Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

[rushyrulz]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

If I can,

Please replace Omnicore 2 with Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... because this album kicks ass.

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Sixty-Eight - February 6th, 2014
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Modal Soul by Nujabes (recommended by Coolboyrulez0)

1. Feather
2. Ordinary Joe
3. Reflection Eternal
4. Luv (Sic.) Part 3
5. Music Is Mine
6. Eclipse
7. The Sign
8. Thank You
9. World's End Rhapsody
10. Modal Soul
11. Flowers
12. Sea of Cloud
13. Light on the Land
14. Horizon

I've heard good things about Nujabes here on this forum and elsewhere, so I had expections about his music. And to my surprise, it sounds exactly like what I was expecting : a nicely done laid-back mix of hip hop/jazz. Feats are pretty good, notably Ordinary Joe (with Terry Callier - he has one unique soulful voice) and Feather. The instrumentation is top-notch and the album has a soothing ambiance. Some songs drag because of the repetition : World's End Rhapsody or Luv Sic (still a highlight for me) and the first half of the album is stronger and more unique.
edit : definitely gonna check Metaphorical Music

My rating : ★★★★★★★★☆☆

@rushyrulz : done

[Trogdor!!!!]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

I always thought that Nujabes best tracks were Luv(sic.) 1-6

I have also come the realization that this thread is a pretty good way for finding new music.

Edit: You should add Immunity by Jon Hopkins.

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Sixty-Ninth - February 7th, 2014
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Ziltoid the Omniscient by Devin Townsend (recommended by icontrolyourworld)

1. ZTO
2. By Your Command
3. Ziltoidia Attaxx!!!
4. Solar Winds
5. Hyperdrive
6. N9
7. Planet Smasher
8. Omnidimensional Creator
9. Color Your World
10. The Greys
11. Tall Latté

A prog metal rock opera by multi-instrumentalist Devin Townsend. The concept revolves around Ziltoid, an extraterrestrial being visiting earth for the perfect cup of coffee. Because coffee is serious business, the joke is spread over the whole album. Now, I don't know if he's trolling us with this album. With Devin, you never know.
Musically, it's close to some of his best work yet; fast/bombastic sections, some unusual arrangements, varied guttural to clean-esque vocals, great guitar work and the harsher parts are probably closer to Strapping Young Lad. Overall a pretty good listen, so...

My rating : ★★★★★★★★☆☆

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Seventy - February 8th, 2014
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Avalon Vales by Lauren Bousfield (recommended by DossarLX ODI)

1. Fire Sale
2. Riverrun Humbling Allegory
3. Avalon Sliding Down the Cliff
4. Archangel Glycon
5. No More Worlds Like This, No More Days Like That
6. Ascending Hands
7. Cracknight
8. Pulling Down Palm Trees
9. Valed
10. Lipstick Smeared Over the Amaretto
11. Cascading Retail Spaces
12. Empty Relationships
13. Audkyrie
14. Somerset Blather On and On
15. Automatic Warlock RFID Stratford Upon Avon
16. Heavening
17. Our Trauma

A hit or miss sample experiment. The goal was to stretch/distort vocal samples as much as possible while maintaining a musical form close to the verse-chorus. Rare thing for me to say, I would have liked more experimentation with those samples. There are some cool sound combinations but I didn't had the impression the album was stretching any boundaries. Cracknight (a psychedelic mess) is a great song and I'd say Audkyrie, Riverrun Humbling Allegory are also worth the listen. Not bad, but I was expecting more.

My rating : ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

[choof]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

avalon vales is a fantastic album, although I didn't like it personally
I liked a lot of the chaos of lauren's stuff under the ndad alias, and this album was pretty tame compared

[Nick Skyline]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Ziltoid's not a bad album, methinks.

Also, if I could make one final change to my recommendations...could you swap out "Danza IV" with "Pokémon X & Pokémon Y Super Music Collection"?

[rushyrulz]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Switch out Century Child for Delain - April Rain please

[choof]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Ziltoid's not a bad album, methinks.

Also, if I could make one final change to my recommendations...could you swap out "Danza IV" with "Pokémon X & Pokémon Y Super Music Collection"?

as good as the x/y soundtrack is, it doesn't stand very well by itself

[ninjaKIWI]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

sad

[Trogdor!!!!]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

sad sad day

[GammaBlaster]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

sad sad sad day

[rayword45]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

sad sad sad sad day

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Happy Day.

Got a job last week, that's one of the reasons I didn't submit anything (need to settle things first).

Day Seventy-One - February 9th, 2014
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Hexes by Dirty Art Club (recommended by Kekeb)

1. Black Acid
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Hexes
4. Into the Night
5. Minilla
6. Rosslyn's Crypt
7. Slow Burner
8. Dead Man's Letters

A very cinematic trip with an interesting blend of different genres (psychedelic pop, electronic, instrumental hip hop). The production is reminiscent of Rome by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi which is, frankly a good thing (it was one of my favourite albums for 2011). There isn't any low points on this ep and the songs were diverse while keeping the same similar vibe. I liked it but I'm not sure if I'll return to it anytime soon.* High 7, close to a 8.

* Why ? I usually listen songs on shuffle on iTunes. There are albums I prefer listening as a whole and this is one of them.

My rating : ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Seventy-Two - February 10th, 2014
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Toxicity by System of a Down (recommended by yo man im awesome)

1. Prison Song
2. Needles
3. Deer Dance
4. Jet Pilot
5. X
6. Chop Suey!
7. Bounce
8. Forest
9. ATWA
10. Science
11. Shimmy
12. Toxicity
13. Psycho
14. Aerials

Nostalgic incoming review.

System of a Down was probably the very first band I had discovered on my own and truly loved. When I was 14, I was looking for all their cds, listening to them again and again on my old portable cd player. They made me love metal (up to that point I was listening to pop punk/rock stuff like Blink-182, Sum 41, Green Day, Linkin Park) so I respect them for that. It was, however, a logical continuation from a music point of a view as a teen. I was looking for more harsher and expressive music so it was only a matter of time before I get to them. So, saying that, I'm incredibly biased when it comes to the content on this album. As much as I would like to review Toxicity neutrally, I feel it won't be possible, so I'll be sincere.

System of a Down's music is mostly metal in nature but includes elements from nu metal, experimental and folk music, and have comedy/satirical lyrics and thrash/groove riffs. They were able to create a very unique sound, completely new to the metal scene. What also make them worth of mention are the vocals and Daron's guitar work. While Serj provides most of the vocals (which are already eclectic), Daron's parts are incredibly intense and engaged (read, not for everyone - even myself I find his voice annoying sometimes). The guitar is wide, ranging from light picking moments to heavy riff driven sections. Some of my favourite moments are the bridge in Deer Dance around 1m40, the piano ending of Chop Suey! (obv) and the vocal harmonies on Aerials. The big problem with System of a Down is the inconsistency their albums have. The low points are decent at best but they interfere deeply with the high points, and those are pretty damn good to say the least.

My rating : ★★★★★★★★★☆

I wanna know, what do you think of this album ? It's really a diverging album (similar to MSI) so I want to know what you guys think of it.