To keep things vaguely on topic, I listened to the Complete Studio Recordings of Syzygys recently. They are/were a kind of jazz-pop duo from Japan that played songs using Harry Partch's 43-tone just intonation scale—at least with respect to their lead instruments, violin and reed organ. Their work has a very peculiar sound to it, what with the weird microtonal rises and falls in the chord progressions, but it is certainly catchy in a sideways way. They do sometimes stretch their material out a bit longer than is strictly necessary, but overall, I don't have too much of a problem with it.
sort of world music-informed dance or somesuch. I already have Transglobal Underground's Dream of 100 Nations, and have for awhile, but does anyone else have any suggestions?
I know you said before that you don't care for Afro Celt Sound System, but which songs/albums of theirs have you heard? They have quite a bit of variety even within a single album.
To be honest, I'm having a hard time hearing the world music influences in that posted track, unless you're referring to the marimba(?) near the middle of the tune.
i have nothing to contribute other than that i saw transglobal underground live and their drummer was really good, and i will probably be seeing afro celt sound system live this year
i dont even particularly listen to that sort of music, its just that a festival that i went to last year/will probably go to again this year seems to find it obligatory to have at least one dance/world music fusion act on the main stage every year
For those wary of clicking strange links, Car Seat Headrest is the solo project of a young dude named Will Toledo who plays various instruments with some proficiency and writes catchy, super-fuzzy, oddly ambitious rock songs with achingly personal lyrics that at once intrigue and deeply discomfit me even as the music draws me in. (Something that greatly appeals to me, if you hadn't noticed...)
Heh, Indiecater Records called their debut album In the Dream of the Sea Life, "our first dip into electronica". But it's not overtly electronic at all—just an album straddling the line between shoegazing and dream pop, with the fuzz turned up to 11.
I have to say, I love the '40s aesthetic they've got for their cover art.
Friend of mine named Stripes Solid released a collaborative album with producer BigCat today. Its' really good, and it's got some features from Andre' McCloud of NobodyReallyKnows (some of the more obscure OddFuture affiliates) and Ant-Live (another rapper from the same forum who is also really good). Beats and rhymes alike are really just incredible. You can get it here.
I didn't produce anything on this project but I hopefully will be able to get at least one song in on his next release.
For those wary of clicking strange links, Car Seat Headrest is the solo project of a young dude named Will Toledo who plays various instruments with some proficiency and writes catchy, super-fuzzy, oddly ambitious rock songs with achingly personal lyrics that at once intrigue and deeply discomfit me even as the music draws me in. (Something that greatly appeals to me, if you hadn't noticed...)
Bottom line: Good stuff, yo. Check it out.
heh one of the reasons i downloaded lamezone was because i was like 'oh hey there is guest content from car seat headrest that is cool'
i have been coming back to Music For Real Airports recently
"Airports have some of the glossiest surfaces in modern culture, but the fear underneath remains. Hence this record is not a utilitarian accompaniment to airports, in the sense of reinforcing the false utopia and fake idealism of air travel. Unlike Eno's Music for Airports, this is not a record to be used by airport authorities to lull their customers. The album is a bittersweet, enveloping and enormously engaging listen. It is ambient, but focused. This is not sonic mush, nor adolescent noise. Nor is it a dance album. Much of the raw material of the album was made in airports over the last three years. While on tour, the Black Dog made 200 hours of field recordings, much of which was processed and combined with new music in the airport itself, waiting for the next flight. This vast amount of content has been slowly distilled into a set of particularly evocative pieces of music."
Starflyer 59 put out a cassette tape of instrumental versions of songs from the last album, IAMACEO, imaginatively titled IAMACEO Instrumentals. My preordered copy came in the mail today.
Flannelgraph Records, the folks who released the cassette, decided to include a bonus album, a CD by Hoosier Mountain Restoration Gospel. I'm listening to that right now, and it's some quality folk music.
Well, OK, maybe not every way, but it's close enough to it. It's beautiful and completely evil, and I love that. To give you an idea of what I mean by this, here's a really unsettling song about I-don't-even-know:
"All my old haunts are now haunting me," indeed. And this is one of the tamer tracks.
That was an insane session. I ruined my sleep cycle right before a trip, and yet, I feel like it was totally worth it.
It has also convinced me that I really need to listen to more breakcore than I already do. I mean, I probably didn't need convincing, but seriously, I feel like I'm missing out on so much...
By the way, my last song of the evening was Current 93's "Horse". I'm a bit sad that you missed it.
so Tyler the Creator's Wolf leaked today, and I happened to grab it.
It's a really good album, not just good in the "if you're an OF fan you'll fucking love this" sense (though it is pretty self-referential in places), but in the fact that I could actually see people getting in to Tyler by way of this album even if they didn't necessarily like his older stuff. There are some "typical" OddFuture-ish tracks on here, those being Domo23, Trashwang, and to a lesser extent, Tamale, but they're in the vast minority. Most of the album is an odd mixture of downtempo, heavy beats, jazz influences, and Neptunes-style synthesizers (Pharrell himself shows up on Ifhy).
The subject matter is pretty typical of Tyler. There's the dichotomy between rapping about rape, murder, and death and being a sensitive human being with genuine feelings--the dichotomy is probably best explored on "Answer", where lines about telling his father to suck his dick [metaphorically] are contrasted with a chorus in which he just hopes he can contact the man someday. There's also a storyline here, like there is in all of Tyler's albums thusfar, which you'd really have to listen to get into, since it goes through a couple plot points.
All in all I'd say if you're not into Tyler and OF in general, this isn't a bad starting point. It's also probably Tyler's best album so far and I'll give it a solid 8.5/10.
What did I just... am I watching this? It's more like I'm accepting it. I'm accepting that it exists.
In other news, a friend introduced me to Suuns. Aside from their vocalist sounding like an even more nasal and incoherent Thom Yorke—not always a bad thing, but not really good either—they are actually quite enjoyable.
Hey guys, I know I don't show up much. But I want to flesh out my music collection to get a certain kind of feel for something I'm writing. I want a certain kind of electronic music, and since electronic music is extremely varied, I was hoping somebody who knew the style better could help me out. I've got a song that has the elements I'm looking for, so if any of you can pinpoint a genre, I'd appreciate it.
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that's like alternative or something.
Everlast used to be a rapper didja know.
I think he actually raps with a different group nowadays.
I don't care though. Everlast is irrelevant.
i have nothing to contribute other than that i saw transglobal underground live and their drummer was really good, and i will probably be seeing afro celt sound system live this year
i dont even particularly listen to that sort of music, its just that a festival that i went to last year/will probably go to again this year seems to find it obligatory to have at least one dance/world music fusion act on the main stage every year
Friend of mine named Stripes Solid released a collaborative album with producer BigCat today. Its' really good, and it's got some features from Andre' McCloud of NobodyReallyKnows (some of the more obscure OddFuture affiliates) and Ant-Live (another rapper from the same forum who is also really good). Beats and rhymes alike are really just incredible. You can get it here.
I didn't produce anything on this project but I hopefully will be able to get at least one song in on his next release.
heh one of the reasons i downloaded lamezone was because i was like 'oh hey there is guest content from car seat headrest that is cool'
i have been coming back to Music For Real Airports recently
"Airports have some of the glossiest surfaces in modern culture, but the fear underneath remains. Hence this record is not a utilitarian accompaniment to airports, in the sense of reinforcing the false utopia and fake idealism of air travel. Unlike Eno's Music for Airports, this is not a record to be used by airport authorities to lull their customers. The album is a bittersweet, enveloping and enormously engaging listen. It is ambient, but focused. This is not sonic mush, nor adolescent noise. Nor is it a dance album. Much of the raw material of the album was made in airports over the last three years. While on tour, the Black Dog made 200 hours of field recordings, much of which was processed and combined with new music in the airport itself, waiting for the next flight. This vast amount of content has been slowly distilled into a set of particularly evocative pieces of music."
also: hey naney
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so Tyler the Creator's Wolf leaked today, and I happened to grab it.
It's a really good album, not just good in the "if you're an OF fan you'll fucking love this" sense (though it is pretty self-referential in places), but in the fact that I could actually see people getting in to Tyler by way of this album even if they didn't necessarily like his older stuff. There are some "typical" OddFuture-ish tracks on here, those being Domo23, Trashwang, and to a lesser extent, Tamale, but they're in the vast minority. Most of the album is an odd mixture of downtempo, heavy beats, jazz influences, and Neptunes-style synthesizers (Pharrell himself shows up on Ifhy).
The subject matter is pretty typical of Tyler. There's the dichotomy between rapping about rape, murder, and death and being a sensitive human being with genuine feelings--the dichotomy is probably best explored on "Answer", where lines about telling his father to suck his dick [metaphorically] are contrasted with a chorus in which he just hopes he can contact the man someday. There's also a storyline here, like there is in all of Tyler's albums thusfar, which you'd really have to listen to get into, since it goes through a couple plot points.
All in all I'd say if you're not into Tyler and OF in general, this isn't a bad starting point. It's also probably Tyler's best album so far and I'll give it a solid 8.5/10.
also this album has three different covers. ProTip, if you're not using this one
you're using the wrong one.
best music video of the heapers hang out forum
I'm in our room if anyone wants to join.
Not really willing to go into one with people I don't know though. >_>