the struggle is also p great, hard for me to choose a favorite. both sides of both releases have been spectacular imo
other things i think could go in this thread:
cfcf - b aldrianarpmost if not all of "the laziest river"stellar om sourcealso this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcSlXC99GTo
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link
wow that first Maxxi & Zeus track is great
― van smack, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i kinda have a hard teasing out the 'knew-age' angle on this, like what sounds & structures make something pure moodz rather than chillwave or cosmic or w/e but:
jeffrey rodens seeds of happiness on new albion is p fantastic just small mellow movements the new forma 230 record on specturm spools has a cosmic synth mindfulness maybe the parasails tape?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLLAmmqElzM
anyway i love so much of this stuff or at least stuff that touches on this stuff
― spectrum dudes (Lamp), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE1SJkkCTcI
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oObz1tqLfk
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
WHITE RAINBOW + STAGHARESHHOOOPEEY SHOOP MEGA TUFF HOUSE REMIX
^ this is great btw
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
there is a real band called beach wolf?
― Dominique, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
theres a band called neon beach wolf, apparently
― spectrum dudes (Lamp), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
The guitarist in that band is also in Blackk Cystal Girls
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
a few tracks on the last blues control album could probably be included here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTZeKOK1yCc
kinda have a hard teasing out the 'knew-age' angle on this, like what sounds & structures make something pure moodz rather than chillwave or cosmic or w/e
i guess it's kinda like max was saying, you know it when you hear it? nu-age seems to be crisper, could be aiming for analog or early digital/fairlight, but it would not slather layers of tape distortion on itself like you tend to find in more ambient chillwave stuff. i think there's less difference btwn cosmic and nu-age, but i don't think nu-age really includes foregrounded carpenter-style synth lines while cosmic prob would. cosmic is (like balearic) also less of a genre and more of a descriptor, so spacey new age or minimalist stuff could be cosmic (like steve roach or tomita) but at the same time a dance/boogie track or even some prog can also be cosmic imo. idk i'm obviously no expert but i think it's fun to parse through this stuff
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Was trying to do this myself.
nu-wave I think is really beatless and would never be aimed at a dancefloor, whilst most balearic stuff has its roots in an Ibizan dancefloor.
great essay on Cosmic as a state of mind as it relates to music here
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i think of the knew age stuff as having 'cleaner' synth sounds & tones than chillwave & also less concerned with time & place - its less structured more considered abt ~states of consciousness~ & even more ambient than cosmic, i guess
― spectrum dudes (Lamp), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
it's blurring the line between cosmic (in a schultze, tangerine dream sense) and new age for sure. People used to kind of make a big deal about the distinction, right? These new acts seems like it's nbd
― blank, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
whilst most balearic stuff has its roots in an Ibizan dancefloor
not sure that the 'dancefloor' part is nec true, i think the whole style developed because the djs would play for ppl from sunset to sunrise with a whole lot of warming up and coming down in settings like the beach and cafes and stuff. and a lot of this was straight-up new age/windham hill type music
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
which is why hathcback says he isn't balearic anymore but is actually more balearic than ever ha
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
this is an unhelpful distinction but im pretty sure a big part of this is that balearic is "hip" and new age is not
― max, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://bandcamp.com/files/49/52/495228764-1.jpg
not hip?
― Lamp, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
tbh its hard to tell these days ys.jpg
― max, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
iasos is still around and lives in marin i guess. i think he does more video-art type stuff nowadays, but he still produces crazy stuff like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8aQTYl3uiQ
a friend of mine booked him to play in sf but ended up backing out when he claimed it'd take 2 days of prep to properly set up the show
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wasYNNfnfVE
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
idk i think new age is pretty 'hip'
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
where do you think all those triangles came from
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
but this is probably more true wrt the drone scene or visuals/cover art than music. i guess people aren't really reviving pan flutes and whatnot
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Been listening to a lot of new age stuff recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTmSBmIMTLw
― mmmm, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ShcbFLuzrM&feature=related
― mmmm, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
saw a few sealed Iasos records recently. thought they were just reissues. so he's still putting out stuff?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i found a paul speer record a few weeks ago that i was claiming was the new Transfer Station Blue. found another one recently that's paul speer and david lanz and they do another version of the jam Allegro. it's even more jammin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz0Uqbs0jSg
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
and if i'm any reference to what's hip (heh), pretty much all i've been listening to at home for the past year or 2 is new age
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
The yoga studio I used to go to played this all the time, so I actually bought it (in 2000 or so?) but it has a real new age/space/Tangerine Dream vibehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9cbf4_eO28
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Yoga classes are great for new age music!
― mmmm, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
They are -- it gave me something to do while listening to music/something to listen to while exercising.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 23:00 (thirteen years ago) link
he's putting out dvds for sure. whether or not the music is by him i duno, i think it ranges btwn him and various other dudes (based on his website/youtube portfolio heh). regardless, the aesthetic is still there. and i'd be willing to bet the records were originally private-press or some such thing, in which case the reissue may as well be new
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 31 March 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean you can always ask milton parker about any bay area-related new ageyness
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 31 March 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
iasos also did the video for teengirl fantasy's "cheaters", further cementing his hipness
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 31 March 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
another thought- is anyone out there ripping off global communication? i guess you could make an argument for oneohtrix but it seems like the next logical step
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 31 March 2011 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
there are parts of the twells & christensen release on digitalis that sound like amped up versions of the more plodding & ominous moments in 76:14 although this cld v much just be a connection i made in my head
― Lamp, Thursday, 31 March 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
haha the pedro magina tape on not not fun ('nineteen hundred and eighty-five') is labelled 'new age' in itunes... it doesnt sound v new age tho really
― ban lex pretend (Lamp), Friday, 1 April 2011 02:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i see what you mean abt the twells & christensen but it's a bit of a stretch, i agree about the plodding and ominous part tho, ha. i guess i am getting tired of dark and doooomy takes on ambient and wish people were interested in other textures. which probably is why i like a lot of what's on this thread
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 1 April 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
really liked the pulse emitter tape root strata put out last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM7a3A-hcGk
meditative music 4 is v. good too.
― original bgm, Friday, 1 April 2011 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
^really like this after one listen
the more atmospheric end of seahawks could totally fit here, maybe not the edits but definitely the 'tender abyss' 3" cd-r thing and 'vision quest one'
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 1 April 2011 08:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Sun Araw are pretty similar to the seahawks,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2OxiaPgDI
the whole album keeps the costal drift vibe nicely
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 1 April 2011 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, I think the pulse emitter guy is really coming into his own lately. I read an interview where he said he was taking more of a compositional approach and cutting down on the number of releases to spend more time writing. seems to be working, imo - definitely liked everything I've heard over the last year or so and found prior material to be more of a crap shoot.
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― original bgm, Friday, 1 April 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
^i think emeralds have been taking a similar approach too. i endorse this trend.
to me sun araw sound like a more fleshed-out version of ducktails, which is not a bad thing but they are definitely exploring more chillwave-y sounds. i hadn't heard the older stuff but that track is almost on some sunburned hand of the man shit... not sure i hear seahawks per se but i can get down
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 1 April 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
michael hedges used to refer to his music as New Edge. feeling it as a genre descriptor. recently picked up his Breakfast in the Fields album (on windham hill). it's pretty great.
― jaxon, Monday, 11 April 2011 06:20 (thirteen years ago) link
re: Windham Hill:
Lonely guy just thinking baout things
― Oink Administrator (gr8080), Monday, 11 April 2011 06:23 (thirteen years ago) link
this is 'urgent and key' as they used to say in ILM olden daze. brain massage !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k_PKA2aG80
btw on a slight tanj but Conrad Schnitzler's Ballet Statique just got reissued, totally essential
dunno if its new age though
i guess by new age some people mean Berlin school Gottsching/Schulze type stuff and others mean a more organic sounding Steve Tibbetts kinda thing ?
― ur reading from a season in hell but u don't know what it's abt (missingNO), Monday, 11 April 2011 06:54 (thirteen years ago) link
this isn't 'knew' but i've been digging Woo quite a bit lately. new age meets 80s indie, i guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHQwrKRedAc
― ur reading from a season in hell but u don't know what it's abt (missingNO), Monday, 11 April 2011 06:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Initially describing themselves as alternative, indie rock, lofi jazz, synth & nostalgic acoustic guitar music, Woo eventually shifted to albums described as ambient, new age, spiritual, angelic, instrumental music for meditation, relaxation & healing.
― ur reading from a season in hell but u don't know what it's abt (missingNO), Monday, 11 April 2011 07:09 (thirteen years ago) link
'Roehampton by day' is my jam! So lush, thanks for that!
― Future Debts Collector (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 11 April 2011 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/znaki-fm/forma-forma-230
mentioned upthread but... loven this
― S C R æ M (Lamp), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 07:38 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry it's a double EP
― the late great, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
Nice
― calstars, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
severely underutilized thread, i should post more stuff here
― brimstead, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
Same, this is great stuff
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
So this is not new music, but a friend recently posted this on FB; I only knew Luís Cília as a protest song folkie, so was surprised to discover he did ambient like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZNIdxg0VQk
That in turn lead me to this playlist:
https://playmoss.com/en/david-mas/playlist/lusofonias
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 24 March 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
this is a great playlist, thanks for posting
― ogmor, Monday, 26 March 2018 09:01 (six years ago) link
Welcome! Excited by the (very remote) possibility that the next digger target might be a country where I have a head start :)
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 26 March 2018 10:51 (six years ago) link
That Vakula album/double EP really is incredible.
― toby, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
thank you and for gods sake how is everyone else not completely losing their minds over it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r50dBMjhqvU&feature=youtu.be
― the late great, Thursday, 29 March 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmUE3TkW8AAA2s5.jpg
― calzino, Sunday, 1 April 2018 12:54 (six years ago) link
wrong thread obv!
That excerpt is definitley harshing my buzz :(
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 1 April 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
not quite in the chilled out kosmische spirit of the new Vakula ep, for sure.
― calzino, Sunday, 1 April 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
Don't think I've heard one of his albums since The Soft Wave but the new Arp record is great and probably a fit for this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ymaQyKYlEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i07c7uR9pMc
― groovypanda, Friday, 29 June 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/37JQEtmiM3wMQs2JVm7qvR?si=QL9FWftCRrOgMwz_8Opmkg
― calstars, Friday, 29 June 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
New Eleventeen Eston lp (on Growing Bin) is sounding great on first listen. I really dug Delta Horizon and "Indian Blue" is like the ultimate hazey smooth smoked out underwater balearic basement demo. Must revisit the Wilson/Tanner disc at some point..
― brimstead, Sunday, 1 July 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
Never heard Delta Horizon but it’s sounding great, thanks for the recommendation B. This is what makes ilx great
― calstars, Monday, 2 July 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
beverly glenn-copeland
― flopson, Monday, 2 July 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link
that Eleventeen Eston is really special
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 09:41 (five years ago) link
Something about the production I guess has an Ariel pink flavor to me
― calstars, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
the back cover is kind of hilarious.. he lists some "instruments" he plays on it but i think they're all model numbers of assorted fishing gear???
― brimstead, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
I’m a huge fan of benedek in general, this is pretty blissed outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORldCGNHFiI
― brimstead, Monday, 21 December 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link