Jun 25, 2023·edited Jun 25, 2023Liked by David Drake
My 2022 list was dominated by Angie (first half) and Zheani (second half) who will probably dominate my 2023 list as well. Zheani subverted techno expectations by inventing a kind of punky dance metal on I Hate People On The Internet which given that she's only been releasing music for 5 years and has already invented/defined fairy trap (a playful, feminine trap music characterised by melodic autotune use, fantasy/anime lyrical references and J-pop vocal inflections) is pretty impressive work.
My 2022 list was dominated by Angie (first half) and Zheani (second half) who will probably dominate my 2023 list as well. Zheani subverted techno expectations by inventing a kind of punky dance metal on I Hate People On The Internet which given that she's only been releasing music for 5 years and has already invented/defined fairy trap (a playful, feminine trap music characterised by melodic autotune use, fantasy/anime lyrical references and J-pop vocal inflections) is pretty impressive work.
...typically by subverting in some way my expectations of the genre
my 2022 list contains no such thing, all guilty pleasures
Yeat - Outside
Calvin Harris/21 Savage - New Money
Lil Yachty - Poland
I’m speaking of subverting disco specifically -- “regular disco” no longer grabs my attention but lots of other regular music does.