xp imago
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
treesh: sure and sometimes I'll reach for such contemporary music. These streams are for when you just utterly cannot be arsed in any way
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
haha a horror movie based on all the kids being addicted to this stuff is both #trenchant but also a good idea imo
― imago, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link
asmr is part of this too i think. i don't really understand what asmr is, but it seems like another way of people engaging with digital media as a kind of drug
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
This shit is way too busy I like "pirate ship creaking and it's raining outside (no thunder)" for 10 hours
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
let's workshop some titles for the horror movie:
THE FEED
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
asmr is very distinct from this in concept but in practice there are similar patterns of accumulation
the biggest difference is that it's harder (or it SHOULD be harder) to generate the good asmr stuff algorithmically or by half-assing it aiui, although I'm no connoisseur
maybe there are just loads of shitty asmr videos collecting mad views from a completely desensitised public tho #areyouchillyet
― imago, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
Oh I like THE FEED
Japanese village is a good one too. Might run a ballot poll for these later
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
asmr is designed to deliver a sensory response, lo-fi is more about vibez
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
asmr is supposed to be, anyway
not really experienced these loffy beats but i've been listening to a lot of noise playlists to go to sleep. If you put your settings right in Spotify, it'll actually segue the different noise textures together which becomes very interesting when you're just dropping off. I have discovered that Brown Noise works better than White Noise as it's a deeper, more enveloping hum whereas white noise is a little on the harsh side.
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:31 (three years ago) link
Japanese village?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:30 (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
exactly, asmr is for those who wish 2 feel, but as I said I wonder whether there has been an elision and people who don't really know what asmr is are consuming bad asmr content in a functionally similar ambient way to these lo-fi beatz
― imago, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
just learnt that dog latin has bowels of steel good 2 know
what are you feeling though? "low grade euphoria" according to the wikipedia page. still feels measured, controlled, vibelike
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
itt: people who don't get asmr or loffy
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
xps I sleep with brown noise. Should we poll all the noise colors?
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
asmr = weedloffy = xanax
idk this^ feels wrong still lol
― imago, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
Brown Noise works better than White Noise as it's a deeper, more enveloping hum whereas white noise is a little on the harsh side.co-sign
― excuse me while I fold my pants (morrisp), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
a lot of it strikes me as descended from Dilla
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
Wasn't there a thread on this the other day music playing in background for cat rescue centres, copyright free music for podcasts, timelapse vidoes of going up and down a ladder?
― saer, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
Nujabes is a key touchpoint too
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
co-fi would be a great name for a chill beats and coffee joint that i would never ever visit
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
lolol
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
A+ Nick
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
Guys I'm writing a big post
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
everybody clear the room!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
or you're in for a slow and steady drumming
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
― brimstead, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
that big post going to feel so satisfying when it comes out
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
Ok, I've never really gathered my thoughts on this topic, although there was a good recent discussion about it here: ILM's 2010's blindspots
So here we go. For me the roots of it obviously go back to Dilla and the L.A./Low End Theory beat scene, although if you wanna go back farther you could just say that downtempo and trip-hop served the same function (see also early Four Tet etc). But there was a wing of the beat scene that was particularly focused on found-sound percussion and textures that were more influenced by r&b, New Age, etc. Lots of Rhodes, square waves, surface noise, and Roland SP404s.
Teebs 'Ardour' is a true classic of the genre:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLj29qehYLM
But for me the true template for 'lo-fi' is Shohmo's Bad Vibes album:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIKMKki5l1M
At the time, I was extremely into this sound before there was a name for it, and I was trying (with varying levels of success) to make my own version of it too. Some other personal touchstones from when this still seemed like an exciting path in the early '10s:
Dropping Gems records out of Seattle/Portland:https://droppinggems.bandcamp.com/album/djaohttps://droppinggems.bandcamp.com/album/find
IG88:https://ig88.bandcamp.com/album/breathing-suit
The first Torus EP that apparently doesn't exist anymore. Early Lapalux, Shigeto, Airhead, the first few milo EPs, etc etc.
Anyway, I never got into Soulection, but that seemed to be the writing on the wall as far as consolidating this sound into a brand/label/radio station that already felt a little watered down (although the producer Monte Booker who linked up with them was and is incredible).
When I first heard the term 'lo-fi hip-hop' I had no idea what it was referring to, but it quickly became apparent it was the final form of this sound after it had been reduced to basic components and anonymized for the world of streaming + playlists + algorithms. That was around when I made a hard turn toward dance music (and for awhile went way too far in the other direction with really abrasive sounds, as a reaction against making music for background listening). And I still feel a little sad about it, because making beats out of kitchen utensils and jazzy Rhodes chords is a pleasant activity, but it would feel like a pointless act.
Although like I said on the other thread, I'm sure people have their favorite lo-fi producers and I'm curious about that, and I do think there's room for a ton of skill and creativity, but also wouldn't be surprised if infinite lo-fi playlists were cranked out by AI starting soon.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
this is like easy listening boom bap. lots of indie-ish guitars in there too. its not like listening to dilla or doom really. but it IS good to work to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qap5aO4i9A
― candyman, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
xp to jordan -- booming post
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
booming bapping
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
plenty of crossover with the indie game music community imo
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
teebs' estara was very good IIRC though i did think it kinda twee at the time
― candyman, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
oh and here's Japanese Village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_zNPScqBb8
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
It's interesting because lots of it is copyright free youtube compilation background and yet much of it would probably do well as proper LP release material too. Same dynamic with ambient post-vaporwave artists similarly giving their music away for free on bandcamp etc.
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
music media socialite adam neely called this stuff "smooth jazz for millennials" and i think that's just about accurate.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
candyman: yeah that's the big stream. I took this thread basically as discussing that one in particular.Certainly there is more interesting work going on in instrumental/lofi hiphop* than you'll hear on that stream. It was an odd experience first hearing Shigeto and others like 5 years ago and trying to compile playlists, right as this total pablum was coming up alongside, just making the whole experience kind of tedious.Is there some better genre title around? I guess it's adding "study" or "chill" that makes it clear enough we're not talking about knxwledge, ohbliv, dilla, the new madlib album, whatever
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
Is this not just downtempo?
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
its just totally functional music. i dont mind it. especially right now, this is actually something i appreciate.
― candyman, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
Easy listening boom bap otm No mention yet of not only the music being extremely similar from artist to artist but also the artwork?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
boombient
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
i prefer the meditation and healing tones for chakra balancing and pineal gland cleansin tbh. but there's a similarity in principle i think.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5dPe0yb4JQ
― ian, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
oh yeah
this stuff all comes up next to each other thru the algos
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
No mention yet of not only the music being extremely similar from artist to artist but also the artwork?
Yeah when 'lo-fi' came into vogue it also seemed heavily associated with anime artwork & video game streams
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
also playing-in-another-roomcore
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
xxp yeah that's the thing.one thing you can do is avoid anything with anime looking art...per xps
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
In addition to the precursors already mentioned, I think these 2 artists deserve mentioning:Wagon Christ, "Throbbing Pouch" album specifically (1995)Fat Jon, "Wave Motion" album specifically (2002)Like this would fit right in on one of these Playlists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYKrp_VE0lY
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
a former ilxor makes ambient techno playlists that work better for this purpose i think.
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 March 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link
do tell?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 10:54 (three years ago) link
it's not a controversial one, at all. an estimable and interesting person. but i don't think they hang around here or want to be namechecked.
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 March 2021 10:55 (three years ago) link
two of the artists i've learned of through this playlist, and liked, are special request and bella boo.
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 March 2021 10:56 (three years ago) link
therefore you might go as far as to link? please?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 10:57 (three years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JhdzQsWXG8Ku6hdROqbc6?si=0be241835bce4a60
― treeship., Tuesday, 2 March 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
my wordthanks
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 10:59 (three years ago) link
Corey <3
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
chilledcow changed their youtube username to Lofi Girl. smart branding move i think.
also i saw this recently lol https://hard-drive.net/lofi-hip-hop-radio-girl-still-fails-test-after-four-years-of-studying/
― treeship., Monday, 3 May 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
'Probably somewhere in Italy' – nah, I'm pretty sure that's Lyon in the background.
― pomenitul, Monday, 3 May 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
My (second grade) kid asked recently - "Is it OK if I use YouTube while I do homework, to play quiet music that's made for studying?"
― BeardsleyCollege.edu (morrisp), Monday, 3 May 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
That's so adorable.
― peace, man, Monday, 3 May 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
morris, did you break out in tears of joy at that moment?
because i did, just reading your post.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 3 May 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
the algorithm finally bumped this into my background and i probably got two hours in before i looked up and went, wait what the fuck am i listening to here
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 December 2021 01:58 (two years ago) link
got him
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 13 December 2021 07:49 (two years ago) link
I was listening to the Youandewan 2016 album and saw different people refer to it as good study music. It's certainly good music.
― Nabozo, Monday, 13 December 2021 08:20 (two years ago) link
somebody made a two-hour vince guaraldi compilation and uploaded it to youtube as a single video and all the comments are about how great it is to study to
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 13 December 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
Minecraft soundtrack music is exactly like this, yes.tempted to start making this music just so I can add in a few tracks with subtly disturbing melodic shifts and ruin everyone's studies
― Jeff, Monday, 13 December 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
They recently added some more tunes in the 1.18 update too.
I do like the occasional xmas lo-fi song. There's an "Oh Christmas Tree" version I particularly like, will have to try and find out the source.
― Ste, Monday, 13 December 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
lol this onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbfVLyKtLLc
― Ste, Monday, 13 December 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link