I'm actually curious about your opinion on the Hecker album DD. I wasn't sure if you only listen to free stuff now or not. I thought you made a resolution to go all free music awhile back.
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I'm actually curious about your opinion on the Hecker album DD. I wasn't sure if you only listen to free stuff now or not. I thought you made a resolution to go all free music awhile back.
I listen to both, but tend towards free music. I'm not a huge fan of Hecker, although I do like some of his stuff. I find that a lot of his stuff has a lot of high-end and more white/pink noise, with less mid and bass. This seems to be the way of the new-ambient artists; I often the music to be more piercing than what I like.Quote:
Originally Posted by SirNewt
However, I do really like some of it.
I don't think I've heard the album you mentioned, but I will check it out.
Really? I'm not sure if you're pointing it out as a highlight, because of all songs, upon my first couple of listens I would have pegged Call Me Back as my least favourite. I eventually warmed to that song a bit more, and Metabolism likely now stands as the worst for me (if I had to choose), but that doesn't mean I think it's terrible either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acapelli
Only criticisms I really have with the album are that it isn't very well sequenced (which is usually a strength of their stuff) and that its made up of more '80s cheese experimentation, which I admittedly love, instead of building more around the stronger, more signature Strokes-y stuff like Taken For A Fool and the first single. It may help that I love Phrazes of the Young, seeing as much of Angles basically acts as more of a continuation of the sound established with that album than First Impressions Of Earth, but in the end, I find myself having very few complaints with there being a new Strokes album in the world and having the songs of Angles being the music that signifies that.
This album is amazing! Stunning, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
no, that was just the track that i had had been listening to at the time. "Under Cover Of Darkness" and "Two Kinds Of Happiness" are the only real standouts on the album, but both are really great and a departure for them, not just a rehash of their earlier hits. the radiohead aping is a huge misstep and the rest of the album just isn't memorable in the leastQuote:
Originally Posted by Henry Gale
edit: and now listening to "Under Cover Of Darkness"
This EP is amazing. Really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
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Bright Eyes - Beginner's Mind
i actually really like the new bright eyes. sort of mor indie rock, but really well executed
Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li
Really solid overall with some catchy tunes but a couple songs are utter crap.
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I consider myself pretty internet/tech savvy, but I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to embed youtube videos on this site. (disregard this, obv.)
Edit: Thanks SirNewt.
1. Take your video url like this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by Our Aurora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNxh6yFhNXg
2. and grab just everything after the = like
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3. put it in tags like these but use square brackets instead of curly braces
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Popol Vuh
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Heck yeah. These guys were great.Quote:
Originally Posted by endingcredits
Yup. I'd be hardpressed to think of a more perfect band/director pairing than these guys and Herzog.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
I'm really digging them. Do you have any recs of other ambient-driven Krautrock groups?Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
Have you heard any Cluster? Cluster II, Zuckerzeit and Sowiesoso are all pretty great.Quote:
Originally Posted by endingcredits
There's also Tangerine Dream, Harmonia's Deluxe (an offshoot of Neu, but more ambient and equally as good) and Ashra's New Age of Earth. More recently, Arp's In Light comes to mind. There must be other great ones out there, but most of the others I'm coming up with are more rock based. Davis and Boner should be able to help...
Hey! Cred here..Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek
:lol:
Many ambient-ish / spiritual / avant garde / prog rock-ish fish in this pool:
Most any of Conrad Schnitzler's (Cluster) solo stuff.
Since you're a fan of Popol Vuh, look for anything by violinist Eberhard Schoener (Sky Music, Mountain Music).
Also, check out Aum, by Deuter (another Popol Vuh contemporary), a fusion of Eastern and Western religious music comprised of acoustic instruments and natural sounds.
Klaus Schulze's (Tangerine Dream) solo work is work checking out too.
Of course, there's the more fringe (prog-rock ) stuff like Amon Duul II, Ash Ra Temple, Guru Guru, etc...
Once you've exhausted the German scene, there is a wealth of early Japanese electronic/spiritual music to explore. Start with the Far East Family Band and just google your way from there.
My bad! I didn't mean to exclude you from the holy psych/prog/krautrock trinity of MC. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Russ
Now off to check out your recommendations...
You guys have covered most of the major bases.
Cluster and Eno
A couple of cool J-prog bands - Ghost and Magical Power Mako.
And not so much ambient, or German, but I'd mention The Legendary Pink Dots and The Tear Garden (especially, Last Man to Fly).
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Still love the outro here. So much.
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These guys are rad.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamdead