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MH-054 Jealov - Translations  Translations, the bootleg EP from Belgium’s mysterious Jealov, uses a nearly-unrecognizable palette of pieces from chart-toppers Sean Paul, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Jay Z, and Aaliyah to create a layered landscape of skewed, corrupted crunk. The life of pop songs is often tragic -- forgettable today, and forgotten tomorrow. Translations, however, charts the shadows cast by Top 40. “Sean’s Shelter” is a surreal, driving slow-dub version of Sean Paul’s “Temperature“ while “B&C Gir1” introduces Beyonce to the bastard son of Prefuse 73, and “Just in Lov” twists Justin Timberlake's voice beyond recognition. Jealov drowns Rihanna under “Re_N_A SOS” elevates Jay-Z’s brutal “99 Problems” to surprisingly uplifting territory on “JZ-9999” and resurrects Aaliyah on "All I Try" -- all too dizzying effect. Pensive and twisted in execution, Translations is what these fleeting jams sound like as they ricochet eternally in the collective subconscious. |
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| Belgium’s outfit of music/photo/video-makers – is quite fitting with their dizzy, moody, and twisted sound - The Big Up / The drywall start to rot, lights flicker, shadows move, and people look strange. This isn't the Billboard Hot 100 - Tiny Mixed Tapes / IDareYouToTryNotToLikeIt. - Goodbye Galaxy |
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| The mystery surrounding Jealov - Belgium’s outfit of music/photo/video-makers – is quite fitting with their dizzy, moody, and twisted sound. Paired up with the whole aesthetic surrounding the band, including their images and videos, it truly works as “Jealov experience.” Today their EP Translations is up for a free download, and you have no excuse to miss this one. It’s a bootleg remake, scratch that, rebirth of Beyonce’s, Justin Timberlake’s, Rhianna’s, Jay Z’s, Sean Paul’s, and Aaliyah’s hits, and do NOT let that scare you away. Jealov explains: “The point in remixing Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Sean Paul and others was to get something different out of tracks that are already part of everyone’s pop heritage. Sounds that are stuck in your head and are part of your memories, subconsciously maybe. We didn’t want to compete with them, nor were we trying to complete them. We just wanted to give them a new interpretation, translate them into something personal." - The Big Up |
