The Music Box.
Entries about the music I like.
Kelly Lee Owens — Inner Song
There’s two things Kelly Lee Owens’s Inner Song gets on point, leading it to ace the distractingly good test(TM) for good music in the Age Of Distraction. One is the textures of its instruments and how they evolve, the second is the answers it gives for the age-old question of popular music: how to write a good hook? These are remarkably difficult things to do, especially for an album of minimal electronica.
DJ Python — Mas Amable
True to its name, Brian Piñeyro’s second full-length under his DJ Python moniker is a calm, tropical, reggaeton-infused minimal house record. Combining the reggaeton that was ubiquitous in his time living in Miami with deep-house, the New York-based DJ’s latest work pushes the confines of a genre of his own creation — deep reggaeton.
Rival Consoles — Articulation
So much minimal electronic music does a great job of creating exactly this sort of vibe: armchair, headbob, toetap, lemony beverage, one person daydreaming. Like Jon Hopkins’ Immunity manages to convert even an early morning run on just another manic monday into a contemplative, meditative, in-the-here-and-now sort of experience. While Articulation doesn’t do this perfectly, it comes close enough.