A few albums recently listened.

Legowelt - The Paranormal Soul: 9.4/10

Polska - 2nd Rate: 9.8/10

This thread gives me too much music I want to listen to, but I still have a good 2 days-worth of music to power through in my library.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma: Sometimes Neil's out of tune voice is a little too much for me to handle, but all-in-all this album is wonderful. His Guitar is so expressive, and the chord progressions are lovely. I haven't paid any attention to the lyrics yet.

Bradley Strider - Bradley's Robot: I was turned off to this album because I remember listening to Bradley's Beat and hating it. But, this album is pretty awesome. It's up there with the early Analogue Bubblebaths and Xylem Tube era stuff (except for the last track, which is pretty shit, imo). I also gave a listen to that one Q-Chastic track and that one Soit-P.P. track, and they were good as well.

Aphex Twin - On: I like On, I like 73 Yips, and I'm not crazy about the other two tracks. 6/10

Aphex Twin - On: Remixes: I like the 28 Remix, and the D-Scape Remix was pretty interesting. It's about 7 minutes too long though imo. Not crazy about Reload's and Mu-Ziq's remix.

Tim Hecker - Radio Amore: Beautiful. I'll have to give The Piano Drop a listen once I power through my current music collection.

Aphex Twin - Quoth: I'm not sure if I had listened to this album previously. I was never a fan of the track Quoth, so I don't think I bothered with the EP. And for good reason I suppose. Iketa is kind of cool, but the Quoth remixes are about as boring as the original, and Bike Pump Meets Bucket sounds like porn music (I always thought that title was suggestive anyway). But, I totally murdered my Berzerk high score while listening to the album, so maybe I should keep it on the harddrive.

Aphex Twin - Peel Session (1995): Track 1 is awesome! What the hell have I been missing this whole time? Never been a fan of original Radiator. I wish track 3 had had a better beat than a driving kick, because that melody is cool. Oh well. Definitely listen to track 1 if you haven't though. I'm surprised it was never released proper.

  On 12/14/2012 at 1:44 AM, Murveman said:

 

I'll have to give The Piano Drop a listen once I power through my current music collection.

oh' u should! it's a bit yo͞oˈfôrik-melancholy, as are the majority of his records, with tremendous walls of wavestatic and lovely piano melodies that pass through you, some of which get lodged in the heart parts

i still haven't given his most recent recordings the proper listening, i should go on and do that

In the last two weeks:

Autechre - Untilted

Plaid - Spokes

Kit Clayton - Nek Sanalet

Jochem Paap - Vrs-Mbnt-Pcs 9598 I & II

Takagi Masakatsu - Pia

Aglaia - Three Organic Experiences

Bola - Gnayse

Christopher Hipgrave - Slow, With Pages Of Fluttering Interface

Vangelis - Blade Runner

Global Communication - 76:14

Valentin Silvestrov - Silent Songs

Supersilent - 6

Mark van Hoen - The Revenant Diary

Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - RE ECM

Delilah - From The Roots Up

Gescom – ISS SA

Beethoven - Missa Solemnis

Autechre - Draft 7.30

Aphex Twin - Drukqs

David Moufang - Solitaire

Many Machines On Ix ‎– Zerow 1

Block Out - Ako Imas S Kim I Gde

Consecration - Cimet

Consecration - .avi

Soundgarden - King Animal

Deftones - Koi No Yokan

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Temple Of The Smoke - The Lost Art Of Twilight

Stuttgart Online - Joy To Each Household

Godflesh - Streetcleaner

Jesu - Jesu

Jesu - Conqueror

Mravi - Na Travi

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - `Allelujah! Don't Bend, Ascend

Isis - Live V

Isis - Live VI

Helmet - Meantime

The Cure - Disintegration

Ghost Writing is THE TRACK. in my top 5 Hecker tunes for sure. i have no idea what to listen to lately. last thing I listened to was:

Belong - Common Era. Love that album.

Citizen Cope - Every Waking Moment: Alternative Rock apparently popular with stoners. My mom has been raving about him for a couple of months, and she sent me around 5 burned CD's of him. I've been pretty stressed/depressed these past couple of days, so a few of the tracks were really working for me. His chord progressions (especially his use of C to G major transitions as a base, and then using A major as a melancholic stab) were making me swoon. In many of his songs he also starts pretty simply and just adds layers and walls of sound as the song goes on. Several of the songs, however, are pretty boring, and I don't generally listen to lyrics, but I have a feeling they might be shit. I'll be listening to it later today though.

Odd Nosdam - The Exciting Sounds of Level Live Wires: I assume this is a play on one of the Stars of the Lid album titles I recently listened to. This album is essentially Level Live Wires, but all of the beats are stripped, and all that's left are the drones. I really love this album. 9/10

The Sight Below - Glider: I gave it another listen. It really reminds me of Ambient Works Vol. 2 with bassy kicks. 9 or 10 or something/10.

Of - The Sun and the Earth Together: If you haven't heard of Of, you are missing out. This album in particular is made up of really nice agreeable drones. I don't see how any drone-lover could dislike it. His best album (in my opinion) is The Buried Stream, so check that one out if you're curious. His tracks are generally made up of field recordings, drones, and some sort of abstract sounding stringed instrument. 10/10

The Stranger - Bleaklow: I kept trying to listen to this album, and then would give up at track 1. But I finally powered through track 1 and learned that it was the only track I disliked. It's similar to Ambient Works Vol. 2 (apologies to Kirby for comparing him to Aphex), but if every track was a little more grating and had the atmosphere of "Hankie". In conclusion, it's good.

Julien Neto - Le Fumeur De Ciel: This album is fantastic. I put Neto up there with Casino Versus Japan, Freescha, and Charles Atlas. 10/10

Squarepusher - Just a Souvenir: Holy shit this album is amazing. The vocoded lyrics in a couple of tracks, and all of the Yes sounding bass mixed with his usual beatwork is simply perfect. I haven't gotten into a Squarepusher release since the Venus No. 17 Single, so this is fun.

Tim Hecker - Radio Amore: Can't stop listening to it apparently.

The Fiery Furnaces - Take Me Around Again: I liked Matthew's remixes the best.

Vsnares - Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole: It was harsh/good.

Vsnares - A giant Alien Force blah blah blah: I didn't care for it. Deleted.

Alec Empire - Miss Black America: Such an unenjoyable listen. Deleted.

Clark - Iradelphic: This was my second listen through. It's fine, but kind of unremarkable. I feel that Bibio does this style better. Deleted.

Various Christmas albums by Milleu, Wisp, and John Zorn: Good stuff. Thank you to everyone who posted suggestions in my Xmas music thread. [Jeez, what a long post].

Soul Oddity, Tone Capsule

Pure liquid funk, classic, A+

Kanno Yoshihiro - Tenshi No Tamago (Angel's Egg) OST: Really dark, heavy, sad and eerie. But a bit boring. 8/10

Squarepusher - Just a Souvenir: I've listened to this album so much lately. The middle of the album is so beautifully intense.

Lolita Storm - Girls Fucking Shit Up: Digital hardcore meets happy-go-lucky hypersexual feminist lyrics. They are hands-down my favorite digital hardcore band.

Omar Souleyman - Dabke 2020: I love listening to this album as my nightly benadryl kicks in. His voice is beautiful. Lansob Sherek is so insane. 9/10

Mr. Oizo - Lamb's Anger: Still unsure what to think of this album. In comparison to Analogue Worms, it's kinda mediocre, but that's an unfair comparison. I can see why people say The Bloody Beetroots are ripping Oizu off. On a related note, I watched Rubber again recently. Go watch that.

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty: Fantastic beats, witty lyrics, and a lot of really chill tracks strewn throughout.

Battles - EP C/B EP: I adore this album. The reprise of FANTASY in DANCE gave me such ridiculous deja vu. A huge complaint I have with this album is the order the EP's are situated. If listening in order, B EP should definitely come before EP C. So many reprises just don't work the other way around (FANTASY, IPT-2/IPT 2). 9/10 (It doesn't get a 10 because the 12 minute BTTL is shit).

Ufomammut - Oro: Opus Alter: Groovy as fuck, hard as stone. 10/10

Merchandise - Children of Desire

really loving this. I love new rock bands that rock with melody, confidence, and blend styles together well. Lead singer sounds lke Morrisey at times, but it's not a bad thing.

Slowdive - Pygmalion

Great album for late night listenings. Feels like being underwater in the nighttime. Album adaptation of what heroin would feel like based off of people's experiences

Not new titles but I've recently been caning;

EOD - EAP Tracks - Half of the tracks on this are awesome, the other half are only great

AM-Boy - Horrible Oracle Blessedness. An album I was unaware of until I stumbled across the Attack nine website and nabbed it when they were offering it free. Really nice synth melodies. Was 'horribly' addicted to, listening to Over The Bridge on loop for a week or so.

Nathan Fake - Steam Days. Not sure whether I love or hate the timing on Iceni Strings. The drums don't do it for me. I know the effect is intentional. Maybe it will grow on me. Paean is ace. As are World of Spectrum, Rue, Neketona and Warble Epics

Been on a Black Dog tip.. Further Vexations & Spanners on headphones all day in the office...

Just came across this today, which I'm excited about:

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Anyone discovered this already? Love that f*cking noise interweaving through out.

  On 12/29/2012 at 6:23 AM, Candiru said:

Merchandise - Children of Desire

 

really loving this. I love new rock bands that rock with melody, confidence, and blend styles together well. Lead singer sounds lke Morrisey at times, but it's not a bad thing.

I've played that a couple of times and enjoy it. Two songs are real stand-outs but the rest could be better.

Well, my lack of hours from my part-time job, in conjunction with my winter break from University has allowed me to listen to a shit-load of music. So much great stuff. A lot of nice Shoegaze/Psychedelic from the Mexican Summer label.

Dungen - 4: This is awesome. I don't really know how to describe it, but youtube it. Swedish Rock?
Beaches - Eternal Sphere: I've already listened to this a few times. Psychedelic-y Rock. Great female vocals (I think the whole band is women actually).
Real Estate - Reality: Pretty good rock. My girlfriend refers to them as minimal Deerhunter (but we both belief they aren't nearly as good).
Novos Baianos - Acabou Chorae: Fantastic Samba music, if you can even call it that. Great electric guitar solos, sunny day music, beautiful gorgeous female vocalist (voice-wise, though she is pretty too). Sadly, there are a couple of sucky tracks as well. Listen to "Tinindo Trincando" though. It's lovely.
Casino Versus Japan + Freescha Split EP: Fantastic album, Freescha's tracks are fantastic. Thanks again for the recommendation, Troon.
The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough: I'm not very impressed. I really fucking hate the transition tracks. There are a couple of decent songs, but if I don't like it after a second listen I'm gonna delete it.
Tatsuhiko Asano - Genny Haniver: I was looking through Digital Hardcore Recordings artists, and found this cute album. It's certainly not digital hardcore. Just some nice Japanese Experimental type stuff.
Perrey & Kingsley - The In Sound From Way Out!: Released in 1966, I believe this is considered the first Electronic album that is not considered Musique Concrete (aka, it's accessible). A lot of cute little tracks all tied together by sci-fi and future-y themes. Definitely worth a listen.

And I listened to, like, 12 other albums. It's been a good week.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes: Interesting. Not really my thing but it sounds really, really well. 8.9/10

Edit: Actually I listened to it more carefully this time, and all tracks sound the same: 7.6/10

  On 1/8/2013 at 10:53 PM, logakght said:

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes: Interesting. Not really my thing but it sounds really, really well. 8.9/10

 

Edit: Actually I listened to it more carefully this time, and all tracks sound the same: 7.6/10

Omar would be taken so much more seriously with a bit of quality control, like gathering up maybe 10-15 of the 100000000 tracks he releases every couple of months and making on album a year, even. He has some killer ones, not to be written off like so many people think.

  On 1/9/2013 at 6:49 AM, Candiru said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 10:53 PM, logakght said:

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes: Interesting. Not really my thing but it sounds really, really well. 8.9/10

 

Edit: Actually I listened to it more carefully this time, and all tracks sound the same: 7.6/10

 

Omar would be taken so much more seriously with a bit of quality control, like gathering up maybe 10-15 of the 100000000 tracks he releases every couple of months and making on album a year, even. He has some killer ones, not to be written off like so many people think.

+++++++++

I stopped paying attention to his releases a while back. The ones I have are good, but he needs to be in charge of quality control, not his fans.

Mike Fucking Gao - Beta World Peace - This guy needs to make an album without a bunch of remixes

Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist - I bought this one off Amazon, does not dissappoint.

Nosaj Thing - Home - I keep trying to listen to this album but keep getting interrupted somehow.

Dungen - 4: Alright, I've listened to this album 4 times since the last time I brought it up. Many of the tracks are nice rock songs with guitar, sweet bass lines, drums, piano, and a Swedish male vocalist. But some of the tracks are amazing 3 minute long guitar solos layered with drum fill after fill. Fantastic album.

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi: I realized during this past listen how often I ignore the majority of the tracks after Dawn Chorus. I never had realized how cool You Could Feel the Sky was; with the drone thing and the flutes coming in and all that.

Black Moth Super Rainbow's first 3 albums/EP's: All of them are really good.

Duran Duran Duran - Very Pleasure: Above average Breakcore. The song that samples some horrible McDonalds commercial cracks me up. "Hollaaaaaah, Hollaaaaaah, Mcdonald's Big-n-Tasty Burger's just a dollaaaaaah". Good shit.

Rarney Bubble - Mega Gluestick EP: Slim Clear Jewel Case is so damn chill. It's amazing what a guy can do with a bunch of pirated software and a pair of sunglasses.

And then I listened to Beaches' - Eternal Sphere 3 more times, and am about to listen to it again.

Daft Punk Human After All i expected it to be bad but i really like it

Autechre Quaristice (Versions) It's Quaristice with less but longer tracks, more an alternative version than a proper remix album. I like Quaristice a lot now so it's all good to me but maybe it was not necessary to release that.

Autechre Move Of Ten Oversteps is much better to me, it's still really good stuff.

Gas Zauberberg Great, the darkest Gas album.. Pop remains the masterpiece.

Goldie Timeless not bad but i can't listen to that kind of stuff anymore

Stars Of The Lid Tired Sounds Of... i'll keep it, it's definitlely becoming my bath album but a bit boring otherwise

+ Ziq In Pine Effect & Lego Feet : good shit

exai

jk