Dizzy Strange Summer＜Clear Vinyl＞

ルイス・コールとのノウワーでの活躍で知られる才媛ジェネヴィーヴ・アルターディがBrainfeederデビューとなる最新作をリリース!

LAを拠点に活躍し、ルイス・コールとのユニット、ノウワーでの活躍やルイスのソロ作品への参加でも注目を集めるジェネヴィーヴ・アルターディがフライング・ロータス率いる〈Brainfeeder〉からは初となるアルバム『Dizzy Strange Summer』をリリース!ラップトップ上で生まれた楽曲たちは、ルイス・コール、サム・ウィルクス、ヘンリー・ハリウェル、ダニエル・サンシャイン、アダム・ワイズマン、ラスラン・シロタ、ロス・ガーレン、デヴィッド・ビニー、ジェイコブ・マンといったゲスト・ミュージシャンたちとともに拡張され、ジャズ、サイケデリック、ボサノバ、アバンギャルドなエレクトロニクスが混然一体となったまさに〈Brainfeeder〉らしいソウル～ポップ・アルバムへと昇華。彼女が育ってきたLAのDIYシーンに独自の視点をもたらしており、ノウワー、エクスペンシヴ・マグネッツ、エヴリシングズ・アンダー・コントロールといった彼女が所属するバンドでは聴くことができなかった新たな境地を切り開いている。

During the 2010s, Genevieve Artadi achieved viral fame as half of KNOWER, a Los Angeles-based duo playing a complex, catchy mixture of tight jazz-funk and maximalist EDM-pop. Shes been busy with a multitude of other projects, from Pollyn (a trip-hop/new wave-influenced trio who were active until 2016) to the Brazil-based pop duo Expensive Magnets, as well as guest appearances on releases by Snarky Puppy, Jacob Collier, KNOWER cohort Louis Cole, and many others. In between all of this, shes found time to work on solo material that doesnt fit in with her other projects. Following a fragmentary 2015 debut, the self-released Genevieve Lalala, her second album arrived on Brainfeeder after Cole brought it to the labels attention. Dizzy Strange Summer hopscotches between moods and genres, reflecting the rapidly changing mindstate of a busy, productive person living in a world that is constantly in flux. She has a particular knack for expressing panic and instability in a way that seems more playful than cathartic. Opener I Hate When I Cant Feel My Heart is entirely a cappella, with Artadis multi-tracked vocals providing rhythm, harmonies, and anxious yet controlled lyrics. The lyrics to Edge of the Cliff suggest that shes on the verge of losing it, but her vocal delivery is much softer and more nuanced than the swaggering industrial-dancehall beat booming behind her. A sax solo by David Binney spirals out of nowhere, providing the songs most unbound moment. During Living Like I Know Im Gonna Die, she ponders where her life is headed over a fizzing mid-tempo beat and light funk bass, and Loneliness Grows is an airy trip-hop number in which she calmly confesses that her life is out of control. Nowhere to Go and oo ya both contrast skittering, racing drum machines and twisted bass patterns with more soothing vocals, resulting in some of the albums most gleefully bonkers material. Breaking from all the madness, All I Want for Now is a gorgeous dream pop lullaby that sounds like it was recorded at the bottom of a well, and the more acoustic Before the Dark is similarly hushed and delicate. As if to save things from getting too precious, she caps this bizarre, intriguing journey with cupcake5, a short keyboard outro that sounds like the soundtrack to a goofy animated video designed by an eight-year-old. ~ Paul Simpson