Mimir 1 sounds beautiful too - i'll have to investigate this scene. i've lumped Sunburned generically under the "new weird America" stuff that i haven't been too impressed with - even skipped the record they did with Circle - but the Wantastiquet thing sounds pretty nice actually... i bet he's had a listen to the Langhorne record!
that Langhorne was a real revelation though - sparse palette, but exactly the right colours. i'd say it's up there with Jack Nitzsche (btw "Cutter's Way" = another amazing soundtrack - and WAY overdue on disc... someone should do a compilation of his soundtracks)
― random brainwave, Saturday, 25 May 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, don't confuse Mimir with Mirror. The latter albums are drone-based. I've a couple of their discs but admit that I rarely listen to them.
― doug watson, Saturday, 25 May 2013 12:02 (ten years ago) link
Possibly "Meditation Mass" by Yatha Sidra? I've got it but I haven't played it much 'cos I didn't like it. Sure there are other Krautrock albums that fit the bill.
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 May 2013 12:23 (ten years ago) link
it's been ages since i heard "Meditation Mass" but i seem to remember it was more in an Ash Ra Tempel / Kosmische vein... probably too repetitious. probably too hippie also, i think i'm looking for something a bit more, um, disciplined
you know i think the thing that bugs me most with Tape (still haven't had time to listen to Rideau, but the other stuff) and a lot of other contemporary stuff is that, even though you have all these beautiful sounds and clever electronics and whatever, the music itself tends to be harmonically quite facile, and it gets very predictable after a while.
― random brainwave, Saturday, 25 May 2013 12:46 (ten years ago) link
...so i guess what i'm trying to say is that even though i love some of this spaced-out psychedelic stuff as well, i'm currently looking for some stuff by people who could actually write music - hence the "Hergest Ridge" / "Visitor" starting point
is "Mimyriad" drone-based or more like that "Mimir 3" clip?
― random brainwave, Saturday, 25 May 2013 12:52 (ten years ago) link
As far as the jazzier side of things, how about Marion Brown? Albums like Afternoon of Georgia Fawn, Geechee Recollections and Porto Novo might be good to try.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 25 May 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
More like Mimir 3. It's also my favourite of the three.
― doug watson, Saturday, 25 May 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link
omg the cutter's way sdtrk... would love to own a copy of that.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 25 May 2013 16:30 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD10U8aOsoQ
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 25 May 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
not instrumental but v. similar to an o'rourky / vdp / thing is *brace yrselves* gorky's zygotic mynci roundabout fingers were xylophones / barafundle / spanish dance troupe / amber gambler period. warm woolly mushroomsy folk w/ viola, piano, strumming & euros childs hiccuppy welsh & welsh accented english vocals, sounds appealingly naive, next to a lot of similar stuff coming from the *see what i did here* angle. instrumental & definitely fitting the bill here are scott tuma's solo records most notably "hard again" & "the river 1 2 3 4" wheezing pump organ & old time churchy guitar twang cominatcha fractally. they're not 20 min suites but they are pretty darn neat-o
― massaman gai, Saturday, 25 May 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
Marion Brown is someone i've been meaning to check out for a long time, esp. "Georgia Faun" - i doubt it's what i'm after in this thread, but i'm sure it'll be right up my alley for what it is. he's worked with Harold Budd too, which is certainly not a bad thing! (Brown plays on "Pavilion of Dreams" and Budd returns the favour on Brown's "Vista")
― random brainwave, Saturday, 25 May 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
right, thanks - listened to Gorky's fleetingly around the turn of the century, might catch up with them when i'm in the mood. their arrangements sure are pretty nice. haven't heard Tuma's solo stuff - only know the Souled American records very superficially - sampling "Hard Again" now, sounds like a logical extension of those last records - have to give it a spin
jesus, i've listened to so many bits and snippets of interesting to good to great music that i geel i've been subsisting on some crazy ass avant-garde chef's taster menu for two days :D have to listen to a proper album soon to stay sane
― random brainwave, Saturday, 25 May 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
whoops, geel = feel
i did listen to the Chico Mello LP that willem mentioned upthread - would definitely recommend it for all fans of minimalism. it goes to all different sorts of places after that first track - there's more samples on SoundCloud
― random brainwave, Saturday, 25 May 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
this album is wonderful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtW4QE-FenQ
― scott seward, Saturday, 25 May 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
the Picchio dal Pozzo reminded me that i have a bunch of these italian things i've never got round to like Luciano Cilio, Franco Leprino, Alvin Curran...
somehow i have the feeling that when (if) i find something that corresponds to my mental image it's going to be something so totally obvious that i haven't even thought of looking... sorta what happened with the Oldfield
― random brainwave, Saturday, 25 May 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
Had never heard of Ramases until today but I've been listening to Space Hymns and I'm tempted by the 6cd set that just came out. Anyone heard it? Is the other stuff anywhere close to as good?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
Can anyone recommend me more stuff in the ECM-meets-Americana vein similar to Ballrogg? I'm totally open to Rypdal or Michael Hedges or Ackerman albums if that's what it takes. I love Frisell, but I hate the way his records sound (I guess this is Hal Willner's fault? Everything sounds like the guitar is going straight into the board or something). Anyway, I really love the sort of country-inspired chamber-jazz Ballrogg has going on on that one album with Ivar Grydeland (the previous Balrogg albums without Grydeland didn't knock me out so much), and I realize it's a pretty singular sound, but there has to be some other precedent (besides Frisell, I mean). Is there, like, a Town & County album I should hear?
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 03:42 (nine years ago) link
Also, anyone ever hear any of Ivar Grydeland's albums as a leader?
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link
if you don't like frisell's tone i dunno how you'll feel about hedges
i really like the 2009 album Disfarmer by Frisell
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, I love Disfarmer. It's my favorite alongside Good Dog, Happy Man and Ghost Town. My wife is a Frisell nut so I'm well acquainted with a lot of his discography. I love his playing, I just don't like the way his records sound.
Oh, I also like the really Oregon stuff, if that helps.
And the only Hedges I know is Aerial Boundaries and I like it OK.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
Maybe John Fahey's The Yellow Princess, or has that been mentioned? Check James Blackshaw, incl his latest, Fantomas.
― dow, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Kikagaku Moyo a current Japanese band are doing interesting things with raga meets rock, just got their Mammatus Clouds set and am just getting into it. got a 29 minute track, a 16 minute one and a much shorter one.
Peter Walker has been pretty great on the couple of cds I have of him, Rainy Day Raga and the 1970 Tapes.
Pelt were interesting, though maybe that's too droney for you. & I really like Greek soundtrack music though I need to investigate much further
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
I love The Visitor and Hergest Ridge. Will bookmark this thread.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 00:46 (nine years ago) link
the new Alexander Turnquist is great, almost touches on...gosh like modern classical dudes like Max Richter
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
I've been meaning to check out Town & Country actually, it maybe had both Vidas in it? Some of the Boxhead Ensemble stuff may fit this bill, but there are quite a few records/incarnations and I get them mixed up. Lots of Frisell-ish/Americana sounding guitars though.
― grandavis, Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
Definitely a lot of good players that passed through the Boxhead Ensemble too. Scott Tuma, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Charles Kim, Mick Turner, Jim White, tons of others.
― grandavis, Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
http://ironmountain.bandcamp.com These guys from my hometown just released an album that is kicking my ass. Sounds like a lost seventies classic. Psychprogkraut vibes with incredible use of uilleann pipes and flute mixed in with the guitars. It really deserves to be heard by more people
― Black Arkestra, Thursday, 5 March 2015 00:56 (nine years ago) link
ok i'm interested
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 15 March 2015 04:02 (nine years ago) link