So when I read a post like that I just think he deserves credit. TK: Kanye's blog is one of the great living works of art.

Pitchfork: On your blog, you posted Kanye West's latest rant about 'creativity,' which is pretty out there but also weirdly relatable to me. 'Twisted' by Keith Sweat is a fucking masterpiece. When I heard the first track on the second album,, I thought, 'Shit, this is lame.' I really love 90s R&B.

But their second album showed me that the way in which they relate to those signifiers was not as savvy as I thought- it seemed to use them in a kitsch way.

TK: I really liked the way 1990s hip-hop and R&B signifiers came through in the music on the first jj album. Pitchfork: One of your first live shows is going to be in Sweden soon, which makes sense since How to Dress Well warps the same R&B and hip-hop sounds as some current Swedish acts like jj. I recently chatted with Krell about Kanye West's blog, The-Dream, and trying to escape yourself. Krell plans to make his live debut with a few European shows before returning to the U.S. They're marked by his piercing voice, which bears a resemblance to Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, or even Justin Timberlake at his most fragile and falsetto-y.Īt this point, he's got nearly 30 songs up for download, and the recently P4k-highlighted tracks 'Decisions' and 'Ready for the World' (which is due out as a 7' single on Lefse soon) are great places to start.

In October of last year, Krell started posting batches of his clouded tunes to his blog. But after work he's making narcotized, below-fi R&B as How to Dress Well. During the day, he's a research fellow currently translating a book of 'post-Kantian philosophy' in Cologne, Germany.

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