anyone got any Krautrock recommendations? Preferably stuff I could find fairly easily, and stuff on the more relaxed end of the scale? Stuff like Cluster's Sowiesoso.
Neu! 2 and Neu! '75.
Neu! 2 is particularly interesting as a precursor to the whole remix scene. The band had too much material for an EP, but not enough material for a full album, and lacked money to record anything else. So they just padded out side B with slowed-down and sped-up versions of their prior singles. And the result was still pretty cool to listen to.
anyone got any Krautrock recommendations? Preferably stuff I could find fairly easily, and stuff on the more relaxed end of the scale? Stuff like Cluster's Sowiesoso.
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra, Stratosfear
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos, Hosianna Mantra
Faust's Faust IV is very chill and, while still experimental, is less formidably so than much of their earlier material. If you can find the expanded reissue, go for it. I do not think you will be disappointed.
Yeah, I do wish Calexico included more instrumental and post-rock influenced songs on their albums these days. I guess they're focusing on those in their soundtrack albums.
Jaga Jazzist is Norwegian band that straddles the line between jazz and electronic music (with more of a post-rock and progressive rock influence on their last few albums). Like, music stores tend to stock their albums in the "electronic" section, but they've played jazz festivals and been written about on jazz websites. They've got horns, guitars, vibes, synthesizers, live drums, drum machines, etc., and everyone in the band plays multiple instruments. Their horn section also sounds unique because their main songwriter plays bass clarinet and baritone sax (it reminds me of Gil Evans' orchestra, or the band backing John Coltrane on Africa/Brass). The exact mix of genres varies from album to album. My previous favorite by them, The Stix, was their jazziest album—now Starfire is tied with that, and it's probably their least jazzy and most electronic album.
They're on bandcamp if you want to stream their stuff.
does anybody have like a favorite record of the year, yet?
I'm bad at following new music, honestly. I've definitely heard some great new music and I tend to watch or read a decent number of reviews, but I definitely have more albums I intend to listen to than albums I have heard from this year.
I did greatly enjoy Teens of Style, but most of those songs are much older, and pretty much any CSH project after 4 is very good to stellar, so yeah. But I get the feeling that there were better records out this year that I have not heard in full, like the new OPN and Wire's self-titled and Torres' Sprinter.
Personally speaking, my favourite album this year was FFS, but anything Sparks does nowadays is going to be interesting at the very least, and probably much better than that, so that's not too surprising.
We will obviously have to wait for the full anthology, but the process is pretty novel and the Dots are always super generous with the free stuff, which is nice.
They used to have their own free concert archive, but it disappeared a while ago and I think it's mostly been rolled into their Bandcamp. But they've also made pretty much all of their officially released material available to stream, and a good chunk of their rare cassette releases, EPs and even a few studio albums are free to download. They also drop a lot of teaser tracks and quirky web singles between projects.
Which really adds up. These guys have been around since 1980.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
I don't know why Shkreli complains about everyone using the same horrible picture of him because he's incapable of taking a good picture.
Also, goddamnit, this is legit a 'pearls-in-the-mouth-of-the-swine' situation and I am pretty upset. I don't listen to Wu Tang Clan, but I'd like to, and I'd like to listen to one titled 'Once Upon A Time In Shaolin'.
He hasn't even listened to the album yet-- he's "saving it for a rainy day," or waiting for some celebrity to come knocking and ask him to listen to it.
You know, I'd understand if it were the sort of thing that had multiple copies, but there's only one. Save for the obvious choices, I couldn't find a bigger tool if I tried.
Damn, is 2015, like, the year all the Lex Luthors of the world decided to come out of the woodwork and fuck shit up?
TBF, the Wu-Tang Clan has always been pretty greedy. It's even the message of their biggest song.
Of course, there's a lot of context behind that greed that makes it understandable, and selling the album to Shkreli was a pretty stupid thing to do, but the fact remains that this move isn't really out of character for them.
Even just the core Clan there have consistently been internal disputes about everything from artistic direction to monetary decisions to whether or not Rza is a hippie.
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I also second all of the above recommendations.
I'm bad at following new music, honestly. I've definitely heard some great new music and I tend to watch or read a decent number of reviews, but I definitely have more albums I intend to listen to than albums I have heard from this year.
I did greatly enjoy Teens of Style, but most of those songs are much older, and pretty much any CSH project after 4 is very good to stellar, so yeah. But I get the feeling that there were better records out this year that I have not heard in full, like the new OPN and Wire's self-titled and Torres' Sprinter.
This was a really good year, insofar as I can tell, if not quite so great as last year, but I'm really bad at keeping up.
We will obviously have to wait for the full anthology, but the process is pretty novel and the Dots are always super generous with the free stuff, which is nice.
Which really adds up. These guys have been around since 1980.
(Yes, he is now relevant to this thread.)
You know, I'd understand if it were the sort of thing that had multiple copies, but there's only one. Save for the obvious choices, I couldn't find a bigger tool if I tried.
Damn, is 2015, like, the year all the Lex Luthors of the world decided to come out of the woodwork and fuck shit up?
Of course, there's a lot of context behind that greed that makes it understandable, and selling the album to Shkreli was a pretty stupid thing to do, but the fact remains that this move isn't really out of character for them.
From that angle, I can see why people are distraught.
This Cilvaringz person seems like a real parasite, TBH.
It is sad that RZA is dragging his legacy through the mud like this.
As does TW Walsh's new album: https://soundcloud.com/graveface/tw_walsh_young_rebels
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works (Vol I and Vol II)
AFX - Orphaned Deejay Selex 2006-08
Death Grips - The Powers That B
Algiers - Algiers
Swans - To Be Kind
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972
AND MOST STARTLINGLY OF ALL
Theologian - Some Things Have To Be Endured