Name: Ritualize
Brand: Lushlife

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Bonus disc: No

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WEST117CD

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-02-19

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Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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656605465524

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Lushlife

Genre US

Hip Hop

Label US

Western Vinyl

From the moment you hear the bristling boombap chorus on albumopener 'Totally Mutual Feeling' it's apparent that Lushlife's third fulllength finds the Philadelphia rapperproducer at his most introspective Themes of isolation and mortality permeate Ritualize a cinematic hourlong odyssey coproduced by enigmatic production trio CSLSX pronounced 'Casual Sex' and featuring contributions from Ariel Pink Killer Mike Freeway Marissa Nadler RJD2 and more With CSLSX at the boards an entire universe opens up for Lush where the pulsating Juno synths of '80s LA night music sit sidebyside with gorgeously propulsive indieleaning jams and lowfi soul burners too 'After toiling over two selfproduced LPs in the last halfdecade I felt compelled to bring on an outside production team for Ritualize' Lushlife born Raj Haldar explains After a chance encounter with CSLSX who had been quietly selfreleasing lowfi dance gems to remarkable organic blog buzz the newlyformed team set out on a threeyear journey that would eventually yield their new joint albumA? From album cut 'The Waking World' which finds Lushlife spitting thorough sixteens from the vantage of Mark David Chapman lying in wait for John Lennon to 'Incantation' a song that's as much inspired by Allen Ginsberg's Howl as the general streetlevel anxieties of urban life Ritualize is nothing short of a step forward For proof look no further than 'Toynbee Suite' a 10minute 4movement rap epic As the centrepiece of the album 'Toynbee Suite' was the subject of a 2013 documentary and itself represents the combined work of 20 musicians including RJD2 Nightlands Yikes the Zero and a full chamber orchestra 'Hong Kong Lady of Love' a collaboration with weird music godhead Ariel Pink is a sparse yet powerful fouronthefloor ode to LA

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