ThisisDA // Fast Life LP

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イギリス・ブリストルの実験ヒップホップ作家ThisisDAが、2025年5月にウガンダ・カンパラのレフトフィールド・ダンスレーベルNyege Nyegeからリリースしたレコードです。 バカルディ6曲を収録。 以下、レーベルによる解説です。 "ブリストルを拠点とし、ロンドン生まれの奇才ThisisDAは、実験的なラップの世界で独自のニーシュを開拓するのに10年 以上を費やしてきた。数々のアンダー・ザ・レイダーなソロリリースやコラボレーションを通じ、彼は伝統的なヒップホップの枠を超え、芸術に対して爽やかなまでにオープンマインドで折衷的なアプローチを日常的に行ってきた。ジャズ集団Sumo Chiefと共に活動し、Kleinと共にヨーロッパ中でプレイし、ベッドルーム・ポップ・バイラルのスーパースターEyedressと糧を分かち合うなど、ThisisDAは常に同じ場所に長く留まることを拒んできた。 目まぐるしいほど独創的な「Fast Life」は、ドリル、グライム、エレクトロ、トラップへのジェスチャーを交えつつも、従来のテンプレートに固執することなく、アイデアからアイデアへとパチパチと音を立てていく。MC Yallah、Aunty Razor、Ratigan Eraなどのプロデュースを手がけるHakuna Kulalaの名ビートメイカーDebmasterや、ブリストルのバンドDogsbodyのリード・シンガーMimi Jonesとのコラボレーションをフィーチャーしたこのアルバムは、ThisisDAの騒々しい個性と軽妙な言葉遊びによって結ばれている。" レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more Hakuna Kulala / Nyege Nyege Tapes / Heat Crimes releases available at Tobira. ---------------------------- 12" black vinyl.Edition of 250. Tracklist: 1. What I Said 02:282. Breakout (feat. Mimi Jones) 04:243. Tell Him 01:014. Vacant Half 02:585. End Up 02:156. Gear Shift 03:447. Captain 03:148. I Want a Fast Life 02:539. Change That 02:51 Heat Crimes: "Bristol-based, London-born auteur ThisisDA has spent over a decade at this point furrowing out his own niche in the experimental rap landscape. Across a slew of under-the-radar solo releases and eclectic collaborations, he's routinely peered beyond the boundaries of traditional hip-hop, taking a refreshingly open-minded, eclectic approach to his art. Working alongside jazz collective Sumo Chief, playing throughout Europe with Klein and breaking bread with bedroom pop viral superstar Eyedress, ThisisDA has always refused to stay in the same spot for too long, and his latest full-length offering is a testament to that spirit.Dizzyingly inventive, 'Fast Life' crackles from idea to idea, gesturing to drill, grime, electro and trap but refusing to adhere to any conventional template. Featuring collaborations with Hakuna Kulala's master beatmaker Debmaster - who's racked up production credits on records from MC Yallah, Aunty Razor, Ratigan Era and more - and lead singer of Bristol band Dogsbody Mimi Jones, the album's bound together by ThisisDA's boisterous personality and lightheaded wordplay. "Elevate you like the rapture, it's an independent matter," he quips on the euphoric intro to 'Breakout' before handing the mic to Jones, whose seductive coos foreshadow a barrage of DA's most tongue-twisting rhymes.On 'Tell Him', Debmaster spaces out weightless synth stabs and skeletal, grimey kicks, leaving ThisisDA to grandstand for a moment. "Dat boy there is a pussy, flip the coin if you push me," he spits, molding his voice into an android croon. But it's not all bravado; there's a more solemn flex to the '808s & Heartbreak'-inspired 'End Up' as ThisisDA recalls the trappings of the lifestyle, underpinning his words with soulful AutoTuned cries. Elsewhere, on 'Captain', neon-flecked Southern rap excesses rumble through DA's squelchy, haunted soundscape, and its this wide-eyed, boundless fusion that sets him way out on his own."I wanna brush my hands between the clouds and claim that sky," he exclaims on the album's lulling closer 'Change That'. With 'Fast Life', ThisisDA aims high and leaves the rest of the scene in the dust. " Artist : ThisisDa Label : Heat Crimes cat no : HC017 Show more