kissey asplund was a name that kept circulating in the swedish blogs i used to read about 4-5 years ago. there was an underlining theory that she was to be the next big name within soul music and while i don't think that ever happened she is one of the most talented artists out there.
the songs that i was transfixed with back then was "fuss'n'fight" & "with you" and i love those tracks to this date. it reminds me sort of the d'angelo/erykah badu kind of soul as it's still hiphop-soul but it's moving away from using obvious samples as a foundation. for instance "with you" is rhythmically just a groove with a sparse piano and a bass that shows it presence massively every four bars.
"snowfall" was the b-side to "silverlake" and while the a-side is nice digital soul this turns up the level of wonk to an eleven. i don't even know how to explain how the groove sounds other than it operates with the same rhytmics as dubstep. then again, there has been r&b and hiphop that has worked in the same off-kilter fashion ever since beatsmiths such as dilla or 4hero changed the spectrum of what hiphop could be.
it's the reverb in the intro that sets the atmosphere for the track but it changes once that tr-808 kick hits and you hear asplunds wonderful voice on top. the instant reference is mid 90's trip-hop and the correlation of sweet fragile voice and heavy slow beats that you heard in portishead or lamb.
the headknod factor is big at it's finest and this is a great piece of music.
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