In case you were in doubt as to the theme or overall aesthetic here, the album opens with a track titled Welcome to the Abyss and is followed by XIV's feedback scree and pulsating electronic dance beat, bringing to mind Primal Scream's New Order team-up Shoot Speed/Kill Light haunted by the ghost of an early MTV pop goddess.
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On the production of "So Appalled", he said "it's Kanye, the beat brings the ghost out of you".
The video features Bieber making sadboy eyes at the camera at the offset, but much like the tune itself, the introduction of the house beat brings in an unexpected level of artistry.
Introspective atmospheric piano notes stumble across vocals from the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, before a snare-y beat brings the song into the more danceable Radiohead territory you might expect from NYFW.
In other songs blips and staticky beats bring back 1980's synth-pop, letting Ms. Goldfrapp float through "Strict Machine" like a latter-day Donna Summer, coo above the buzzing swing beat of "Train" or harmonize and scream in the poppy come-on "Twist".
PARA can be streamed and downloaded for free courtesy of Adult Swim, and it's no surprise that the album's drippy beats bring to mind Flying Lotus's early production work for the mature cartoon channel.
Pushed by the music marketing powerhouse of Dr Dre (pictured above) and Jimmy Iovine, Beats brought big, aggressive bass-y sound at a big price and made it fashionable.
Those beats brought her closer to the earthly realms of club tracks and pop songs, including "Now We Are Free," her collaboration with the soundtrack composer Hans Zimmer from "Gladiator," and "Meltdown," which approaches trip-hop.
