Boards of Canada Beginner's Guide Thread

So, there's been a whole bunch of "what should I listen to first from ____"

So in this thread, take the time and mention the first best tracks of any artist/genre/label/movement that you feel you're an expert on.

Simple example:

New to IDM? Try out:

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

Aphex Twin - RDJ album

Mu-ziq - Lunatic Harness

etc.

New to masturbation?

try out 'the mermaid'

Ha, you're funny Mesh. ehhhh....

I like this thread a lot...

Too much music in my brain right now...

for IDM, I did start with the RDJ album, Homogenic by Bjork and Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada but what blew it up for me was the WARP 10 + 3 compilation....

then came Isan's Salamander, Squarepusher's Big Loada, µZiq's Lunatic Harness, Plaid's Rest Proof Clockwork and reading Grooves Magazine....

what got me ready for these amazing records was the band Tortoise....

and listening to a lot of Miles Davis' electric period: Bitches Brew, Live Evil, Get Up With It, and On The Corner

now I listen to so much music, it is hard for me to know what to suggest other than what I have already named.........

if you are new to 80's & 90's Heavy Metal, try out:

- Metallica "Master of Puppets" and "Ride the Lightning" & "And Justice for all"

- Pantera "Vulgar Display of Power"

- Sepultura "Chaos AD"

- Slayer "Reign in Blood"

- Danzig 1 (Self Titled), "2: Lucifuge" & "3: How the Gods Kill"

- Megadeth "Rust In Peace"

if you are feeling "adventurous", you may also wan to try:

- Suicidal Tendencies (self titled)

- Corrosion of Conformity "Blind"

- Type O Negative "Bloody Kisses

Start at any point and go anywhere you like, this shit ain't linear.

  On 3/13/2010 at 8:27 AM, jefferoo said:

if you are new to 80's & 90's Heavy Metal, try out:

- Metallica "Master of Puppets" and "Ride the Lightning" & "And Justice for all"

- Pantera "Vulgar Display of Power"

- Sepultura "Chaos AD"

- Slayer "Reign in Blood"

- Danzig 1 (Self Titled), "2: Lucifuge" & "3: How the Gods Kill"

- Megadeth "Rust In Peace"

 

if you are feeling "adventurous", you may also wan to try:

 

- Suicidal Tendencies (self titled)

- Corrosion of Conformity "Blind"

- Type O Negative "Bloody Kisses

Every single one of these was in heavy rotation at some point during my teenhood.

  On 3/13/2010 at 8:27 AM, jefferoo said:

if you are new to 80's & 90's Heavy Metal, try out:

- Metallica "Master of Puppets" and "Ride the Lightning" & "And Justice for all"

- Pantera "Vulgar Display of Power"

- Sepultura "Chaos AD"

- Slayer "Reign in Blood"

- Danzig 1 (Self Titled), "2: Lucifuge" & "3: How the Gods Kill"

- Megadeth "Rust In Peace"

 

if you are feeling "adventurous", you may also wan to try:

 

- Suicidal Tendencies (self titled)

- Corrosion of Conformity "Blind"

- Type O Negative "Bloody Kisses

Excellent.

Modey get in here and recommend some Prog Rock!

jethro tull - aqualung

frank zappa - over-nite sensation

king crimson - in the court of the crimson king

heheeeee

kraftwerk -> public enemy -> aphex twin... all 3 influenced the expansion of my musical tastes. most other idm artists were pretty easy to digest since i have those 3 that have enhanced my music listening abilities. and of course, ae have been my faves for the past 10+ years.

  On 3/13/2010 at 8:27 AM, jefferoo said:

if you are new to 80's & 90's Heavy Metal, try out:

- Metallica "Master of Puppets" and "Ride the Lightning" & "And Justice for all"

- Pantera "Vulgar Display of Power"

- Sepultura "Chaos AD"

- Slayer "Reign in Blood"

- Danzig 1 (Self Titled), "2: Lucifuge" & "3: How the Gods Kill"

- Megadeth "Rust In Peace"

 

if you are feeling "adventurous", you may also wan to try:

 

- Suicidal Tendencies (self titled)

- Corrosion of Conformity "Blind"

- Type O Negative "Bloody Kisses

How in the world could you leave out Metallica "Kill Em All", Motorhead "Ace of Spades" and Kreator "Terrible Certainty"

But yeah, good list otherwise. I'd also throw Anthrax "Among the Living" into the adventurous category.

  On 3/13/2010 at 5:04 PM, Echo said:

Modey get in here and recommend some Prog Rock!

I'll throw in a few before modey comes with the good stuff

Godspeeed you black emperor (everything)(prog/shoegaze)

Electric Wizard (everything)

King Crimson - "In the Court of the Krimson King", "Red"

Van Der Graaf Generator - "Godbluff"

Opeth - "Still Life"

Gentle Giant - "The Power and the Glory" (or any album)

Boris - "Yezda Urfa"

Any Pink Floyd, Zappa, Dream Theater, Tool

Discovering amazing new music for yourself is far more satisfying than it being handed to you on a plate. You need to have a curious mind and explore with an open mind, figuring out on your own what music you love gives you a sense of ownership over it.

remember people, this is a beginner's guide and not a 'music you should just listen to' suggestion thread....

and Brandi, Brandi, Brandi....

a lot of that stuff is not prog rock rock like Opeth(prog metal), GY!BE(themeatic post rock), Boris (some prog but they are all over the place, metal, sludge metal, drone metal), and Electric Wizard!!!!? They are one of my favourite sludge/stoner metal bands but they are not prog rock, at all....

If you want to start off with prog rock, I started with Yes, and would suggest the same....

all of 1970's Yes is some of the best prog out there...

Yes - Fragile is one of the best records of all time!

  On 3/13/2010 at 8:46 PM, Atop said:

remember people, this is a beginner's guide and not a 'music you should just listen to' suggestion thread....

 

and Brandi, Brandi, Brandi....

 

a lot of that stuff is not prog rock rock like Opeth(prog metal), GY!BE(themeatic post rock), Boris (some prog but they are all over the place, metal, sludge metal, drone metal), and Electric Wizard!!!!? They are one of my favourite sludge/stoner metal bands but they are not prog rock, at all....

 

If you want to start off with prog rock, I started with Yes, and would suggest the same....

 

all of 1970's Yes is some of the best prog out there...

 

Yes - Fragile is one of the best records of all time!

Problem with prog rock is that it's all over the place. Bands like Yes are more easy to classify. I'm not much of a prog rock fan, but those are what I would use as being good start points from my own personal taste. I wouldn't label any of them as prog rock, but they have enough prog elements in them to be able to fit in there someway. Also I was just mentioning a few things stating that Modey I'm sure knows the more appropriate things to recommend.

I mean, Rock--> So many thing can fit under that label. You could prolly even classify some Psy trance under it. So...meh. I'm not good at labeling things, b/c I do my best to avoid it usually, etc, etc, bunnies.

Indeed, 'pink' bunnies....

look at me, all mister categorization....

I agree that it stinks but when speaking on message boards or with people who don't know what kind of music you are speaking about, seems the only way to get across a mutual understanding....

^indeed

  On 3/13/2010 at 8:46 PM, Atop said:

Yes - Fragile is one of the best records of all time!

When I first discovered IDM, I found Aphex Twin and immediately listened to Selected Ambient Works II. Bad move, at that time I simply couldn't appreciate his talent.

  On 3/13/2010 at 7:28 PM, Brandi_B said:

  On 3/13/2010 at 5:04 PM, Echo said:

Modey get in here and recommend some Prog Rock!

I'll throw in a few before modey comes with the good stuff

 

Godspeeed you black emperor (everything)(prog/shoegaze)

Electric Wizard (everything)

King Crimson - "In the Court of the Krimson King", "Red"

Van Der Graaf Generator - "Godbluff"

Opeth - "Still Life"

Gentle Giant - "The Power and the Glory" (or any album)

Boris - "Yezda Urfa"

 

Any Pink Floyd, Zappa, Dream Theater, Tool

gybe is not shoegaze.. more like instrumental/post rock - recommend all their albums for sure, good old montreal group, saw them live and it was pretty sick

new to cooking?

get a cookbook! there are tons of recipes in cookbooks just waiting to be cooked. you like to eat, right? who doesn't? fucking communists. you're not a communist are you?

new to listening to music while cooking?

cannibal corpse.