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[ninetyonekz]

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Every Ninety One Song Reviewed: “Желсіз түнде жарық ай,” 2023

“Желсіз түнде жарық ай,” from Махаббат сөзі (EP, 2023) Music credits: once again, not entirely Ninety One. Lyrics credits: once again, salute the late, great Abay. Music video director: no, you’re not getting that information either.

If you’ve been following the guys’ YouTube channel, you know the cryptic teaser videos are coming thick and fast now. I’m hoping to find the time to devote an entire post to all the references (although I resent the reliance on Easter egg hunts, a bit). But let’s clear out our queue first: this is the last of the Abay-penned songs, and then we’ll just have “Synbaim” standing between us and whatever is actually on this long-awaited album.

As with the the other two Abay songs, this one has lots of precedents: plug “Желсіз түнде жарық ай“ into YouTube and you’ll find plenty of more florid versions. Here’s one; here’s another. Heck, even Ayree gave this one a shot a few years ago. You want to try for yourself? Here’s a karaoke version. Oh, and here’s a translation. It’s a love poem, but oblique, and steeped in nature imagery, which admittedly makes it not exactly the best fit for wandering around an abstract closed set while lip-syncing.

Ninety One’s contribution is to speed things up significantly. By comparison to the historical standard, Ace is barreling through his refrain (”Ауылдың, жаны терең сай  / тасыған өзен күрілдеп”) like he’s got a train to catch. (If, like me, you don’t actually understand Kazakh, you might not realize that he’s repeating Alem’s last two lines.) They don’t wear out their welcome: Alem and Bala do a verse each, we get the refrain twice, and then ZaQ handles the outro, all in less than two and a half minutes. You could argue it’s an Abay interpretation for a faster, more impatient world. But it’s not exactly unhurried: we do have time in the background for plucking strings. It sneaks up on you, I think. I don’t have the right (Kazakh) context; as a foreigner I feel like I’m being met halfway, introduced to Abay’s poetry without having to ingest musical traditions that don’t come easily to me. I appreciate it.

How’s the Hair/Styling? 75% fine: ZaQ’s “messing with the mainstream” jacket is a nice touch. Slashing Bala’s eyebrow doesn’t add much. Ace’s hair is even frizzier and less flattering than usual and I’m half hoping that after this latest round of bleaching he shaves it all off again. Should You Start Here? Nah; the whole Abay-covers project, while interesting, requires too much background research for brand-new Eaglez, and doesn’t give ZaQ enough to do.

[bbcblackjack]

What name does Rem release songs under?

I listen to DNA, Moonlight, Sevenlight, Black Dial, Crystalz, IMZ1, The Egiz, EQ, & Alba. What about you??

Rakhat :) He currently have only two songs, but is going to make more. My Boo was his solo debut.

All those same ones as you and Ninety One, Ziruza, Ayree, T'oi, XTZ, Juzim and Aroojeanne

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So you know few :)! And yeah so many have sadly disbanded 😔 But there are also T'oi JUZ entertainment's new group. Ademi (solo) who is at same company as Ayree. Also trio WinL.

ahh thank you for some new groups to listen to! i've heard of ademi and ayree but never checked them out and i knew juz had trainees(they opened a tiktok i'm pretty sure but idk if they were members of t'oi)

i'll definitely check them out :)

[405blazeitt]

new ayree music video c:

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[dimashglobal]

Be happy

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one of the few things I know about Arabic is that “ks e5t” means “your sisters pussy” so everytime I see you say that on here Im like wonderful who are we cussing out this time

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Good night 💎🖤 #AYREE

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I mentioned when I reviewed “Su Asty” that my expectations for Ninety One, circa February 2017 or so, were pretty low; I figured we would be getting more big crowd-pleasing, me-not-pleasing emotional balladesque tracks. In sum, something like the above, apparently a cover of an older song. (Yeski taspa probably translates to something like “the old record,” and I think this is the latest in a series of modern artists covering older songs; previous participants include Ayree, Ray, Yenlik, Ali Okapov, and dudeontheguitar. I’ll bet you five bucks Kyle Ruh is either up next or insulted he wasn’t asked.)

(Okay, quick trivia note: of the four executive producers, three are Askhat Bayanov, who directed the video for “Why’m” [and this video]; longtime Juz / Ninety One staffer [and new dad!] Azamat Demegen; and longtime director / assistant director / adorable teddy bear Nursultan Bazarbayev. I can’t prove it but I strongly suspect Independently Operating Ninety One took the ARTJAQ project with them when they left Juz, and are responsible for the majority, if not 100%, of the financial backing.)

I’ve said it before, but: this is not my thing. Very few things are as not my thing as this thing is. Lacrosse. Cilantro. Various legacy-network dramas set among emergency responders in Chicago. Beauty pageants. Abolishing the family. And this. All have their virtues, and I’m glad they exist to serve people who are not me.

I want to say that Ace has better projection now than he used to, and doesn’t sound strained like he did in the “M.B.A.B.B.A.D.” days. But I am absolutely the last person you should be asking about the quality of an old-fashioned ballad. If this is your thing, give it a listen and let me know if you would recommend it to other people whose thing it might be. Note that the actual song only lasts until about 3:50, and the rest of the video is of Ace untranslatedly talking, presumably about the song’s history and not (for once) about getting a mortgage.

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[radgeorgie]

cutie!ayree singing her heart out