Darkstar / Foam Island
| Album: | Foam Island | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Darkstar | Added: | Apr 2016 | |
| Label: | Warp Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2016-04-11 | Pull Date: | 2016-06-12 | Charts: | Electronic |
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| Week Ending: | May 29 | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 17 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 26, 2016: | All Passion No Technique
Stoke The Fire |
4. | May 04, 2016: | funk to fiddle
Stoke The Fire |
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| 2. | May 19, 2016: | All Passion No Technique
Inherent In The Fibre |
5. | Apr 28, 2016: | All Passion No Technique
Stoke The Fire |
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| 3. | May 10, 2016: | The Offbeat Generation
Days Burn Blue |
6. | Apr 21, 2016: | All Passion No Technique
Stoke The Fire |
Album Review
Morgan Brant
Reviewed 2016-04-12
Reviewed 2016-04-12
[synthwave]
electronic alternative unsettling vaporwave/synthwave. A full album: partly an art piece, partly pop, partly experimental. A bit industrial, funky, glum. Juxtaposed sounds and lyrics battle casually for attention. Vocal monologues intersperse the well-fitting sad synths and acoustic instruments. Sounds hyperdub.
Rec: 2,3,12 RIYL Cooly G, Django Django, Alt-J, Phantogram, Mount Kimbie, FaltyDL, Toro Y Moi
1-(2:02) abstract vocal lines over first ambient darkness then bells
2-*(3:58) trip electronica R&B. Nice low wave.
3-**(4:04) strange pleasant bass-y tune with echoed, retro elements
4-(1:32) peaceful low bells/horns under 80s-scify-movie lyrics
5-*(4:42) a toy assembly line, turns warm and embracing and bubbly
6-(1:51) various vocal clips with a clean sky sheen
7-(4:55) minimal hypnotic electronica with acapella, a bit Alt-J
8-*(4:41) poppy melodic ominous synthpop
9-*(2:33) an arty curious electric string quartet
10-*(3:32) minimal slow r&b electronic winter tune
11-(2:12) opening monologue, then twirling arpeggios
12-*(3:45) funked synth atonalities with vacuous reverbs
electronic alternative unsettling vaporwave/synthwave. A full album: partly an art piece, partly pop, partly experimental. A bit industrial, funky, glum. Juxtaposed sounds and lyrics battle casually for attention. Vocal monologues intersperse the well-fitting sad synths and acoustic instruments. Sounds hyperdub.
Rec: 2,3,12 RIYL Cooly G, Django Django, Alt-J, Phantogram, Mount Kimbie, FaltyDL, Toro Y Moi
1-(2:02) abstract vocal lines over first ambient darkness then bells
2-*(3:58) trip electronica R&B. Nice low wave.
3-**(4:04) strange pleasant bass-y tune with echoed, retro elements
4-(1:32) peaceful low bells/horns under 80s-scify-movie lyrics
5-*(4:42) a toy assembly line, turns warm and embracing and bubbly
6-(1:51) various vocal clips with a clean sky sheen
7-(4:55) minimal hypnotic electronica with acapella, a bit Alt-J
8-*(4:41) poppy melodic ominous synthpop
9-*(2:33) an arty curious electric string quartet
10-*(3:32) minimal slow r&b electronic winter tune
11-(2:12) opening monologue, then twirling arpeggios
12-*(3:45) funked synth atonalities with vacuous reverbs
Track Listing
| 1. | Basic Things | 7. | Pin Secure | |||
| 2. | Inherent In The Fibre | 8. | Through The Motions | |||
| 3. | Stoke The Fire | 9. | Tilly's Theme | |||
| 4. | Cuts | 10. | Foam Island | |||
| 5. | Go Natural | 11. | Javan's Call | |||
| 6. | A Different Kind Of Struggle | 12. | Days Burn Blue |