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SunshineWerewolf Since: Jan, 2011
#276: Mar 23rd 2011 at 1:23:40 PM

"Industrial" has a lot of potential definitions, and I'm not really well-versed enough in any of them to offer suggestions. On ambient, however...

  • Helios - Eingya (its 'ambience' is debatable but it's outstanding anyway)
  • Benn Jordan - Pale Blue Dot
  • anything from Brian Eno's ambient catalogue
  • Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
  • Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
  • Thomas Köner - Nuuk
  • Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

I think that covers a fair few of the bases that ambient stretches across

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#277: Mar 23rd 2011 at 1:42:30 PM

[up] Trust this man. He will lead you through the Ambient Zone.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
Saeglopur Resident Hipster from Various places in the UK Since: Jan, 2001
Resident Hipster
#278: Mar 23rd 2011 at 1:45:16 PM

[up][up] I would go for And Their Refinement Of The Decline over The Tired Sounds Of for Stars Of The Lid, but whatevs. Ravedeath, 1972 for Tim Hecker is also very good. The rest are all very yes.

[up] True dat.

Also recommending:

  • Emphemetry - A Lullaby Hum For Tired Strangers
  • Lowercase Noises - Carry Us All Away
  • Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place

An obviously most of Hammock's catalogue, but I'm fairly certain you already requested some of their albums back a few pages in this very thread.

edited 23rd Mar '11 1:46:48 PM by Saeglopur

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TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#279: Mar 23rd 2011 at 4:44:52 PM

How about late eighties/early nineties soul music? Does anyone know any decent albums for that? Do any even exist?

Soul music around that time basically seems to be Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston look-alikes and maybe Michael Bolton (token "Pat Boone of the decade").

vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
Mystical Monkey Master
#280: Mar 24th 2011 at 7:12:13 AM

Sonata Arctica's Ecliptica got me into power metal...I first got into them when I watched adamwestslapdog Lo Z abridged

Untitled Power Rangers Story
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#281: Mar 24th 2011 at 1:03:59 PM

So is there such thing as good lowercase music?

If so, what is it?

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Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
(srahc 84) eltit
#282: Mar 24th 2011 at 6:34:00 PM

@Lordnecronus: Thanks! I listened to Accelerated Evolution and it was pretty great.

I guess it is.
yahooeny Since: Feb, 2010
#283: Mar 24th 2011 at 9:50:46 PM

Looking for some "out there" chiptune albums to the likes of Hally, KPLECRAFT, Starkid. Anyone up to the challenge?

LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#284: Mar 25th 2011 at 9:25:20 PM

Underground rap, electronica, and punk. I know the big stuff, but I'm looking for something a little more obscure.

edited 25th Mar '11 9:25:40 PM by LolipodDistortion

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SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
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#285: Mar 25th 2011 at 9:46:30 PM

Underground Rap is a veeeeery broad term, can you be a bit more specific? What exactly are you looking for?

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LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#286: Mar 25th 2011 at 9:48:27 PM

Nas/NWA/Tupac type stuff. Only underground. Although something similar to Outkast would be cool too.

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#287: Mar 26th 2011 at 6:30:27 AM

Okay:

  • Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
  • Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
  • Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
  • El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

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Zudak Since: Dec, 1969
#288: Mar 26th 2011 at 9:48:46 AM

  • cLOUDDEAD — Ten
  • Deep Puddle Dynamics — The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel

...does WHY?'s solo work count as hip-hop? I'm not really sure.

Zudak Since: Dec, 1969
#289: Mar 26th 2011 at 10:34:47 AM

I want to listen to some music by Zoviet France.

SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#290: Mar 26th 2011 at 10:35:47 AM

Why's solo work is electronic rock.

anyway, if you're going for Outkast-esque, I'd recommend The Goodie Mob (you may recognize one of their members). As far as your other thing goes hmmmm....not entirely sure. Try The Last Emperor and his The Legend of Bigfoot tape.

Oh and similar to NWA in style but not exactly content (kinda half-and-half there) are the Ultramagnetic MC's, whose best album is Critical Beatdown.

edited 26th Mar '11 11:56:08 AM by SpainSun

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Litis from Israel Since: Jul, 2009
#291: Mar 26th 2011 at 11:07:44 AM

^ I really liked Shadow, Thief of the Sun. Don't know if that's gateway or anything.

edited 26th Mar '11 11:08:28 AM by Litis

Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#292: Mar 26th 2011 at 1:01:42 PM

Genres:

  • Musique concrète

Artists:

  • Philip Glass
  • Steely Dan

edited 26th Mar '11 2:22:11 PM by Wicked223

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KingOfKings from Santiago Since: Feb, 2011
#293: Mar 26th 2011 at 5:23:28 PM

Baroque pop?

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Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#294: Mar 26th 2011 at 5:28:17 PM

I don't know too much about the genre, but here are some of the more prominent albums:

  • Arcade Fire - Funeral
  • Florence + The Machine - Lungs
  • Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
  • Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Zudak or Saeglopur could probably give you more.

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Zudak Since: Dec, 1969
#295: Mar 26th 2011 at 5:29:41 PM

Try Everything Everything's Man Alive.

KingOfKings from Santiago Since: Feb, 2011
#296: Mar 26th 2011 at 5:33:52 PM

Thanks. I had already listened to the albums Wicked listed, but I had no idea that they were Baroque Pop.

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Zudak Since: Dec, 1969
Saeglopur Resident Hipster from Various places in the UK Since: Jan, 2001
Resident Hipster
#298: Mar 26th 2011 at 6:21:25 PM

That page is pretty much Made Of Win, although I fail to see the common link between, say, The Decemberists and Dirty Projectors. Seems to be such a loose-knit bunch of bands that just about anything could go there. *Rereads article*. Wait... any indie-ish artist who writes songs with pianos, strings and woodwind? OH HELL YES, that's basically half my taste in music summarised in one fell swoop.

Nevertheless, from the Baroque Pop page, I heartily recommend the following which haven't already been mentioned:

  • Anathallo - Canopy Glow
  • Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
  • Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
  • Efterklang - Parades
  • Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
  • Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
  • Owen Pallett - Heartland (and also, in his previous incarnation as Final Fantasy, He Poos Clouds)
  • Perfume Genius - Learning

For stuff that hasn't made it to that page, try all of the following:

  • The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
  • The Antlers - Hospice
  • Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar
  • Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
  • Fanfarlo - Reservoir
  • Field Music - Tones Of Town and Field Music (Measure)
  • Guillemots - Through The Windowpane
  • Le Loup - The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly
  • Lone Wolf - The Devil And I
  • Menomena - Friend And Foe and Mines
  • Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
  • Ramona Falls - Intuit
  • Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
  • Shady Bard - Trials
  • Shearwater - Palo Santo, Rooks and The Golden Archipelago
  • St. Vincent - Actor
  • The Week That Was - The Week That Was
  • Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
  • Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals

And that should just about cover all the bases waii

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JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#299: Mar 26th 2011 at 6:47:34 PM

[up][up] Neutral Milk Hotel really don't qualify, but Sufjan Stevens is pretty much the Trope Codifier. I'd also recommend Belle and Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister (or Push Barman To Open Old Wounds, if you're somewhat more adventurous).

With regards to :zoviet*france:, I would recommend Mohnomishe, Shadow, Thief Of The Sun and Mort Aux Vaches: Feedback. Each recording is separated by about six-and-a-half years, is representative of a period in the group's work, and is just a cool album in its own right. To further fill in the gaps, I might also recommend Hessian, Misfits, Loony Tunes And Squalid Criminals and What Is Not True.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
Zudak Since: Dec, 1969
#300: Mar 26th 2011 at 10:27:08 PM

...I actually already went off and got me a bunch of Zoviet France stuff: 'Eostre', 'Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music', 'Misfits, Loony Tunes and Squalid Criminals', 'Just An Illusion', 'Shadow, Thief of the Sun', and 'The Decriminalisation Of Country Music'.

Listening to Misfits now, haven't listened to Youth Music or Country Music yet, loving everything else so far.


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