![]() Musically, it’s buoyed by slow digital drums and vast swathes of electronic sound that sometimes coalesce into something as mundane as a treated electric guitar or remain vague and ominous. That sort of thing doesn’t happen by accident.Īnd nor does the music being rereleased on Trilogy. By the final release of what’s now being described as Trilogy, Tesfaye has fully transformed from online oddity to emerging R&B superstar. Once his name and collaborators (most notably producers Doc McKinney and Illangelo) became more common knowledge with the follow up Thursday, he still managed to remain aloof and mysteriously, rarely performing live and visually embodied by cover photographs that straddled the line between self documentation from indulgent party goers and eerie dream imagery. For at least a few months of 2011, it wasn’t even entirely clear who was behind the dark beats and smoothly pained vocals of their first release House of Balloons. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the space of a single year, the R&B singer/producer managed to release three full albums of free music that captured the blogosphere’s attention, interest and eventual adoration. One thing you can say for Abel Tesfaye: he’s a man with a plan.
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