Give me some electronica that I should try and get started with??
― meister, Friday, 31 December 2004 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ganbare Goemon (ex machina), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:06 (nineteen years ago) link
(From Fennesz, try "Transit," the Sylvian collaboration.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 31 December 2004 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:54 (nineteen years ago) link
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― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Friday, 31 December 2004 04:59 (nineteen years ago) link
i'm being slightly cantankerous, of course, but i also kinda mean it.
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:01 (nineteen years ago) link
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― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I wouldn't stick someone with Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz" if they weren't too familiar with jazz, either, I'd play them Louis Armstrong or something. I wouldn't say "if you're not predisposed to liking the sound of eight guys squawking randomly, what's the point?"
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 05:16 (nineteen years ago) link
as far as genres go...basically theare are all these fancy connections between them so I find that buying records released this year from a genre and going back isn't so bad, as developments on one genre which you haven't heard are easier to take in bcz they are paralleled in a genre which you have.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 31 December 2004 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ki, Friday, 31 December 2004 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 December 2004 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
As for Fennesz and Drumm, one thing to keep in mind is that some of us like the sound of radio static. Also, if you listen closely, you might start to notice how the sounds (which may just sound like aimless noise initially) are shaped and combined. And you might start to notice that there often still are melodies and rhythms; they're just not as obvious as in more pop-oriented stuff.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 31 December 2004 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― jenn Kane (satellitesynth), Friday, 31 December 2004 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 31 December 2004 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― a, Friday, 31 December 2004 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
This is the crux of the matter, Meister. There really is no accounting for taste. If you can find little of worth in the recordings of Fennesz and his ilk, just move on. It's not your bag, but there's plenty of other stuff that will be.Try Orbital (the Insides album is their best), BT or Underworld. Kraftwerk are wonderful, Tangerine Dream had their moments, and going back even further in time, I recommend T.O.N.T.O.'s Expanding Headband and Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.
― Palomino (Palomino), Friday, 31 December 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
I'd say both are equally excellent but the way "Transit" functions both as a conventional song (in terms of verse/chorus structuring) and a superb arrangement of noise/static/feedback gives it the edge for me. Also, I heard that one first. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 31 December 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
"Transit" functions both as a conventional song (in terms of verse/chorus structuring) and a superb arrangement of noise/static/feedback gives it the edge
that probably stems from the way they were assembled: 'fire in the forest' = song first, arrangement second, 'transit' = a song written to fit an arrangement.
― a, Friday, 31 December 2004 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNXEOSV6T0o
― coffee table, "serious" noodling (brimstead), Sunday, 16 October 2016 06:39 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for that. Going to buy that album because of you.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 23 October 2016 04:11 (seven years ago) link