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A nice, leisurely house music track that feels like it’s played on a gamelan.
❝ The melody — a bright, expressive yet straightforward synth pattern — dates back to 2014. After seeking the therapy of dance clubs in New York City, the producer dusted it off and revamped the sequence into a pulsing track indebted to that backdrop of ephemeral bliss. ❞ *
https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/05/09/ghostly-international-star-city-the-melody/
❝ Toral has released several sparse epics, but Violence… is his finest, in part because he focuses his efforts on a more intimate scale. A track such as the opening “Desirée” might overwhelm and cause mental drift at album-side length; at three and a half minutes, its lush northern-lights shimmer envelopes you, ravishes you and moves on. Still, this is, more than Toral’s previous efforts, a guitar record. You can hear the contour and grain of actual straight-outta-the-amp feedback amid the shifting timbres on “Maersk Line” and “Liberté.” ❞ *
https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/05/08/rafael-toral-desiree-toral-has-released/
❝ Play a song before it’s ready.
Because in the moment before it’s ready, that’s when it’s ready.
By bringing music that’s half-baked to the table, [Paul] takes a risk. It means that George might become critical or mopey. It means that John might not be engaged. It means that the room might not feel it.
But the risk is worth it. Because the half-baked work, shared in a trusting environment, is the fuel for the system that created the works of genius. ❞
https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/05/06/play-a-song-before-its-ready-because-in-the/