Archive for July, 2021
I did a cursory search of earlier articles to see if I’d previously written about Dolorres. He’s had a trio of heaters in the form of ‘Heelys’, ‘IQ’ and his debut single ‘Fluffy Dice’ which features a 14 second feature from Agung Mango and a video showcasing hotboxing of the highest order. A shame, it appears I never got around to writing any of the three tracks up and that’s a stain I’ll have to wear for years to come. I’ve earned my fate.
Single three is called ‘D.T.R’, abbreviated for ‘define the relationship’. Centered around the universal disparity in the way a relationship is perceived by the people apart of it, the lyrics run through the litany of internal insecurities one might have about putting it all on the table. It’s built around an acoustic guitar loop which, I think, he had already hinted an affection for in the Fluffy Dice outro, but it’s layered up with warm bass, shakers, synths and tomtoms and anvil-heavy piano. The vocal production is gorgeous as hell, ranging from raw recording to fully delivered autotune across the tracks five and a half minutes. While we’re here, can we talk about duration? He’s heading towards with six minute mark with this record with an outro that goes for over a minute long. It’s a stark contrast to the streaming savvy tactics of The Kid Laroi whose recent drop ‘Stay’ is a snappy 2:20, clearly with a mind of eliciting repeat listens. DoloRRes evidently wants none of that, no discounts applied, he’s demanding full fare. Pay the man.
Born in Rome, he’s one of the few Melbourne music types currently celebrating the Azzuri EURO victory who I’ll accept it from. Lot of bandwagon jumping going on from cats who reckon Chiesa is the first of his name. Cross your fingers that Melbourne stays open for at least a while longer so that you might get the chance to see this one come off live, in line with an EP coming next month. I’ve never seen a proper DoloRRes set but I did get a glimpse of him as Agung Mango’s tour DJ on the Genesis Owusu shows, during which he jumped up for plenty more than button pushing and it was molto bene (Italian for ‘five stars’, trust me).
Meet your guy Hector Morlet who plays Clarinet and sang this song. He’s got a bunch of soundcloud lo-fi hip-hop beat type records floating around that are really quite nice, particularly those you’ll find on his descriptively titled ‘Hec’s 10:00 [EP]‘. It runs for 10 minutes, that’s extremely accurate. The songs I like most from that release are the ones where he’s spilled his vocals across them, low slung and draped in comfort like an afterthought while he calmly produced the beats live. It’s warm and homely, as the truest bedroom hip-hop beats should always be. Here’s another I really appreciated called Golden Sheets.
He also did a bit of a sing for Noah Dillon and is one of the merry band of Bush Chooks that Jack Davies has assembled. He’s evidently a man about Perth, someone vested in a community. We should talk about Picture Frame though, because it’s quite a long way from any of those soundclouds I mentioned. On this, his first kinda… ‘official’ single I guess, he’s gone yachting on the French Riviera, holidaying in a Neapolitan coastal manse. It’s a timeshare Still Woozy with a short term booking courtesy of Kings of Convenience paid for entirely in the credit of that clarinet. I know I’ve already said it, but I’d like you to acknowledge that you’ve heard me when I remind you that it is indeed Hec himself on that ‘Rinet (shoutout to my woodwind heads) as well as every other instrument on the track I think maybe.
Indie Randy Newman really killed it with Picture Frame, a track I’ve listened to at least 15 times in the past week already. Gorgeous and thick on groove, hang this in the… hang it in… HANG THIS IN THE LOUVRE I’M SO SORRY.
Artists you need to know rn
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