kwes. - purplehands [shorter version].

Name: kwes. - purplehands [shorter version].
Uploaded: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released as the opening track of kwes.'s debut album ilp. (Warp Records, October 2013), 'purplehands' emerged at the peak of a London-centric micro-movement blending emotive soul songwriting with sparse electronic production. Kwes's publicly documented chromesthesia — the perception of colour in response to sound — gives the song's…

2013 · Post-Dubstep / Warp Indie Electronic Era (2012–2015) — Characterised by sparse soul-inflected electronic pop on prestige UK independent labels, bridging post-dubstep minimalism and emotionally intimate songwriting. · music video

kwes. - purplehands [shorter version]. music video

2013Post-Dubstep / Warp Indie Electronic Era (2012–2015) — Characterised by sparse soul-inflected electronic pop on prestige UK independent labels, bridging post-dubstep minimalism and emotionally intimate songwriting.UK avant-electronic soul / Warp Records indie minimalism 2012–2015

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Released as the opening track of kwes.'s debut album ilp. (Warp Records, October 2013), 'purplehands' emerged at the peak of a London-centric micro-movement blending emotive soul songwriting with sparse electronic production. Kwes's publicly documented chromesthesia — the perception of colour in response to sound — gives the song's title ('red and blue makes purple') a direct autobiographical charge. The video's…

Why it matters

Represents the early-2010s UK 'Freepop' or avant-electronic soul moment, in which producers with fine-art or chromesthetic sensibilities (Kwes, James Blake, Sampha) reoriented electronic music around vulnerability and restraint. 'purplehands' as album opener and as a video encapsulates that…

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