So … here, this flight deck … effectually, a play in the rhyme of … sui generis sovereignty … and so, with that breviloquent prelude, and without further ado … let’s toast to the rhythmic spice of this signature life, and sip said spin : godspeed, enjoi
: : Rhyme Flight, Deck 8 : “Chrysalis Gate 38” :
: [ Relative Thread : Jukebar Crate, ~137 bpm* ] : :
· : : “Chrysalis Gate 38” Pilot Fleet : Recs On Deck : : ·
| Record | Artist (Vintage) | Album; Label |
|---|---|---|
| “Limbo” | Kylie Minogue (1997) | Impossible Princess ; deConstruction Records |
| “Get Free” | The Vines (2002) | Highly Evolved ; Capitol Records |
| “Leave No Trace” | Fool’s Gold (2011) | Leave No Trace ; IAMSOUND Records |
| “Désolé” ft. Fatoumata Diawara (Extended Version) | Gorillaz (2020) | Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) ; Parlophone Records |
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: 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) |
“Limbo” — Kylie Minogue (1997)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | High-intensity Uptempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Catalytic |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Cerebral |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Maximalist tribe wired trip-hopped |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Full-bodied, propulsive punktronica build, elan visceral silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Feels like human electricity … cerebral sound wall of a captive princess on the brink of breakthrough … persephonic romps through purgatory sway … burning thoughts like midnight oil, one last dive before dawn’s daybreak … the profusion on that percussion, though: the limit does not exist … whew, girl. |
· · ·
“Get Free” — The Vines (2002)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Aggro Uptempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Fugitive |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Primitive |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Acid wash garage rock |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Amp bodied, boysnoistortion build, Auspunk silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | This one feels like … a sophomoric bender rabblerousing somewhere heartbreak hotel california adjacent boulevard of broken schemes … troubadour’s whiskey a dolo sunset faded fallout … |
· · ·
“Leave No Trace” — Fool’s Gold (2011)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Drifting Midtempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Vacillating |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Abstract |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Balmy balearic ; indigenous instrumentation ; subtropical wave |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Full-bodied, bohemian build, ebbing flow silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | This one feels like … caravan cruising along sun kissed sand dunes … foreshadowing retrospectives of a transient utopia … a memory’s mirage just over the horizon, simultaneously nestled in the heart’s palm of one’s hand … soul coasting the desert drift |
· · ·
“Désolé” ft. Fatoumata Diawara (Extended Version) — Gorillaz (2020)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Coasting Midtempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Wabi-sabi |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Aphoristic |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Rhythmic synthologue |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Nimble bodied, resolute build, wayfaring silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | This one feels like … picking up where the precedent left off without a trace … lifted gifted drifted on midheaven canopy undercurrents … navigating eddy headwinds of a cerebral savannah … phantom winds set sails in motion toward emerald pastures beyond sapphire doldrums dazed in the rearview … just let your soul flow |
· · Final Notes and Flight Impressions · ·
| “Record,” Artist (Vintage) | Taste Notes |
|---|---|
| “Limbo,” Kylie Minogue (1997) | Alt-pop wave base with electro-funk the punk sensibility, kundalini vantage echoing waking atmosphere … supraliminal |
| “Get Free,” The Vines (2002) | Garage rock base with post-grunge sensibility, romantic nihilist vantage echoing ennui atmosphere … libertinage angst |
| “Leave No Trace,” Fool’s Gold (2011) | World folk base with indie pop sensibility, memento mori mirage vantage echoing hourglass caravan atmosphere … printsless strides |
| “Désolé” ft. Fatoumata Diawara (Extended Version) ; Gorillaz (2020) | Altronica base with bossa nova sensibility, retrosapient vantage echoing terra nova atmosphere … nouvel esprit, hakilitigi ni |
| [ On the Whole ] “Chrysalis Gate 38,” ibid. (2022) | Heavy doses of terra viscera across the sonic slate … said repertoire rides gallantly within the frequency of universal rhythm … emergence, reckoning, release, return … base notes of burgeoning unbeknownst … mid-palatte echoes into protometamorphosis, living the chaotic harmony of bridging material and metaphysical worlds within the vessel of your working being … top notes linger somewhere along crown consciousness, something bonafide breakthrough bodhi exhalation station … underscore overture |
· : Last Call, Maestro Pilot Mix : ·
Now then … this pilot mix, not much to pretense, as this set in particular speaks its auric signature into fruition for itself (and said precedent flight deck) … but/and/so my introduction to four tet was … 2010, roundabout, circa there is love in you … and, since then, the appreciation and genuine affinity for his soundcraft work in the world just evolves with each euphonious release … so, for this go round, let’s take it to the boiler room londontown … morning / evening, cheers, and a nightcap toast to all — enjoi :
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