5 years can be a long time to wait for a follow up to an album that you loved. It's just as well that 2013's Drone logic was an album that was waiting for a follow up to. On 'Song For Alpha', Daniel Avery has refined the minimalist sound of his début even more, stripping away the faint vocal samples of his début to create something that feels like the midway point between Kraftwerk's Tour De France and Aphex Twins Selected Ambient works 85-92. 'Song for Alpha' is euphoric, ambient and bursting with energy all at the same time. Cold and emotionless, cerebral and physical. With 'Song For Alpha' Daniel has confirmed that he is a master of dance music, intelligent or otherwise. Last months hidden gem was the new album by Joey Pecoraro, called Music For Happiness. A gorgeous album of hazy sample based electronica that lives up to it's name. I'm also happy to report that Beerbongs and Bentleys by Post Malone lives up to the promise of its hit singles. While Stoney bounced from style to style, mixing everything from reggae to blues into Post's sound b&B has a more consistent feel,all the songs in the same aesthetic as Post's huge hit 'Rockstar'. While his lyricism still needs work, Post's unique delivery and personality are what sell the project. Another much maligned rapper namely J Cole also stood out this month with KOD. Cole keeps the jazzy sound of his last album but swaps the personal tales for ruminations on drug addiction and capitalism. He may still be a bit corny at times and could use a change of flow in places, but there are moments of genius to be found here as Cole spits his own 'whats going on' over a breezy backdrop of soulful hip-hop.
I also liked.
Godfather 2 - Wiley
Beautiful Thing - Alexis Taylor
Isolation - Kali Uchis
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