Psychick Warriors ov Gaia, Exquisite Corpse, and their odd brand of minimal & tribal trance-techno-ambient

rock music, the only form of music with live instruments and improvisation

mr. heynen was a fan of a lot of new york house of the era iirc and several early exquisite corpse singles do sound akin to classic deep house.

This is very true btw, the first(?) Exquisite Corpse release Reassembling Reality sounds a lot like someone trying to filter deep house through a hypnotic, dubby lens - it's not really that far from the approach DJ Sprinkles has taken to deep house in his recent releases. Something similar can also be heard on PWOG's "The Key", especially this remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbEqFEL7IZ4

Tuomas, yeah, I sort of put those tracks in an electronic music category in my head but, as I think I said later in the thread, that's based more on associating them with other PTV output of that time. And most other ambient music (in a loose, broad sense) I was listening to at the time tended to be electronic. I think. You don't mind improvisation in other contexts, I assume, based on other things you've said?

Yeah, I like in improv in jazz and other types of music where it's kind of the point, the thing that makes the music what it is. But in electronic music I don't dig it, that shit is all about the moods and grooves for me, I don't want any element of human imprecision to it.

I'm going to drop it here before you make me want to end my recent rapprochement with electronic dance music. PLUR.

I only found out last week that Exquisite Corpse released their first recording of new material in 14 years this March, and it's bloody excellent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmGEgeXm1Ec

It's more droney and less techno than their previous material, but still has that unique, shamanistic percussive vibe of their earlier releases. According to the notes on their Bandcamp page, "most of the material on the record is selected from improvisations Robbert and Debbie recorded in their home studio in Vancouver, BC during 2003, except for “SDLY” which was recorded in the Netherlands in 1996". I dunno why they took so long to release these tunes, but I'm glad they finally did.

Reviving this, because this is probably the album of the year for me, and everyone should listen to it so they can vote for it in ILM end-of-the-year poll. :)

glad you re-upped, I'm interested in this -- I was confused by PWOG as I was by p much all dance music progression in those days, but I bought it and sort of ~contemplated~ it with pleasure

Nice that you liked it, and yeah, I think contemplation is a good term for listening to this one. Despite there being beats thoroughout the album, it's not really dance music, even less so than the previous EC releases.

Ha I got into pwog this summer. Really interesting stuff

It is, and it's still amazing to me how timeless a lot of material is. Take this track, for example: it's from 1992, but doesn't sound dated at all like a lot of their contemporaries do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arPTNT4o5Fw

Similarly, it's easy to imagine the stuff on the new album being from the 1990s (and one track apparently does date back to 1996), nothing in it sounds like the 2000s, yet it still feels fresh - maybe because few techno producers travelled the same paths they did?

Which of the between rhythms are new stuff and old stuff?

I'm into this. Just saw it mentioned on a Mixmag list too:
https://mixmag.net/feature/the-best-tracks-of-the-year-2020

Which of the between rhythms are new stuff and old stuff?

ahh looks like EA isn't on streaming

It's in Bandcamp, you can stream from there. Though maybe only albums you've bought? Never tried that feature.

Kind of unrelated but in the 4th world music thread we were recently talking about how 'tribal ambient' is a bit of a weird label and I think about it every time this gets bumped.

Interested in this one too. Can anyone comment on the vinyl pressing? I thinking of ordering it but not so keen if it sounds dreadful.

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Has this been posted? Maybe I posted it already. Proto-PWOG from 1988.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13f-hI1VJ0s

This was the Exquisite Corpse one I always really liked. Must try playing it 45 to see if it sounds exactly like The Helicopter Tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzuTroM9lDs

It doesn't really sound like The Helicopter Tune, I don't know why I had that association.

Exquisite Corpse reissue news:

https://klassewrecks.bandcamp.com/album/chief-ep