What are you listening to? 2022

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got a gift certificate from my local shop for xmas and treated myself to this:

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various strains of kraut and electronic german music, has heavy hitters like can, neu!, amon duul ii, etc, but lots of really cool more obscure acts that i've never heard of

pretty much the best music in existence

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Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:20 (two years ago) link

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Levitating live lp by Spiritual jazz titan. Sounds like it has an internal luminosity.
Glad i finally got this a couple fo years ago. Do love him around this time.
Want some more along these lines. & to find out who was picking up on this sound too. Like the Gun Club spent a while covering a number of spiritual and other New Thing jazz tunes and i think it is an influence you can hear in a lot of their sound. Not sure who else.
THink I need the slightly earlier Live At the East too.

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first collaboration lp by the married folk duo and band. Veers from some gnarly electric guitar to some much more stately beautiful acoustic stuff. Drones quite heavily and incorporates some interesting textures from a wide array of non rock instrumentation, concertinas, crumhorns and fun stuff. Has a couple of tunes heavily coloured by colliery band sounding horns.
Can get pretty melancholy but i think the pair get even more so a couple of lps later.
I think this definitely benefited from the remastering it got in the early 00ies and it has 3 bonus tracks from a Roundhouse performance from 1975 of tracks from this lp including a much more drawn out guitar heavy Calvary cross. I remembered while listening to this that I think I heard teh Peter Laughner cover of the song on Take the Guitar Player For A Ride way before i heard Richard & Linda doing their song.
Anyway this and Pour Down like Silver are both pretty necessary, Hokey Pokey slightly less so.

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THird lp by Tempe Arizona post-hardcore mavericks. Think this is them actually getting into something more overtly psychedelic i fpossible. Seems pretty sui generis but then tehy do seem to have started out taht way and references to other things seems to be fleeting where present. It does remind me of Grateful Dead around 74 in places, possibly elsewhen at other points but the bubbling bounciness reminds me of what the Dead were doing in 73 & 4 especially that latter year.
I've had the cd since it came out on Rykodisc and it is showing wear so it is semi skipping in some places so may need to pick up a replacement. Anyway do love the band in teh early and mid 80s so should listen to it more.
Gt to see them a couple of years later so taht was great.
How do you describe this stuff? A melange of different influences possibly played by semi virtuosic mavericks who sing somewhat less well. Mixes jazz, country, psychedelia, rock and so on . I think you need to hear it to know what it's like I also really think you need to hear it anyway.
Continually swirling, bubbling sound I guess. Love this stuff.

Stevolende, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 22:18 (two years ago) link

live at the east might just be my favourite pharoah, so would definitely recommend!

listening to some of the post-babaluma can lps which i'm not so familiar with...
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no lime tangier, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 04:59 (two years ago) link

what is the Ash Ra Tempel there, I'm not seeing it anywhere. the s/t has a Pharoah or soemthing on the cover. & Tapes looks different too.

Stevolende, Friday, 11 February 2022 10:09 (two years ago) link

https://www.discogs.com/release/8598120-Ash-Ra-Tempel-The-High-And-Mighty-Priestess being live selections from "the private tapes" + a 1970 demo track

no lime tangier, Friday, 11 February 2022 10:50 (two years ago) link

yeah was thinking it might be Private Tapes related , wonder if I have actually seen it before.

Stevolende, Friday, 11 February 2022 10:59 (two years ago) link

Incredible find!

The best version of "House of the Rising Run" ever!!

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No Anal Staircase For You, Gotcha (I M Losted), Friday, 11 February 2022 14:16 (two years ago) link

That albums of extended vocal compositions looks amazing, no lime tangier.

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at https://moderecords.bandcamp.com/album/makrokosmos-i-ii-for-solo-amplified-piano-mode-142

RIP

The sensual shock (Sund4r), Friday, 11 February 2022 15:13 (two years ago) link

extended voices IS amazing! & rip to crumb, indeed.

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otherwise the closing electric feb 13 set from dp 4 with the missing 'we bid you goodnight' encore

no lime tangier, Monday, 14 February 2022 07:40 (two years ago) link

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LOcal band play an arty jazzy folky sort of music which might be a bit white. I think the word quirky may be apt.
I like them live but am wondering how much i want to listen to the lp repetitively, still it is quite nice hook laden stuff which has some promise. I think they were around as an 8piece for a number of years before stripping down a few years ago. The female keyboardist/electronics player is doing some solo and soundtrack stuff which has been interesting.
My Fellow sponges, interesting.

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Iranian rocker's compilation on Pharaway Sounds. has some pretty funky stuff on including a recontextualisation of the Kinks You Really got Me Riff which has had me thinking about song structure and stuff, Like having a repetitive heavy riff as a theme that isn't central and stuff.
Does have a couple of semi annoying tracks on too which is a shame.
But I think it's quite good.

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Gilles Petterson documents a club he hosted at Dingwalls on a Sunday afternoon that i went to several times and wish I had stuck with going to . I think I wound up hitching the UK at roughly that time which is on emain reason I didn't. But it was great and dancing to this stuff is still qui8te compelling.
IT covers a broad range of material including some then contemporary material by bands like Weekend who featured teh vocals of the Young Marble Giants' Alison Stratton through some 60s/70s jazz material which was teh main stuff he played. It also features a jazz track by Michel Legrnad which is pretty groovy.
Would love to get another club like this i could frequent cos want to get down to the tunage.

Stevolende, Monday, 14 February 2022 12:41 (two years ago) link

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massaman gai (front tea for two), Monday, 14 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link

Listening to Amnesty Free Your Mind: The 700 West Sessions prompted by the Rare Groove Suggestions thread. Obscure 70s Indianapolis R&B/funk/jazz band with lovely group harmony vocals, killer brass, and intricate arrangements.

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Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 14 February 2022 19:48 (two years ago) link

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Coltrane in late 61 with Eric Dolphy and Reggie Workman onboard. I hadn't realised how little Workman was used as a bassist by Coltrane, realising that i can easily name his pianist and drummer but didn't have an immediate fill for bassist which I think is more often Jimmy Garrison.
Anyway this is bloomin tasty as is probably inevitable really. So, great jazz stuff and so on.
I have the Village Vanguard box somewhere or at least most of it. Think the rest of that is pretty good too.

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Another pretty sublime set by ex-Monkee and new backing band. A bit more rocky than elsewhere and more effects laden and stuff.
NOt quite sure what Highway 99 with Melange is aiming at. Rest of this is countryish with some somewhat psych tinge. I do enbjoy his early 70s work a lot. This has 3 extra tracks and is the version from the Original Album series box.

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classic female blues singer best of. Bought this when I'd started reading her biography now relistening to it after i returned teh book. Maybe should have put it on while i still had teh book so I could check over some descriptions and things.
Anyway good set with 21 tracks. I think I might get a couple more. She is backed by various different line ups of bands with horns and things as part of the sound. Haven't heard the music she was developing when she died. Want to though, more swing orientated as she tried to stay current. Always have to wonder what she would have done if she hadn't died suddenly, but that's true with a number of artists

Stevolende, Saturday, 19 February 2022 10:32 (two years ago) link

just learning now the cd version of the lacy lp has an extra couple of tracks :-/

no lime tangier, Sunday, 20 February 2022 09:02 (two years ago) link

https://i.discogs.com/pkD8UkEidAbwXFz4RXCcwhcewOweLy4uYQla1XQBbIk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWltYWdlcy9SLTEw/MzQxMDgzLTE0OTU2/MzcxMTctODk4NC5q/cGVn.jpeg although today's hit for re-assembling furniture after a move was an old robert hood album

massaman gai (front tea for two), Monday, 21 February 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link

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somehow still the only thing I have by this lot. Well a least on physical cd. May need to remedy that. I got this back when it came out so not sure why.
Anyway singles by Derby drone psychers . Gets quite good in places. Been sitting in a pile on a cupboard for ages and now i find out why it shouldn't have been. Can be quite hypnotic.
I know they were pretty heavily influential on a lot of things taht came after them. At the time I was more into Loop though.

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1977 3rd (4th?) studio lp by folk rock band. NOt sure to what extent this does sound like a folk rock lp and to what extent it just sounds contemporary. It does have a couple of traditional numbers on though not sure to what extent they sound like it. Blackwaterside doesn't seem to have much of its original tune for one thing.
A few tracks have string arrangements by Robert kirby of Nick Drake fame which work quite well. & Mandy Morton has a pretty decent voice.
All of the band's recordings are being released as a set shortly. I think I do want to hear the others.

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1971 lp by jazz drummer who palyed with Albert Ayler among others. Picked this up last year and quite enjoy it.
Can be more melodic than one might expect. First song sounds like a praise.
Sunny's own playing seems to be a continual haze of cymbal wash for a lot of this. Pretty intense.
BOth Actuel lps seem to use different crops of the same photo.

Stevolende, Monday, 21 February 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link

S3 were Rugby rather than Derby. don't think you can go wrong with any of the original studio albums, but can't speak to any of the seemingly 1000s of reissues.

koogs, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 03:28 (two years ago) link

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brilliant metal/funk/weirdness from booty collins + buckethead via bill laswell.
found today for a coin in a charity shop that until today never gets anything of interest in.
thus proving it's always worth to check.
and yeah, i am totally sticking with cds.

mark e, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 16:27 (two years ago) link

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Samantha Glass Rising Movements
Kinda 70s cosmic music/home organ vibes.

made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 24 February 2022 03:04 (two years ago) link

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Comprehensive compilation of the No Wave trio(s) featuring the jagged guitar of Arto Lindsay and the sui generis drumming of Ikue Mori plus either the anti-groove keyboards of Robin Crutchfield or the groove defining bass of Tim Wright,
Odd jagged soundscapes of sound defining its own world. This contains pretty much everything though i think the final live set has been released separately in much more complete form. I think there was an extended version of Dazed and Confused released somewhere too.
I've been reading a No Wave forum recently so when casting around for a disc to put on from several piles around my 3changer when this turned up I thought yes please. & it has rewarded repeat listening recently.

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first single and e.p. by early 70s folk related underground band who really did seem to be doing their own thing pretty massively.
Combining acoustic guitar with electric bass and drums and a few other instruments including some electric guitar. & coming out with something hectic and busy and manic sounding in places, quite stately in others. Not sure to what extent this does actually reference folk themes beyond the acoustic guitar and references to greek mythology etc.
The set I have is the sanctuary compilation which came out 16 years ago and includes the less successful 2nd lp from 1974 but not the recordings from 1972 which were released separately a while later I think with a more recent live set on the b-side.
Very interesting band whose history needs to be looked into possibly for some clarity. I think their membership etc was unknown a least as related to other projects for years though they do feature Lindsay cooper in later years I think prior to her joining Henry Cow.
So this has gained a deserving legendary status. not sure what else was anything like this before or after. I do know that Opeth among others were citing this as an influence a while back. Would like to hear things that do cite this as a recognisable influence and see what they did with the ingredients.

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The dub compilation from the time that Trojan records were being released through Sanctuary. They put out a load of really great 2cd sets that were pretty comprehensive on a number of artists or curated with a bit of intelligence when it came down to compilations.
I've been listening to the first disc which covers the 1st half of teh 70s . & it is about the full length of a cd. GOt some really great stuff on it. Starting with Pop A Top by Andy Capp, running through a few Lee Perry and Upsetter tracks & King Tubby. Not listened to this in a while before this week which is silly. Maybe i need to work back through my collection now that I'm broke so won't be buying new stuff. Hope i get the chance to.

Stevolende, Saturday, 26 February 2022 11:54 (two years ago) link

such a lovely sleeve, is it synaesthetic to the music?
Something semi cartoonish about it while still quite deeply reverent. & do love that background colour.

Stevolende, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 10:07 (two years ago) link

https://i.discogs.com/snTW_4OmJsPlO-Nns2HfS3cY_T4NJ8YAbZh5GtmmIuc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:501/w:505/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWltYWdlcy9SLTEx/OTc0NjQwLTE1MjU4/MDg0MTEtMTYwMy5w/bmc.jpeg oh i suppose i'd better hoover up this reduced price landfill industrial techno nonsense i usually like this sort of thing. turns out it's actually pretty spiffing! nuance, subtlety alongside the usual crunch mrrrrrrrrrrr

massaman gai (front tea for two), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link

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Absolute gem of a little fuzzed out psych-funk record that snuck out on Madlib Invazion back in 2020.

a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link

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bulb after bulb, Friday, 4 March 2022 15:52 (two years ago) link

Grauzone's "Eisbär" going around in a loop (my boy's bedtime wish)

massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 4 March 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link

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Compilation of Youssou N'Dour's early band dating back to the turn of the 80s. Combines influences from local traditional stuff, some Latin which gets quite noticeable in places and some psychedelic type stuff. There's some great fuzzy guitar throughout a lot of this stuff.
Pretty melodic throughout and good beats and things.
Think I finally got this a couple of years ago after having been aware of it for way too long. & it was very worth getting. Pretty recommended.

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Soul jazz compilation of late 80s early Acid House stuff. Getting quite into this set again after having neglected it way too long and just turned it up while looking for something else, realised that the jewelbox for my King Crimson Nightwatch set was empty and I had a 2nd copy which should be good but couldn't find it so got this instead.
I had some of the popular early Acid stuff on vinyl at the time but didn't get massively into it. Now listening back to this and liking it so may explore further.

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compilation of the slacker band seems to focus on their middle period and I'm not sure how good a compilation for representing them this is. Hangs together pretty well asa listening experience. Again I think I was looking for something else and this turned up.
So yeah it's kind of decent. & may make me check out some of their other stuff. INtreresting guitar parts and wordplay and things and it's kind of alright, like.

Stevolende, Saturday, 5 March 2022 11:30 (two years ago) link

Françoise Hardy compilation -- Cristal Collection

youn, Saturday, 5 March 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link

Cannabis Corpse - Nug So Vile

i read to 69 position (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 March 2022 17:22 (two years ago) link

Absolute gem of a little fuzzed out psych-funk record that snuck out on Madlib Invazion back in 2020.

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, March 1, 2022 9:47 AM

hey, this is good! glad i read this thread today. thanks for sharing this one, i dig it.

i've been binging numero group's eccentric soul series. haven't listened to all of them and some are better than others (in both catchiness and fidelity), but it seems like every album has at least one or two stunners.

also maybe wrong thread, BUT HEY NEANDERTHAL! can you recommend some metal that's kind of more melodic? new or old, doesn't matter. i want to live and learn.

Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Saturday, 5 March 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link

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So excited to find a Dorothy Ashby album I haven't heard.

Loud Tsu (I M Losted), Sunday, 6 March 2022 00:25 (two years ago) link

Just discovered this excellent comp, which came out last year. Female-fronted U.K. New Wave obscurities. Tons of fun.

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The sensual shock (Sund4r), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 13:05 (two years ago) link

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Experimental rock lp with a lot of electronic texture and various rhythms from hip hop to something more tribal.
I quite enjoy this but haven't heard much of their later stuff. Think i have at least teh next lp but wasn't aware they had kept going as long as they had . Loads more albums than I had assumed. I thought the si9nger had relocated to Berlin so the band hadn't been as functional . Look slike i may have some catching up to do,.
THought they were quite good live when I saw them too.
Loads of noise in this.& thoughts about witch persecution and fun things like that. Another cd taht's bee sitting on a shelf for ages being neglected that I thought i would bung on for a week. Though it was also a last minute substitute for a glitching

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early singles by Berlin metal percussion band. I got to track 6 and the sound just went to bits as the cd glitched. Need to find a way to correct that since i think the rest of teh disc works ok. Do love thema round this point and this is the really early stuff up to the Durstiges Tier single. Not sure if it is still available. Think this must have been carried around for a while in a cd wallet/case and been randomly scratched in the process.
Very frustrated that I can't get this to play through co s I do love the music here or antimusic here. & I thought it would work well as contrast to

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The live 1972 set by the great British space rock band.
Again been neglecting this which si the remaster fro about 16 years ago. The one that came with the video material.
Good to be able to hear the electronic wash which is something I've been trying to focus on while listening to this as in mentally separate from whatever effects are on the guitar.
Love usage of instrumentation on here and it does seem a bit less ostentatious than contemporaries. Love the bass which seems less aggressive than one might expect from the player. Possibly more melodic and felt not sure how to express its expression . band operating asa unit is so cool though.
NOt sure what is directly influenced by this so would like to know more wonder if anything did get a similar feel or if the projected understanding would automatically alter the resulting sound. Like the process of Chinese whispers that influence always seems to have.
I think I need to find my copy of the 1999 Party which is a couple of years later and is more rock orientated i think . Do think the melodicism here does still show some earlier influence, folk etc etc.
Anyway great to hear this again.
I do think this is adjacent to what I like about the Krautrock scene. Its reduction ad absurdum of things its repetition and various other things. Not sure if the sci fi thing would appeal to everyone but if it doesn't I don't think the band is likely to be missing those that excludes.

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2nd disc of this 3cd compilation of the label's turn of the 70s releases. The all New thing Jazz set whereas the other 2 have bits of rock with heavy jazz influence. Bit this starts with Sun ra's the Utter-nots which has a lot of noise in it. Goes through Paul bley's melodic piano focused version of Ornette Coleman's Rambling via some other noisy pretty free jazz stuff.
GOt this in FOPP a few years ago and regret not picking up copies of all of the other titles from the series. THink I did get a copy of Gong's Magic Brother and a AEOC set of its early stuff. Well, glad i have this bi should probably play it more frequently.

Stevolende, Saturday, 12 March 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link


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