James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

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1. Fatiha El-Ghorri is in Heavn

   27 mei 2022 · 27 min

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   Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie. Lees meer

   Surely it must appeal to Cure-loving Fatiha!

2. Aparna Nancherla & Freetown Sound

   20 mei 2022 · 29 min

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   Freetown Sound by Blood Orange is such an "immaculate" album that James worries he might burst into tears just talking about it. Lees meer

   Here's hoping Aparna feels the same, otherwise trouble could be afoot.

3. Jen Ives & An Escape Into Space

   13 mei 2022 · 27 min

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   Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping. Lees meer

   Lyrics and soundscapes combine to tell an Afrofuturist story of an escape from oppression into the void of space. Jen Ives prepares to be transported.

4. Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q

   6 mei 2022 · 29 min

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   James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP. Lees meer

   With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?

5. Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo

   29 april 2022 · 29 min

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   The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread? Lees meer

6. Fern Brady & The Punk Beyoncé

   22 april 2022 · 26 min

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   Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences and described by the artist herself as "a punk Beyoncé". Lees meer

   However, is it enough to impress one of Scotland's finest, Fern Brady?

7. Sadia Azmat & Black Girl Blues

   15 april 2022 · 24 min

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   Fetish Bones by Moor Mother delivers a powerful message via a sonically abrasive backdrop. Lees meer

   Labelled by the artist herself as Black Girl Blues, Project Housing Bop or Slaveship Punk, it's an album that demands the listener's full attention.

   However, was it enough to hold Sadia Asmat's attention?

8. Sara Barron & Emily's D+Evolution

   8 april 2022 · 30 min

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   Emily's D+Evolution, a brilliant Jazz-Rock-Funk fusion album by Grammy Award winning Esperanza Spalding, is usually the last thing Sara Barron would listen to. Lees meer

   However, some finely crafted lyrics start to reel her in.

9. Nathan Caton & an OST to Nothing

   1 april 2022 · 28 min

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   Wes Borland you may remember as the guitarist in '90s rock/rap outfit Limp Bizkit. In 2016 he released Crystal Machete, a soundtrack to an imagined film. Lees meer

   James and Nathan try to imagine what that film would look like.

10. Thanyia Moore, Illusion & Destruction

    25 maart 2022 · 29 min

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    Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba is an album with such a delicate and intimate feel that James can't help but relax to it. Lees meer

    However, is it enough to chill '90s R'n'B-loving Thanyia Moore?

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