Music and time have always been related. After all, rhythm is essentially just sounds repeating at a regular temporal interval. Hip-hop’s contribution to the relationship between music and time is well-documented, but it’s really only appreciated in the world of dancing. The other side of that contribution is apparent in songs like Orrin Campbell‘s “Blue Lights.” Stretching his voice over a yawning, paced instrumental, Orrin Campbell slows down time without extending it, marinating in the brief encounter he has with a former lover without describing the experience at length. This is more than brevity or concision or minimalism. It’s memory without exegesis. It’s drama without melodrama. It’s hip-hop. Listen below.
“Blue Lights” is the first song off his upcoming project, Nocturnal.
Side note: He kind of sounds like Tyler, the Creator, doesn’t he?
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