Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

[choof]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

rym is also the website that does this
http://rateyourmusic.com/customchart

[rushyrulz]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

P.S. listening to everything that scores a 7 or higher.

[rayword45]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

What time does the day end?

[noname219]

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Answer : before I go to bed.

Day Five - December 5th, 2013
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Digital-Dance by Software (recommended by t-rogdor)

1. Oceans-Breath
2. Magnificient-Shore
3. Waving-Voices
4. Island-Sunrise
5. Magic-Beach
6. Sea-Gulls-Audience
7. Digital-Dance
8. Magicians-Song
9. Percussion-Island

Software is a duo comprised of Michael Weisser and Peter Mergener that released ambient/electronic albums for over 2 decades. They're often compared to a bunch of Berlin School musicians, most notably Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze. A type of music I'm really not familiar with. Digital-Dance isn't their first album, but it's the first that gives so much importance to the saxophone.

Let's talk about this saxophone. It really can't melt right with everything else, it's an awkward presence in the room. Sometimes, it produces beautiful sounds, but most of the time, it feels out of place. I found myself laughing at some of those pre-programmed sounds. The drums, the bongos, the brass section and... oh man the brass section in Waving-Voices was just so awful. I even question if the sea and seagulls I've heard in the very beginning of the album were real or not. And the voice-part near the middle of Island-Sunrise, "oooooh" "aaaaah", looks like someone took a dump in the middle of the studio recording. Hear it for yourself.

So, it didn't age well. Like, at all. It's probably stuck in its own time period. Some say it's cool because it sounds really retro, and retro is popular at the moment. Honestly, that argument might work for things that can survive through time, but this was not one of them.

But! There are some very nice melodies deeply buried. You just have to get over the cheesiness of the sound, that's not easy to do, but once you do, that's when you can start to understand. There's the very beginning of the s/t song Digital-Dance that is reminiscent to In the House, In a Heartbeat by John Murphy, very enjoyable. It's those small moments that really shines. They soon fades, so you need to keep a good attention. Or, alternately, you could just let go the music in the background and don't question about all that stuff, unlike me.

It's the exact type of album I can say "so bad it's great". There's not a lot of stuff in the world where I can say that. There's The Room and that album. Maybe for the ultimate experience, you could watch these two at the same time, but do it at your own risk. If you're looking for something that sounds like it, more ambitious with a better production, look for the Drive OST by Cliff Martinez. Or just watch the movie if you want the full experience. I could recommend also Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon by Powerglove for a similar 80s vibe.

One thing I found out, thanks to a review by mrs_todd on Discogs was that the album cover is a shot taken from a 1981 film called Carla's Island meant to highlight the capabilities of computer graphics. Very cool thing to know.

I couldn't decide which song to bold. Most of the songs are very similar in term of quality. No standout today.

My rating : ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

Btw, I bumped my rating for MSI up a star too. I was too severe I think.

[t-rogdor]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

So, it didn't age well. Like, at all. It's probably stuck in its own time period. [...]

[...]

It's the exact type of album I can say "so bad it's great".

exactly! glad you picked up on that. It's cheesy as hell now, all things considered, but the album's basically vaporwave before vaporwave was a thing. it's one of those things where you can put it on and pretty much instantly be taken to a different time period.

[moches]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

please listen to Typhoon's White Lighter.

https://soundcloud.com/rollcallrecords/sets/typhoon-white-lighter/

[Arkuski]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

jeez can't wait to hear your thoughts on Floral Shoppe after that review

[t-rogdor]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

that or eccojams lmao

[Arkuski]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

that or eccojams lmao

I've pretty much been listening to both of them every day for a week straight. Floral Shoppe is starting to drag on when I listen to it, but eccojams has been hitting the spot. It's all over the place and really hits hard in the most unexpected places. Like A6 and B5, those tracks are awesome but where the hell do they come from?


Also I have two you can add to the long list or whatever:

Fall of Troy - Doppelganger
Mr. Meeble - Never Trust the Chinese

[noname219]

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Day Six - December 6th, 2013
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Room(s) by Machinedrum (recommended by Coolboyrulez0)

1. She Died There
2. Now U Know tha Deal 4 Real
3. Sacred Frequency
4. U Don't Survive
5. Come1
6. Youniverse
7. GBYE
8. The Statue
9. Lay Me Down
10. Door(s)
11. Where Did We Go Wrong?

You lucky Coolboyrulez0. Having a second recommendation so early, you can thank the randomizer for that.

So, Machinedrum is the solo project of Travis Stewart, also a member of Sepalcure (I think I heard that name somewhere). He was making music since the early 2000s, but he wasn't really known since 2010-2011, around the time Sepalcure was started and when Room(s) was released. He embraced a lot of different genres since his debut, incorporating Glitch Hop very early, introducing Wonky, IDM, Future Garage and Dubstep elements progressively during his career.

I can describe Room(s) as the result of his personnal evolution, mixing a lot of different influences. It's a unique sound, but there's a close vibe with UK's Future Garage artists. What's more interesting, is the path the songs are taking over the album. Each of the songs have slightly different moods and that helps staying focused on the music.

It's diverse and very complex in the first songs. She Died There at the end of the spectrum of pattern complexity. It's a hard hit and somehow, the vocals helps getting yourself accustomed to the music. Now U Know tha Deal 4 Real is a bit softer, but there's still a lot going on. Sacred Frequency might not be as impressive as the first two. It's overall more smoother and really close to what Flying Lotus is doing. U Don't Survive has a cool lounge sound, very relaxing and more repetitive than the others. Come1 is my personnal favourite, engaging, with a soft finish. GBYE (Godspeed Black You Emperor ?) is even more energetic, with a good progression, better overall than Youniverse at least. The Statue, Lay Me Down and Door(s), are lovely crafted, following the same dynamism GBYE was aiming for. Finally, Where Did We Go Wrong? is the most unique and most atmospheric song of the album, with a pleasant ambient sound, a fitting closure.

I can see the possibility to make a parallel between the evolution of the tracks and his musical career. That would make an interesting text to read, I just don't have the time to write anything exhaustive about this. Another point, the vocals serve mainly as another instrument, often distorted or cut in small successions. Overall, he has an extremely positive energy. It's high-class chill-out music. Not a hard album to get into if you have listened to IDM in the past.

My rating : ★★★★★★★★☆☆

[moches]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

please listen to Typhoon's White Lighter.

https://soundcloud.com/rollcallrecor...white-lighter/

hey there! just hoped you didn't miss this (got top-paged rofl)

a few more:
65daysofstatic - One Time For All Time
Go Radio - Close The Distance
Morningbell - Boa Noite
Maria Mena - Weapon Of Choice
Dorena - Nuet
The Dear Hunter - Migrant
Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You?

ps my birthday's May 24

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Thanks for reminding, I missed it. Also added Arkuski.

[moches]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

thank YOU for embarking on this gigantic project! Godspeed, sir.

[Coolboyrulez0]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Glad to see room(s) is your most enjoyed album so far at least according to the numeric scale \o/

not in recommendations for you to judge but rather as an extra assignement, his syndrone project might appeal to you also (idm)

[AlexDest]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

I want to recommend 2 more.

Serph - Heartstrings
Secede - Tryshasla (since choof cut this one out of his recommendations, lol)