OOIOO Albums Poll

I will probably end up voting for FF but I'll hold off for a bit and if no one reps for the first album maybe I will vote for that...

I have never heard the first album - worth finding?. Feather Float is the best anyway.

yeah I dig it, it shares a couple songs with FF but it has kind of a Trout Mask Replica feel to it tbh

(except that I like it more than TMR, mostly becuz P-We sounds like Ari Up)

ff is great but taiga is my favorite -- it was in my like top three on that pitchfork list.

I saw that! Thats partly what made me finally check it out after meaning to for a long time, which in turn inspired this thread.

i like the proggy/militaristic aspect of it, also that the first track is a cover of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wah8bIvVkIY

Feather Float is great but I gotta go with Gold & Green, so glad Thrill Jockey reissued it. I also really dig the Shock City Shockers OOIOO remix album (Vol. 2). There is a live recording of the 1st 2004 US tour (LA gig I think) that isn't very good, but the time I saw them (2007? in Portland) they were great.

I only know Feather Float and Kila Kila Kila well enough to vote for, and I'd go for FF out of those.

Kila Kila Kila and Armonico Hewa are the ones I haven't heard yet

Gold and Green

ooooverrated

i regret the $100 i spent on this band

which one should i relisten to to change my mind

Im listening to Taiga and it def feels like the diffuse, proggy one whereas Feather Float feels like the bright artpoppy record (even though it has its diffuse moments)

Gold and Green would be another one methinks to return to, but I dont like it as much outside of Grow Sound Tree & maybe Mountain Book

I'm a Song is My Song

The only one I ever owned was Kila x3 but I heard it's not their best. Do remember enjoying it though

They're all on Spotify fwiw

they weren't last time I checked!

so they are! =D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdaiH-GB9ZE

yamamoto = 山本 = ~"mountain" + "book"...

kinda weird tribute to her ex-bandmate I guess (by covering his song with no credit other than a thinly-veiled title change/tribute)?

anyhoozzz kinda related marginally, but great version for da fanzzz.

I just love "Be Sure to Loop", which is sort of my gold standard OOIOO for now at least, so Feather Float it is. I have fond memories of buying the first album for no reason other than I was enthralled with the cover art.

<3<3<3<3 this video btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fiHyEA6t30

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ha! this took off

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I will have to re-listen to G&G: first I loved it, then I hated it

Oh damn, I never read this thread cos I thought it was a oOoOO poll

what would your vote have been?

I don't really know, it's been a long time since I heard any of these. Going do some relistening now though!

glad I voted for the s/t

There's a new one! Sounds pretty cool:

OOIOO, band of the Boredoms' Yoshimi, has a new album out now. "Gamel" is built around the gamelan, a traditional Indonesian set of percussion instruments. The album was recorded by ZAK, a long time collaborator of bands such as Buffalo Daughter and The FIshmans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdPLxv1_gCc

voted for it in p&j!

I only found out about it by reading the P+J results, so thanks!

this new one is pretty excellent

gamelan definitely a good fit for them, really like this album

okay this thing is terrific

Very excited for this.

it's kind of exhausting but also very addictive

http://photos-f.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpa1/10471873_1426130681001805_667343360_n.jpg

wow, want

Oh man I need to check this out

you should!

btw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lALxW-8zvdc

I'm totally gonna get the vinyl of this tomorrow. <3d them ever since that album w the rainbow OOIOO and the little dogs on the cover.

maybe it's just me but there's kind of a slits-y vibe underpinning the gamelan stuff, esp. on that song xp

there's also some 'you' era gong in places.

man, glad to see "Gold and Green" at the top. I kept trying to get into Feather Float, which is still great, but I always remember thinking Gold and Green provided better experiences overall.

I feel like these guys are really underrated, but I can't really say that because I haven't actually listened to that much. Need to get back on it.

maybe it's just me but there's kind of a slits-y vibe underpinning the gamelan stuff, esp. on that song xp

I listened to raincoats odyshape right after this one the other day and that paired well. production is nice and airy and spacious on both of em.

vinyl is def a nice thing to have. even has those classy plastic sleeves for the individual records.

this is probably my favorite ooioo at this point. or maybe gold & green. but def one of those two.

Listening to "Gamel" on vinyl right now. NICE! Drum circle halfway through side "A", with chorus of people chanting "Twee twee twee" and some sick buzzed out high freq synth flying in and out like a little electric bird. Spaced out gamelan ambient stuff is nice too. I saw some gamelan a few years ago at Emory University and it was a pretty transcendental experience, so I feel like this record is going to be amazing.

You can't go wrong w OOIOO (or any of the Boredoms for that matter).

I'm going to see them in a few weeks, very excited

"Shizuku Gummy Agung", the first track on side B, is SICK

whaaaa? DC show on the 17th canceled? i just got a cancellation notice with no explanation: http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com/calendar/ooioo/

and the DC show is deleted on thrill jockey's website, but the surrounding dates are still there:

http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/OOIOO/#.U8AXZY1dVDI

dammit! i was really looking forward to this! i'm getting to be an old fart and i don't go outside much anymore!

they're playing in NYC at Les Poisson Rouge tonight!

saw them two nights back at rough trade (with a j0n w!ll!ams and a whiney) and it was fuckin' awesome, one of the better shows of the year for me.

amazing show tonight

This album sounds great but I can barely make it through a whole track... Not sure if that makes it truly great or what..

I been getting into this band a bit; rn I have Taiga, Feather Float, and Gold & Green on my phone. I think "Sai" from Taiga is my #1 fav standout track so far.

sad news:

http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/20/ooioo-guitarist-kyoko-dies/

Shit. RIP.

I *think* this is Kyoko with one of her other bands, Harpy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjefkBgsBs0

Oh no, that's awful. I've been listening to OOIOO a lot recently, especially Feather Float.

R.I.P.

R.I.P. I saw them on the Taiga tour, so much fun. She was awesome.

RIP very sad.

R.I.P., Kyoko.

Oh no! R.I.P.

I saw Harpy play in London once, pretty good fun. RIP Kyoko

oh no :(

interviewer is a bit of a nob but pretty good RBMA non-Boredoms retrospective on Yoshimi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5Xl9nFczo

soooo... new album “nijimusi” out on thrill jockey in january. but for whatever reason, you can listen to the whole thing on apple music right now. three track in and it rocks!

i've been psyched for this for a while - no way to order it from japan that i can find, sadly. this news might make me consider taking up that free 3 months apple music trial.

hey, i don't have any insights on the new material, but i thought i'd share a live set that i found on my personal google music library: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iFadbf5C7ttgcj7FbBL4EibM4wj10zb9

it was recorded in chicago in the fall of 2004, so it's mostly kila kila kila material. if i remember correctly, i downloaded it from the thrill jockey website when they used to have a whole page for free downloads — mostly just a free track from whatever a band's current album was, but sometimes more substantial / exclusive stuff like this live set. the songs are not split up; it's just two long tracks. it's really good. hope you enjoy.

god this band fucking rocks.

be sure to loop!

They were so good.

if you don't feel like downloading, i put that live set on youtube.

Everybody Trance Now!