort put into it, I like to hear the craft, the depth the artist has gone to to get there, resulting in sporadic but meaty work. There is a lot of music that feel like sketches, ideas that haven’t been explored enough and that results in quick turnaround and prolific work. Kinda feels like cheating to me in a way and I definitely find it hard to be this way with my own music BUT when a track, no matter how simple gets me, all that bullshit doesn’t matter so it’s just pointless inner turmoil.
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I saw him DJ at a Palace do, very diverse set, some real up moments like old hardcore tunes, then back to some weird atmospheric stuff, not your usual club set
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I just listen patiently to this waiting for the hat to arrive around 3.20
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Cheers, shit was that a year ago already?
One of the non-id’d tracks was this, personal fave like
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Post up your tunes. Maybe we need a different thread. Or stick it in the gear geek thread?
Listened to this quite a few times.
nah, no one needs to hear that. I have in the past though.
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