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Karma & Desire
Electronic · 2020 · 17 tracks · 1h 8m

Karma & Desire

Actress

A sprawling, romantic ghost of a record. Smudged piano loops and whispered vocals drift through a thick metropolitan fog of low-bitrate textures and skeletal beats.

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It sounds like a beautiful dream you had in the back of a taxi at 3 AM.

A lonely, rain-slicked metropolitan romance that feels both futuristic and ancient.

Karma & Desire · vs · Actress
Spoken Word+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into spoken word than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 1h 8m
01
Fire and Light
1:15
02
Angels Pharmacy
4:41
03
Remembrance
2:41
04
Reverend
2:58
05
Leaves Against the Sky
4:38
06
Save
5:05
07
VVY
2:37
08
XRAY
3:31
09
Gliding Squares
3:06
10
Many Seas, Many Rivers
8:10
11
Loveless
4:40
12
Public Life
3:59
13
Fret
1:28
14
Loose
4:18
15
Turin
7:12
16
Diamond X
3:50
17
Walking Flames
4:10
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden appearance of Sampha's voice through the digital fog on Many Seas, Many Rivers.
The way the piano loop on Remembrance feels like it is physically disintegrating as it plays.
The transition into the submerged, skeletal house beat of Turin that feels like hearing a club through three concrete walls.
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