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Not All the Beautiful Things
Not All The Beautiful Things.jpg
Álbum de estúdio de What So Not
Lançamento 9 de março de 2018
Gravação 2015–2018
Estúdio(s)
Gênero(s)
Duração 46:46
Gravadora(s)
Singles de Not All the Beautiful Things
  1. "Be Ok Again"
    Lançamento: 28 de novembro 2017
  2. "Stuck in Orbit"
    Lançamento: 30 janeiro 2018
  3. "Beautiful"
    Lançamento: 27 fevereiro 2018

Not All the Beautiful Things é o álbum de estreia do projeto musical australiano What So Not, que é o nome artístico do DJ e produtor Chris Emerson. Foi lançado em 9 de março de 2018 pela Counter Records e Sweat It Out. What So Not começou a trabalhar no álbum após completar uma longa turnê global de seis anos, o que o deixou incapaz de se comprometer totalmente a trabalhar em um álbum de estúdio. Suas viagens frequentes influenciaram o som de muitas das faixas do álbum, incluindo "Beautiful" e "Us". What So Not escolheu o título do disco porque os "prazeres simples" da vida são ignorados por pessoas que se concentram apenas em suas ideias grandiosas.

O álbum contém doze canções, todas apresentando colaborações de produção e performances com uma variedade de artistas: Toto, Skrillex, Dyro, Daniel Johns e San Holo. Sua composição foi gerenciada por uma lista de co-compositores, incluindo Anna Lunoe, Off Bloom e Ryan McMahon do Captain Cuts. As faixas incluem os sons de future bass e trap característicos do What So Not, enquanto experimenta outros gêneros de música eletrônica, incluindo hip hop, dubstep, e house.

Recebeu críticas geralmente positivas dos críticos musicais, que elogiaram os convidados apresentados e a qualidade da produção. O álbum inclui três singles — "Be Ok Again" com Daniel Johns em novembro de 2017, "Stuck in Orbit" com Buoy em janeiro de 2018 e "Beautiful" com Winona Oak em fevereiro de 2018. Em apoio ao álbum, What So Not embarcou em uma turnê internacional chamada Beautiful Things World Tour, que durou de janeiro a maio de 2018. Apareceu nas tabelas Dance/Electronic Albums, da Billboard, e a australiana ARIA Charts, chegando ao número oito e quatorze, respectivamente.

Antecedentes e produção editar

 
What So Not performing at the North Coast Music Festival, Chicago in August 2014

Not All the Beautiful Things was issued by Australian electronic music project, What So Not, also known as Emoh Instead. He had previously released four extended plays (EPs) under his project name. Three of these were co-produced with Australian artist Flume who left the project in February 2015, which at that time What So Not had carried the majority of the project by performing on his own.[1][2] After touring extensively, What So Not returned to Sydney in 2017 hoping to complete work on a studio-length album, which ultimately became Not All the Beautiful Things.[3] He had been unable to do so while on the move, saying: "I had a few test runs with EPs and things, particularly with Divide and Conquer, but I don't think I could have really done an album before this point, because I ended up on tour for almost six years."[4]

What So Not's experiences while performing influenced several of the album's songs. For example, he said the song "Beautiful" was created while he was backpacking and camping in Nicaragua.[5] He had also written multiple tracks in a Nicaraguan songwriting workshop organised by Neon Gold Records.[6] What So Not took on the role of creative director for the first time in his career on Not All the Beautiful Things. This gave him control over the production, songwriting, film scoring and its direction. He felt this led to a "cohesive narrative" across all creative aspects of the project.[7] It was recorded from 2015 to 2018, in between touring.[5]

What So Not said the record's title was a "tribute to the things we lose along the way when we're striving for things", in particular when individuals focus on "all these grand goals" and "forget everything that's in front of them."[8] He also said the title encompasses the entire narrative of the album and encapsulates his own dramatic endings to personal relationships.[9] The producer said while working on the album he avoided "putting any pressure on [himself]" in the onset and simply tried to have it completed by a certain point.[4] He focused on the record's songwriting and toplining (lyrical writing over a pre-made track).[9] Originally, as many as 100 song demos were made for it, but only 12 tracks that fit the artist's narrative were used.[4] What So Not described its songs as "brutally honest and raw", representing his attempts to "[dive] into the deep end with things [he had] maybe never tried before."[5]

Not All the Beautiful Things includes collaborations with other artists the producer describes as people that he has admired and befriended across the years.[5] He said that the collaboration with Daniel Johns occurred during a time when they "randomly crossed paths and hit it off".[4] The collaboration with Toto surprised him as the band had not previously worked with a dance music producer. They reportedly held jam sessions where What So Not would play some chords, a riff, or a drum beat and the band would "riff over the top and do a call and response thing."[4]

In January 2018, the DJ announced its release date as 9 March via Counter Records / Sweat It Out / Warner Music Australia, and publicised its track list.[7][10][11] The record primarily incorporates What So Not's signature trap and future bass sound,[9] while encompassing bass music,[5] hip hop,[12] dubstep, and house.[9] A remix album was later released on 16 November 2018, comprising remixes by eleven different artists including 12th Planet, Marlo and Graves.[13][14]

An international tour was announced in January 2018, the Beautiful Things World Tour.[15] Lasting from 19 January to 4 May, the event brought the DJ to many international festivals including Ultra, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, as well as performances in India, China, Europe, South America and North America.[16] The Australian leg of the tour took in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane in June 2018.[17] What So Not used a new touring rig for his shows, which include a large chrome horse and chariot set-up.[15]

Singles editar

The album's first single, "Be Ok Again", was released on 28 November 2017 and featured Australian singer Daniel Johns, former frontman of the rock band Silverchair.[18] The single included uncredited vocals by What So Not, marking his first recorded vocal performance.[19] Dancing Astronaut's David Klemow described "Be Ok Again" as a future bass track which "plays upon the project's earliest core appeals, returning to fluttering vocal work over bold, bombastic build ups and wiry, off-kilter breaks".[20] What So Not, who described the song as a "really personal track",[21] said it originated during a studio session in 2017 with music and production duo Slumberjack (Morgan Then, Fletcher Ehlers).[18] Daniel Johns was walking by; he invited What So Not to collaborate at the singer's Newcastle studio.[18] Johns had also co-written two more of the record's songs: "If You Only Knew" and "Same Mistakes". He reacted positively to his collaboration with What So Not, stating: "Watching [What So Not] work is eye opening".[22] The track's music video, co-directed with Australian film maker Luke Eblen, was released on 23 January 2018.[23][24] Eblen had also provided the album's cover art (see above).

"Stuck in Orbit" was released on 30 January 2018 as its second single. It features Sydney-based singer Buoy (Charmian Kingston) and was co-produced with Jono Ma of Australian psychedelic dance band Jagwar Ma.[25][26][27] In an emailed statement to Billboard, What So Not revealed that the song started as a jam with Jona Ma in his film scoring studio (Sonar Music).[28] The vocals "began as a sketch of ad libs from Buoy with only two words, drawn out across the verse 'I ov-er comp-en-sate'".[27] He discovered Buoy's vocals through a local community radio station in Australia. After learning she lived near his parents in Sydney, they met up to collaborate.[12] One night when an airport system crash had left the DJ stranded, he channeled his frustrations musically and came up with the lyrics for "Stuck In Orbit". After returning home he brainstormed the final elements of the vocals with Winona Oak (Johanna Ekmark) and Buoy.[27] The song was recorded through Skype, due to What So Not's busy touring schedule, which made it difficult for him to spend time in his studio.[5]

"Beautiful", featuring Winona Oak, was released on 27 February 2018 as the final single.[29][30] Critics praised the "hypnotic, carefree aesthetic" of the track which complements Oak's "show-stopping" vocals.[31] What So Not explained the song was constructed in a Nicaraguan songwriting camp where he met Oak,[32] and this influenced the track's sound design. Ryan McMahon of production trio Captain Cuts (Ben Berger, Ryan McMahon, Ryan Rabin) was involved with the vocal ad-libbing of the song. They worked on the idea of "beautiful pain", which led to a song of "optimism, anxiousness and longing, but also an undertone of sadness".[29] House music producer Chris Lake gave him production tips on "how to do a few things I had forgotten."[12]

Recepção editar

Críticas profissionais
Avaliações da crítica
Fonte Avaliação
AllMusic      [33]
Exclaim! 6/10[34]
Themusic      [35]

Music critics were generally positive towards Not All the Beautiful Things, with most praising the collaborations and production values; although some felt parts were too predictable. Matthew Meadow from Your EDM complimented the common themes shared between each track and The Music's Emma Salisbury felt that the "unique flavors" inhabited by the tracks led to a "well-curated, well-rounded work on a bed of exquisite production".[36][35] The former selected "We Keep On Running" with Toto as his favourite track, citing the "powerful production" and the song's "plucky transform[ation] into distorted rock" at the drop.[36] Hayden Manders of Nylon praised the songs where the DJ had "full control", notably the closing track "Us" which she described as a "cosmic journey through a couple's private life in a public sphere". The critic also described the record as a "fully packaged, uncompromised artistic vision", rather than "an electronic dance album filled with singles ripe for remixing but a fully packaged".[3]

The collaborations with other musical artists were also widely praised, with Manders of Nylon writing that the artist collaborations "work to a satisfying extent" while Neil Z. Yeung from AllMusic commenting that the collaborations with the "inspired guests and fellow Aussies" resulted in a "pleasant journey through different pockets of electronic dance featuring a handful of synth throbbers and pretty electronic soundscapes".[3][33] Hampson of Exclaim! also called the album's guests "inventive" and lauded the record's promising opening.[34]

However, several elements of Not All The Beautiful Things were not as well received by critics, especially its predictability and tendency to sound clumped up. Exclaim!'s Hampson felt the record was predictable after its first two tracks, with songs "capitalizing on uninspired progressions and slopped in a grime we've heard the world over", while AllMusic's Yeung noted that sections of the album occasionally "sound like a mishmash of multiple artists vying for the same spotlight".[34][33] Contrasting Your EDM's opinion, Hampson from Exclaim! gave a lukewarm reception to the Toto collaboration, calling it a "bad Top 40 anthem any number of at-the-moment pop stars might throw out."[34]

In Australia, Not All the Beautiful Things peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Top 100 Albums chart,[37][38] surpassing What So Not's previous extended play Divide & Conquer which hit number 19.[38] On the ARIA Top 100 Physical Albums and ARIA Digital Albums charts, the record ranked at number twenty-five and number eight respectively.[39][40] It then peaked at number four on the ARIA Australian Artists Albums chart, and number two on the ARIA Dance Albums chart.[39] The single "Be Ok Again" climbed to number 19 on the ARIA Heatseekers chart,[41] while the Volac, Zeke Beats and Kaz James remixes of "Beautiful" charted for eight weeks on the ARIA Club Tracks charts and peaked at number 17.[42] On the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart, the album peaked at number eight for one week.[43]

Track listing editar

Track list adapted from the iTunes Store,[44] and credits adapted from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers[45] and Australasian Performing Right Association / Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society.[46]

N.º Título Duração
1. "Warlord" (with Slumberjack) 2:55
2. "Be Ok Again" (featuring Daniel Johns) 3:47
3. "Beautiful" (featuring Winona Oak) 3:45
4. "Stuck In Orbit" (featuring Buoy) 5:25
5. "Demons" (featuring Rome Fortune and Tommy Swisher) 2:29
6. "Goh" (with Skrillex featuring KLP) 3:35
7. "We Keep On Running" (with Toto) 4:39
8. "If You Only Knew" (with San Holo featuring Daniel Johns) 3:12
9. "Monsters" (featuring Michael Christmas and Tobi Lou) 3:01
10. "Bottom End" (with Dyro) 3:11
11. "Same Mistakes" (featuring Daniel Johns) 4:31
12. "Us" (featuring Daniels) 6:16
Duração total:
46:46

Remix album editar

Track list adapted from the iTunes Store.[13]

Remixes
N.º Título Duração
1. "Stuck in Orbit" (Kidswaste Remix) 4:17
2. "Goh" (Signal Remix) 3:51
3. "Stuck in Orbit" (Luttrell Remix) 6:18
4. "Beautiful" (Eskei83 Remix) 2:45
5. "If You Only Knew" (12th Planet Remix) 3:31
6. "Goh" (AC Slater Remix) 4:31
7. "Beautiful" (Yvng Jalapeno Remix) 3:00
8. "Goh" (Champagne Drip Remix) 3:37
9. "If You Only Knew" (Graves Remix) 2:56
10. "If You Only Knew" (Daktyl Remix) 2:36
11. "Beautiful" (Marlo Remix) 4:26

Personnel editar

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[47]

Technical credits

Recording personnel

Posição nas tabelas musicais editar

Tabela (2018) Posição
de pico
Austrália (ARIA)[48] 14
Estados Unidos (Dance/Electronic Albums)[49] 8

Histórico de lançamentos editar

País Data Gravadora Formato Ref.
  Reino Unido 9 de março de 2018 Counter Records Download digital [44]
CD [50]
  Austrália Sweat It Out / Counter Records LP [51][52]

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