The album House, by Mist (one of the Emeralds dudes), which got reissued yesterday incidentally is REALLY, REALLY gorgeous. Blissful, arpeggiated, beautifully textured drift studies.
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 25 May 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
I posted a youtube earlier in the thread, but this Eden Express album is so good I have to share another. Here's another clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-siHuOcncmw
― van smack, Friday, 27 May 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
psychegawsple, i just talked to Lea from Blues Control and apparently they're doing a collaborative album with Laraaji, further cementing their 'knew age' status.
― beta blog, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
although naming a kosmische band ZFAC is like naming an acid house act Hacienda
yeah, I saw the name and was a bit galled by it...at least they spelled it differently ('Zodiac' instead of 'Zodiak', club instead of Lab)
the annoying thing is that now, if you google for information on the 'Zodiak Free Arts Lab', you get all this nonsense about this Zodiac Free Arts Club album
hey guys, check out my nu-disco band, we're called 'Paradise Garage'
― geeta, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
im in a neo-choral music band called "church"
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
although naming a kosmische band ZFAC is like naming an acid house act Hacienda.
lol, what about your club night?http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/04/joy_divisions_peter_hook_force.php
― jaxon, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
― beta blog, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 1:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
!!!!!!!!!!!!
― gr8080, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that's awesome!!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
^ i know, i can't imagine any circumstances where the finished product of that collaboration will not appeal to me
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
more on that Blues Control/ Laraaji collab here, as part of my story on "The New Age of New Age":
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-new-age-20110703,0,2953740.story
― beta blog, Monday, 4 July 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
new frkways thing w/ david borden, oneohtrix, james ferraro and some other dudes is for this thread
http://soundcloud.com/igetrvng/frkwys07-people-of-the-wind-pt-2
― corpse pose (missingNO), Monday, 4 July 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
I saw that latimes article, saw it, liked it and spread the love.
I got a heads-up from the rvng guy that there was something cool coming out, good to see in the article what it was.
If its half as good as the Arp / Anthony Moore 12", it'll be some special tones.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Monday, 4 July 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
wow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP_UB-hrhkk&feature=related
just... wow. so beautiful
― missingNO, Thursday, 4 August 2011 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
woo. just... woo
Only problem I have with that is that it's 10 minutes too short
― I for one am (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 4 August 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
the Ken Seeno tape on NNA has this beach/synth vibe going and kinda fits in with the thread's theme
yeah i listened to this (invisible surfer on an invisible wave) on my walk to work today & it was really fantastic late summer dream music
has anyone heard much of the other stuff on nna tapes? i have the split btw opn & caboladies (which also probably fits w/in the scope of this thread) but am interested in anything else good of theirs
― I AM JOHN MAUS (Lamp), Thursday, 4 August 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
I dug the harmonizer tape. duo with greg davis and the guy that runs nna, I think. nice to have some percussion on this stuff once in a while.
scroll down this page on keith fullerton whitman's store for a clip:
http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/labels/nna+tapes.html
― original bgm, Thursday, 4 August 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
not sure where else to post this but i recently saw 'drive', and if i had known that angelo badalamenti was in charge of the music i probably would have seen it earlier. there are 4-5 nu-italo tracks on the soundtrack but the original score by cliff martinez seems like it might be of serious interest to people itt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ng9MMRxp1Q&feature=related
― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Friday, 7 October 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
this one gives a fuller picture of the general interplay of the soundtrack- ambient badalamenti vibes becoming subsumed by more aggressive john carpenter moves, and then vice versa. good shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbAVGRlnPjc&feature=related
― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Friday, 7 October 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
how was the rest of the movie?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 7 October 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
o yeah, loved the music in Drive(didn't like the movie though)
― mizzell, Friday, 7 October 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
yea the movie both sounded and *looked* amazing - this has something to do with carey mulligan and christina hendricks but there are also tons of sexy night driving shots in la (albeit with ryan gosling in silly jackets and driving gloves). the movie overall was less amazing, tho i am def willing to give it another chance b/c the general atmosphere is pretty rad
― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Friday, 7 October 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
bad movies with cool ~atmosphere~ are my favorite!
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 7 October 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
^^ totally <3
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 7 October 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
new Tycho rules:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL5VUqnfmEw
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 18 November 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure if this fits the theme, but since there's some Woo-related activity on here, I've been listening to this a lot lately. Really lovely, floaty squelch that kind of reminds me of 'Sombre Reptiles' and stuff like Interior, tho can also detect obv. influence of Durutti Column/PCO. Apparently it's a cover, as Edwards and Rodgers are credited, but I'm not hearing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YweqSnN1ahk
― garish handling (Muscae Volitante), Saturday, 19 November 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
Upside Down? Edwards & Rogers credited?
C'est Chic!
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
Tycho did a great interview with Hatchback, that I think is upthread.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
The first solo disc from Jonas Munk (aka Manual) ditches his earlier shoegazer personae for some progressive electronic / kosmische bliss. Really feeling this track, in particular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbd79t6OUk
― doug watson, Friday, 1 June 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
Try this again:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbd79t6OUk
― doug watson, Friday, 1 June 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3WXBc4phRY
― van smack, Saturday, 2 June 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
Nice! I wasn't aware that Grosskopf did a solo follow-up to Synthesist.
― doug watson, Saturday, 2 June 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
i like that jonas munk but it's kinda... frenetic? not exactly balearic knew-age but totally kosmische
that grosskopf track is also good, but not the most relaxing thing in the world. definitely succeeds at pop-minimalist repetitive 80s piano corniness, would have been the best track on 'far side virtual' (tho i love that record for different reasons)
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Sunday, 3 June 2012 08:39 (eleven years ago) link
maybe i just suffer from an 'i want more things that sound like zeus and apollo" syndrome
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Sunday, 3 June 2012 08:40 (eleven years ago) link
also - a friend got me an interior 12" for my birthday this year and this is how i know this person 'gets' me
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Sunday, 3 June 2012 09:04 (eleven years ago) link
The 'I want more things that sound like Zeus & Apollo' syndrome can only be allieviated by occasional Hatchback online mixes and sometimes Tycho. Very little comes close, sadly.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Sunday, 3 June 2012 10:44 (eleven years ago) link
xxxpost Ya, the rest of the Munk disc is much more chilled. I'm just stuck on that track.
What about the early 80s releases on Innovative Communication? Listening to Double Fantasy's Universal Avenue, I'm thinking that this could work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XIblmWICww
― doug watson, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
^^^this kind of reminds me of 69 'desire', wonder if c2 had heard it?
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, I'd say C2 heard it before dropping this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym7SH8a385s
― doug watson, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
doubtful i think
― the late great, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
did the electrifying mojo ever drop double fantasy anyone?
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
i doubt it, that is some obscure shit unless you're into new age
― the late great, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
i imagine craig might have heard steve roach though and there are some similarities
maybe not, heartbreaker really puts me in mind of desire tho, and i don't think it's just the pitch bending strings either. regardless it's brilliant.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
It's quite possible that Craig was aware of the releases on Klaus Schulze's imprint. I didn't mean to imply plagiarism above but clearly there are some shared influences.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
"heartbreaker" is a total balearic classic, i would not be surprised if carl craig was aware of that record's existence
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
Hello guys,
I really like this thread and this is the only reason that I signed up to this site, to participate in this conversation, that has begun over a year ago and it still goes on!
One of my favorite music styles is this eclectic blend of ambient, balearic, psychedelic sounds. I read all the posts and I'm glad that other people share my passion. But, in this discussion, many and different kinds and periods of music come together without... dividing lines. I mean that I can't compare the great and original kraut-cosmic scene of early 70s and artists like Klaus Schulze, Ashra Tempel ect. with the "synthesizer" era of new age music that followed. I think that the first krautrock era was the most creative and all the developments and revivals have their roots in this period... of course I'm interest in almost all of them! Also I don't think that the most eclectic and balearic DJ in Ibiza of the 90s would ever play an experimental music piece that lasts over 20 minutes! And keep in mind that I love this old mixes by Jose Padilla and Phil Mison in Cafe Del Mar. So, I believe that only contemporary artists -Washed Out is a great example- combine these sometimes diverse music ifluences.
Lastly, I have to suggest an album: Desire Lines by Meanderthals. A great album of imrpovisational, psychedelic, cosmic music served in a nu-balearic style!
― nicus.pacus, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 10:55 (eleven years ago) link
Desire Lines is definitely a good one
― dmr, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
not particulary new age, but def great.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
also welcome to ilx nicus, be sure to check out these other threads if you haven't alreadyThe balearic beardo beach hippie album canonThe balearic beardo beach hippie album canon
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link