Once dubbed "a genre-splicing genius of British electronic music", it's safe to say there's nobody quite like North London producer Loraine James. Growing up as influenced by midwest emo and 2000s alt. rock like Paramore as she was mindbending electronica from the likes of Squarepusher and Telefon Tel Aviv, James returned to these inspirations and more when recording her latest album Gentle Confrontation. Once again set to release on Hyperdub (Burial, Dean Blunt), Loraine enlisted a host of beautifully eclectic guests for the record, including American R&B songwriter keiyaA, Catalan experimentalist Marina Herlop, and on thrilling new single Déjà Vu, RiTchie from Injury Reserve/By Storm. - Flying Out
With Gentle Confrontation, Loraine's third album for Hyperdub, she lets us into a new chapter of her real and sonic life in which she examines her past and present. She says this is the record a teenage Loraine would like to have made, with musical tendencies that reflect that time, too. It's a positively languid, enjoyably disjointed set made while listening to her teenage favorites: math rock and emo-electronic such as DNTEL, Lusine, and Telefon Tel Aviv, which drew her back to her adolescence.
Featuring an ever more diverse set of peers, the album places them into Loraine’s unusual musical settings and draws out sensitive and reflexive performances. At other times the album stretches out into a drifting ambience as if trying to find a sense of bliss in the everyday.
Tracklisting:
1. Gentle Confrontation
2. 2003
3. Let U Go ft. keiyaA
4. Déjà Vu ft. RiTchie
5. Prelude of Tired of Me
6. Glitch The System (Glitch Bitch 2)
7. I DM U
8. One Way Ticket To The Midwest (Emo) ft. Corey Mastrangelo
9. Cards With The Grandparents
10. While They Were Singing ft. Marina Herlop
11. Try For Me ft. Eden Samara
12. Tired Of Me
13. Speechless ft. George Riley
14. Disjointed (Feeling Like A Kid Again)
15. I’m Trying To Love Myself
16. Saying Goodbye ft. Contour
1. Gentle Confrontation
2. 2003
3. Let U Go ft. keiyaA
4. Déjà Vu ft. RiTchie
5. Prelude of Tired of Me
6. Glitch The System (Glitch Bitch 2)
7. I DM U
8. One Way Ticket To The Midwest (Emo) ft. Corey Mastrangelo
9. Cards With The Grandparents
10. While They Were Singing ft. Marina Herlop
11. Try For Me ft. Eden Samara
12. Tired Of Me
13. Speechless ft. George Riley
14. Disjointed (Feeling Like A Kid Again)
15. I’m Trying To Love Myself
16. Saying Goodbye ft. Contour
Please note that Gentle Confrontation (Vinyl 2LP) is currently not in store but is an imported title from an overseas supplier.
Most of the time it takes around 2-3 weeks for the item to arrive here and be sent out but it can take longer if there are any delays.