The Music Thread: There are songs other than Winter Wrap-Up?

[Warp]

It's the music thread! You can talk about and post music of any sort in here. Hopefully it's music you like, because posting music you don't like would be pretty stupid.

I would like to ask though, if you're posting links to songs, try to limit it to just a few per post. People are far more likely to bother clicking on a link if it's not one of a dozen in the same post, and it really helps cut back on spam.

Anyways, I'll start off with some Gil Scott Heron, who is absolutely amazing (RIP )

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And I killed my iPod after not backing it up in, oh, about 2 and a half years, which sucks ass, but it's given me a good excuse to go back and revisit some of my older music.

Like Wolf Parade! (and Sunset Rubdown)

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Or Soul Position!

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It's actually been pretty nice, just going back through it all and rediscovering my love for bands I haven't listened to in a while.

Anyways, post away! I'd love to hear some of the music you guys listen to. Or hell, if you make your own music, which I know at least a few of you do, post that here too!

[diribigalNeither dirigible nor dirigibal.]

That Soul Position song sounded pretty good. Edit: If I liked that, should I just listen to other Soul Position songs?

Here's some Jazz that's so good you might like it even if you don't listen to Jazz (try "Live Oak" and/or "Silo" maybe?):
A Giraffe's "Under A Table"

The best part is it's one of those bandcamp releases so you can buy FLAC files or mp3s or whatever really easily.

Edit: Interview and reviewish thing: here

[Opposing FarceDon't you smile at my faceSpit on my backDo you kiss your mother with a mouth like that?]

I totally dig music. Music is, like, my second or third favorite thing. I really need to get back to my guitar one of these days- even though I'm really out of practice and was completely awful to begin with, I still love that damn instrument.

Lately I've been on a real ska kick. I've been listening to Streetlight Manifesto for a while, but it wasn't until recently that I started looking for more and now it's one of my favorite genres. A Moment of Silence is still one of the best songs I've ever heard:

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Also, something a little more out there that I'd like to share: a while back I picked up an album titled "La mécanique du cœur" by a French band called Dionysos. It's a concept album based on a book written by the band's frontman.

From what I understand, the basic premise is that the main character is born with a frozen heart and has to have it replaced. (It's the 1800s and the story has kind of a fantastical bent to it, so the replacement is made of clockwork.) Because his new heart is fragile, he can't have any strong emotions or else he'll die. The story is about how he deals with growing up, falling in love with a girl and being bullied because of the ticking noise his heart makes. The album is roughly half French and half English, so I'm not entirely sure how the story goes, but to be honest I kind of like trying to puzzle out how everything fits together even though I don't understand the lyrics.

It seems to have sold pretty well, but I only ever heard of it on a random forum thread and as far as I know it was mainly a French thing. That's too bad, really, because even though my knowledge of French consists entirely of the two years I took in high school I think it's a really interesting album and I haven't heard much else like it. (Of course, I don't listen to a lot of French music, so that might be why.) The songs cover a lot of different musical styles and things get kind of 'experimental,' for lack of a better word, and as a result there are some tracks that I'm just not terribly fond of, but on the whole I quite like it.

This is my favorite song on the album:

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(The video isn't great- the audio's a little too loud, I think- but it has English subtitles.)

[ozonethe ride never ends]

I’ve been pretty obsessed with Drum and Bass for the past 5 years so I guess I’ll showcase some of my favorite tunes.

If anyone here is unfamiliar with DnB, here’s a Wikipedia excerpt on it:

Drum and bass (also written as drum 'n' bass and commonly abbreviated to D&B or DnB) is a type of electronic dance music which emerged in the mid 1990s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats (typically between 160–190 bpm, occasional variation is noted in older compositions), with heavy bass and sub-bass lines. Drum and bass began as an offshoot of the United Kingdom rave scene of the very early 1990s. Over the first decade of its existence, the incorporation of elements from various musical genres led to many permutations in its overall style.

Anyway, let’s get on with the list:

First up is Friendly Intentions by Noisia. This song is a great example of darkstep which is basically DnB that sounds dark and gritty.

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Next up is Psychedelic Drainpipe by Random Movement and it falls under the sub-genre of liquid DnB which is characterized by being really chilled out and mellow.

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Lastly is Dumonde’s Human remixed by Ill Skillz. This song first appeared on Dieselboy’s album entitled The Dungeonmaster’s Guide and it’s easily my favorite song on there.

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[Warp]

^^damn, dude. I'm really digging all three of those tracks^^

That Soul Position song sounded pretty good. Edit: If I liked that, should I just listen to other Soul Position songs?

Here's some Jazz that's so good you might like it even if you don't listen to Jazz (try "Live Oak" and/or "Silo" maybe?):
A Giraffe's "Under A Table"

The best part is it's one of those bandcamp releases so you can buy FLAC files or mp3s or whatever really easily.

Edit: Interview and reviewish thing: here

Oh man this is fantastic I absolutely adore jazz.

And yeah, Soul Position is great, I would definitely check them out if you liked that track. 8 million stories is the album that one's off of. Here's another track off the album I really like (although I like basically the entire album). The group is a duo consisting of Blueprint (MC) and RJD2 (DJ/Producer). RJD2's made a few albums of his own that are pretty great, and he's done a shit ton of production on other people's albums.

This is easily his most well known track. It's off of his first album, Dead Ringer; which is a great mix of instrumental and vocal tracks, not to mention a really fantastic example of sampling done right IMO.

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While I'm rambling about hip-hop, Sol.illaquists of Sound is another group I always yell at people to check out. Swamburger is a friggin sick MC, and the singer, Alexandrah, has an amazing voice. Plus, they're married! Which I for some reason find awesome Anyways, these are off their first album, which is probably one of my most listened to albums ever

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[Walkin GoonWith Celestia on our side!]

Was toying with the title of "From Dubstep to Blast Beats: DJ PON3 Music Station," but I knew you'd probably want to get around to this eventually.
And here we are!


I've never really had a favorite band, but I definitely go through periods of interest in regards to a certain artist or few. Cycling through my playlists this month in particular is the most recent work of Devin Townsend.

I'm absolutely floored by it.

Although slated to be released later this Summer with a mellower counterpart, I've come to hear most of what's to be featured on his album Deconstruction, and let me tell ya, I can't stop listening to it.

Despite what the introductory song would lead you to believe (at first), this album is probably the heaviest thing Devy's produced since disbanding Strapping Young Lad, and is certainly one of his most entertaining albums to date. I'd describe it as a progressive metal fanfare, grandiosely layered with additional elements so as to create a warlike feel that is chaotic, playful, and harmonious: what soft moments there are serve as interludes to a greater, indulging madness overall, and there's a helluva method in it!

Lyrically, its a bit hard to describe. It's polarized between cryptic meanings and whimsical passages, all of which really contribute to a "circus maximus" meets "stream of consciousness" tone. Wrapped up in it all is a story which I'm still working out, but from what I can make of it so far, it involves a vegetarian meeting the devil, and cheeseburgers.
Musically, it's theatrical and pretty diverse. The songs tend to be a bit on the long end, the longest being 16 minutes total. I don't have a problem with lengthy songs, but I can how others may, and to you I say, no fear: there's a lot of transitioning and progression here. As for the vox, Devin's delivery is top notch, ranging from soft and melodious, to harsh and immense, to humorous and nonsensical at times.

The only downside I can think of is that some may see it as a bombastic piece layered with self-inflation. And it is...but it's a good kind of arrogance.

Anyone who's curious, give the soft "Praise for the Lowered" a spin as means of developing thoughts on the concept of the album. Then, I suggest moving onto to "the Mighty Masturbator," an expansive but controlled epic that I can only describe as awesome.

"I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME!"

I really want need to see this guy live sometime. [/sperg]

Also, something a little more out there that I'd like to share: a while back I picked up an album titled "La mécanique du cœur" by a French band called Dionysos. It's a concept album based on a book written by the band's frontman.

I'm a sucker for concept albums and BOOKS, so I'll probably be wheedling this into my listening schedule to keep me from burning out on Hevy Devy up there.
Thanks for the mention!

[Westy543]

Yeah I really oughta pick my guitar up again. Haven't touched it in awhile. I wasn't the best to start out with, but, screwing around is the best way to learn!

Here's some Jazz that's so good you might like it even if you don't listen to Jazz (try "Live Oak" and/or "Silo" maybe?):
A Giraffe's "Under A Table"

This makes me want to be a jazz person. This stuff's all great. Listened to the entire album. :v

As for stuff I like? In my early years I really didn't care for music at all for whatever reason. The exception being C&C music, which will always have a place in my heart. This is an AMAZING fan mashup of Hell Marches 1&2: Hell March to the Apocalypse (C&C: Red Alert 1 & 2 Remix)

Today is another story. I still love well composed game music, but I've also got a widening taste in music. Disciple's one of my all time favorite bands. They're rock through and through, but each album has a bit of a different vibe to it. As long as I'm making recommendations, here: Disciple - Southern Hospitality. Really I dig a bunch of music, with rock being my favorite. Still, as I said my first love was C&C music, which is mostly thrashy techno. I don't care too much for Trance (it's alright) but some of the more speedcore stuff like Renard does appeals to me a lot. He did a TF2 song years ago which got me into a lot of his work, and he recently made a mash-up of the MLP theme song and Winter Wrap up. He's pretty cool. This has got to be one of my favorite songs of his. Renard - Outsider Instrumental He does some faster stuff too, but, as requested, keeping it down to 3 links. He has like 16 different aliases, each with a varying style. Some's speedcore, some's more atmosheric, etc. Unfortunately all of them are furry.

[Warp]

Guess I should clarify: The 2-3 links thing is mostly so people don't do thing like "HERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT BANDS I LIKE AND HERE ARE 5 SONGS FROM EACH OF THEM." If you're posting about an artist and you feel like you need to link to more stuff to properly give a good idea of what they're about, then by all means do. I trust your guys' judgement

[Meridian]

Let's talk about electronica! Let's talk about she.

If you've been in the IRC at all you've probably seen me !linking she stuff before and that is because it's all excellent. she's music that is most familiar to people(specifically, the Orion and Coloris albums) is electronica/dance music:

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Atomic, definitely one of the best songs and probably my favorite off of Orion.

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Coloris, title song and a similarly great song off of, uh, Coloris.

Orion and Coloris are great and all, but she has other music too! A lot, in fact. It's largely very electronic, but the themes and feel tend to be very different from album to album:

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day 11, off of the glitchy ambient industrial album days

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Exude, off of Emit and Exude, an electro-industrial album

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and Kicks, off of Chiptek, a chiptune/electronica album.

If you're interested, there's still plenty more where this came from! The best part of it all though is the fact that, with the exception of Orion and Coloris, all of she's music is available, for free, on his own site: http://www.shemusic.org/?page_id=56
Hope you enjoy my shilling!

[Warp]

I'm a sucker for concept albums and BOOKS, so I'll probably be wheedling this into my listening schedule to keep me from burning out on Hevy Devy up there.
Thanks for the mention!

If you like concept albums then definitely give Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady a shot. The singer is pretty love him or hate him though. I'm obviously in the love it camp, and honestly it might be tied with only a couple others for my favorite album of all time. Here's a couple tracks off of it to give you an idea of how they sound. Incidentally, theirs was the best live show I've ever been to, there's just such an amazing amount of energy when they play (unless the dude is wasted, which...doesn't happen TOO often )



And oh man, I've been listening to more old music. This time it was Can. Can, if you're not familiar with them, was one of the first krautrock bands, who were most active from the late sixties to the mid seventies. Also they were pretty much batshit insane. Their first 5 albums were fairly groundbreaking; a lot of really experimental (ESPECIALLY when you consider the time period in which they were making this stuff), sometimes ambient, and sometimes abrasive as fuck music that was ahead of its time, but oh man do I friggin' love it.

The band's first lead singer had a mental breakdown after their second album was finished, so as a replacement, they grabbed some random Japanese traveler that spoke virtually no English who they happened to see performing on the street one day. A lot of their music was largely improvised or otherwise spontaneously composed during performances (the fact that their lead singer for the most part never actually wrote down lyrics probably contributed a bit to that)

This is the first song off Tago Mago, their first album with Damo Suzuki as the lead singer. This album was probably their most unconventional, but it's soooo goooood

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This is from Ege Bamyasi, the album that follows Tago Mago. If you have listened to Kanye West at all I can almost guarantee you you're already familiar with this song.

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And finally, here's a track from Soon Over Babaluma, the last one of their "good" albums (i.e. before they largely abandoned the experimental aspects of their music in favor of a more "poppy" sound).

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Bonus track: if you have played Parappa the Rapper you should listen to this b-side of theirs. You'll immediately hear why (also the engrish is nothing short of amazing)

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[Opposing FarceDon't you smile at my faceSpit on my backDo you kiss your mother with a mouth like that?]

I'm a sucker for concept albums and BOOKS, so I'll probably be wheedling this into my listening schedule to keep me from burning out on Hevy Devy up there.
Thanks for the mention!

Actually, that reminds me something else I'd like to toss out a recommendation for: Haunted by Poe. The artist's brother is the author of House of Leaves, and both the album and the book were inspired by the same event (the death of their father). The lyrics reference the book a lot, and while I still haven't gotten around to reading House of Leaves (although I've been meaning to for years now) it apparently references Poe's music a fair bit as well.

There's a lot of weird, experimental stuff (which complements the book well, from what I hear), and I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan of that part of it, but the songs are really great.

If you've played Alan Wake, you might recognize the title track:

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Bonus track: if you have played Parappa the Rapper you should listen to this b-side of theirs. You'll immediately hear why (also the engrish is nothing short of amazing)

That damn driving rap is going to be stuck in my head all day.

[The great MPinke Torte das Pony.---]

There's only one genre of music that I listen to, and that's metal, specificly the melodic kind. Been listening to it for a good 12 years now.

If anyone needs any recommendations for certain genres, just ask and I'll see what I can whip up.

[KillerJunglist]

I’ve been pretty obsessed with Drum and Bass for the past 5 years so I guess I’ll showcase some of my

Well, as a little bit of shameless self promotion, I am a DnB DJ (tho I really do all kinds of styles, DnB is my main and favorite).

Have a listen:
http://www.mixcloud.com/Killerjunglist/

Have a download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?k96zmm1w2td2o

I am working on a bunch of stuff, but should have another DnB thing done soon enough.

Anyway, back to songs and such. My favorite bands are actually Mr. Bungle and The Residents.

[Walkin GoonWith Celestia on our side!]

There's only one genre of music that I listen to, and that's metal, specificly the melodic kind. Been listening to it for a good 12 years now.

If anyone needs any recommendations for certain genres, just ask and I'll see what I can whip up.

^ Alright, I'll give ya a go. In fact, I'll take two of 'em!

Anubis Gate: a band I like that plays a fantastic blend melodic power and progressive metal. Sadly, I rarely hear people talk about them or compare artists, so I'm wondering if you may know any that I don't. Two of their songs below to give an idea of what to look for, although I'm particular keen to the "electronica" elements the band indulges in once or twice on occasion.

"Yiri" off The Detached.

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"End of Millennium Road" from Andromeda Unchained.

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To you bystanders, these are also pretty cool concept albums with a Sci-Fi flare in 'em.

The second request concerns my melodic death metal library, which I admit is a bit lacking in comparison to my other metal reserves. Know anything in this department in the vein of Edge of Sanity or Messiah's album, Choir of Horrors?

Speaking of Edge of Sanity, 40+ minute song anyone? It's catchy!
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As for everything posted so far, I'll either be checking it out now or listening to them later. So far, my ears haven't turned down anything yet.

day 11, off of the glitchy ambient industrial album days

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If you're interested, there's still plenty more where this came from! The best part of it all though is the fact that, with the exception of Orion and Coloris, all of she's music is available, for free, on his own site: http://www.shemusic.org/?page_id=56
Hope you enjoy my shilling!

I'm not sure if it's either that (sweet) song there or the promise of free tunes, but I suddenly thought of another indy artist I'd like to anonymously shill for here.

Little less than a year ago while browsing youtube for generic "dark ambient" music, I somehow happened upon Falsewander's channel, which appears to be a single-manned project that has generated quite an interesting spectrum of sounds. I'm not sure how to describe their work, but they've created quite a bit of experimental noise, electronica, ambient, industrial, etc...Despite the variety, there's some sort of style to it all. Their recent stuff in particular has been very "glitchy."

Note that this isn't something I'd recommend to everyone, and much of it has been a hit and miss for me. Doesn't stop me from coming back to it every now and then.
Some choice cuts:
"The Wanderer is Dead"- There's certainly worse places to start, but thankfully this isn't one of them.

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"False Progression"- My personal favorite so far.

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"Bionic Ants"- This is...dance?

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"Seed"- Spacey ambient!

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"The Playground"- Creepy ambient!

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If anyone's curious, they have a blogspot page that contains download links to all the "albums" produced so far. Also, their deviantart page is home to an interesting gallery of artwork.

No ponies though.

[ozonethe ride never ends]

Well, as a little bit of shameless self promotion, I am a DnB DJ (tho I really do all kinds of styles, DnB is my main and favorite).

I had a feeling you were into DnB judging from your username but I didn't know you were a DnB DJ. That's so awesome.

Anyway, I just gave your Loud and Dirty mix a listen and you got some great tracks in there including some from producers I haven't heard of before. Looking forward to more of your mixes.

[The great MPinke Torte das Pony.---]

Alright, let's see.
First of all, I know Anubis Gate and I love them. Really great progressive metal. As for similar bands, let's try these:

Seventh Wonder
A progressive metal band with one of the best singers I've ever heard. Like, holy shit. Very keyboard heavy, giving it a synth-y vibe.

Seventh Wonder - The Black Parade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7BJzB2-XMQ

Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEuaBvZkJLQ
(30 minute progressive metal ear orgasm)


Wuthering Heights
Progressive / folk / power metal. My favourite band. You don't know what music is until you heard them.

Wuthering Heights - Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSEwMD5lOFc
(check out more from The Shadown Cabinet, it's my favourite album ever)


Silent Memorial
Progressive power, very keyboard driven at times. Great singer.

Silent Memorial - The Darkest Hour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf6CNBPYUqQ


If you are into electronic sounding stuff, there are some great industrial metal bands around:

Zeromancer

Zeromancer - Dr. Online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC2NhsSGA0E
(careful: ridiculously catchy)

As for melodic death stuff, I'm afraid I can't help you there. I don't listen to metal that has growling vocals.



By the way, I just ordered a new CD: Fullforce - One
Power metal, same singer as Silent Memorial if you liked him.

Fullforce - Walls of Secrets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVBs1CiWWNs


Edit: Oh yeah, one more:

Orden Ogan - Nobody Leaves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvUGtcIV ... re=related

Orden Ogan - To new shores of Sadness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QMCpwCiiDg
(another one of those fantastic progressive metal bands no one knows)

[Opposing FarceDon't you smile at my faceSpit on my backDo you kiss your mother with a mouth like that?]

One group that I'm really fond of is The Folkadelics. They're a fairly small band from Brooklyn; I first heard them at a folk festival my family goes to every year, and I was really blown away- the fests are my parent's thing and I'm generally not a huge fan of the acts (folk isn't really my genre), but I totally dig what these guys are doing. Their style is part reggae, part hip-hop, and part rock; it's very different from what I'm used to hearing at folk events, and I love it.

Their only release right now is a six-track EP. You can stream all of the songs at their website, or you can find it at Amazon. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but you should check it out. My top pick from the album is Rock Slow- I'd toss a YouTube link up, but it seems like the only videos of them are live shows with questionable recording quality.

[DmarcinI watch children's cartoon shows.]

Here's a few interesting bands to check out:

Hey Ocean! - Hey Ocean! is an acoustic pop band, with some jazz influences in it. Vocals are good, and percussion is interesting in all of their songs, as well as very cool bass. Another interesting note, actually the reason I mention it here, is the lead singer is Ashleigh Ball, the voice actress for and .

Here's a few of their songs so you can sort of see their style:
Hey Ocean! - A Song About California~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dz73dsMAkE - A poppy song off their most recent (and 2nd) album, It's Easier To Be Somebody Else

Hey Ocean! - Eskimo Kisses~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IecNaGmqegM - Off of their first album, Stop Looking Like Music, my personal favorite. Shows some the jazz influence.

Of Montreal is probably one of my favorite bands. If you haven't heard of them they've been around for about 12 or so years, and are part of the Elephant 6 bands (such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Apples in Sterio, ect), and have an everchanging sound. They began with a very psychedelic rock sound, and later progressed into a more electronic sound, and most recently, a weird electronic-r&B-ish sound. I'd suggest looking into the albums Sunlandic Twins, Satanic Panic in the Attic, and Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PoJv4N1Too Off of their album The Sunlandic Twins, this album, and song are when they were transitioning between the psychedelic rock and electronic, and it sort of combined. Sunlandic Twins and Satanic Panic in the Attic both showcase this.

Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Cure~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VeIL7juFE0 - This song is when they were doing more electronic stuff, off of the album Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?. Quality is poor, but it's the official video put up by the record company. Video is awesome. As surprising as it is, he has a wife and a daughter.

[Walkin GoonWith Celestia on our side!]

Alright, let's see.

Anubis Gate
Seventh Wonder
Wuthering Heights
Silent Memorial
Zeromancer
Fullforce
Orden Ogan

Silent Memorial, Fullforce, and Zeromancer are all new to me; and Seventh Wonder, Orden Ogan, and Wuthering Heights are already existing favorites.
I like you.

Of the three albums I just ordered that you may like, there's Persuader's When Eden Burns and Royal Hunt's Paradox. But you probably know them already.

___

And with the mere mention of the term "folk," I'll go ahead and do the inevitable recommendation of Comus's First Utterance, which I have to say is one of the best things released during the 70's, even if it was greeted with contempt and apathy at first. The world then just wasn't up for tolerating pagan-progressive-folk-hippies.


It's quite dark lyric-wise, but the delivery by the lead-male and female vocals can give it a quirky and offbeat feel at times.

"The Bite" - Showcases the more upbeat side of the band, despite its lyrical content, which concerns a hanging.

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"Drip drip" - A more voyeuristic piece with excellent progression and delivery: my favorite off the album.

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If you're a lover of acoustics or simply in need of something to "mellow out" to, give this album a try.

[The great MPinke Torte das Pony.---]

Of the three albums I just ordered that you may like, there's Persuader's When Eden Burns and Royal Hunt's Paradox. But you probably know them already.

Yep, know 'em both. I can write up some more bands tomorrow, if you like.

[ComradeCosmobot]

Of Montreal is probably one of my favorite bands. If you haven't heard of them they've been around for about 12 or so years, and are part of the Elephant 6 bands (such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Apples in Sterio, ect), and have an everchanging sound. They began with a very psychedelic rock sound, and later progressed into a more electronic sound, and most recently, a weird electronic-r&B-ish sound. I'd suggest looking into the albums Sunlandic Twins, Satanic Panic in the Attic, and Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

I still consider Hissing Fauna to be one of the top 10 albums of last decade. Can't tell you how pleased I was to overpay for get a copy of The Past is a Grotesque Animal 12".

thecontrollersphere is pretty much outright terrible though.

[Walkin GoonWith Celestia on our side!]

Yep, know 'em both. I can write up some more bands tomorrow, if you like.

By all means, fire away. I'll happily take any recs as I may give 'em.

I am working on a bunch of stuff, but should have another DnB thing done soon enough.

Anyway, back to songs and such. My favorite bands are actually Mr. Bungle and The Residents.

Do keep us updated!
And you can't really go wrong with those two bands, although I admit to not being as familiar with The Residents catalog as I probably should be. Still, gotta admire an act with "pizazz."

[Henry Plainview]

Excellent, The Residents, Comus, and Can have already been mentioned, I'm glad to find some kindred spirits.

My primary interest right now is free jazz, noise, and other avant-garde music, although I also like a lot of classical, jazz, and what I would loosely define as progressive rock. Unlike many music fans, I can't breathe music: I just don't want to listen to music that frequently because of both my mild tinnitus and something I can't define, which might be why I am attracted to extreme forms of music.

These have been 4 of my favorite videos on Youtube for quite some time, maybe someone else will enjoy them as well.
Okkyung Lee

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Otomo Yoshihide

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Charles Ives

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Peter Brotzmann

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Cecil Taylor

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If that was a bit too out for you, here's some "rock music":
65daysofstatic

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(I used to love this band so much but like Pink Floyd, I've overlistened and I really can't bear them anymore)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

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(for the metal/Mr Bungle/Unabomber fans. I wish had seen them live when I had the chance.)
The Paper Chase

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(Yeah, I know the vocals and the lyrics are a bit much...)

[Opposing FarceDon't you smile at my faceSpit on my backDo you kiss your mother with a mouth like that?]

This thread is really make me wish we had Youtube embedding...

Uh... we do, actually. It's been used a bunch of times in this very thread.

[Henry Plainview]

Uh... we do, actually. It's been used a bunch of times in this very thread.

Oh, haha, I opened the links in a new tab because I assumed it was still off and I didn't even realize that! Silly me.

Here's 3 more so this post has non-stupid content:
Katherine Young

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Ashley Paul

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Little Women (I don't know why the camera is so stupid)

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[Meridian]

Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEuaBvZkJLQ
(30 minute progressive metal ear orgasm)

God damn, I'm 'only' 11 minutes into this song and I'm loving it, the singer is fantastic. I'm gonna have to look up some more of their stuff! Do you have any particular suggestions on albums or similar bands?

e: besides the bands you already posted, of course.

[Walkin GoonWith Celestia on our side!]

^
Although Seventh Wonder has their own sound, I can recommend a band by the name of Circus Maximus who also play a slightly different brand of melodic progressive metal.
"Darkened Mind" - Short song to "test the waters."

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"Mouth of Madness" - Their shorter epic.

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I'd also post a link to their 20+ minute song, "The First Chapter," but it appears to have been taken down off of youtube. Seek that out if you can.

Anther long song you may like from the power-symphonic genre:
"Legacy of Hate III" - by Vendetta. Mind the cheese.

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Also linking to "A Change of Seasons" and "Octavarium" by Dream Theater just for the hell of it.
e: Also "Metropolis Part 1," although I've probably strayed too far off-base by this point.

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[raistuumumAnd I opened my heartto the whole universeAnd I found it was loving.]

Oh man, music.

Music was (and still is) basically was my primary reason for living. I have a large (78 gigabytes of more than 1,000 bands, in fact), fairly eccentric mix of music in my collection; you can find some metal, hip-hop and industrial bands sharing sides with some pop, electronica and reggae bands.

My main forte, though, are 60s and 70s psychedelic and progressive rock, and I made a habit of myself finding and collecting obscure and esoteric records of bands in said genres. You can some mighty interesting stuff when you dig deep in the barrel, and you can usually find some good music along with it.

I'll probably write a few showcases of some of such records, but for now, I'll post some of my favorite songs at the moment:

Freedom's Children - The Homecoming
The Music Asylum - In My World
Nektar - It's All in the Mind
Locomotive - Mr. Armageddon

[The great MPinke Torte das Pony.---]

Here are some more metal bands for you guys to check out:


Vanden Plas
Very close to Anubis Gate.

Shadow I Am
Holes in the Sky


Frameshift
Progressive/Heavy metal.

Blade


Ayreon
I'm sure you are familiar with them, but you never know.

Beneath the Waves


Machinae Supremacy
Their gimmick is that they put in chiptunes sounds into their songs, but unlike other gimmick bands, they actually have a good singer and good instrumentation.

A view from the end of the World


Theocracy
Christian power metal. Yeah, I know. But their singer is fantastic and they have some really great songs, if you can stomach the blatant christian lyrics.

Mirror of Souls
(seriously, listen to this shit)

[CloudgazerGotcha.... OH WHAT THE HELL ITS A MULE]

For something a little different, try The Cat Empire.



You've probably already heard at least one of their songs, Chemistry teachers love the song:
Protons, Neutrons, Electrons

They encompass a wide range of styles, from the faster cheerful stuff:
Hello
And sadder slow stuff:
The Wine Song

[numsOic]

Music was (and still is) basically was my primary reason for living. I have a large (78 gigabytes of more than 1,000 bands, in fact), fairly eccentric mix of music in my collection; you can find some metal, hip-hop and industrial bands sharing sides with some pop, electronica and reggae bands.

After a quick calculation, I have at least 327 GB of music. (Granted, ever since I got into the habit of getting FLAC whenever possible, the size-to-content ratio has slightly inflated, but the bulk of my collection is still MP3.)

So as not to write a completely useless post, I'll paste random-ass tunes from some of the musical areas I dabble in.

A slice of electronic ambient, with sampled vocal snippets for seasoning.
Gas - Earthloop

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Somewhere in the vicinity of that, but getting into the habit of a beat. Expect thick chorus pads and a good bassline.
Blamstrain - Galaxy Spots

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Yeah, now we gettin' somewhere! Deep techno, the meeting point between warm synths and melancholic yet soulful melodies. It even features a solo, which is a rarity in this genre. (IMHO this is the best tune ever made)
Aril Brikha - Otill

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A good sample of what is called dub techno. (No, the name is not a joke.) Almost entirely textural, the style suffers severely from the Same Sound Syndrome.
Fluxion - Multidirectional II

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Minimal techno (the older variant). Bare bones sounds and hypnotic sequences abound.
Steve O'Sullivan - Cinq (B1)

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Taking a sharp left turn into the house arena, a sample of deep house. In the Detroit style, presented here, samples from funk and soul are present more often than not, and relatively minimal structures are kept.
Moodymann - Tribute

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In the more mainstream style you're bound to hear as background music for cooking shows and whatnot, more exhuberant song structures and melodies are used.
Kings of Tomorrow - Finally (Kevin Yost Remix)

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Just a quick sample of the large, hazy area between electronic music and jazz. (Warning: long intro.)
Bugge Wesseltoft - Change

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Here, have some fancy jazz funk.
Bennie Maupin - It Remains to Be Seen

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There is much more to be shown and heard, and many more tangents to explore. If anyone particularly likes any of these, I'll see what I can find.

[KillerJunglist]

Cross postin'!
I finally made the season 1 instrumental megamix. I will probably go back and adjust a few things I didn't like, and I may or may not add the two Eurobeat Luna mixes (they were not actually from the show as far as I know and for some reason they are kind of bad quality), but in the meantime I'm still working on the vocal one.

Regardless, I am calling this a WiP still, as I will almost definitely go back and rework it after I am done with the vocal mix.


Hope ya likes it!

[SirTopHatDark Internet Wizard<Chunky> tophat you lack mental faculties<KefkaFloyd> you leave a trail of destruction and nothingness in your wake, sirtophat]

This site has a 1.5GB collection, and a torrent of it https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XC ... =CPSCxIgD#

[KillerJunglist]

This site has a 1.5GB collection, and a torrent of it https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XC ... =CPSCxIgD#

Oh sweet. Hopefully these Luna tracks are a bit more usable then the ones I got my grubby mits on!

[Orange CreamSpike, I don't think were in Equestria anymore.]

Can I provide links to songs?

[rainbowhaxthats me im a pony irl]

oh holy shit music thread!

Going back to Soul Position. They're not my favorites or anything but I do think they're criminally underrated and Blueprint is one of the most consistent, solid emcees, with a gift for saying things without being preachy or political and also one of the most likeable dudes in hip-hop. Some of my favorite tracks from them:

"Keys" -- a story track. And not just a story but a good one with a fantastic ending. Like an M. Night Shymylan ending from when he was still good

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"Final Frontier" -- of Rj's solo album

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also holy shit someone else posted Peter Brötzmann. I almost never meet anybody who likes him.
Here's one of my favorite Brotz things, from a band he was in called Last Exit that was fucking insane: http://www.we7.com/#/song/Last-Exit/Hard-School
Brotz, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Sonny Sharrock (fucking guitar legend who was on some Hendrix shit before Hendrix was. Even if you've never heard of him, I bet you've heard his work. The Space Ghost Coast to Coast theme was him. With all that crazy ass guitar.)

and COMUS holy shit. What the fuck are the odds that the pony forum has people into the same weird ass music as me?

[raistuumumAnd I opened my heartto the whole universeAnd I found it was loving.]

After a quick calculation, I have at least 327 GB of music. (Granted, ever since I got into the habit of getting FLAC whenever possible, the size-to-content ratio has slightly inflated, but the bulk of my collection is still MP3.)

Noooice. Just shows how much more music I need to listen to

And yeah, kudos to you guys mentioning Comus and Can. That kind of stuff is right up my alley, and I have some similar stuff to show too

[numsOic]

Noooice. Just shows how much more music I need to listen to

The stupid thing about it is that I have not listened to a HUGE bunch of it. I have more music than I need for like a YEAR and I don't specifically sit down to listen to music that much nowadays, but it's still cool to have instant availability of a huge range of unheard music.

[Walkin GoonWith Celestia on our side!]

I hope you guys don't mind if my next few posts orient to a more "harsher" side than what I've posted here so far.

When Disillusion burst onto the scene in 2004 with their brand of melodic-death, the metal community went a spinning: "Aggressive progressive metal? oh holy fuu-!" The concept proceeded to implode their brains. Twice.

As for me, their debut Back to Times of Splendor was one of my favorite albums for a time in a period when I wasn't too keen to death, black, and other likes of the genre.I was, however, always a fan of thrash, heavy, and power/speed, so the mixed-calm assault of this album appealed to me right from the get go.

And for those concerned about the vocals: they're not really "harsh" in a death-growl sense, and when the singer opts to for a clean vox, he can be downright emotional/soaring at times. Very catchy!

"And the Mirror Cracked" - First track on the album enters with a pummeling intro before transitioning onto a rather soothing acoustic interlude. And that chorus, Fluttershy would love that chorus.

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"Back to Times of Splendor" - Title tracks are always the best; this time around we are greeted with a mix of a violin and complimenting guitar riffs. Although aggressive, it's pretty laid-back overall, and showcases what the band is capable of producing. These guys are good at choruses here too.

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When they released their second album, Gloria, some two years later, fans of the first immediately 'qued up their amazon carts and relished the purchase...until they listened to it. Most proceeded to grovel: "It's good, but it's different from BtToS!!!!"

That was (probably) me for about the first year. Nowadays, I probably listen to it more than the debut. It's not as technical, but definitely shows the band experimenting with their sound with a dash of industrial and electronica. Hardly any harsh vocals here.

The choruses are still awesome, and arguably catchier even.

"Gloria" - Shows what the album is best at, and why fans of the first were turned off. It grows on you though. "It's me against the seven dwarves!"

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"Too Many Broken Cease Fires" - Possibly the closest in semblance to the first off of this album, even though it's nowhere near as aggressive. Anthem like and sing-songy, it's probably the best track to be featured on that disc.

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Another obvious-but-goodie, I'll quickly throw in another before I leave: Cynic, who play a jazz-fusion variant of death metal. Of course, with their revival occurring some 15 years after their debut, "death" is mostly absent from their style. Still pretty technical though, for all you guitar lovers out there.

"The Space for This" - From the second album: those who aren't fans of death metal should start here given the higher emphasis on the vocoder-vocals.

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"I'm but a Wave to..." - From the first album. Given the inclusion of jazzy/spacey elements, it's pretty innovative for early 90's death metal.

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I'll post some more later if anyone's interested
(Unless you're not; that's fine too.)

[AramekYour MRI results have shown total infection to now be approximately one fifth of the full mass of the tissue."So you're saying..."Your brain is about 20% tumor.]

That Soul Position song sounded pretty good. Edit: If I liked that, should I just listen to other Soul Position songs?

Here's some Jazz that's so good you might like it even if you don't listen to Jazz (try "Live Oak" and/or "Silo" maybe?):
A Giraffe's "Under A Table"

The best part is it's one of those bandcamp releases so you can buy FLAC files or mp3s or whatever really easily.

Edit: Interview and reviewish thing: here

Damn it, I came here to post exactly this. Under a Table is, easily, the best "Goon" album ever produced, and I am eternally grateful for him posting it in GBS for me to find. I played Jazz band, HS and all through college, and this is really primo stuff. I don't have any of it uploaded, but, when moving, I found the CD of our final concert that our director gave to us, listening to it again, I find myself remembering how to play it, as if by a ghost of a muscle memory. I'll stick it in here when I get it on Tindeck!