dreamy 70s-ish modern stuff

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Recommend some dreamy 70s-ish stuff that didn't actually come from the 70s. I'm thinking Zero 7's stunning rendition of Johnny Osbourne's Truth And Rights (off their Another Late Night compilation) as a starting point. Any recommendations?

[Why modern stuff?
a) new ideas about sound/production (glitch-dreamy-psych?)
b) more genre mash-up (eg dub influences)
c) distillation (the dreamy stuff without need for the contrasting crazy bits: that's what stops me loving early Genesis, they do beautiful mellow sequences then follow them by jarringly strange/OTT/energetic craziness).]

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Air (duh)
Blue States first album
some Fila Brazillia

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Super Furry Animals, Phantom Power.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The Sleepy Jackson: Lovers
The Polyphonic Spree

― Jay K (Jay K), Thursday, 17 July 2003 08:18 (twenty-two years ago)

madlib! more specifically his various non rap guises: the beat conductor, yesterday's new quintet etc. maybe the stuff he does with dudley perkins? (eg. flowerz) or are you really only after non-vocal stuff?

if vocals are allowed see also: sebastien tellier

― minna (minna), Thursday, 17 July 2003 08:29 (twenty-two years ago)

madlib works on all pts. a/b/c if you want to see this stuff thru a hiphop lens

― minna (minna), Thursday, 17 July 2003 08:30 (twenty-two years ago)

sebastien tellier track recs: 'fantino','kissed by you', 'universe'

― minna (minna), Thursday, 17 July 2003 08:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The Kingsbury Manx -- "Let You Down". Sounds a bit like what might come out if Pink Floyd made "Meddle" today, except without an ounce of pretension (also no 23-minute cuts or singing dogs).

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Thursday, 17 July 2003 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)

i have been searching for music like this, too. fluffy space rock made with modern technology. somewhere between 10cc and force tracks, digital and analog. prog rock without the pretension (ala the previous post). i think the 70s are fast becoming my favorite musical decade. maybe superpitcher fits this bill?

― disco stu (disco stu), Thursday, 17 July 2003 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

if Pink Floyd made "Meddle" today, except without an ounce of pretension

Pretension?

(also no 23-minute cuts or singing dogs).

The only track I like on that album is Echoes :)

I think as a musical decade the 70s has a lot going for it. What I would like to happen more now is for modern bands to dig back into it, pull out all the core bits, brush off all the rubbish (cf Genesis as I mentioned), and polish until they gleam. The Zero 7/Johnny Osbounce thing is right on the marker - the more we see of this the better IMO :)

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

by Osbounce I mean Osbourne of course. Typos on Dvorak are much more interesting than typos on Qwerty :)

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

These are all good, but never quite what I want. Perhaps this is going to be like my search for the 'perfect' German minimal techno record: everyone else gets it ever so slightly wrong so I've given up finding it and am attempting to write it myself :)

To refine what I'm looking for a bit more: little or no vocals, and mellow the way mellow soul is, rather than mellow the way Kruder & Dorfmeister are.

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:23 (twenty-two years ago)

so damian how does ynq not fit yr description? like for instance the ynq cover of 'i am singing' by stevie wonder sounds just like what you seem to be talking about

― minna (minna), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, attempt 2: Poets Of Rhythm, Discern/Define

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Right, having got a hold of some Yesterday's New Quintet it's certainly the shiznit. And also, the Poets of Rhythm stuff is superb.

On further listening, the quiter Super Furry Animals and also the Kingsbury Manx stuff are very nice. Thanks for the recommendations everyone, I'm off to spend more money than I ought. :)

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Friday, 18 July 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I would never have described Poets of Rhythm as 'dreamy'

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 19 July 2003 08:25 (twenty-two years ago)

you'd like Juantrip's Balmy Under the Stormy. very modern production of vintage sounds. has a Syd Barrett-takes control of-Air vibe without directly referencing either.

― summerslastsound (summerslastsound), Saturday, 19 July 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

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