200 Press Ep
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lionel hutz
Reviewed 2014-12-17
Reviewed 2014-12-17
To me very reminiscent of his “Love What Happened Here” EP from 2011 (hip-hop samples, R&B textures, slightly dubby construction, mellow and spacey but propulsive, released just in time for the holidays). Great stuff, firmly in weird electronic mode (as opposed to weird electronic singer/songwriter mode).
RIYL: james blake, mount kimbie, pariah, airhead, hip-hop and R&B inflected electronic music in general
1. watery 80s/90s R&B keys, beat kicks in around :30, a steady 4/4 pulse, but it frequently gets breaky or drops out for a bit. more dramatic synth accents enter around the middle and give it a bit more drive. some great looped southern hip-hop vocal samples (andre3000’s guest spot on devin’s “what a job”, gangsta boo on “late nite tip”). kind of feels like the entirety of the “love what happened here” EP rolled into one song. also, i think this is the most fun/playful thing he’s ever written (maybe by a wide margin). 6:13
2. opens with glitchy found sound loop, then tense beat kicks in at :45, kind of 4/4, but kind of jumpy. steam hiss and echoed vocal snippets just after 1:00. dramatic video game sounds and bass enter around 1:45 and the whole thing takes on more of a slow rolling swagger. gets its push back at points throughout the rest. shades of CMYK EP. 4:51
3. mellow low-fi keys and pitched up vocals. pulsing skipping beat with occasional tasteful bass blurts. ticking breakdown with bass sweeps starts around 1:15. nice chopped and looped keys w/ 90s east coast hip-hop feel in second half. subdued, but purposeful. 4:25
4. gentle treated piano and spoken word vocals. 1:03
recommended: 1, any
RIYL: james blake, mount kimbie, pariah, airhead, hip-hop and R&B inflected electronic music in general
1. watery 80s/90s R&B keys, beat kicks in around :30, a steady 4/4 pulse, but it frequently gets breaky or drops out for a bit. more dramatic synth accents enter around the middle and give it a bit more drive. some great looped southern hip-hop vocal samples (andre3000’s guest spot on devin’s “what a job”, gangsta boo on “late nite tip”). kind of feels like the entirety of the “love what happened here” EP rolled into one song. also, i think this is the most fun/playful thing he’s ever written (maybe by a wide margin). 6:13
2. opens with glitchy found sound loop, then tense beat kicks in at :45, kind of 4/4, but kind of jumpy. steam hiss and echoed vocal snippets just after 1:00. dramatic video game sounds and bass enter around 1:45 and the whole thing takes on more of a slow rolling swagger. gets its push back at points throughout the rest. shades of CMYK EP. 4:51
3. mellow low-fi keys and pitched up vocals. pulsing skipping beat with occasional tasteful bass blurts. ticking breakdown with bass sweeps starts around 1:15. nice chopped and looped keys w/ 90s east coast hip-hop feel in second half. subdued, but purposeful. 4:25
4. gentle treated piano and spoken word vocals. 1:03
recommended: 1, any
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Charting
2015-01-04 — 2015-03-08
Electronic
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Mar 8 | 1 |
| Mar 1 | 1 |
| Feb 22 | 3 |
| Feb 15 | 3 |
| Feb 8 | 2 |
| Feb 1 | 2 |
| Jan 25 | 4 |
| Jan 18 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | 200 Press | ||
| 2. | 200 Pressure | ||
| 3. | Building It Still | ||
| 4. | Words That We Both Know |