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They Died for Beauty
Electronic · 2004 · 9 tracks

They Died for Beauty

Ilya

Smoky trip-hop that feels like a velvet curtain closing. Intimate vocals and submerged beats create a world of quiet, urban solitude and noir-inflected jazz.

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It's like Portishead but smoother, warmer, and much more romantic.

A sophisticated, nocturnal melancholy that feels both lonely and deeply comforting.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Bellissimo
5:03
02
Quattra Neon
5:27
03
Bliss
4:03
04
Heavenly
5:19
05
Soleil Soleil
6:18
06
Pretty Baby
5:04
07
All for Melody
4:39
08
Happy and Weak
8:15
09
They Died for Beauty
5:11
Moments Worth Waiting For
the way the bassline in Bellissimo anchors the airy vocals like a heavy anchor in deep water
the eight minute slow burn of Happy and Weak where the atmosphere thickens into a dense fog
the title track's final minutes where the instrumentation dissolves into a ghostly shimmer
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