retrowave/synthwave/whatever are those 80s pastiche people like lazerhawk or preturbator or com truise and that has been going on since like 2011-2010 i think?
todd terje is a nu-disco guy who has been doing his nu-disco thing since like 2004
A production duo called Bridge Tracks & Mackay posted their solo debut to /r/HHH, it's not getting a lot of attention but it's like, criminally chill, and I recommend it.
tbh i havent listened to com truise that much, from what ive heard he is a lot more distinct (and chill) than the other artists i was thinking of, but i maybe lumped him in unfairly cuz he's definitely going for the 80s thing a lot
I kid of course but it does often seem like there's in the opinion of many some unspoken line that divides electronic, nostalgia-fueled music into 'good' and 'bad'
John Zorn's discography is terrifying in its vastness, but I grabbed some of his Masada albums and they're very nice.
Also, Amon: Book of Angels, Vol 24. Klezmerson's take on Zorn is kick-ass.
@Queen Poison: I don't know about d/l-ing other people's playlists, but I have a few I could share, if you're interested.
You know, The Masada albums are one piece of Zorn's discography that I have not devoted nearly enough time to. I really should get around to listening to that stuff. Speaking of Zorn, I gave The Book of Heads another listen to and it's a great album. Even better than I remember it being.
Alright, here are those playlists, oldest to most recent. Some of these are "soundtracks" to various things, but I always try to make my soundtrack playlists sound interesting even apart from their source material.
The Morning After the World's Last Night: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24985628/tmatwln copy.zip I made this in response to the prompt "The last human on Earth sifts through the ruins of civilization and wonders where it all went wrong."
A soundtrack for the webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court. Each playlist corresponds to one volume from the print edition.
Robots in Love: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24985628/Robots in Love copy.zip A soundtrack for a Homestuck fanfic that I started writing and never finished. Two dead robots meet in the afterlife, work through some psychological issues, and fall in love. The sort of love that destroys planets and ignites stars.
King Sombrero's Mariachi Mixer: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24985628/King-Sombrero.zip ;Not actually a mariachi collection (sorry); that's just an inside joke. I made this on my birthday in 2013, as a sampler of what I had been listening to that whole year.
The weirdest tracks are the ones from before The Clash were punk rock. Like "1-2 Crush on You", an honest-to-goodness Silly Love Song.
In other news, thank you, nameless, for introducing me to Jon Hassell. Possible Musics is great stuff.
Reading the liner notes, I learned something very interesting. Hassell, Brian Eno, and David Byrne were all hanging out together at this time. Hassell and Eno finished mastering Possible Worlds mere days before Eno and Byrne started on what would eventually become My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. In fact, the initial plan was for Hassell to contribute as well. My Life... was initially conceived as a collaboration between all three of them.
Unfortunately, Hassell dropped out because he wasn't interested in the sample-based approach that Eno and Byrne had committed to. "I liked the idea of something that was not just putting a layer cake of 'here is the Talking Heads' and 'here is Oum Kalsoum'. I was in a more... I was a composer, okay?"
The weirdest tracks are the ones from before The Clash were punk rock. Like "1-2 Crush on You", an honest-to-goodness Silly Love Song.
In other news, thank you, nameless, for introducing me to Jon Hassell. Possible Musics is great stuff.
Reading the liner notes, I learned something very interesting. Hassell, Brian Eno, and David Byrne were all hanging out together at this time. Hassell and Eno finished mastering Possible Worlds mere days before Eno and Byrne started on what would eventually become My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. In fact, the initial plan was for Hassell to contribute as well. My Life... was initially conceived as a collaboration between all three of them.
Unfortunately, Hassell dropped out because he wasn't interested in the sample-based approach that Eno and Byrne had committed to. "I liked the idea of something that was not just putting a layer cake of 'here is the Talking Heads' and 'here is Oum Kalsoum'. I was in a more... I was a composer, okay?"
I'm glad you enjoyed it Meta. It's definitely one of those albums that only come around once in a blue moon. And I did not know that about My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. That's pretty interesting.
this may cause me to actually get into Prince, i have been putting that of on account of the fact that his discography is massive and there is nothing on youtube to try things out
The approach these people have to listening to something and critiquing it is the point I’m trying to make, in those reviews you have people listening to a piece of music for what they want rather than what it represents. They’re listening for how it can be compatible with their lives, their idea of how something should be instead of hearing what it is. Everything is for you, huh? Everything must be designed and delivered specifically for you. Music must adhere to your idea of what is should be, not the artist right?
It’s funny, it super mirrors what we did for the promo of that new record. We got a bunch of 78-year-olds to listen to it and just wrote down what they said. And those old people actually approached it in a much purer way. I don’t know. I think it’s a result of, like, people shopping for their opinions instead of formulating them on their own. You’ll think about picking a movie and then you look on IMDB and it’s a five. Maybe half the people gave it a 10, the other half a 1. So maybe you won’t bother. But if you watch it you might not agree with that rating. It’s weird. This whole approach has sunk into so many aspects of life. The way we rate things just skews how they’re perceived. Maybe I shouldn’t watch this film because it’s a five.
I just finished listening to Miley Cyrus's new album. Much of it is a collaboration with The Flaming Lips, so that interested me enough to give it a chance.
It's actually pretty decent, if very much overlong.
I'd like to add that I actually think Miley's voice sounds better without the echo that the Lips put on it on their tracks.
I couldn't get past the lyrics, despite her skill as a singer.
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I dig what I've heard of chillwave.
this may cause me to actually get into Prince, i have been putting that of on account of the fact that his discography is massive and there is nothing on youtube to try things out
I can throw up one of these albums on Drive if you're interested by what you hear of the new album.
It’s funny, it super mirrors what we did for the promo of that new record. We got a bunch of 78-year-olds to listen to it and just wrote down what they said. And those old people actually approached it in a much purer way. I don’t know. I think it’s a result of, like, people shopping for their opinions instead of formulating them on their own. You’ll think about picking a movie and then you look on IMDB and it’s a five. Maybe half the people gave it a 10, the other half a 1. So maybe you won’t bother. But if you watch it you might not agree with that rating. It’s weird. This whole approach has sunk into so many aspects of life. The way we rate things just skews how they’re perceived. Maybe I shouldn’t watch this film because it’s a five.
I couldn't get past the lyrics, despite her skill as a singer.