Ali Love’s Electro Soul
Today’s fave: electro-soul singer Ali Love
I first heard about Ali Love via a post on the brilliant Electroqueer (their tastes align pretty nicely with my own) and later noticed him getting kudos from another personal favorite blogger, Rich from fourfour. I promptly downloaded his album “Love Harder,” which harkens back to an earlier era of electro pop that was less about hard-hammering beats and more about setting tone and atmosphere through a judicious use of synths and rhythms. Love’s smooth vocals, which frequently highlight his falsetto, add a nice bit of soul to the mix. I was also interested to learn that Love nearly had a major-label album a few years ago before label politics got in the way, although his vocals were featured on “Do It Again,” one of my favorite Chemical Brothers songs. It may have taken him a little bit longer to get his own album out, but the wait was worth it. I’ve selected the mid-tempo “Dark Star” as my favorite, but also check out the more uptempo “Love Harder,” “Done the Dirty,” and “Moscow Girl.”
