Nosaj Thing - Continua '2022

Tracks list

       Since his rise more than a decade ago at influential L.A. club the Low
End Theory, where he regularly appeared alongside residents including Flying
Lotus, the Gaslamp Killer and Daddy Kev, the beat producer Jason Chung has
crafted striking instrumental tracks informed by—but not beholden
to—the wellspring of electronic beat music that has come before him.

On his fifth solo album as Nosaj Thing, Chung, who has produced or mixed tracks
for Grimes, Kendrick Lamar and Kid Cudi, draws on classic genres including UK
garage, drum and bass, hip-hop, techno, trip hop and breakbeat, melding various
rhythms, tempos and structures until each track is uniquely Nosajian.  

Chung's previous records each had a couple vocal tracks to complement his sleek
instrumentals. On Continua, though, he's gone all in, inviting an album's worth
of vocalists to add warmth and lyricism to his productions. In addition to
frequent collaborators Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) and Julianna Barwick, Chung
taps the voices of Toro y Moi's Chaz Bear, serpentwithfeet, Panda Bear, Pink
Siifu, Sam Gendel, Eyedress and others, resulting in brilliantly distinctive
tracks that combine to create a moody, mesmerizing whole. There are few barbs or
rough edges and lots of spacious echo, which propels the music with an
aerodynamic flow. Each flawless rivet is flush, all seams and angles precisely
aligned, any extra weight or impedance discarded for lack of utility. On the
slow-burning "Blue Hour," Barwick sings of doubt, faith and hope inside dawn
and/or dusk while a Nosaj bassline flows through the measures without pause.
Snare-style percussion cracks with lightning-like intensity. As the song
progresses, a steady midrange synth gradually rises, building tension that only
finds release with the final bar.

"Condition" finds Chung teaming with Chaz Bear for a proggy, warbling track
that, instrumentally, sounds like something from Brian Eno's Here Come the Warm
Jets. "Running toward the light/ It's tunnel vision," Bear sings as Nosaj's beat
continues along a similarly focused path.

Tracklist:
1 01. Nosaj Thing - Continua (feat. Duval Timothy) (03:09)
1 02. Nosaj Thing - My Soul or Something (feat. Kazu) (03:53)
1 03. Nosaj Thing - Process (03:02)
1 04. Nosaj Thing - Woodland (feat. serpentwithfeet) (04:04)
1 05. Nosaj Thing - Blue Hour (feat. Julianna Barwick) (03:31)
1 06. Nosaj Thing - Grasp (feat. Sam Gendel & Slauson Malone & Coby Sey) (02:37)
1 07. Nosaj Thing - We Are (우리는) (feat. Hyukoh) (03:46)
1 08. Nosaj Thing - Condition (feat. Toro y Moi) (03:44)
1 09. Nosaj Thing - Look Both Ways (feat. Pink Siifu) (02:58)
1 10. Nosaj Thing - All Over (feat. Panda Bear) (02:59)
1 11. Nosaj Thing - Skyline (03:13)
1 12. Nosaj Thing - Different Life (feat. Eyedress) (03:24) 

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