millie & andrea is double-whammy on the old men taking female names thing. but i look forward to the results of that anyhow
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
somewhat predictably, the new kangding ray is a really strong record and sounds *fantastic*
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
part of me wants to like the new white rainbow (i'm sure it's good!) but another part of me thinks forkner is sort of a dick who wants to ride the avant-techno bandwagon while having little interest in - and based on coversations, even some condescension towards - house/techno culture. like none of this matters even slightly for home listening purposes but in the context of the portland scene where he came from he's pretty late to this game and has done very little to play shows/throw parties/contribute to what's going on now
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, February 24, 2014 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know much about White Rainbow as a person. I saw a YouTube interview with him years back where Pauly Shore randomly invaded the interview, and Forkner looked (like, what he was wearing) sillier than Pauly Shore ever did. Also there was an article going around the other day that was Forkner giving a rundown of his myriad Bandcamp releases of the last four years (like 20 albums or something)--his attitude was very "I don't give a fuck about people who like my stuff."
But, whatever. I don't want to hang out with him. I do like the new album. And at least one of his bandcamp albums, Lays the Boogie Down, mines similar territory and is at least a couple of years old. There's a song on there called "Captain Sandwich Patrol" which I think is totally fantastic.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
^ this is sorta what i was trying to get at, the whole "idgaf about peple who like my stuff" thing is probably the best way to summarize all this. anyway i checked out the record and it's not really my thing, definitely fits into the whole ratatat/audio dregs lineage of indie-friendly electro (REALLY far from avant techno actually!)
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I wouldn't call it avant-techno either. But as far as I can tell this thread most closely resembles a genre I like to call "the kind of electronic music I'm into," hence I brought it up here.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
It's from last year, but I just acquired Recondite's Hinterland, and there's some really beautiful, soft sad techno there. Minimal and breezy, but no microhouse/dub techno cliches. I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on what this dude does next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBCVFby96U
― Tuomas, Thursday, 27 February 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
^ i listened to and enjoyed that last year but kinda forgot about it, really good stuff though
he has his own thread but in case you're not paying attn to it: the new kassem mosse record (workshop 19) is fantastic
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 27 February 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Really enjoying the new Karen Gwyer EP
Finally got round to hearing this. Loved the album from last year, but this feels like she's pushing her game further still. Great stuff!
― eardrum buzz aldrin (NickB), Friday, 28 February 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRmgKLeAJ4
― eardrum buzz aldrin (NickB), Friday, 28 February 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
mmmmmm
https://soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/sd-laika-meshes-1
https://soundcloud.com/evianchrist/waterfall
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 28 February 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
i'm a big ricardo donoso fan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mslrrSBl9GY
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 28 February 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
That Recondite album was a real pleasure during winter.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 1 March 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
Been enjoying Dusty Kid's III quite a lot during long distance runs
― Tim Heckler (willem), Monday, 3 March 2014 10:09 (ten years ago) link
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, February 25, 2014 6:48 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 13 March 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
That new Hauschka album Abandoned City is rather lovely, don't listen to a word of that cloth-eared pitchfork review, it is a really fine album.
― xelab, Sunday, 23 March 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
Ukkonen has a new two-song EP, Aika, which is nice.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 23 March 2014 15:29 (ten years ago) link
Hugely divided reviews in EU, too! And so good!
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 23 March 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
Yeah the Hauschka record is gorgeous. I was listening to it earlier today and trying to work out how much of it was made from one prepared piano.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 23 March 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
That stuff is begging to be used as soundtrack fodder. I like it.
― brains hangin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 24 March 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
don't listen to a word of that cloth-eared pitchfork review
do i even want to know what they said
yeah, still loving the hauschka album
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 March 2014 10:13 (ten years ago) link
francis harris's minutes of sleep is incredible
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=14535
had no idea of back story til after i listened to it - discovered it via the sprinkles remix
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 07:15 (ten years ago) link
Listening to the Francis Harris now - yeah, it's good.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
Never did hear the Segue album from last year but the new one sounds good on first listen in a music-to-drift-off-to sorta way.
Enjoyed the Downliners Sekt too. Starts off sounding pretty Burial-ish with all the disembodied mumbly ghost voices, but it's rich in detail and a good taut piece of work throughout so will probably give it a few plays yet.
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
Also I know that 12k seemingly turn out a big bunch of great ambient records every year, but the new Illuha is fabulous, a really nice mix of delicate drifting beatless electronica and intimately recorded small sounds.
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
the sample is nice
http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/akari/
clicky, with sort of some vibes or something
― j., Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
thanks for the recommendation, I def got burned out on their release schedule a while ago
― sleeve, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
it's on spotify if you wanna give it a whizz:http://open.spotify.com/album/3iBghqTXGb4wCJHOL3u1Iu
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
Oh Segue have a new album, you should check out the last one Nick it is one the best dub techno albums of recent years.
― xelab, Wednesday, 9 April 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
was actually quite difficult to hear the thing when it came out iirc, but yeah i shd definitely rectify that now
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
thanks pgwp for the Karen Gwyer recommendation
― ugh (lukas), Monday, 14 April 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
New Martyn and new Lone both out today
― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 16 June 2014 09:09 (ten years ago) link
Don't sleep on me ol' mate Sully's new EP either :-)
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Monday, 16 June 2014 11:14 (ten years ago) link
Abdulla Rashim's album is some nice no-nonsense tech too.
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Monday, 16 June 2014 11:15 (ten years ago) link
i don't know if this should be in the house/techno thread or on some grime thread but i'm loving these and they go well together:
Tessela
Poolboy92
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
This is on the bobbins thread, but many of you would probably enjoy the Answer Code Request album. Pretty straightforward, really satisfying breakbeat techno.
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
I was doing an ok job of keeping up with this music in the early part of the year but have fallen off. Anyone have any recommendations?
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 10 August 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Answer Code Request!
― ed.b, Sunday, 10 August 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
really? i thought ACR was pretty disappointing.
― the late great, Sunday, 10 August 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Enjoying this Karen Gwyer live set
http://boilerroom.tv/recording/karen-gwyer/
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, I was at that. Really good music for wandering around a church to, probably great for doing other things too.
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Friday, 15 August 2014 01:35 (nine years ago) link
anyone heard the MOIRE album yet?
― the late great, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 02:43 (nine years ago) link
Not strictly techno but the new Vessel album is very cool
― Number None, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 08:20 (nine years ago) link
i'm into the moiré album! giving me galcher lustwerk vibes plus a bit of "what if things actually happened on an actress album"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 08:40 (nine years ago) link
Loving the Call Super album
― maarten, Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
enjoying the MonoInput album from 2012. a lot. has the same impact the Forward Strategy Group album had on me - a kind of Cold War vibe, the romanticism of concrete in winter and numbers stations. feels like it was written twenty years ago or more, but sounds surprisingly fresh for all that.
― ugh (lukas), Friday, 22 August 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Spotify keeps trying to get me to listen to MonoInput
― brimstead, Friday, 22 August 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
wondering at the similarities between MOIRE and BNJMN
― the late great, Friday, 22 August 2014 03:51 (nine years ago) link
thumbs up on the Ital album
itching to hear the new Roman Flugel, if it's anywhere near as good as Fatty Folders it'll be a treat
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
it's... good. some very nice tracks. gorgeous and a little showboat-y, maybe a little overstuffed. i don't know, i haven't totally warmed to it for whatever reasons, don't mean to be a downer, it is definitely a lovely listen. the opening track is such a neu! pastiche though, lol, with nothing neu! to add, would rather listen to neu! tbh.
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
i have my gripes but i think it's satisfying as a roman flugel album.
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link