rolling twenty-something RYM/internet stuff like hyperpop, hypnagogic pop, hexD, vaporwave, dungeon synth, cloud rap, nightcore, black midi, future funk, dariacore, seapunk, blown out anime voices, br

it's kinda british Dirty Beaches sounding ... or, something from that Ariel Pink diaspora ... agree with table ... it's pleasant enough but doesn't really grab me

then again i'm almost 50 lol

honestly tbrr this thread is more interesting to me than Whiney's thread, because on that thread is all stuff that my IRL friends post about / like whereas this is like stuff i would not be exposed to otherwise (some for good reason lol but still)

why is hypnagogic pop in this thread title? everything else is consistent with a contemporary vibe ... that one is the outlier

― sarahell, Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:33 PM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

cloud rap, seapunk are at most a year after hypnagogic pop. vaporwave is at least a decade old too

first mention of hypnagogic pop on ilx is this thread by pfunkyboy in july 2009 about a wire cover story

first mention of cloud rap on ilx is me in the 2012 rolling rap thread in feb 2011. however, Lil B - I'm God produced by Clams Casino came out in 2009 and noz had a piece about it around 2010

first mention of sea punk on ilx is this thread from jan 2012 https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=3197497&boardid=52&threadid=90812 which declares it "old news" in the first post

first mention of vaporwave on ilx is this thread from november 2012 vaporwave and deriative products

i agree that hypnagogic pop sounds more dated, though. maybe because no one aside from music critics ever used it? or 2009-10 is a cultural inflection point where microgenres on either side even if separated by months or a year can much more contemporary/dated?

hey flopson! ... could be some point in my personal timeline when i stopped paying attention or my relationship to contemporary music changed? ... before I turned 35 ... which reminds me of that haunting post by Lamp about hipsters and how if you are a hipster and 35+ you have to have serious substance abuse issues

but hey, sorry for text, keep posting music

one of the last shows i booked before i took a break from that work was Lil B fwiw

oh hello flopson, your presence here reminds me that Blanche Blanche Blanche have a new one out too (albeit a live album where their existing content is reworked)

https://laloi.bandcamp.com/album/fiscal-remote-distilled

haven't heard yet but will listen later

hi guys :)

that haunting post by Lamp about hipsters and how if you are a hipster and 35+ you have to have serious substance abuse issues

lmao

my contribution to this thread is that the first 3 tonstartssbandht lps are being reissued. one of the formative bands of that era for me. new vid for the 2009 classic '5 FT 7'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGIgcVbs-S8

very good cat ... also DIY venue building interiors ... really my two favorite things rn

new dds track is p fun
https://deathsdynamicshroud.bandcamp.com/track/judgment-bolt

― nxd, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 4:32 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

Hell yeah, really looking forward to this album. They also stand out among the vaporwave milieu for doing really spectacular live sets. I saw them at Electronicon in 2019 and I remember their set feeling a notch above most of the other acts that day, or at least more pro/polished in comparison.

oh hello flopson, your presence here reminds me that Blanche Blanche Blanche have a new one out too (albeit a live album where their existing content is reworked)

https://laloi.bandcamp.com/album/fiscal-remote-distilled

― imago, Monday, March 14, 2022 2:08 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Amazing. It actually looks like a situation where the live arrangements of older songs were recorded "live in the studio" rather than in concert.

Speaking of, I'm still wrapping my head around all the 2021 releases by Zach Phillips-helmed projects, each one an avant-prog-pop masterpiece of a different flavor:

Zach Phillips - Feed A Pigeon, Breed A Rat (imaginary radio revue with a different guest vocalist on each song)
Blanche Blanche Blanche - Seashells (great, super-overlooked "comeback" from these legends. Musically probably their mellowest, but still absolutely unhinged with some of the funniest lyrics I've ever heard)
Fievel Is Glauque - God's Trashmen Sent to Right the Mess (ZP + vocalist Ma Clément and a rotating cast of backup players, addictive proggy jazz-pop miniatures. Seems to be the most popular of these albums by far--currently 1,880 ratings on RYM vs. less than 500 combined for the other three)
Perfect Angels - Exit From the Ultra-World (ZP + Olia Eichenbaum on vox, bossanova/easy-listening aesthetic so probably the most accessible of the bunch, but the writing is still in how-many-chords-and-time-changes-can-I-fit-in-a-two-minute-pop-song mode. Beautiful cover of Karin Krog's "The Meaning of Love")

Anyone else dig these? I just think it's a stunning achievement to have dropped all four of these albums in a single year. It's weird, complex yet hooky ADHD pop that I find endlessly replayable.

I've been wondering what Utopian Virtual is, but not curious enough to check it out
I just assume all those genres justify people who can't write a song that can be played in public but are good with names for bedroom sonic experimentation
It's like a parallel industry at this point: "outsider house", stuff marketed for 2.0 Internet, with limited to no crossover or legacy
I remember early PC Music, Maint Attrakionz, Lil B, and the insane efforts at making them idols and canonizing, I guess it worked to some extent

utopian virtual is making sure you check out whatever fire-toolz is up to

had no idea zach phillips was so prolific last year, have only heard the FIG album! a lot to visit...

Yeah I think Nonlocal Forecast (Fire-Toolz/Angel Marcloid project) is like the ultimate realization of whatever "Utopian Virtual" is (basically Ferraro Far Side Virtual-core)

Re: Zach Phillips If you like the Fievel album you're sure to appreciate the other three from 2021. I'd start with the solo album, which covers the most stylistic ground.

https://urradioangel.bandcamp.com/album/radioactive-boss-baby (stabscotch sideproject while we wait for Prison Jar; is a BLAST)

This is rad but i believe i was promised pokemon itt

having fun listening to 'Feed A Pigeon, Breed A Rat' this morning, cheers for the recs

new release from the authorship of my favourite album of 2017

https://haord.bandcamp.com/album/real-gems-for-little-jewels

some recent stuff i've enjoyed (apols if linked elsewhere)

https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/album/armed-to-the-teeth-l-m-o-m-m
not your usual hausu release, but to the same high quality

https://fennecsound.com/album/a-couple-of-good-days
a really strange party album

can't find it on bandcamp but this is a little wiggly delight: https://www.discogs.com/release/21891046-Silicon-Scally-Field-Lines

New Fievel Is Glauque EP, sounding mighty fine four songs in. Higher-fi than the full-length + Wings cover!

https://laloi.bandcamp.com/album/a-rodynes-ep

^^ liking that a lot

not sure which genre in the thread title this fits in, maybe dariacore?

the submissives - chirp like a bird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC3MsXF9D7G

Any thoughts on the new Bladee/Ecco2k album Crest? I'm loving it--ethereal electro-dream-pop sprinkled with a truckload of aural fairy dust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUatbsdnDYA

I feel like I've seen Bladee/Drain Gang get some hate around these parts, but I've been pretty deep into the stuff for a minute. For me the weakest part of their music is the limited-range singsong nature of the melodies, but there's something I find really moving and engaging about the aesthetic in general. Bladee's EXETER is a good place to start if you're unfamiliar--gorgeous minimal production, super concise.

bladee is a guy whose creativity i respect but whose, for lack of a better term, wimpy-ass vocals make it hard for me to listen for extended periods. i did dig 2020's 333 album a bit, and i'm a massive fan of drain gang producer gud's output in general.

the above song isn't really speaking to me, i'm afraid.

Yeah I feel you, his vocals are definitely love-it-or-hate-it. EXETER is an all-Gud production, which might be why it stands out above most of his other stuff for me.

enjoyed it but much prefer the ecco stuff I've heard before

i really liked gud's collab ep with rx papi from last year and wish he'd work outside the drain gang a bit more often

Hadn't heard that Rx Papi/Gud ep, checking it out now. Contrast of aggro bars + chill ethereal beats is amazing. Thanks for the rec

Fievel shows: 3/31 Brooklyn // 4/1 Brattleboro VT pic.twitter.com/HSfkArbEJf

— zach phillips (@fievelisglauque) March 25, 2022

Very glad I noticed Fievel Is Glauque playing tomorrow night 3/31 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The venue address is by request, was able to get it from Zach Phillips. If you're around and want to go you can webmail me for it or reach out to Zach directly

Sorry to clog up the thread with so much ZP content, just think he's doing great things these days lol

Ohhh the new Fievel Is Glauque EP is indeed a delight!!

any chat about the vitesse x album?
90s beat x ethereal vocals

ZP is also a poet, this was just released: https://www.gauss-pdf.com/post/678701135391014912/gpdf298gpdfe055-zach-phillips-human-light

^HIS MIND

New Death's Dynamic Shroud is very pop. Not sure if it's James or Tech singing, but it's pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUUF9kyztI

Aaaaahhh they're moving onto PHASE TWO

ooh that's pretty good, looking forward to more where that came from

yeh really dig this

love this new Brainwaltzera album

https://brainwaltzera.bandcamp.com/album/itsame

https://soundcloud.com/dranon_23/day-break-prod-e5

This is interesting to moi, maybe the rest of you here:
https://kahomatsui.bandcamp.com/album/boywife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzF2VHaFKg0

hey flopson! ... could be some point in my personal timeline when i stopped paying attention or my relationship to contemporary music changed? ... before I turned 35 ... which reminds me of that haunting post by Lamp about hipsters and how if you are a hipster and 35+ you have to have serious substance abuse issues

― sarahell

for the record it doesn't _have_ to be serious substance abuse issues, it just has to be something that fucks you up really really bad for a very long period of time.

beep beep

beep beep https://t.co/CouXfqMgVq

— neggy gemmy (@NeggyGemmy) May 25, 2022

That's fun, but mostly in the late-90s nostalgia sense— I understand the appeal, obviously, but it's not doing enough that's different to really stand out for me.

any chat about the vitesse x album?
90s beat x ethereal vocals

― nxd, Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:13 (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

been listening to this all morning, tremendous record imo, lovely dreamy vapourrave

It's kind of what I wanted from the last CFCF album

https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/phantasm

Underwater calm, sunlight streaming in from above

New Neggy Gemmy is fun but not on the level of her best stuff (e.g. "Bad Baby," "You Never Knew," "You Weren't There Anymore"... Still have high hopes for the album tho

the Vitesse X album is pretty dope, maybe it doesn't quite live up to its best moments (especially the first track which is just a total dream) but I think it does a great job capturing the vibe of a certain era without sounding like a straight throwback

re: Neggy Gemmy, I really do not like the name change but she's on a similar level. a bit darker and edgier perhaps. I'll always love her for sampling Tim & Eric's "Raz" on "No Rum"

speaking of Death's Dynamic Shroud I just started listening to their live album and it's super good. kinda distills everything great about them. been enjoying some of the recent stuff too (Faith in Persona & Transcendence Bot), I think the new one is gonna rule

Oh yeah Live From Japan is amazing. Especially track 5, the one that samples/vaporizes Taeko Ohnuki

This was a cool dds live set too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysptCu15Itg

finding it rather underwhelming

i guess she hasn’t changed much about her strategy then

claire rousay album sounds like lil peep

it's pretty bad imo

https://nightcoverage.bandcamp.com/track/--197

Deep in the slush

you can buy that entire label's discography— 109 releases— for 50 cents. insane.

https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-lost-promises-of-hyperpoptimism/

The Lost promises of hyperpop by Kieran Press-Reynolds

claire rousay album sounds like lil peep

― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, May 27, 2024 2:47 PM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's pretty bad imo

― imago, Monday, May 27, 2024 4:10 PM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink

i disagree even though when i listen to it i feel like i shouldn't be

Anyone heard DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ

enjoying this from aja ireland

https://infinitemachine.bandcamp.com/album/cryptid

"rym/internet stuff"
I still have to find interesting things in that regard. Most of that music is self promoted?

"rym/internet stuff"
I still have to find interesting things in that regard. Most of that music is self promoted?

the Vitesse X album from last year is incredible. I liked her debut but this is way better. to me its like what someone in the 90s who was obsessed with Saint Etienne and Orbital might've hoped pop music of the future sounded like. its even got like a Britpop thing going on in some tracks. my rating: "cool"

Yo frog have you heard psicadence tho

nay

Ok, I'll bite. What's the deal with this Quadeca album?

It's not very good. Listen to this which came out today instead. It's like if a Frenchman made Pop Tatari in 2040

https://23wa.bandcamp.com/album/az

loving the new Giant Claw record

yes, it's great

new underscores album is so good that I wanna start a thread abt it

yeah it's great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvhVECfGsw8

i also love the remix of "do it" with yves who it is fantastic to see show up here

This album by Anders Bach (GNOM), Brian Batz (Sleep Party People) and Kristian Paulsen is pretty cool. The soundtrack to the videogame Esoteric Ebb, which is apparantly getting rave reviews. Mastered by Fire-Toolz. Vocals on a few songs by MØ, including on the single Days Of Jor, which is probably the first time MØ is combined with Fire-Toolz and black metal shrieks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwMCSD0CWN4

https://andersbachbrianbatzkristianpaulsen.bandcamp.com/album/oil072-esoteric-ebb-vol-1-original-soundtrack

are all the songs on the underscores album like “do it”? if so, then i know to avoid it lol

New 8485

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FFTMey89Vc