oh hello flopson, your presence here reminds me that Blanche Blanche Blanche have a new one out too (albeit a live album where their existing content is reworked)
https://laloi.bandcamp.com/album/fiscal-remote-distilled
haven't heard yet but will listen later
― imago, Monday, 14 March 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
hi guys :)
that haunting post by Lamp about hipsters and how if you are a hipster and 35+ you have to have serious substance abuse issues
lmao
my contribution to this thread is that the first 3 tonstartssbandht lps are being reissued. one of the formative bands of that era for me. new vid for the 2009 classic '5 FT 7'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGIgcVbs-S8
― flopson, Monday, 14 March 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
very good cat ... also DIY venue building interiors ... really my two favorite things rn
― sarahell, Monday, 14 March 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
new dds track is p funhttps://deathsdynamicshroud.bandcamp.com/track/judgment-bolt― nxd, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 4:32 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
― nxd, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 4:32 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
Hell yeah, really looking forward to this album. They also stand out among the vaporwave milieu for doing really spectacular live sets. I saw them at Electronicon in 2019 and I remember their set feeling a notch above most of the other acts that day, or at least more pro/polished in comparison.
oh hello flopson, your presence here reminds me that Blanche Blanche Blanche have a new one out too (albeit a live album where their existing content is reworked)https://laloi.bandcamp.com/album/fiscal-remote-distilled― imago, Monday, March 14, 2022 2:08 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Monday, March 14, 2022 2:08 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Amazing. It actually looks like a situation where the live arrangements of older songs were recorded "live in the studio" rather than in concert.
Speaking of, I'm still wrapping my head around all the 2021 releases by Zach Phillips-helmed projects, each one an avant-prog-pop masterpiece of a different flavor:
Zach Phillips - Feed A Pigeon, Breed A Rat (imaginary radio revue with a different guest vocalist on each song)Blanche Blanche Blanche - Seashells (great, super-overlooked "comeback" from these legends. Musically probably their mellowest, but still absolutely unhinged with some of the funniest lyrics I've ever heard)Fievel Is Glauque - God's Trashmen Sent to Right the Mess (ZP + vocalist Ma Clément and a rotating cast of backup players, addictive proggy jazz-pop miniatures. Seems to be the most popular of these albums by far--currently 1,880 ratings on RYM vs. less than 500 combined for the other three)Perfect Angels - Exit From the Ultra-World (ZP + Olia Eichenbaum on vox, bossanova/easy-listening aesthetic so probably the most accessible of the bunch, but the writing is still in how-many-chords-and-time-changes-can-I-fit-in-a-two-minute-pop-song mode. Beautiful cover of Karin Krog's "The Meaning of Love")
Anyone else dig these? I just think it's a stunning achievement to have dropped all four of these albums in a single year. It's weird, complex yet hooky ADHD pop that I find endlessly replayable.
― J. Sam, Monday, 14 March 2022 19:54 (two years ago) link
I've been wondering what Utopian Virtual is, but not curious enough to check it outI just assume all those genres justify people who can't write a song that can be played in public but are good with names for bedroom sonic experimentationIt's like a parallel industry at this point: "outsider house", stuff marketed for 2.0 Internet, with limited to no crossover or legacyI remember early PC Music, Maint Attrakionz, Lil B, and the insane efforts at making them idols and canonizing, I guess it worked to some extent
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 March 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
utopian virtual is making sure you check out whatever fire-toolz is up to
had no idea zach phillips was so prolific last year, have only heard the FIG album! a lot to visit...
― imago, Monday, 14 March 2022 20:38 (two years ago) link
Yeah I think Nonlocal Forecast (Fire-Toolz/Angel Marcloid project) is like the ultimate realization of whatever "Utopian Virtual" is (basically Ferraro Far Side Virtual-core)
Re: Zach Phillips If you like the Fievel album you're sure to appreciate the other three from 2021. I'd start with the solo album, which covers the most stylistic ground.
― J. Sam, Monday, 14 March 2022 21:05 (two years ago) link
https://urradioangel.bandcamp.com/album/radioactive-boss-baby (stabscotch sideproject while we wait for Prison Jar; is a BLAST)
This is rad but i believe i was promised pokemon itt
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 15 March 2022 02:35 (two years ago) link
having fun listening to 'Feed A Pigeon, Breed A Rat' this morning, cheers for the recs
― nxd, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:41 (two years ago) link
new release from the authorship of my favourite album of 2017
https://haord.bandcamp.com/album/real-gems-for-little-jewels
― nxd, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 17:31 (two years ago) link
some recent stuff i've enjoyed (apols if linked elsewhere)
https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/album/armed-to-the-teeth-l-m-o-m-mnot your usual hausu release, but to the same high quality
https://fennecsound.com/album/a-couple-of-good-daysa really strange party album
can't find it on bandcamp but this is a little wiggly delight: https://www.discogs.com/release/21891046-Silicon-Scally-Field-Lines
― nxd, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 12:21 (two years ago) link
New Fievel Is Glauque EP, sounding mighty fine four songs in. Higher-fi than the full-length + Wings cover!
https://laloi.bandcamp.com/album/a-rodynes-ep
― J. Sam, Monday, 28 March 2022 03:19 (two years ago) link
^^ liking that a lot
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 28 March 2022 15:18 (two years ago) link
not sure which genre in the thread title this fits in, maybe dariacore?
the submissives - chirp like a bird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC3MsXF9D7G
― flopson, Monday, 28 March 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
Any thoughts on the new Bladee/Ecco2k album Crest? I'm loving it--ethereal electro-dream-pop sprinkled with a truckload of aural fairy dust.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUatbsdnDYA
I feel like I've seen Bladee/Drain Gang get some hate around these parts, but I've been pretty deep into the stuff for a minute. For me the weakest part of their music is the limited-range singsong nature of the melodies, but there's something I find really moving and engaging about the aesthetic in general. Bladee's EXETER is a good place to start if you're unfamiliar--gorgeous minimal production, super concise.
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
bladee is a guy whose creativity i respect but whose, for lack of a better term, wimpy-ass vocals make it hard for me to listen for extended periods. i did dig 2020's 333 album a bit, and i'm a massive fan of drain gang producer gud's output in general.
the above song isn't really speaking to me, i'm afraid.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
Yeah I feel you, his vocals are definitely love-it-or-hate-it. EXETER is an all-Gud production, which might be why it stands out above most of his other stuff for me.
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
enjoyed it but much prefer the ecco stuff I've heard before
― nxd, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
i really liked gud's collab ep with rx papi from last year and wish he'd work outside the drain gang a bit more often
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 17:31 (two years ago) link
Hadn't heard that Rx Papi/Gud ep, checking it out now. Contrast of aggro bars + chill ethereal beats is amazing. Thanks for the rec
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 17:51 (two years ago) link
Fievel shows: 3/31 Brooklyn // 4/1 Brattleboro VT pic.twitter.com/HSfkArbEJf— zach phillips (@fievelisglauque) March 25, 2022
Very glad I noticed Fievel Is Glauque playing tomorrow night 3/31 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The venue address is by request, was able to get it from Zach Phillips. If you're around and want to go you can webmail me for it or reach out to Zach directly
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 19:12 (two years ago) link
Sorry to clog up the thread with so much ZP content, just think he's doing great things these days lol
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
Ohhh the new Fievel Is Glauque EP is indeed a delight!!
― imago, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 09:46 (two years ago) link
any chat about the vitesse x album?90s beat x ethereal vocals
― nxd, Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:13 (two years ago) link
ZP is also a poet, this was just released: https://www.gauss-pdf.com/post/678701135391014912/gpdf298gpdfe055-zach-phillips-human-light
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 14 April 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
^HIS MIND
New Death's Dynamic Shroud is very pop. Not sure if it's James or Tech singing, but it's pretty good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUUF9kyztI
― J. Sam, Thursday, 14 April 2022 23:15 (two years ago) link
Aaaaahhh they're moving onto PHASE TWO
― imago, Friday, 15 April 2022 06:56 (two years ago) link
ooh that's pretty good, looking forward to more where that came from
― ufo, Friday, 15 April 2022 07:02 (two years ago) link
yeh really dig this
― nxd, Friday, 15 April 2022 12:31 (two years ago) link
love this new Brainwaltzera album
https://brainwaltzera.bandcamp.com/album/itsame
― nxd, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 10:28 (one year ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/dranon_23/day-break-prod-e5
― ufo, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 12:38 (one year ago) link
This is interesting to moi, maybe the rest of you here:https://kahomatsui.bandcamp.com/album/boywife
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 6 May 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzF2VHaFKg0
― ufo, Friday, 20 May 2022 21:45 (one year ago) link
hey flopson! ... could be some point in my personal timeline when i stopped paying attention or my relationship to contemporary music changed? ... before I turned 35 ... which reminds me of that haunting post by Lamp about hipsters and how if you are a hipster and 35+ you have to have serious substance abuse issues
― sarahell
for the record it doesn't _have_ to be serious substance abuse issues, it just has to be something that fucks you up really really bad for a very long period of time.
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 21 May 2022 00:50 (one year ago) link
beep beep
beep beep https://t.co/CouXfqMgVq— neggy gemmy (@NeggyGemmy) May 25, 2022
― nxd, Thursday, 26 May 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
That's fun, but mostly in the late-90s nostalgia sense— I understand the appeal, obviously, but it's not doing enough that's different to really stand out for me.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 3 June 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
any chat about the vitesse x album?90s beat x ethereal vocals― nxd, Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:13 (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― nxd, Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:13 (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
been listening to this all morning, tremendous record imo, lovely dreamy vapourrave
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 5 June 2022 10:29 (one year ago) link
It's kind of what I wanted from the last CFCF album
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 5 June 2022 12:29 (one year ago) link
https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/phantasmUnderwater calm, sunlight streaming in from above
― calstars, Sunday, 5 June 2022 21:25 (one year ago) link
New Neggy Gemmy is fun but not on the level of her best stuff (e.g. "Bad Baby," "You Never Knew," "You Weren't There Anymore"... Still have high hopes for the album tho
― J. Sam, Sunday, 5 June 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
the Vitesse X album is pretty dope, maybe it doesn't quite live up to its best moments (especially the first track which is just a total dream) but I think it does a great job capturing the vibe of a certain era without sounding like a straight throwback
re: Neggy Gemmy, I really do not like the name change but she's on a similar level. a bit darker and edgier perhaps. I'll always love her for sampling Tim & Eric's "Raz" on "No Rum"
― frogbs, Sunday, 5 June 2022 22:41 (one year ago) link
speaking of Death's Dynamic Shroud I just started listening to their live album and it's super good. kinda distills everything great about them. been enjoying some of the recent stuff too (Faith in Persona & Transcendence Bot), I think the new one is gonna rule
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
Oh yeah Live From Japan is amazing. Especially track 5, the one that samples/vaporizes Taeko Ohnuki
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
This was a cool dds live set too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysptCu15Itg
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 19:10 (one year ago) link
damn, that's great too. very cool how the live versions of their studio tracks are very different, a lotta vaporwave artists don't do that
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
https://databurst.bandcamp.com/track/d-e-e-p-t-i-s-s-u-e
― calstars, Saturday, 11 June 2022 22:17 (one year ago) link
surprised to see no discussion of dazegxd on here. his new album vkiss is a blissed-out mix of hyperpop and plugg, with a prevailing aesthetic that borrows a good deal from the best parts of cheesy 90s eurodance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGfiOuOBZWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXKCiUMRlc
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 June 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
sounding intriguing, will give the album a bash, even if all of that kind of makes it magdalena bay lite
― imago, Friday, 17 June 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
there's no rock in there, so i'd say it's pretty distinct from mag bay even if they do draw from similar aesthetic inspirations
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 June 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
Yet another hit from DDS. Getting more of a prog vibe from this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azB_8kjIUuw
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
Can I plug my Chaka khan vaporwave album here?https://ncxkd.bandcamp.com/album/chakawave-ep
― ncxkd, Thursday, 22 December 2022 23:10 (one year ago) link
link isn't working
― nxd, Friday, 23 December 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
the Vitesse X album is quite a bit stranger than I remembered. kinda has this music from the other side of the wall vibe to it. 100% Electronica is putting out a lot of really cool records like this, where they're 90s throwbacks but in a "this is what music in 2023 might've sounded like in an alternate timeline" kind of way.
― frogbs, Sunday, 18 June 2023 04:02 (ten months ago) link
IDK what hyperpop is anymore, but enjoying Trust Fund Ozu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFs_F7hk5L8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVtZTtSD06M
― Jeff, Thursday, 26 October 2023 10:51 (five months ago) link
Three new Death’s Dynamic Shroud albums released today. I can’t keep up with all this, but I’ll try.
― Jeff, Friday, 10 November 2023 18:15 (five months ago) link
you'll try.......living like this?
― imago, Friday, 10 November 2023 18:24 (five months ago) link
two of them are remakes of previous fanclub-only albums apparently. i'm seeing people on rym compare one to the blue nile (???) so i will check that one out at least
― ufo, Friday, 10 November 2023 21:43 (five months ago) link
it sounds like Midnight Tangerine and Keys to the Gate were both essentially remade from scratch, though I haven't heard the originals. I have heard Transcendence Bot though and it's great. I think that one is just being released as-is.
― frogbs, Friday, 10 November 2023 22:01 (five months ago) link
i finally got around to listening to a Rebzyyx comp a friend made, it's good stuff but there's also a lot of weird drama regarding impersonators and stuff and damn the Internet is fucked up, you know?
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 17:39 (five months ago) link
OK so WTF is this "Denpa" shit, anyway? Like hikikomori hyperpop that's obsessed with moe... like 4chan people but cisgender? Or something? It seems, like... adjacent to this thread. Somehow.
Anyway it sounds good but it also sounds like the dialectic is maybe kind of fucked? I don't know.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 23 November 2023 02:58 (five months ago) link
why does the new death's dynamic shroud sound like Muse?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:50 (four months ago) link
Specifically talking about Keys To The Gate. I didn't even realize they had several other new ones out until I looked at this thread.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:52 (four months ago) link
They released three LPs on the same day a few weeks ago
― calstars, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 18:13 (four months ago) link
pretty nice they're still keeping up the insane release schedule despite their music becoming less sample-based
that said they've kind of got a weird dynamic going on where "death's dynamic shroud" is more an umbrella term for anything the three members do, in fact I think of their 50+ albums only maybe 3 or 4 of them have actually been actively worked on by all three. it would be like if everything the members of YMO did was released under the name "Yellow Magic Orchestra". still pretty amazing consistency from them, I don't think there's a single dds release I've actually disliked
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 18:42 (four months ago) link
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:50 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
omg sick, I will hear it tomorrow
― imago, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 22:37 (four months ago) link
listening to it and i don't really hear the muse
― ufo, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 23:40 (four months ago) link
so I guess discussion of the new Claire Rousay belongs in this thread? I don't know where else I could post about it
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 04:48 (yesterday) link
finding it rather underwhelming
― imago, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 08:18 (yesterday) link