Following 2016's Divide and Conquer EP, Australian electronic producer What So Not took the project in a more structured direction for his debut full-length, Not All the Beautiful Things.
What So Not recruited some inspired guests and fellow Aussies for the album, resulting in a pleasant journey through different pockets of electronic dance featuring a handful of synth throbbers and pretty electronic soundscapes.
Less atmospheric and woozy than his previous releases, Beautiful Things features high-energy inclusions like the stomping Skrillex cut "Goh," the hypnotic, tribal "Beautiful" with Winona Oak, and a pair of rap-centric tracks with Rome Fortune, Tommy Swisher, and James Earl ("Demons") and Michael Christmas and Tobi Lou ("Monsters").
In addition to multiple highlights courtesy of Daniel Johns (Silverchair, the Dissociatives), Beautiful Things also unveils a surprising collaboration with Toto on the Imagine Dragons-esque "We Keep on Running." While the album can occasionally sound like a mishmash of multiple artists vying for the same spotlight, What So Not at least keeps the energy flowing, whipping between cavernous bass booms and slick sensuality as Beautiful Things takes its last breath on the digitized drone of "Us.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
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| 1 | If You Only KnewDaniel Johns, Anna Lunoe, What So Not | What So Not, San Holo | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah Andoh | Guitar |
| 2 | Dale Becker | Mastering |
| 3 | Andrew Block | Instrumentation |
| 4 | Buoy | Composer, Featured Artist, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 5 | Captain Cuts | Arranger, Composer, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 6 | Cassian | Additional Production, Mixing |
| 7 | Michael Christmas | Composer, Featured Artist, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 8 | Daniels | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Jaramye Daniels | Composer, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 10 | Dyro | Instrumentation, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 11 | James Earl | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 12 | Luke Eblen | Artwork |
| 13 | Luke Emerson | Synthesizer |
| 14 | Evergreen Oak | Composer, Featured Artist, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 15 | James Flannigan | Additional Production, Arranger, Instrumentation, Tape |
| 16 | Rome Fortune | Composer, Featured Artist, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 17 | San Holo | Instrumentation, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 18 | Daniel Johns | Arranger, Composer, Featured Artist, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 19 | KLP | Composer, Featured Artist, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 20 | Georgia Ku | Composer |
| 21 | Chris Lake | Additional Production |
| 22 | Russ Liquid | Instrumentation |
| 23 | Tobi Lou | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 24 | Steve Lukather | Featured Artist |
| 25 | Trevor Lukather | Instrumentation |
| 26 | Anna Lunoe | Composer, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 27 | Jono Ma | Instrumentation, Producer |
| 28 | Tkay Maidza | Vocals |
| 29 | George Maple | Unknown Contributor Role |
| 30 | Off Bloom | Composer, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 31 | David Paich | Featured Artist |
| 32 | Daniel Pliner | Synthesizer |
| 33 | Steve Porcaro | Featured Artist |
| 34 | James Rushent | Additional Production, Engineer, Instrumentation |
| 35 | Surahn "Sid" Sidhu | Instrumentation |
| 36 | Skrillex | Instrumentation, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 37 | Slumberjack | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 38 | Tommy Swisher | Composer, Featured Artist, Melody Arrangement, Vocals |
| 39 | Toto | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 40 | Damien Weatherley | Engineer |
| 41 | What So Not | Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Instrumentation, Melody Arrangement, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 42 | Joseph Williams | Featured Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |