A ten-track comp to mark Jollies’s tenth
release, Content Aware exists as a
perfect reminder of where the wacko electronic label has been and points toward
an equally wacko future. I’ve personally enjoyed every Jollies release I’ve
been lucky enough to get my hands on to a sublimely thorough extent, and Content Aware is no different. In fact,
I’m only familiar with two (!) of the artists on it, Kritzkom and Asymmetrical
Head, so that gives me an entire 80 percent of this thing to discover. And if that’s not a good
reason to dive into a comp, I don’t know what is.
I mean, it’s really the best reason, especially
if you trust the label putting the thing out. And I do. And it is. As usual,
the lovely, dank, downtempo electro pulses with intense mood, and each artist
makes themself at home on the tracklist. Francine Thirteen’s track is a nice
vocal-led torch song, and Jap Kasai gets wildly playful on their quirky
contribution. But the overarching aesthetic is fully in line with itself,
making Content Aware the perfect
tenth-release celebration for Jollies. There’s the uptempo crash of Sentry, the
clicky pulse of Kritzkom, and the theatrical synth work of Private Grief, all
Jollies tested, all Jollies approved. Why don’t you get in here and discover
something for yourself, you savvy listener you?
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