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« on: May 22, 2008, 02:50:09 am »
I like a lot of different, weird music.
BOREDOMS -- A marvelous fusion of tribal drumming and sounds that you'd swear were made by an alien spacecraft traveling through the minds of the gods. "Super Going" from the album "Super ae" is a great song to check out, as is the entirety of the album "Vision Creation Newsun"
the rest are in no particular order
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS -- Thoughtful songs sung by a haunting voice with a backing band of folk musicians. Their albums are recorded in resonant natural spaces, such as a grain silo or an old town hall, creating a rich atmosphere. The songs are all great, with masterful lyrics.
PANDA BEAR -- His "Person Pitch" album is like a lesson in chilling out. A great example of how to use samples so that the end result doesn't sound too sampled. And his heavily reverb'd and multi-tracked beach-boys-esque voice adds to the chill-factor.
YES -- Some of their songs are pretty cheesy but on the whole Yes is a group of remarkable musicians. The compositions are all multi-layered, richly detailed and completely engrossing. Great music to get lost in.
CHRISTOPHER WILLITS -- Collages of sound are made by Willits by slicing up guitar tracks and re-arranging them into sparkling melodies in which the clips of sound where the tracks are cut become tiny flecks of rhythmic percussion. Then he layers on breathy vocals with electric harmonies, smooth syrupy horns and tight drumming to create music that is sugary like candy or silky like milk.
ERIC WHITACRE -- Speaking of electric harmonies, if you want to see Jesus's eyes, go listen to "Lux Aurumque" from the "Cloudburst" album. So many notes are stacked on top of one another in Whitacre's a cappela choral works that each note blends into the next until it is like the sonic equivalent of a sunbeam that can be split into a spectrum of colors. So amazing are these chords that they are commonly referred to as "Whitacre chords".
VALGEIR SIGURDSSON -- Bjork's producer has an album out called "Ekvilibrium" and on it is some amazing music. "Focal Point" has sounds that almost remind you of something you heard once, but most of them sound like the sonic discharges of a machine made out of glass and polished marble. "Equilibrium is Restored", which puts the listener into an immediate state of calm, sounds like a children's toy falling down a set of stairs in an underwater house. "Before Nine" includes some of the most heart-wrenching cello music imaginable, and "Kin" makes you feel both intangible and infinite.
also
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
SHAKTI
THE ACORN
DEERHOOF
BORIS
BRIAN ENO
SIGUR ROS
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
ELVIS COSTELLO
STEVE REICH
THE HARVEY GIRLS
MAPS AND ATLASES
THE PAT METHENY GROUP