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March 21st, 2018 3:08am

I Loved And I Lost


Space Invadas “Now That I Know”

It was not immediately obvious to me that the vocals in this song are not sampled and looped, but are live and unique to the record. That’s mostly because Katalyst’s production is so rooted in sample-based rap that this felt more like a DJ record to me, or like an early to mid-00s Kanye track where the rapping just never seems to happen. Steve Spacek’s vocal here is fabulous, and clearly authentically soulful enough for me to assume his performance was pulled from a vintage ’60s or ’70s release. But it’s not just about simulating an old vibe – his vocal is very moving, particularly in how wounded and lost he sounds.

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