What are you listening to? 2022

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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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massaman gai (front tea for two), Tuesday, 15 March 2022 13:18 (two years ago) link

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Really not sure why it has taken me so long to discover the band, or at least up until something like the last couple of years. I met Epic Soundtracks a few times. Not sure why that didn't prompt me to look into them in the mid 80s. Enjoying this now which si teh Secretly Canadian version of the cd. Not sure how great teh sound is still, since it comes across as a bit of a wash rather than having the instruments totally distinctive.
Anyway enjoying their take on somewhat amateurist krautrock post-punk stuff. So sounds like something I would have got into earlier.
Great stuff anyway. Must get the Secretly Canadian Marinevillle and Jowe Head's book

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Vancouver in 73 and 74 mainly longer tracks 2x roughly 12 minutes and teh 47 minute version of Playing In Th eBand plusa shorter China Doll .
I listened through the first couple of songs here wondering why I couldn't hear piano since it seemed that Keith Godchaux only played piano foir years. Looked it up and in fact Godchaux had bought an eloectric keyboard sometime in 73. I was listening to see what the parts being played were . Can hear Lesh's maverick bass lines interlacing with Garcia's piercing leads and what sounds like Weir doing cat-scratch bits of rhythm. He doesn't sound as much like he is coming a step behind the beat as he did in the late 60s. May take some more listens. & with teh electric keyboard sounds like Godchaux blends in with the 2 guitarists a bit too well. His piano is a biit more distinct on Playing in The Band though.
Npot sure if Playing in the Band does fulfill 47 minutes of listening properly. It seems to get a biit abstract from the riff for long periods. May be worth a listen though. Thinking I was going to have this on for a week nearly had me swapping to disc 3 which hasa half hour Truckin on but I think I'm enjoying most of this disc.
73 and 74 is a bit more jazzy rock and not so much psychedelia but do love early 70s dead for the most part.

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African influenced record from 1975 by one time freejazzer and Arkestra participant.
This starts off with a rhythm taht I think was purloined for hip-hop.
So spiritual jazz meets some influences from Africa plus some spiritual positivity in the lyricisim.
Sounds pretty clean and maybe not as organic as it might do otherwise. Wonder if taht's the production though.
I had heard about the record or band for years and then picked this up from Rough Trade several years ago and am now rediscovering. Quitie good and I think I want to get the compilation that came out a few years ago too.

Stevolende, Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:36 (two years ago) link

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a one off release by stephen duffy and roger 'pigbag' freeman.
to this day its one of those albums that never ever fails to his the spot with its samples from cartoons, and fairlight cmi excess.

mark e, Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link

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massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 19 March 2022 07:40 (two years ago) link

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budo jeru, Sunday, 27 March 2022 03:32 (two years ago) link

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Egyptian guitar doyen, sounds a bit like Dick dale or link Wray though cleaner than the latter . Dale uses some ideas borrowed from his Lerbanese heritage which winds up i roughly the same ballpark. This was a compilation put together by Sublime Frequencies. I had discovered him by chnace when somebody had sold a copy of his With Love Volume 2 to the local 2nd hand record shop I frequented in the late 80s and i picked it up from there. I think I made the link to an Eastern/Arabic Link Wray at the time and then found it really difficult to find his material on cd for ages. Think I wound up with a copy of his tribute to Farid El Atrache while not being able to find anything else.
THis seems to have the bulk of his mid 70s stuff on, or at least that which isn't on the 2 tribute lps. 2 nearly full length cds.
It's mainly mid tempo guitar stuff with a wash of some form of keyboard behind, Frequently synth stuff and crashes of hand drums. Some of it was done with the intention of s/trking bellydance and it is mainly based in related genres., But it is also largely electric .
I think there was a recent compilation that came out over teh alst few months but i need to check that. Also just seen taht there wasan lp of him live in Australia in 1981 that i would love to check out. & i found some clips on youtube.
I like this a lot so good to see that it has had some recognition. I mean even having this released back in 2010 was more Western recognition than I was aware of beforehand.

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THis was a cd in the Zanzibara series which is a companion/parallel series to Ethiopiques done by the same label. This concentrates on one band from the early 70s. I think I am hearing more of a Latin tinge to the music tahn I heard on teh other couple of volumes I have i the series. Zanzibara is mainly a genre called Taraab which seems to be at least semi unique to the East African island where local traditional sounds blended with some Arabic influences etc.
Anyway finding this pretty infectious. Great grooves and one song I'm trying to work out if I am remembering being covered by a local band to where i live now lead by a Congolese vocalist at the time i think they were playing it or if it is something with a shared history that both are referencing. I'm not sure how popular this band was. I'm also not great with knowing how well known/obscure bands I enjoy are outside of some more obvious ones and even then may be into more obscure parts of their work. But hearing this does make me wonder.
Anyway great stuff and i think I need to have another look at the Zanzibara series cos what I've heard has been good i think.

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The Residents 3rd lp the one that coincided with punk, though I think that is more chronologically than by intent. Seems to be pretty eerie melodic music played by a somewhat amateur band in a weird way with odd vocals. So that's lovely for you.
This is from the remastered pREServed series which I should get some more from .
Have enjoyed what I have heard from the early era of the band but not been fully versed in what was exactly what. I think I need to read th biography of the band to get the chronology etc right. But this is kind of sui generis and delightfully weird and all like that.

Stevolende, Sunday, 27 March 2022 11:59 (two years ago) link

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Tomas Fujiwara Triple Double- March: sounding excellent, with some great Halvorson skronk

And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Sunday, 27 March 2022 13:20 (two years ago) link

Well some of the guitar skronk could be Brandon Seabrook

And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Sunday, 27 March 2022 13:21 (two years ago) link

I've been doing a deep dive into Kraan. They don't get mentioned much on ilm, and if they were it was usually dismissive. I like the earliest albums the best, but even as they went on to get more into jazz/funk/fusion they're never less than interesting, even the ones with very 80s production.

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Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 16:41 (two years ago) link


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