The artist DJ Dano is, quite simply, awesome, but even the most hardcore D&B and hardstyle fans I've met haven't heard of him. Some of the stuff he's done:
- "Welcome To The Thunderdome
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- "120-9000 BPM", which is Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- "When Evil Returns"
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Hexachordal Combinatorial
Definitely Gods of Shamisen, for me.
Though they're one of the more popular obscure bands. Probably for the exotic instrument.
Ecstasy is Sustained Intensity
I've never thought of Einstürzende Neubauten as obscure, but that might be goth/rivet myopia on my part.
In my book, obscure means so unknown you can't even pirate it. I don't know very many artists at all like that.
The two that popped into my head the fastest probably say something about my sexuality . . .
Jonny McGovern: "The Gay Pimp" He'll make you all like faggity WATCH OUT!
PLID: Former member Chris Patton is an Anime Voice Actor
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Stavesacre.
Neon Horse
The Roe
See The Light
Molly Hartley
The Scatered Few
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I'd rather the world betray me, but I won't betray the world.
Wombat, they make free french nu metal and theyre awesome.
God Of Cake
I've been trying my damnedest to pimp Betty Davis, The Rotary Connection, and Honey Cone both on and off line. All three are 70s soul/funk (with Honey Cone being more on the pop side) and it is a damn shame they've gone unsung.
Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
God Of Cake
I've been trying my damnedest to pimp Betty Davis, The Rotary Connection, and Honey Cone both on and off line. All three are 70s soul/funk (with Honey Cone being more on the pop side) and it is a damn shame they've gone unsung.
Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
Is Infected Mushroom obscure?
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
Paraphrased from an actual conversation:
Me: My new roommate is pretty cool. He loves music, but his taste is a bit more mainstream than mine... Ryan: Dude, everybody's taste in music is more mainstream than yours.
The single most obscure band I listen to would probably be Runforyerlife.
Anyway, my other usual suspects:
- Gileah and the Ghost Train
- Havalina Rail Co.
- Xera
The Veils. Here's "Vicious Traditions" and "Calliope".
The Human Abstract, which I just discovered last week. "Procession Of The Fates''.
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Girl Talk.
"They wanted to play 'memes' with the Old School. Now there are tears." - Fast Eddie
Pink Floyd could not BE more well known, but no-one except me listens to anything before Dark Side of the Moon... does that count?
vigilantly taxonomish
No, because Echoes was awesome, and "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" are absolute classics.
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Henry Cow and it's later incarnation Art Bears.
Warming - if your ears do not stand dissonance then approach with caution.
Resident Hipster
A large percentage of things that I listen to are fairly obscure. But right at the moment, I'd say the following were among the most obscure I have in my collection:
- Nisennenmondai (Japanese Krautrock/Disco)
- Ohbijou (Canadian Indie)
- Peter Broderick (Minimalist Piano/Violin, almost Classical)
- This Town Needs Guns (Math Rock/Indie from Oxford)
- Cats and Cats and Cats (London Art Punk)
- Mother Vulpine (Rock band from Leeds, made one EP then broke up, former lead singer now in a similarly awesome band called Dinosaur Pile-Up)
P.S - Melloncollie, I have the latest album by The Veils, Sun Gangs. It's awesome.
Listen to Music with Tropers at The Troper Turntable!
Joy Zipper is this indie duo. It's pretty hard to describe. Have a listen. Out Of The Sun
The Dirtbombs are pretty unknown, and pretty awesome. They're my music snob band. I name drop them when I feel like I can't keep up with the hipster jargon.
frozen in time
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AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
Re Ufomammut: Pelican.
Resident Hipster
Mogwai aren't that obscure are they? Or Explosions In The Sky, for that matter... or maybe I overestimate the number of people who listen to Post-Rock. Hmm.
Anyways, I dunno how obscure Mew and Dirty Projectors are considered, but both their new albums are made of win.
Self-explanatory. Bands you think are damned awesome but nobody you've asked has heard of them.
For me it would have to be Einstürzende Neubauten, and Buckethead. A little less in the latter, because he was you know, in guitar hero. And stuff.
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