: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Actress : Album.......: Karma & Desire : : Label.......: Ninja Tune .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: ZENCD271 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-10-28 Str.date....: 2020-10-23 Quality.....: 203kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://ninjatune.net ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Fire and Light 1:16 2. Angels Pharmacy (feat. Zsela) 4:41 3. Remembrance (feat. Zsela) 2:41 4. Reverend 2:58 5. Leaves Against The Sky 4:38 6. Save 5:05 7. VVY (feat. Sampha) 2:37 8. XRAY 3:31 9. Gliding Squares 3:06 10. Many Seas, Many Rivers (feat. Sampha) 8:10 11. Loveless (feat. Aura T-09) 4:40 12. Public Life (feat. Vanessa Benelli Mosell) 3:59 13. Fret 1:28 14. Loose (feat. Christel Well) 4:18 15. Turin (feat. Aura T-09) 7:12 16. Diamond X 3:50 17. Walking Flames (feat. Sampha) 4:12 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 68:22 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 103.19______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: Actress returns with singers in tow for an ambitious but very :, : real 7th album of greyscale and chromatic electronics - his : :' first since the Ai project with Young Paint and 2017Æs æAZDÆ. ': ,: :, : On his definitive new opus Actress ushers in vocalists for the : :' first time, allowing Sampha, Zsela, Aura T-09, and Rebekah ': ,: Cristel to voice his music alongside additional keys from :, : Italian pianist/composer Vanessa Benelli Mosell. The result is : :' layered and spaced out to accommodate other souls in a hazy ': ,: matrix of tenderised melodies and amorphous rhythms. If youÆve :, : followed Actress' work thus far - since his cult beginnings in : :' the mid æ00s, or since the acclaim for his subtly game-changing ': ,: run of LPs from ÆHazyvilleÆ to æGhettovilleÆ circa 2008-2014 - :, : the crystalline intricacies of æKarma & DesireÆ feel like a : :' natural progression of his music into a form of dematerialised ': ,: dancefloor/bedroom metaphysics that many others have tried to :, : imitate, yet never quite executed with this sort of deeply : :' enigmatic, dreamlike appeal. ': ,: :, : Recent years have seen Actress incorporate classical and Ai : :' inspirations thru his work on æLageosÆ with the LCO, and his Ai ': ,: Jade Soulform on æAZDÆ and the æYoung PaintÆ album. Now æKarma & :, : DesireÆ feels like the consolidation of all his work in this : :' direction, achieving a unique sense of timeless, soul-burning ': ,: immanence and detached, OOBE-like qualities that can safely be :, : called Actress music. Sampha proves an ideal foil for his ideas : :' on three of the albumsÆs quietest highlights; inhabiting æMany ': ,: Seas, Many RiversÆ with the tenderest warbles, and almost :, : channelling a tremulous Linda Sharrock in æVVYÆ, while found at : :' his most vulnerable in the drizzly swing of æWalking FlamesÆ, ': ,: featuring Kara-Lis Coverdale on fliute. And likewise he finds :, : the perfect sort of club music muses from Zsela in the deep blue : :' house of æAngels PharmacyÆ, Aura T-09 on the slackened garage ': ,: of ÆLovelessÆ, and Rebekah Christel on the LPÆs jitty highlight :, : æLooseÆ. : :' ': ,: The instrumental arrangements here still ooze amorphous :, : expression in every hiss, lop-sided drum and smudged chord, from : :' the the scuzzy electro-soul swerve of æDiamond XÆ to the ': ,: air-stepping keys and bass wamp of æLeaves Against The SkyÆ, to :, : what sounds like CoilÆs studio ELpHÆs emerging in the great : :' matter probe æReverendÆ, and a jaw-dropping masterstroke in the ': ,: panoramic strings and funereal thuds of æSaveÆ. :, : : :' More than 15 years after we first heard his music, Actress ': ,: still works our hearts, feet and minds like no other, we canÆt :, : wait to spend time entangled in this one. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/