can we do it all again?
Sonny Fodera · House / Dance
“O'n sakkiz trek, mehmonlarning kichik qo'shini, va albomdagi eng esda qoladigan ovoz hamon sarlavhadagi savol belgisi.”
Sonny Fodera, oltinchi albomingning nomi can we do it all again? va o'n sakkiz trek davomida plastinka o'ziga o'zi qayta-qayta beradigan javob ha, aynan o'sha, o'n sakkiz marta. Bu bufet kabi house musiqasi, har bir trek navbatdagi mehmon vokalistni olg'a suradi, bu yerda CHRYSTAL, u yerda Jazzy, MK, Clementine Douglas, HAYLA, oxir-oqibat titrlar festival ro'yxatidek o'qiladi va qo'shiqlar juda uzun, juda yoqimli bitta setga aralashib ketadi. Va yoqimli ham. Tuzoq ham shu. Sen feel good house janrining haqiqatan ham ishonchli prodyuserisan, droplar joyiga tushadi, vokallar yorqin, hammasi silliq oqib o'tadi. Ammo ishonchli bo'lish esda qoladigan bo'lish bilan bir xil emas, va o'n ikkinchi mehmon qo'shiqchi atrofida bir joyda qaysi xuk qaysi qo'shiqqa tegishli ekanini endi eslay olmasligingni anglaysan. Tayyorlanishi besh yil olgani aytilayotgan o'n sakkiz treklik albom yoqimli tushlikdan ko'ra bir oz chuqurroq iz qoldirishi kerak. Muammo hunarda emas. Muammo tanlovda. Bu narsaning ichida zich, halokatli o'n treklik plastinka ko'milgan, sen esa uni aynan o'shanga o'xshash yana sakkiztasi ostida ko'milgan holda qoldirding.
Aynan o'zi nima bo'lsa, ya'ni quyoshga to'la, raqs maydoniga tayyor house plastinkasi sifatida u to'liq vazifasini bajaradi va bu hamkorliklardan bir hovuchi chinakam yarqiraydi. Eng yaxshi sakkiztasini juma kechqurun qo'ysang, xonadagi hech kim norozi bo'lmaydi.
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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