Laura

Love this album. I remember when I had an internship as a research assistant for a nonfiction writer in Boston in 2010, he once asked me what I was listening to... I tried to explain to him that I was listening to "chiptune saudade" and it flew over his head at a million miles per hour. I did not play him any of the music because I was too embarrassed, but if it happened today, I absolutely would make him listen to it.

And to the live Blip Festival recording of Minha Caipirina E Otima from 2008. One of the best concert recordings I have ever gotten my hands on. I love a concert recording where the individual yelps from… More

Not as propulsive and deranged as a lot of Kelpe's earlier albums, but it's got a driving texture that I really like. There was a period of time shortly after I moved to Los Angeles where this was one of the main albums I listened to while driving.

I love Kelpe's work. It's so clocklike and rhythmic and even organic, like a clock made of... I don't know. Wood? I have a brain trained on the background tracks of 1990s history-themed citybuilders and RTSes and I require--REQUIRE!!--things to tick and thump in my ear always. Kelpe's shit is always perfect for this, and The Curved Line in particular has so much incredible percussion.

When I was a kid, I performed in plenty of orchestra concerts where we played movements from the same larger musical piece. My father also introduced me to the concept of a "rock opera," which I found a bit underwhelming. It wasn't until I downloaded this particular album in college that I truly appreciated the idea of an album as a fundamental unit of connected pieces that enhance and support one another.

It's just really fucking good to listen to this album all in one go. A network of recurring tones and moods and vibes. It's just very nice!!

Dark story: I went through a period of time in college where I had a room in a co-ed fraternity, but… More