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Similar, but with the crucial difference being that Oval takes the basic concept Beyond the Impossible through sheer medium abuse.
Also, something with a tightly-packed frequency range at high volume that isn't outright brickwalled can be claustrophobic, i.e. most Public Enemy recordings. I like it, though...
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.Blues is kind of a massive genre. Any specific styles you're after?
Words cast into the uncaring void of the internet.Ah...Red Hot Chili Peppers, they have a long history. It all depends on what your looking for.
Freaky Styley and Uplift Mofo Party Plan are good choices for the EMI years. Freaky Styley is probably their most Funk oriented album, being produced by George Clinton. Uplift Mofo Party plan is the only album where all four founding members were on. (Hillel Slovak wasn't on the debut and Jack Irons wasn't on that or Freaky Styley).
Mother's Milk is probably the heaviest album and marks the debut of John Frusciantne and Chad Smith. It's also their breakthrough album. I actually like this one the least, but ymmv.
Blood Sugar Sex Magick is often considered their best overall album and has 2 of their most famous tracks (Under the Bridge and Give it Away.
One Hot Minute is their black sheep album. It's their trippiest and rivals Mother's milk as their heaviest. YMMV will vary with this album, although I find a number of the songs on here are quite good. It's also the only album with Dave Navarro on Guitar
Californication Production aside, This marks the point where John F stops playing like Hillel and finds his own style.
Well. I hope that helps.
edited 3rd Apr '11 6:01:32 PM by Alichains
SATCH WOO
Surfing With The Alien
The Extremist
Strange Beautiful Music
Is There Love In Space?
All four are amazing albums. If you want more recent stuff check out Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion Of Rock; for something a bit more electronically-flavoured, try Engines Of Creation.
Joe Satriani is definitely one of my all-time favourite musicians.
edited 21st Mar '11 12:16:11 PM by AsTheAnointed
For Steve Vai: Check out Passion and Warfare, The Ultra Zone, and Real Illusions: Reflections. The G3 Live in Tokyo album is good for getting both Steve's and Satch's performances, so check that out too.
edited 21st Mar '11 12:49:36 PM by Thenamelesssamurai
Imagine Rakan applying Calling Your Attacks to doing paperwork.~Anarchy Rakan for the hell of it COMMISSION THIS BRIDGE!~EHKThe only thing I've ever really enjoyed (or bothered to listen to in depth) by Phish is their debut, Junta. It's rather quirky.
One the more eccentric end, I can never recommend Can enough, especially Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi. Though Monster Movie has what may be the best demonstration of the group's raw jamming ability, "Yoo Doo Right", it is horrendously mixed. Still, cool.
Wade through some live Grateful Dead material and you're bound to find something interesting, though you'll want to ask an expert; thems is murky there waters...
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception....Okay, we have to find some kind of witty catchphrase to retort this perpetual question with. Like... "someone please SAW me in half before my pRejuDice against Justin Bieber takes over and I buy a ticket to Canada". Wow, that was terrible.
*sigh* RDJ Album or SAW 85-92.
Moby: Play. I haven't listened to the rest of his albums - discovered more interesting electronic music since then - but I know Play is pretty damn accessible and quite varied stylistically.
^ hay Zudak you like teh new seefeels?
edited 23rd Mar '11 2:11:25 AM by Litis
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I actually haven't listened to their latest yet. I just found out about them the other day. Dunno how I went so long without hearing any of their stuff, it's bloody brilliant. I made it through most of Succour last night, so maybe I'll make it to Seefeel by tonight?
edited 23rd Mar '11 7:49:37 AM by Zudak
I already did a little list of industrial stuff worth looking into on the first or second page. If you'd like, you can supplement The Second Annual Report with 20 Jazz Funk Greats; it's much easier on unaccustomed ears, if marginally less earth-shattering. Also, here are a few that I missed which I probably should have listed:
- Coil, Scatology — Not quite as superb as Horse Rotorvator, but just as important.
- Dome, Dome 1 & 2 — Punk rock's answer to conceptual art.
- Nurse With Wound, Homotopy To Marie — This or A Chance Meeting...
- Whitehouse, Erector — They call it "sonic terrorism" for a reason.
- :zoviet*france:, Hessian — Where ambient first met industrial.*
As for ambient, to be flagrantly obvious (relatively), the best place to start is with Brian Eno, in particular Music For Airports.
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

That sounds sort of like what Public Enemy did...
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!