The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better

by L'Orange

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(Aaron) the kicks are top-tier, thudding and EQ'd so cleanly. The sampling is so natural its like he recorded it specifically for the album and their cut with masterful precision.
Favorite track: Delonte Needed Help.

soundslikedonta It definitely does make me more relaxed by the end of the record.

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01. OK Not Perfect
02. Durbin Was A Trap House
03. Johann
04. I Don’t See You
05. 54 Spaceships
06. Coffee
07. I Miss My Friend Scraps
08. Talk to Friendly Walls
09. What Am I Gonna Do
10. Small Towns
11. Delonte Needed Help
12. Che’s Theme
13. Someone You Can See
14. I Am Different
15. Lori Saved Me
16. Enjoy Your Little Philosophy
17. The Sun It Hurts
18. Spin Art
19. Dreaming
20. 5HTP
21. The Difference Between Dust & Powder
22. I Feel Better

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1.	OK Not Perfect 01:54		buy track
2.	Durbin Was A Trap House 02:12		buy track
3.	Johann 01:59		buy track
4.	I Don't See You 01:55		buy track
5.	54 Spaceships 01:17		buy track
6.	Coffee 01:52		buy track
7.	I Miss My Friend Scraps (free) 01:36	info	download
8.	Talk To Friendly Walls 01:31		buy track
9.	What Am I Gonna Do 01:10		buy track
10.	Small Towns 01:17		buy track
11.	Delonte Needed Help 01:28		buy track
12.	Che's Theme 01:23		buy track
13.	Someone You Can See 01:39		buy track
14.	I Am Different 01:27		buy track
15.	Lori Saved Me 02:23		buy track
16.	Enjoy Your Little Philosophy 01:32		buy track
17.	The Sun It Hurts 01:05		buy track
18.	Spin Art 01:59		buy track
19.	Dreaming 01:50		buy track
20.	5HTP 00:45		buy track
21.	The Difference Between Dust & Powder 01:23		buy track
22.	I Feel Better 03:06		buy track

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The news talks about catastrophes that sound like science fiction: apartment towers collapsing with no warning, satellites falling from space, the ocean on fire. It’s an era of extremes, where each cataclysm seems to presage an even greater one, and only the truly exceptional––the superhuman––seem cut out to survive. What the new album from L’Orange, the prolific and endlessly inventive producer from North Carolina, argues is nearly the opposite. Released on Mello Music Group, The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better is a testament to the power of self knowledge and incremental progress, of the way tiny steps can give structure to life and help navigate the unknown.

For more than a decade now, L’Orange has dazzled listeners with his alchemic blends of old and new, found sounds and the deeply personal. Given how seamlessly he synthesizes his source materials, the end product can sound as if it came straight from the ether, fully formed. But on The World Is Still Chaos, he aims to demystify that work, if only for himself. “I wanted to confront my own creative process and day-to-day wellbeing managing mental illness in a healthy way for the first time,” L’Orange says. “I'm trying to consider how to draw from my life experiences when my life experiences aren't rooted in depression. It’s about continuing to struggle with balance while transitioning to being inspired by an external world.” The World Is Still Chaos is held together, above all, by a sense of playfulness.

Over the course of his career, L’Orange has used his remarkable abilities to create a sort of delirium in his work, a haze that envelops the listener and seals him or her off in a universe of the producer’s construction. With The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better, he inverts this, imposing order on the world bit by bit. It’s about “feeling OK,” L’Orange says––“not perfect.” Striving for marginal, day-over-day victories––over the external world, over your past, over yourself––is the kind of actionable, measurable, deeply personal approach that can make a seemingly impossible era feel all the more approachable. It doesn’t hurt that L’Orange delivers the argument in such an irresistibly head-nodding package.

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released September 3, 2021

Narration by Andreea Dinag & Sora The Troll

Additional Vocals by Nish Kumar, Kon Sci, Jeremy Scott, Solemn Brigham, Mark Cox, Elaquent, Jeremiah Jae, Marc Rebillet, & Willie Green

Mixed by Willie Green
Asst. Engineered by Tevin Prince
Mastered by Joe Hutchinson

Album Photography by Matt Andres
Album Graphic Design by Austin Hart

Executive Produced by Austin Hart & Michael Tolle

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