can we do it all again?
Sonny Fodera · House / Dance
“Osamnaest pesama, mala vojska gostiju, a najpamtljiviji glas na albumu i dalje je znak pitanja u naslovu.”
Sonny Fodera, tvoj šesti album zove se can we do it all again? i kroz osamnaest pesama odgovor koji ploča stalno daje samoj sebi jeste da, potpuno isti, osamnaest puta. Ovo je haus muzika kao švedski sto, svaka pesma izvlači novog gostujućeg vokala, ovde CHRYSTAL, tamo Jazzy, MK, Clementine Douglas, HAYLA, dok se odjavna špica ne počne čitati kao festivalska postava, a pesme se ne stope u jedan vrlo dug, vrlo prijatan set. I prijatno jeste. To je zamka. Ti si zaista pouzdan producent feel good hausa, dropovi sedaju, vokali su svetli, sve klizi pored tebe. Ali pouzdano nije isto što i pamtljivo, i negde oko dvanaestog gostujućeg pevača shvatiš da se više ne sećaš koja je deonica pripadala kojoj pesmi. Album od osamnaest pesama koji je navodno trajao pet godina trebalo bi da ostavi malo dublji trag od prijatnog popodneva. Problem nije zanat. Problem je kuriranje. Unutar ove stvari zakopana je čvrsta, smrtonosna ploča od deset pesama, a ti si je ostavio zatrpanu pod još osam potpuno istih.
Za tačno ono što jeste, suncem obasjanu, za podijum spremnu haus ploču, u potpunosti ispunjava svoje, a šačica ovih saradnji zaista blista. Pusti najboljih osam u petak uveče i niko u prostoriji se neće žaliti.
Quantity drowning quality
“The album packs in eighteen tracks, the vast majority built around a different featured vocalist, from CHRYSTAL to Jazzy to MK to HAYLA.”
The fix Cut it to ten. A tight ten track house record people actually replay beats an eighteen track playlist people shuffle once and forget.
Five years for more of the same
“The record was described as roughly five years in the making, yet it lands squarely in the same feel good house lane as the work before it.”
The fix If a project takes five years, that patience should buy some evolution, not just a longer tracklist in the established style.
Guest list used as a crutch
“Nearly every track leans on an outside vocalist to carry the hook rather than on a signature of your own.”
The fix Build a few tracks that are unmistakably yours with no feature at all, so the album has a center of gravity that is actually you.
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