There's no Rolling Classical thread at the moment
And it is too good for the Boomkat thread
But Daniel Bjarnason quietly put out a record last year, last September. I saw a concert in Reykjavik that included a couple of works represented here and it was quite simply the most successful new music premiere I've ever attended. The "free-to-listen" track here is representative. Amazing amazing string writing, this guy is my young favourite composer.
http://danielbjarnason.bandcamp.com/album/over-light-earth
― the most important comma of all time (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 6 February 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
it sounds like jerry goldsmith
― massaman gai, Thursday, 6 February 2014 15:21 (ten years ago) link
We have Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack to "Alien" to prepare everyone's ears for a whole world of dissonant symphonic music
― the most important comma of all time (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 6 February 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
:0
https://soundcloud.com/benfrost/ben-frost-venter
― Number None, Sunday, 23 March 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
I'm liking Ben Frost, as far as I've listened (thanks to this thread), though maybe it all goes down a little too easily. Or is that my atrophied attention? I don't even remember noticing his name before.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 24 March 2014 03:27 (ten years ago) link
"Too good for the Boomkat thread" < made me chuckle.
― djh, Monday, 24 March 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
New track is awesome.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 12:52 (ten years ago) link
The 4-minute mark on "Venter" might be my favorite musical moment so far this year.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Sunday, 30 March 2014 05:59 (ten years ago) link
That Frost & Bjarnsson Solaris thing is quite special; highly recommend giving it a listen
Is Oneohtrix too obvious to be recommended here?
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Sunday, 30 March 2014 06:10 (ten years ago) link
oneohtrix is good, though
― massaman gai, Sunday, 30 March 2014 10:31 (ten years ago) link
New album sounds pretty great.
― crowhurst, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thewire.co.uk/img/scale/460/561/2014/05/13/460x561xcover364.jpg.pagespeed.ic.w2gU-T4ub5.jpg
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Good to see that the WIRE have finally persuaded Vincent Van Goch to do one last interview.
― Doran, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
This thread begins and ends with The Wire.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/9406-ben-frost/
Ben Frost big NBA fan.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 19 May 2014 12:00 (ten years ago) link
that Wire cover and this Crack cover are like the yin and yang of hairy electronic dudes
http://image.issuu.com/140506151706-4523788dc6268f606b391963c2ea1954/jpg/page_1_thumb_large.jpg
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 19 May 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
I like this record but the really high pitched sounds keep making me think I left an old CRT television on mute somewhere.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/advance/447-a-u-r-o-r-a/ dude is the like superchunk of cinematic dronesplosion noise in that he does a very obvious thing very well, i'm into it, but will this one have a rad wolf on the cover
― adam, Thursday, 22 May 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
this V A R I A N T EP is pretty cool
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
still embarrassed that I pretty much missed Ben Frost's whole set at a festival due to time constraints
but he's going to be in Iowa City in April!!
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
iglu ferrignu post upthread is hilarious -- the one time i listened to this dude the "aggressiveness" of it just felt rote to me
― (曇り) (clouds), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
I still rate the quality of this guy's sound design, but there's a few moments on AURORA where these big synths lines come in and it feels like he's channeling Scooter
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
yeah, check the remix ep
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Have previously dismissed him as a bit ... melodramatic/unlistenable ... but he really works on the "Fortitude" TV series.
― djh, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:48 (eight years ago) link
Sound track seemingly being released tomorrow:
https://boomkat.com/products/music-from-fortitude
― djh, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
New EP is good, but the forthcoming album is even better...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 August 2017 04:20 (six years ago) link
Why would this be considered as anything other than awesome?
― angelo irishagreementi (ledge), Thursday, 10 August 2017 08:06 (six years ago) link
I've been putting off listening to the EP because it sounds so great in concept I just want to devote time to listening to it without distractions very loudly at home!
― mh, Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
thank you for album Ben Frost
― mh, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
Indeed!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
I feel like these track titles have kind of a homage/parody theme?
― mh, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
"Eurydice's Heel" --> shoulder of Orion? blade runner-esque music?
"A Single Hellfire Missle.." -> hmm who has track titles like that
― mh, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link