This whimsical cavalcade, spinning in the proximity of … 71 beats per sixty second rotations … or something to said contextual effect … i actually really like how these four flow together … something hidden kinship camaraderie about this quartet’s collective undercurrent … something avante alee intended for the imminent future age brigade … anyhaps, with that and without further ado … vanguard 71 rhyme flight crew … deck the we should be so lucky number seven : godspeed, enjoi
: : Rhyme Flight, Deck 7 : “Vanguard 71” :
: [ Relative Thread : Terset Crate, ~71 bpm* ] : :
· : : “Vanguard 71” Pilot Fleet : Recs On Deck : : ·
| Record | Artist (Vintage) | Album; Label |
|---|---|---|
| “Starstruck” | Santigold (2008) | Santogold ; Downtown Records |
| “Fearless” ft. Nadia Rose | Melanie C (2020) | Melanie C ; Red Girl Media |
| “Snakeskin” | Rina Sawayama (2020) | SAWAYAMA ; Dirty Hit |
| “Superheroes” | Daft Punk (2001) | Discovery ; Virgin Records |
· · ·
: Flight Taste Note Referentials :
| Aspect | Description |
|---|---|
| Modality | Describes intensity and energy in music |
| Valence | Describes the spectrum of emotions in music (e.g. sad, happy) |
| Depth | Describes intellect and sophistication in music |
| Texture | Describes sensory “feel” of music (e.g. organic / natural, processed / engineered) |
| Physique | Describes build, body, silhouette of music (e.g. minimal, full ; angular / rigid, contouring / elastic ) |
| Evocation | Describes experiential or conceptual resonance brought forth in music (e.g. any elemental, essential, emblematic associations) |
“Starstruck” — Santigold (2008)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Downtempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | 20/20 Disillusion |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Lucid perception ; post-conventional Depth |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Lo-Fi Fraughtnetic ; Disparate Distortion |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Atrophy bodied, spasmodic build, stellar runoff silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Lime light prize fight, illadelphonic vs l.e.s. hipstartistes … sky gazing gully funk … post-phaser cosmic drifted … footnotes from the other side, curtain calling card c/o inner world nemesis |
· · ·
“Fearless” ft. Nadia Rose — Melanie C (2020)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Buoyant downtempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Intrepid aspiration |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Universal self-awareness |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Enveloping lush pop |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Full bodied, chillwave bedrock build, palatial silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Princess reprise coronation station … deep sea diving into high level eye level cumulonimbus joy riding … chill, wave, crown halo vibe on tap |
· · ·
“Snakeskin” — Rina Sawayama (2020)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Escalating mid-tempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Moulting drama |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Prodigious |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Anthemic, integrative neoteric/classical |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Maximalist, operatic pop build, theatric silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Memoirs of a maestra butterfly in disguise … eclipse metamorphosic … basilisk bagatelle unsheather season |
· · ·
“Superheroes” — Daft Punk (2001)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Pulsing uptempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Breakthrough |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Deceptive finesse |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Cosmic synth, groove propulsion |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Ample bodied, pilot build, supercharged silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | En route paratroupstars … something’s in the air … adrenaline rush, shift climactic, unbate the exhale … |
· · Final Notes and Flight Impressions · ·
| “Record,” Artist (Vintage) | Taste Notes |
|---|---|
| “Starstruck,” Santigold (2008) | Dark wave base with indie pop sensibility, protostelo vantage echoing supergiant atmosphere … stellarevolution |
| “Fearless” ft. Nadia Rose; Melanie C (2020) | Trip-pop base with R&B sensibility, sister sensei vantage echoing king crucible atmosphere … winged goddess |
| “Snakeskin,” Rina Sawayama (2020) | Electropop base with orchestral sensibility, cosmopolitan heiress apparent vantage echoing millinneage atmosphere … moulten opera |
| “Superheroes,” Daft Punk (2001) | Electro-house base with synthwave sensibility, jetpack shep vantage echoing crescendilemma atmosphere … hérosesquemachinaire |
| [ On the Whole ] “Vanguard 71,” ibid. (2022) | Strong cinematic overtones, halo yoked human bildungsroman underscore … varying degrees of lifted, gifted, drifted cosmic analogutronic feel … leading the brigade of language artistry amidst the age of mechtech industrial reproduction … something inherently hybrid redemptive, dive into darkness to breakthrough luminous … oracular spectacular hymnals |
· : Last Call, Maestro Pilot Mix : ·
Now then … this one, Steve Parry presents Original Sinner – December 2021 Mix … crossed the radar late last year courtesy of selador recordings’ daze of christmas bonanza extravaganza
It’s Day 4 of our Xmas giveaway extravaganza at Selador, and time for Steve to step up with his own seasonal offering ️
Showcasing his new Original Sinner alter ego where he gets to play out his love for Cosmic Disco and Funked Up Mirrorball Sleaze
so … within the immediate, as per the repertoire par ( repartoire? ), this mix capstone echoes our precedent deck on the whole, as a proximal pilot maestro in the form of extended flight elixir mix … red eye rotation, as it were … but/and, often times … i slate dj sets / mixes that i just really enjoy but / and because they sound so good on the spirit when i imagine how the tempos would feel with other people sharing the space of said rhythmic range frequency … so all of that is to say … this one just sounded so good in consideration of other people sharing the experience of said sounds … so — without much further ado, and one final point of note : taking the space to extend deep audiophilic appreciation to selador for maintaining their nook of the music community alive and well endowed – creatively speaking … highly recommend frequenting / following / familiarizing your (the communal you of said readership audience) sel[f/ves] with said label … so so worth it, due to and despite the convoluted music industry marketplace of current … so/and, all of that abstruced … please indulge in steve parry’s cosmic nu-discolicious christmas mix — a toast, to all — enjoi … :
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