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Album · 2023

Raven

by Kelela

Raven is a 2023 contemporary r&b album by Kelela. It runs 15 tracks across 63 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 2 ratings.

Contemporary R&B · Ambient · Electronic

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15
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63 min
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2 ratings · avg 4.0

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  • 4.5

    There were very few instances where R&B sounded this atmospheric and this close to ambient music -- Kelela dived into the sound head first, using her sultry three-dimensional vocals to swirl around these nocturnal soundscapes, giving them a warmer edge and ocasionally diverting the more ethereal pace into breakbeat and its jittery rhythms. She sounds fully in control of her work, being aware of her surroundings and chanelling the ambient influences not as a mere accessory to the songs, but incorporating the sparse nature of it into her rhythmic dance sensibilities, thus crafting a truly evocative album, lifting it into a surreal state of mind and then spiralling it down to a urban soundscape, leaving me in awe hearing it unfold so smoothly.

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15 tracks · 63 min

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In brief

Is Raven good?
Riffiter listeners rate Raven 4.0/5 from 2 ratings.
When was Raven released?
Raven was released in 2023.
How many tracks are on Raven?
Raven has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 63 minutes.
What genre is Raven?
Raven is catalogued under Contemporary R&B, Ambient, Electronic.
What albums are similar to Raven?
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