Ilp (Kwes Album)

''ilp.'' () is the debut album by record producer and musician Kwes. It was released on 14 October 2013 on Warp Records. The release is a follow up to his second EP release '' Meantime''. The record's title ''ilp'' refers literally to the record being Kwes' first studio album.Martin, Felicity
Brave Steps Forward: Clash Meets Kwes – Features – Clash Magazine
Clash Magazine. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.

Critical reception

''ilp.'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, which indicates "generally favourable acclaim". Al Kennedy of PopMatters said that ''ilp.'' can be described as "tender, innocent and heartfelt but not twee, cheesy or overtly sentimental". Kennedy further states in that "Kwes' ''ilp.'' is to pop what Jamie Lidell's ''Jim'' was to soul".

In a review for ''The Guardian'', Alexis Petridis noted that "there's an appealing sense of understatement on ''ilp.'', you can clearly here it in his voice, which is beautiful but low key, almost conversational. It's the exact opposite of showy. The understatement seeps into the music as well. There's nothing showy or grandstanding about the way it shifts in between styles."Petridis, Alexis
– music – The Guardian
theguardian.com / The Guardian. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.

Alan Ashton-Smith of musicOMH compliments Kwes' composition and songwriting on ''ilp.'' "The fact that he's a pop artist signed to Warp is perhaps the best way of summing up what he does: he’s constantly pushing the envelope, but his music has a comforting, familiar – and indeed an enveloping – feel. Many of them might be unorthodox experimental pop songs, but there’s something very authentic about every track here. All the effects and unexpected structures seem to be nothing but completely honest expressions of what Kwes is trying to say.”Ashton Smith, Alan
Kwes – ilp – Album Reviews – musicOMH
Retrieved 2013-11-02.

Track listing

Bonus track for CD and Digital

Personnel

Credits taken from Discogs.Discogs
Kwes – ilp (Vinyl) at Discogs
''Discogs.com''. Retrieved on 2012-08-01
*Kwes. – artist, writer, producer, performer, design
*Sinem Erkas – typography
*Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
* Studio Moross – design
*Stephanie Sian Smith – photography

References

External links

Kwes. – ilp. on Warp

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2013 albums
Kwes albums
Warp (record label) albums
Albums produced by Kwes