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MissConstrue
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 Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Most of the electronca I've heard in places are a little irritating and redundant. There are some I've lately been introduced to...
Air- Sexy Boy and other stuff off that chart. Most favorite.
Beck- I don't know if that counts but there's definitely electronica in Beck's albums.
Aphex Twin- an unusual sound I like.
Shake It- Rebecca
As long as it has a melodious sound to it...I will usually go for that genre.
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Belfast
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Location: New England
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| ouinon wrote: | | I'm sorry. Does it help if put the actual URL/http address? Or is it a question of cost for connection etc? I don't know exactly what difference dial-up makes. |
Dial up is too slow to listen to things, period-so it doesn't matter how a link is listed because what it leads to is unavailable for me to see/hear (except in 3 second bursts, after waiting a minute or two for each 3 second piece to load). Usually isn't worth the hassle-and my browser isn't really up to the task (too pricey to "upgrade"). I have been able to tolerate this sort of "insanity" at sites where there's only 30 seconds total (of song clip) when hunting for song (such as when trying to identify "is this the song I'm crazy about-nope, maybe that one").
The music I access through cable service is via my television-completely separate from my computer & online connection/service. Dial up is way cheap-I pay less than $5 a month for it.
| ouinon wrote: | Thank you very much for doing that. I was feeling a bit discouraged after only finding three I liked in the first couple of dozen, and it ( the "not liking") being because of the voices. So thanks heaps for clarifying. I will do some more listening!
Ref: Trisomie 21, Brooks, and Alzir; I couldn't find any of the specific tracks you listed so I don't know.
I did like a couple of pieces that I found by both Brooks and Trisomie as I posted above, but several tracks by Trisomie unfortunately reminded me a bit too much of The Cure whose music I have loved, and seemed like a pale reflection/rip off/derivative. |
My tastes were mostly formed in the late 80's/early to mid 90's, so much of what I list is from that time, and my knowledge/familiarity with artists is from certain albums or tracks of that era. Also, works by most artists is a mixed bag, so recommending them (whichever ones) doesn't mean I like all their stuff. (The music via cable tv is exception-that can be from late 90's up to current/recent vintage). Obviously, not all artists are consistent throughout their careers, so I may like one thing & loathe another thing-thus it's tough to make blanket recommendation of any artist. I only know a song or two from many of the artists from the cable tv music channel, for instance (those in the last, longest list).
These are from cd's I have:
T21 cd (some tracks not so great, some super cool) is called "T21 Plays the Pictures". Haven't heard anything of theirs that was reminiscent of the Cure, but then again I haven't heard al their stuff. Again, late 80's-early 90's is when much of my info. is from.
Brook's track is from soundtrack to movie "Heat" & is on the cd soundtrack-though I'd heard it on radio few years before & always had wondered "what was that nifty song ?"
"Alzir" is from the Opus3 cd "Mind Fruit".
Also, I suggest William Orbit's "Strange Cargo" cds-lotsa' instrumentals (like The Weather Channel's "local on the 8's" music)-and I know that 30-second clips of a bunch of his songs are available for listening at Last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/William+Orbit/+charts
As I mentioned in an earlier post, track "The Last Lagoon" & several others from "Strange Cargo 2" were excellent (to my ear).
This is for that song from movie "Snatch" (by guy I'd never heard of before):
http://www.last.fm/music/Mirwais/_/Disco+Science
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Xelebes
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| ouinon wrote: | | I've been working my way through Xelebe's and Belfast's lists but the funny thing is that the ones on Xelebe's list are ( almost all ) too pure/hard machine/electro for my taste |
I admit, my mind is relaxed with sounds that are purely inorganic. |
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Xelebes
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| Veresae wrote: | | Xelebes wrote: | | As I said in another thread, I've worked with Zombie Girl - but don't like the band's style all that much - too burlesque for my taste. |
Really? Still, that's awesome. What did you do with them?
I'm not SUPER into them--I agree about the burlesqueness--but if I hear a song by them play on the dance floor it's fun to dance to. ^_^ |
Did some unreleased studio work with them. |
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Belfast
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I second MissConstrue's suggestion of AphexTwin-"Agespolis", "Xtal", "Analog Bubblebath".
Again I recommend material from the "Echoes" program (per another member's suggestion)
http://www.echoes.org/
& site for "Music from the Hearts of Space" show.
http://www.hos.com/
Also used to listen to "Musical Starstreams" back in late 80's.
http://www.starstreams.com/
Do you (to ouinon) like "new age"-y stuff ? Pat Metheny Group, William Ackerman, David Arkenstone, Kitaro, Andrew White, Paul Averganios (sp ?), Andreas Vollenweider (usually involves a harp), Liquid Mind, A Positive Life ? (last two are more trancey/hypnotic). Do you go for the more acoustic (real instruments) stuff ? That would take one out of the "electronica" genre/theme of this thread...
More (non-singing !) tracks from tv channel:
Future Sound of London "Papua New Guinea"
Patchwork "Flughund"
Grey Area "Pure and Simple"
Dub Alchemist "O'Clock"
Arno Cost & Arias "Magneta" (sounds bit like the disco synth of the band Daft Punk)
Som Novo "Reminds me of Her"
David Hoffman "Pops"
Jeff Sova "Panic Attack"
Fragile State "600 Bliss"
Sounds from the Ground "Triangle"
Black Mighty Wax "Blue Mambo"
Daft Punk "Veridis Quo"
Bill Laswell "Killer Bandit Blues"
A Forest Mighty & Black "Walking Freak"
Dubtribe Sound System "Memory Part 1" (first heard on aforementioned radio program, Music from hearts of Space). Has some echoing diffuse voices, though.
There's another Music Channel I tune into sometimes, "Soundscapes"-
Thierry David "Rain on Me"
2002 "Journey Within"
Shakatura "Parachute"
Richard Bone "Part Two" from "Vesperia" (2007)
Bruce Kaphan "Back to the Light"
John Serrie "Valley of the Nacoochee" (weird name, great song)
Tangerine Dream "Underwater Twilight" (1986)
Has voices, but I'll mention it anyway for general info. (underappreciated seminal work) : Brain Eno & David Byrne album "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" from back in the 80's. Isn't strictly electronica but has all sorts of odd samples & is a precursor to many subsequent styles.
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marshall
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| I like the group Plaid but I mostly prefer the more melodic sound of hybrid rock/electronica groups. I also like dark ambient. I'm not a huge fan of pure drum-and-bass. |
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