Night Slugs » kelela http://nightslugs.net Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:21:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 NS016 – Bok Bok – Your Charizmatic Self http://nightslugs.net/releases/ns016-bok-bok-your-charizmatic-self/ http://nightslugs.net/releases/ns016-bok-bok-your-charizmatic-self/#comments Sun, 25 May 2014 16:51:21 +0000 Bok Bok http://nightslugs.net/?post_type=releases&p=3764 In late February Bok Bok revealed ‘Melba’s Call’, the single featuring vocals by Fade To Mind star and BBC Sound of 2014 listedKelela.

Now Night Slugs are pleased to announce a EP of new material from the producer and label head, his first full work since 2011′s ‘Southside EP’ and its club anthem ‘Silo Pass’.

Expanding on a theme first started on the ‘MJT’ white label in 2012, this EP sees Bok create a replicant funk, built with fragments of classics, arranged with a grime logic and weaponised with 2014 sub-weight.

The ‘Melba’s Call’ video is the setting for the entire EP, reverb from the bare concrete walls of the bunker-studio can be heard throughout. A central greenhouse is filled with a steamy jungle of corporate flora, unsettlingly hyper-real, like the warmth of the record’s sample material is being rendered bionic, pumped through military-grade equipment.

Running through the tracks is the influence of London’s futuristic millennial music, grime. The brutalism of alternating 8-bar structures is the DNA of Bok Bok’s productions. These tracks continue in the tradition of R&G (Rhythm & Grime) and its project to blend the soul of R&B with the potency of grime. Propelled by melody and at times almost sadistic in their repetition, the club tracks of the record play with pain and pleasure, while the two shorter “Greenhouse” tracks allow brief moments of stillness.

And ‘Your Charizmatic Self’? It’s a reference to the source material and the exuberance of original live performances captured and automated. It’s also a message of charm and positivity, of self-realization

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Bok Bok breaks down Melba’s Call for Dazed http://nightslugs.net/2014/04/30/bok-bok-breaks-down-melbas-call-for-dazed/ http://nightslugs.net/2014/04/30/bok-bok-breaks-down-melbas-call-for-dazed/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:07:24 +0000 Bok Bok http://nightslugs.net/?p=3702 video for Melba's Call, also the setting for his upcoming EP "Your Charizmatic Self". Melba's Call Unpicked @ Dazed Digital >]]> Bok discusses the ideas behind the Sushon.org-directed, Nic Hamilton-produced video for Melba’s Call, also the setting for his upcoming EP “Your Charizmatic Self”.

Melba’s Call Unpicked @ Dazed Digital >

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Night Slugs ∞ Fade To Mind Off-Sonar Party http://nightslugs.net/2014/04/22/night-slugs-%e2%88%9e-fade-to-mind-off-sonar-party/ http://nightslugs.net/2014/04/22/night-slugs-%e2%88%9e-fade-to-mind-off-sonar-party/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:45:44 +0000 POL http://nightslugs.net/?p=3667 http://nightslugs.net/2014/04/22/night-slugs-%e2%88%9e-fade-to-mind-off-sonar-party/feed/ 0 NSWL018 – Bok Bok ft Kelela – Melba’s Call (Deleted Mix) http://nightslugs.net/releases/nswl018-bok-bok-ft-kelela-melbas-call-deleted-mix/ http://nightslugs.net/releases/nswl018-bok-bok-ft-kelela-melbas-call-deleted-mix/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:02:46 +0000 Bok Bok http://nightslugs.net/?post_type=releases&p=3664 An artefact from a perfect studio long abandoned, Bok Bok drops this alternative “Deleted” mix of his new single “Melba’s Call”. This version will be available on limited 10″ vinyl only, as part of the Night Slugs White Label series.

Both the original mix (released digitally March 31st) and this version feature Kelela, the powerful vocalist behind the smash Cut 4 Me mixtape, released last year on Fade To Mind.

Bok’s instrumental melted in the trash, mangled tape dragging his cyborg funk to an excruciating, ruined Memphis-like quarter-time. Meanwhile Kelela remains as immediate as ever, evoking R&B greats from a cannon she is clearly set to join.

To be played loud and preferably in the dark.

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NS015 – Bok Bok ft Kelela – Melba’s Call http://nightslugs.net/releases/ns015-bok-bok-ft-kelela-melbas-call/ http://nightslugs.net/releases/ns015-bok-bok-ft-kelela-melbas-call/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:56:49 +0000 Bok Bok http://nightslugs.net/?post_type=releases&p=3631

After Bok Bok’s work with the Fade To Mind star Kelela on her Cut4Me mixtape in 2013, the pair team up again on ‘Melba’s Call’, the single from Bok’s forthcoming EP.

After a series of live sets blending Bok’s grime selection with Kelela’s powerful vocals, ‘Melba’s Call’ continues in that Grime&B tradition. The beat blends classic funk production with the unsteady 8bar logic and sub weight that run through all of Bok’s work. Classic samples are subverted for new purpose, an array of melodic detail and DMX drums reverberating in a concrete space. This is grime as deconstructed pop production.

Kelela’s visceral update of the R&B female modality with genuine, self-penned tales of love in 2014 completes the piece.

 

 

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VIDEO: Bok Bok ft Kelela – Melba’s Call http://nightslugs.net/2014/03/05/video-bok-bok-ft-kelela-melbas-call/ http://nightslugs.net/2014/03/05/video-bok-bok-ft-kelela-melbas-call/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:52:02 +0000 Bok Bok http://nightslugs.net/?p=3588 CREDITS:
art-direction by Sushon.org
production by Nic Hamilton www.nichamilton.info

LA team:
producer: Lane Stewart www.lane-stewart.com
DP: Ryan Kunkleman
camera assistant: Will Dintenfass
styling: Teena Sahebi
makeup: Jacqueline Lea Duffy
thanks: James Flemons

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stream Bok Bok’s new single featuring Kelela http://nightslugs.net/2014/03/01/stream-bok-boks-new-single-ft-kelela/ http://nightslugs.net/2014/03/01/stream-bok-boks-new-single-ft-kelela/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2014 02:34:14 +0000 Bok Bok http://nightslugs.net/?p=3562 Bok Bok ft Kelela - Melba's Call Released March 31st - > preorder on iTunes here]]> Here finally is Bok’s new new. On “Melba’s Call” he reunites with Kelela, picking up where their work on Cut4Me left off. Bok Bok ft Kelela – Melba’s Call

 

Released March 31st – > preorder on iTunes here   Stay tuned for the video dropping next week!

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04.12.13 – Night Slugs – Art Basel 2013 After Party http://nightslugs.net/art-basel-after-party http://nightslugs.net/art-basel-after-party#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:43:06 +0000 POL http://nightslugs.net/?p=3448 http://nightslugs.net/art-basel-after-party/feed/ 0 OUT NOW: Kelela – Cut 4 Me FREE mixtape http://nightslugs.net/2013/10/01/out-now-kelela-cut-4-me-free-mixtape/ http://nightslugs.net/2013/10/01/out-now-kelela-cut-4-me-free-mixtape/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:21:55 +0000 Bok Bok http://nightslugs.net/?p=3275 The long awaited debut mixtape from Kelela is out now on Fade To Mind, featuring productions from Kingdom, Bok Bok, Jam City, Girl Unit, Nguzunguzu, Morri$ & more.

 

Download it free via Fadetomind.net/Kelela

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Bok Bok & Kelela – Live Grime Set http://nightslugs.net/bok-bok-kelela-live-grime-set http://nightslugs.net/bok-bok-kelela-live-grime-set#comments Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:27:09 +0000 POL http://nightslugs.net/?p=3170

Bok Bok & Kelela in the studio to record a live grime set.

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