AsleepInTheBack
07.30.23 | RULES:
(a) please put me through minor hell via music that is odd ball / unusual / unique / envelope pushing (either at its time or now) etc.
(b) REC must ideally come from a band with the "Experimental" genre tag on sputnikmusic.com, tho exceptions will be made when uh i feel like it (provided its clear that the intent of your rec is PURE, im unlikely to quibble over this rule)
(c) nothing over 2 hours please or i'll sue (again, unless i feel like it)
(d) otherwise im fairly relaxed go nuts
In terms of my preferences: particularly curious about weird jazz / improvisational stuff, the dusty crevices of electronic music, freaky metal, anything that isnāt mega AMERICAN/WESTERN, and just about everything in between. |
Hyperion1001
07.30.23 | karlheinz stockhausen - kontakte |
Ryus
07.30.23 | arthur russell - world of echo |
someone
07.30.23 | Jean GuƩrin - Tacet
an early 70s experiment in form and structure, blending of minimalist jazz and early-days synth; starting on a premise of semi-improvisation, then post-produced and restrucutred and built upon further, rerecorded, layered, wizzed up, made all bare and vulnerable |
someone
07.30.23 | whew finally got a rec in in time for one of these |
porcupinetheater
07.30.23 | Ground Zero - Consume Red |
BitterJalapenoJr
07.30.23 | Autechre - elseq 4 |
cylinder
07.30.23 | This Heat - self-titled
has its foundations in post-punk, but goes much further with it than most, if not all of their peers at the time. basically a 101 class in experimental techniques in the guise of a post-punk record |
DadKungFu
07.30.23 | This is the biggest part of my pie chart and it is such a dumb tag anyway Diamanda Galas - Plague Mass |
ArsMoriendi
07.30.23 | Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer
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cylinder
07.30.23 | 'experimental' might not sum up a band's whole sound, but i think it's still a useful tag in that when you see it, you know you can expect some experimental/avant-garde ideas in the music. it's when an artist has only that tag that it's a bit less than useful. but then again, with some artists, 'experimental' or 'avant-garde' are really the only tags that apply. that's what's so interesting about this kind of music, it can sound like anything |
Deez
07.30.23 | Am I allowed Kayo dot?
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
also what Cylinder said [2] |
Squiggly
07.30.23 | Tom Waits- Bone Machine !
(Actually now that I look at the rules it is fairly AMERICAN/WESTERN, as it is primarily blues music, so if it doesnāt apply thenā¦ Iāll think of something else) |
AsleepInTheBack
07.30.23 | For sure, useful tag for those reasons cylinder. Also skews pie charts horribly. I donāt think my taste is experimental and itās my second largest pie chart segment cause of bands like animal collective, Radiohead, the microphones etc, none of which I would consider that experimental (barring maybe AC) |
ArsMoriendi
07.30.23 | I feel that. My taste isn't an experimental as my pie chart would imply either
The added "art pop" tag def lowered it and we ever got an "art rock tag" I bet it'd drop to bottom 3 on my chart |
JohnnyoftheWell
07.30.23 | The only proper end for this month is a stoneage death match between the wilted stick geeks in camp Stockhausen/Russell vs. the cosmic-sharting gigapunks in camp Ground Zero/Boredoms
All other (faux-experimundo) music must be relegated to the bleachers lfg I rec Life is but a Dream by Avenged Sevenfold |
WRYN
07.30.23 | cEvin Key - Music For Cats |
Mort.
07.30.23 | maudlin of the well - part the second |
Mort.
07.30.23 | or um anything by William Basinski, take your pick |
Purpl3Spartan
07.30.23 | Sungazer - Perihelion
Experimental electronic jazz stuff |
Ryus
07.30.23 | @johnny i dont talk to ppl who dont have world of echo 5'd sry |
Sniff
07.30.23 | I gotchu fam
Shoji Aketagawa/Kan Mikami/Toshiaki Ishizuka - Daikanjyo |
AsleepInTheBack
07.30.23 | good GOOD i can already feel my brain leaking out of my nose |
SlothcoreSam
07.30.23 | Stomach book - Stomach book |
Ryus
07.30.23 | this is quite the month so far |
JohnnyoftheWell
07.30.23 | your rec is a punishment for not checking Oxbow in time, you must now start on their most difficult album check King of the Jews |
WRYN
07.30.23 | Would be cool if I could change my rec to something else.
To Rococo Rot - The Amateur View (original master on Bandcamp) |
ArsMoriendi
07.30.23 | ACID
POLICEEH
ACID POLICEH
ACID POLICEH |
porcupinetheater
07.31.23 | King of the Jews is like the best Oxbow album maybe, those Lydia Lunch duets murder me |
SomeCallMeTim
07.31.23 | damn i was gonna rec that ground zero album, but:
bondage fruit - bondage fruit |
DadKungFu
07.31.23 | Wait, does like Serialism and other modern schools of classical count? |
rabidfish
07.31.23 | meshell ndegeocello - Peace beyong compassion |
Havey
07.31.23 | why is experimetnal the #1 tag for maudlin of the well |
ArsMoriendi
07.31.23 | Good album Rabid but itās not experimental at all.. itās just great neo-soul with influences from hip hop and funk |
rabidfish
07.31.23 | it is pretty experimental for the genre. The "experimental" tag is pretty... flexible. |
DadKungFu
07.31.23 | Lol someone rec Chelsea Wolfe, she's tagged experimental |
Veldin
07.31.23 | NAKED CITY - John Zorn
Experimental essential. Blends jazz and grindcore, among other thingsā¦
None of Zornās stuff is made available on streaming, so hereās YT link:
https://youtu.be/5xC0ZvuEuMg |
Veldin
07.31.23 | 9, 10, and 12 are some of my favorites |
Ryus
07.31.23 | you forgot to mention 2 honest mistake im sure |
JohnnyoftheWell
07.31.23 | 12 >>>>> |
Veldin
07.31.23 | Havenāt heard 2 tbh, Ryus
Yeah 12 is 5/5 |
Avagantamos
07.31.23 | la peste - untitled (HL26) |
dedex
07.31.23 | Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges |
ffs
07.31.23 | blind idiot god - blind idiot god
not tagged as experimental here but its eye-wateringly dynamic jazz-informed instrumental noise rock with black/thrash riffs that deteriorates into dub grooves which i should THINK qualifies as experimental |
AsleepInTheBack
07.31.23 | @DAD yes (lemme know if you wanna change rec, tho your existing rec looks good so decisions decisions)
@WRYN your current rec looks more interesting from what i can see from genre tags alone, but lemme know if you're sure about the switch and i will |
someone
07.31.23 | i blew my rec already, but yall better rec my boi some Throbbing Gristle |
Hawks
07.31.23 | John Zorn - Cobra |
Jots
07.31.23 | David Shea - Satyricon
(turntable / collage)
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WRYN
07.31.23 | @Asleepintheback
Just leave it as it is. A very unique record, just a bit challenging to get into as it's basically a collage of abstract synth jams. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.01.23 | Oh lord musique concrete here we go
1 is up tho only had 2 listens with it so may need to revisit but COOL start just the sort of thing I would never seek out myself by that I was hoping to find via this list thank you. Listened to the version with piano and percussion if that helps inform my words. |
Hyperion1001
08.01.23 | stockhausen is definitely a āmusic listening as an exerciseā artist, but while I find many of those types of compositions too clinical and academic, his music has always felt like there was something a little more engaging rippling beneath the surface.
kontakte isnāt even my favorite but itās kind of the go-to starting point for musique concrete. a genre tourist piece if you will but an essential one. glad you got something out of it. |
Ryus
08.01.23 | i have a bad feeling about my rec
but it must be recd |
rabidfish
08.01.23 | i won't withdraw my meshell rec because that shit SLAPS and for its day it took the rnb sound to its limits. buuuuut if you feel like it, here's some weirder shit. I won't spoil it, just check it out:
Nicolas Collins - It was a dark and stormy night |
GhandhiLion
08.01.23 | Check In Rainbows |
Havey
08.01.23 | august of experimental for its genre |
GhandhiLion
08.01.23 | check Scaring the Hoes |
Havey
08.01.23 | why do we say that kontakte is musique concrete? |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.01.23 | to get to the other side |
Jots
08.01.23 | kontatke always seemed more of a ālive electronicsā piece than concrete but idek tbh |
Hyperion1001
08.01.23 | "why do we say that kontakte is musique concrete?"
for once the rym genres do a pretty good job of describing what it is:
Integral Serialism, Musique concrĆØte, Acousmatic Music, Electroacoustic,
Tape Music
of course, there are better examples of what schaeffer intended the practice to be (from stockhausen himself no less), but he was still a big part of the GRMC.
its probably moreso serialism than anything else, but its not totally incorrect. |
Havey
08.02.23 | @jots the instruments are live but aren't modified in any way. the electronic part is fixed (tape music) but spatialized live ig
@hyp those tags are from the album where it's paired with gesang der jĆ¼nglinge. makes more sense, because gesang is an electroacoustic work. but kontakte i believe is purely electronically produced sounds + regular old instruments, and i don't think that's very concrete
rym is very confused at tagging electroacoustic, concrĆØte, tape, & acousmatic. so much overlap/redundancy... |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | The pedantry is delicious yes give me more
My understanding then is that is isnāt the best example of concrete because it doesnāt use recorded sounds as itās building blocks but instead electronically produced sounds and regular instruments, but that it shares the heritage of that style because it borrows the same focus on timbre and tone and spectrum rather than melody:harmony:rhythm and uses some spatial recording techniques? God my headā¦ |
Jots
08.02.23 | i mean, with many genres, the distinction between them is more obvious in the sound (metal vs punk vs pop etc). but experimental music is specifically process driven - a lot of the appeal is a fascination with the construction itself.
it might seem pedantic but it does matter to people interested in that sorta stuff. part of the "fun" is digging deeper into the technical process. great concrete or eai (or whatever tangential genre) has a remarkable electric/acoustic process and also an enchanting sonic narrative, imo (but without feeling a need to cater to more conventional musical habits).
for example, Herbert Distel's La Stazione is a major touchstone for field recordings and concrete music. it's essentially recordings from a train station (field recordings), which are a non-instrument-but-still-acoustic sources of sound. these natural-sound-recordings were then manipulated and composed (musique concrete) into something more sonically deliberate.
the reason why it's a little "off" to call Stockhausen mustique concrete is because his technique seemed more like elektronische (which is like musique concrete, except instead of more naturally-occurring sounds, you use electronically produced sounds/signals instead). it might be fussy i guess but it's like comparing a piano to a keyboard |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | Fwiw, I wasnāt criticising the pedantry, was a genuine plea for more lol as, as you say, part of the interest is in all the weird distinctions (actually what I was hoping for from the list). Apologies if internet tonality made my comment appear less friendly than intended. |
Jots
08.02.23 | i know, i was just expanding upon a point/perception, all good |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | 2 fucks shit
Also I need more recs hep |
Ryus
08.02.23 | so glad you liked it asleep, its one of the ~5 or so albums most dear to me. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | Thank you for the rec! Another one I donāt think I would have easily stumbled upon. Never heard anything quite like it. Why does it mean what it means to you? Formative long-standing fave or v good new find? |
SomeCallMeTim
08.02.23 | World of Echo is such a great album. Check the Arthur Russell documentary when / if you get a chance, its called "Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell". Really shows how dedicated Arthur was to his art |
DadKungFu
08.02.23 | Havenāt heard Arthur Russell, description sounds lit |
Ryus
08.02.23 | its been a favorite of mine for quite some time, but it also took a while to grow on me. it's definitely incredibly unique, i've never found anything like it and don't think i ever will. it's sort of abstruse and impenetrable but it really does create a world of its own that can't really be replicated i think. his other music is excellent too, but it's a singular experience for me. not often do atmosphere and songcraft intersect like that. a beautiful man, to be sure |
SomeCallMeTim
08.02.23 | every few years around here there is a wave of Arthur Russell appreciation and I'm all for it. It took me too long to discover that his music / style goes far beyond that which is heard on World of Echo, so anyone that decides to jump into his discog make sure you don't stop with the LP |
Ryus
08.02.23 | "every few years around here there is a wave of Arthur Russell appreciation and I'm all for it"
i been tryna keep that momentum up 24/7 |
SomeCallMeTim
08.02.23 | doing the lord's work |
Ryus
08.02.23 | there's a certain camp of albums that put me in a unique headspace that i kind of group together in my head: world of echo, loveless, and laughing stock. i think its because of their atmosphere and vibe
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JohnnyoftheWell
08.02.23 | I remember being FORCED to get into Arthur Russell 3ish years ago when a recentish archival live album was FOISTED upon me by none other than Winesburgohio in a review a random album contest that the poxy sod then flaked on, and I saw fit to do some basic research before debasing my uninitiated arse in prose for him
Joke's on someone bc I ended up preferring the live album to WoE |
Ryus
08.02.23 | he has a lot of great archival work |
SomeCallMeTim
08.02.23 | world of echo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu8bH2P37kY
rest of his catelogue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFzaaXywPdc |
porcupinetheater
08.02.23 | āthe guy from alt j ie authenticā |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | Newman sounds great on an awesome wave hush now |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | āit's sort of abstruse and impenetrable but it really does create a world of its ownā.
Yaaas
ānot often do atmosphere and songcraft intersect like thatā
Also yaaaas. Sure a weird intersection of things on one album. |
Sinternet
08.02.23 | ben frost - by the throat |
BitterJalapenoJr
08.02.23 | ^ayee great pick |
DadKungFu
08.02.23 | Yeh good one [2] |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | 6 slots left have mercy on my soul and rec something(s) fucked |
Sniff
08.02.23 | You want more? |
AsleepInTheBack
08.02.23 | If we donāt get a full set by idk end of tomorrow weāll do second recs yeee |
Sniff
08.03.23 | Since im going fishing and this is a very important album, my second is. Treat the rec as you wish since it's almost 3 hours long.
Eliane Radigue - Trilogie de la Mort |
DadKungFu
08.03.23 | 2nd rec if thereās room: Alfred Schnittke - String Quartet No. 3 |
AsleepInTheBack
08.03.23 | Fuck it, seeing as people are keen, I HEARBY open floor to SECOND RECS go nuts. |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.03.23 | basic rec but queue up Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun for the last day of the month for the endgame zen-out you deserve |
widowslaugh123
08.03.23 | The Pyramids-Lalibela |
porcupinetheater
08.03.23 | Second rec letās go!!
Natalie Rose LeBrecht - Warraw |
AsleepInTheBack
08.03.23 | Thank you friends ONE MORE REC REQUIRED |
someone
08.03.23 | DM sent |
AsleepInTheBack
08.03.23 | there is no more room at the inn thank you thank you
3 is up 3 is cool |
Azazzel
08.03.23 | The Residents
*dw I'll dive deeper my self and report. they're prolific so |
AsleepInTheBack
08.03.23 | someone did Jean really pump out one deep dive rich soupy boi of unique impressive proportions and then dip?!?! is this the only thing they did?!?! what |
AsleepInTheBack
08.03.23 | also im shook jazz just appeared on my pie chart why i know nothing im just sitting here looking at pretty colours |
someone
08.03.23 | So from what I could find out, Jean Guerin was a member of Ergo Sum, but none of his projects drew particular bank (oddball stuff do me like that), so he eventually bailed on it all and had to find a real job, disappearing into o obscurity forever. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.03.23 | rip, cool find then, thank you for sharing!!!! |
someone
08.03.23 | Legit one of my favourite albums of all time |
AsleepInTheBack
08.03.23 | Feel like I need to give it a more focused listen with that high praise. Listened to it on the commute to work and again on the commute home, but neither seemed ideal, need to sit my ass down in beanbag in the dark and become mush. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.04.23 | ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 4 |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.04.23 | 4 a classic one-jam/pretend you heard it in a dream album |
Demon of the Fall
08.04.23 | Didnāt get here in time but This Heat and Blind Idiot God are listed (+ some other cool shit), so just wanted to say nice choices - Iām looking forward to the analysis
and erm yes thatās the WRONG Oxbow, tut tut tut
I take it this is full now? |
AsleepInTheBack
08.04.23 | Johnny: HA, jokes on you Iāve heard it twice today (pls hold me)
Demon: we are full, tho I will be willing to create the 32nd August if you rec something particularly fire |
AsleepInTheBack
08.07.23 | Yāall arenāt pulling punches fuck me 6 and 7 are tricksy. |
DadKungFu
08.07.23 | lmaooooo love the reaction to 7 |
AsleepInTheBack
08.08.23 | Iām literally stumped, listening to tracks 1 and 2 over and over again. This is a good sign.
Thank god for the comic relief that is 8 though deep breaths |
SomeCallMeTim
08.08.23 | if you enjoy the "weapons grade nonsense" Chocolate Synthesizer, you should check 77 Boa Drum at some point. Boredoms live album in NYC with 77 drummers |
ArsMoriendi
08.08.23 | B for Boredoms and Acid Police are some of the best moments of noise rock ever
Glad you liked Chocolate Synth. Their comparison to Ween is apt since they did a collab album in ā96 |
SomeCallMeTim
08.08.23 | thanks for reminding me I haven't listened to Tuchus or Bad To The Bone in like a week, fixing that |
porcupinetheater
08.08.23 | V glad you're getting late period Boredoms at the end of this
Pop Tatari/Chocolate Synth are fun, but Super Ae/Vision Creation Newsun/Seadrum are the fucking business, shit absolutely rides |
Squiggly
08.09.23 | Ok I think thereās a good chance you will actually hate Bone Machine. Itās just something Iāve been digging recently which is why I recād it. So Iām changing my rec to Steve Reich- Music for 18 Musicians. Quite boundary pushing for itās time in 1978 (although the 1998 version is the best I think). |
AsleepInTheBack
08.09.23 | Already heard music for 18 musicians SON youāre stuck with the BONE tbh Iāve been wanting to check some more Waits so donāt be afraid ! |
porcupinetheater
08.09.23 | Wild feel like Bone Machine is one of the more crowd pleasing safe bets here |
Squiggly
08.09.23 | Alright then. Hope you enjoy! |
Ryus
08.09.23 | tom waits sux!
9 m/////// |
porcupinetheater
08.09.23 | Ryus what are you some kind of populist |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.09.23 | Bone Machine is a pretty ez first spin (and onward) fr
And yh 9 best album ever made/extremely fuck u first listen energy |
Ryus
08.09.23 | "Ryus what are you some kind of populist"
what is meant by this š¤ |
AsleepInTheBack
08.09.23 | Itās 11 something pm im on train back from work with social battery broken listening to 9 help am scared |
porcupinetheater
08.09.23 | I do not know what is meant by this Iām sorry Iām talking in signifiers again |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.09.23 | Immortelle and Amaranth are both classic zero social battery songs. Album v much demands seclusion and whatever the other opposites of public transport are though |
Hawks
08.09.23 | 9 is fucking amazing yeah. m/ |
DadKungFu
08.10.23 | Glad you gave Galas another go. It's a tough one but I think it deserves a couple deep dives
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Demon of the Fall
08.10.23 | This Heat is up! Yes, it took a while to fully marinate with me but I liked the weirdness immediately, eerie album
I listened to that Stockhausen but now (reading comments) I believe it was the 'combined' version. Honestly, it wasn't entirely satisfying as a musical experience tbh, but listening to it was still an intriguing little curiosity |
MiloRuggles
08.10.23 | psst, read kayo dot lyrics xx |
porcupinetheater
08.10.23 | Toby Driver inā like
āI am I
Now youāre mine
My cunting childā |
Purpl3Spartan
08.10.23 | Asleep boutta be falling behind smh |
AsleepInTheBack
08.10.23 | Calm down have some updates
@milo will do babe
@dad itās not over yet
@johny I will find a better setting to jam it promise
@demon yeah weird one to try rate again other more conventional stuff, seems silly to, particularly when as I understand it the movement was particularly a fuck you to conventional musical standards anyway |
BitterJalapenoJr
08.10.23 | Perhaps I should have reccommend elseq 1 instead of 4. First track on elseq 1 is like plunging yourself into a digital apocalypse. |
widowslaugh123
08.10.23 | Next month should be world music (whatever that is) or some shit |
Squiggly
08.11.23 | Oh nice you did like Tom Waits! I just thought you wouldnāt because you said no AMERICAN/WESTERN music so I assumed that just wasnāt your thing. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.11.23 | @jalapeno Iāll listen to it at some point and reevaluate as a whole
@widow I would like to do a non-American/Anglo round but almost feels to generic, maybe next year Iāll do a country a month
@squiggly nah mate love it, was more a prompt to (as above) get more non Western Europe + NA shit as funk month made me want more |
Veldin
08.11.23 | Excited to hear your take on maudlin tomorrow |
AsleepInTheBack
08.11.23 | I fw Bath so am hoping for good things |
Ryus
08.11.23 | it is quite different and quite beautiful |
ArsMoriendi
08.12.23 | @Asleep: is there anything here you think I'd like (I love Bone Machine and Peace Beyond Passion already) |
Ryus
08.12.23 | 2!!!!!!!!!!! |
ArsMoriendi
08.12.23 | Yeah yeah yeah...maybe one day |
SomeCallMeTim
08.12.23 | If you have room at the end of the month, check Uncanny Valley by Stabscotch |
AsleepInTheBack
08.12.23 | @ Ars 2 [2] - itās hazy itās a bit weird itās got some humorous silly human bits and heartfelt serious human bits. Itās good.
3 also has that hidden gem status and is cute, though idk how interested you are in weird jazz adjacent stuff |
AsleepInTheBack
08.12.23 | @Tim Iāll see how well the rest of the month goes and try squeeze in. If not, ima do a noise month at some point which that may be suitable for. |
Azazzel
08.12.23 | >Dowsing Anemone demands whatever the other opposites of public transport are though
drugs, it demands drugs. the more Closed-Eye-Visual kind the better. albums a trip when your kite string pops. Wayfarer and the Antique too |
AsleepInTheBack
08.12.23 | Well I have listened to more Toby absent drugs and preferred it tho seems a much more accessible listen |
Hawks
08.12.23 | You gotta discog listen Kayo Dot and Maudlin so ahrd bro. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.13.23 | Probably should. Probably will. NEXT. |
porcupinetheater
08.13.23 | Lol Animals as Leaders core getting the experimental tag |
DadKungFu
08.13.23 | I'm enjoying 14 a lot rn, think you might as well |
AsleepInTheBack
08.14.23 | You were correct. V cool. |
Sniff
08.14.23 | Yes the feelyfeels strike again |
Deez
08.15.23 | need to check your rec Sniff, never heard it |
AsleepInTheBack
08.15.23 | Well recorded live performances also appear to be a surefire way to my heart damn the way the drums kick in |
SlothcoreSam
08.15.23 | Yeah, Asleep, no longer sleeping on STOMACH BOOK. It's gets better with repeat listens, just need good headphones or speakers and the time to enjoy the album in full. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.16.23 | I was asleep and now I am awake
Oxbow are fire holy heck |
DadKungFu
08.16.23 | AwakeInTheFront |
AsleepInTheBack
08.16.23 | Pretty sure I made an alt called that. Pretty sure I canāt remember the password either. |
Donchivo
08.16.23 | Fuck, I am late to the show. Still gonna add a recommendation:
One 'experimental' (I kinda loathe this tag...) band I particularly enjoy is Vampillia. Deeming themselves a 'brutal orchestra' they toy with everything from black metal via noise, ambient, avantgarde jazz, electronics to (modern) classical. Sounding weird but coherent, they team up with artists as diverse as Ruins, Nadja, Mayhem's Attila Csihar and Autechre.
One of the best livebands I've ever seen, so here is an excerpt from a show that I was lucky enough to witness in 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kenWEUMagSY (even thou it doesn't show their most weird sides)
Studio releases are very varied, to give two opposite poles try 'Alchemic Heart' for long posty build ups and 'Rule The World/Deathtiny Land' for wild and weird short eruptions!
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AsleepInTheBack
08.17.23 | Hey there thanks for stopping by, friend. I wonāt add to the list as we are full but I will add to my personal brain list to cheque; sound fucky and good.
Also ARS ARS ARS you need to hear BONDAGE FRUIT heck you may like |
SomeCallMeTim
08.17.23 | yeee =] |
AsleepInTheBack
08.17.23 | Full write up now up it slaps |
SomeCallMeTim
08.17.23 | awesome write-up, and I agree for the most part with the exception of the last couple of tracks, love that disastrous duo. and the song right before those two is probably my favorite, one of the most vocally pleasing and melodic tracks on there. glad you enjoyed it! |
AsleepInTheBack
08.17.23 | Have you heard more of their discog and is it worth a look? |
SomeCallMeTim
08.17.23 | I've listened to some of IV because it's on spotify but it isn't nearly as good as the s/t imo so I've just stuck with the debut. Will probably check II at some point tho |
AsleepInTheBack
08.19.23 | Have done yesterday today and will now do today today |
rabidfish
08.19.23 | I didn't break the rules, I bent them a little. Meshell is pretty experimental for the genre and more for the time it was released |
AsleepInTheBack
08.19.23 | Tbf I wouldnāt have guessed 1996, youāre right. Good LP. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.20.23 | Opinions: 19 and 20. |
Avagantamos
08.21.23 | from La Peste's RYM bio:
La Peste was born as Laurent Mialon in 1973, in the city of Bordeaux, South West of France. Mialon, since his childhood, was interested in arts and music. He grew up between the Atlantic ocean and military hangars that, with also frequent thunderstorms, influenced him to make imaginary violent ritornellos as a child. Frequently, Mialon used to attend orchestral concerts, but when he realized how much time it would take to have an orchestra playing his works he gave up. His interest in arts was beyond music: in Bordeaux, there is a contemporary art center (called CAPC) that he visited, and instead of being impressed by the works themselves, Laurent gave more importance to the presentation of them. |
Avagantamos
08.21.23 | After studying finances, Mialon discovered Hardcore [EDM] through the works of Liza N'Eliaz, that, with also the democratization of Electronic music-making in the early 1990s, made him seek his dream of hearing the soundscapes he could once only imagine. Mialon then started attending rave parties in 1991, which led to his first experience as a DJ under the name La Peste in 1993. Laurent for years traveled throughout Europe playing in rave parties, some of the main ones being the K-Bal sound system in Paris, Teknivals, Thunderdome, Seppuku, Fischkopf parties, alongside many people, such as Helius Zhamiq, Laurent HĆ“, Christoph Fringeli, No-Tek, etc. |
Avagantamos
08.21.23 | In 1997, tired of the repetitiveness of EDM, La Peste created Hangars Liquides, an experimental Industrial Hardcore / Speedcore label that is considered to be the foundation of Flashcore. He released various EP's and remixes that, at the time, were viewed as revolutionary. In the guise of earning money, since HL is a non-profit organization, from 2000 to 2002, he started working as the music manager of Europe's biggest TV channel, Eurosport International. In 2001 he meets AurƩlia-Djehan Derungs, the woman that would later give Mialon a child, and starts working on the Hendeka installation after 9/11. Also in the same year, he announced that he would devote himself to pure avant-garde music, a decision that led to an invitation to the Electroacoustic music class of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) at the Conservatoire de Pantin, in 2002. Creates, also in 2002, Audioblique, a sound design agency, to better work as a freelance sound designer/composer for Kia Motors, Samsung, Singapore Airlines, the State of Canada, and many other companies. |
Avagantamos
08.21.23 | After living for 7 years in Paris, La Peste decided to move to the mountains and get labeled as a hippie, and consequently lost all of his clients. He then decided to learn how to be a submarine robot pilot. For 8 years, until 2015, Mialon was every other month in the ocean. In the midst of this, he released more groundbreaking works, including an album that came with visual media made by his partner Djehan Derungs, and wrote the infamous "Flashcore Manifesto" in 2004. Later he started composing and performing under the name of Krystal Jesus. |
AsleepInTheBack
08.21.23 | Cool
Thanks
Iād forgotten rym was a thing my bad
Kinda felt a bit hardcore adjacent so that makes sense |
Veldin
08.21.23 | Glad you enjoyed Naked City! |
AsleepInTheBack
08.22.23 | Thank you!!!
Sput died so 21 is late and 22 is very late as I couldnāt remember what the rec was lol but there you go |
AsleepInTheBack
08.23.23 | Updates!!! |
ffs
08.23.23 | pleased you enjoyed. may have been a stretch to call it experimental compared to some of this stuff but i havent heard much like it |
AsleepInTheBack
08.25.23 | Yeah was a good pick, very unique
24 also very good you should all go listen to it especially Johnny |
AsleepInTheBack
08.26.23 | 25 great too
26 good lord thatās a long boi |
DadKungFu
08.26.23 | u might be like how is 27 experimental but Schnittke was really trying to synthesize every style of western music into one historically unified style, which is often anxiety and whiplash inducing but almost always a great ride like there are baroque passages next to serialist rows, quotations from Beethoven pieces and Schnittke's own past works. It's a great time and a lot of fun and very experimental in its own way |
Havey
08.26.23 | after finishing the Trilogie i think he'll appreciate some polystylistic roller-coasting |
AsleepInTheBack
08.26.23 | My cat jumped on me half way through 26 and scared me shitless. |
Jots
08.26.23 | oh nice you checked satyricon < 3 |
AsleepInTheBack
08.29.23 | I did! It was good! What is it?!
Also enjoyed 27 tho feel clueless re classical
28 is long feck |
porcupinetheater
08.29.23 | Isnāt lalibela, like, sub-45 minutes? |
widowslaugh123
08.29.23 | Yeah lalibela is like 45 but the last track on streaming is the whole album in one track so itās an hour 30 but yeah really itās 45 minutes or so |
AsleepInTheBack
08.30.23 | Ooooooh well thatāll make it easier lol thanks |
Dewinged
08.30.23 | dont know if it classifies as experimental but Popol Vuh's Hosianna Mantra is worth a check! |
AsleepInTheBack
08.30.23 | Thanks dewi will mange
Updates sorry Iām tardy |
DadKungFu
08.30.23 | Did Diamanda ever find its way back into your assessment schedule? |
MiloRuggles
08.30.23 | Vision!
Creation!
Newsun! |
AsleepInTheBack
08.31.23 | @dad lol yes youāve been very patient with me ty, I was intrigued by what I heard so much that I wanna make sure I jam in the right setting, which is tricky, but ima take a 10 day break from next months list to go on hols and will probs jam it then.
Also thoughts for next month? Classical? Death Metal? Post punk? R&B? I d k. |
widowslaugh123
08.31.23 | Post punk would be cool. Or maybe a psychedelic one I donāt know |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.31.23 | post punk, psych, ambient, house/techno/trance, shoegaze
classical in one month is probably futile and why devote a month to death metal when the site spends the whole year jerking it |
Ryus
08.31.23 | psych [2] or something electronic |
Havey
08.31.23 | disco, dub, or field recordings |
Ryus
08.31.23 | he probablt wants to do a genre where he can get more than like 5 recs total |
Havey
08.31.23 | i will rec all 30, he's in good hands |
ArsMoriendi
08.31.23 | Psych? Oh yeah |
SomeCallMeTim
08.31.23 | psych[š] |
AsleepInTheBack
08.31.23 | Post-Punk likelihood? HIGH!
Classical likelihood? HIGH!
Disco, dub or field recordingās likelihood? LOW (next year maybe tho hmm)
Something electronic likelihood? TRY HARDER RYUS
Psych likelihood? IM HIGH!
Noise (of all flavours) likelihood? VERY HIGH
Ambient likelihood? DECEMBER SWAN SONG maybe?
Shoegaze likelihood? I THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY TWO SHOEGAZE ALBUMS?!?
Death Metal likelihood? IDK FUCK IT I MISS RIFFS |
SomeCallMeTim
08.31.23 | I am armed with noise recs |
Koris
08.31.23 | check Ruins |
DadKungFu
08.31.23 | oh shi suggestion what about industrial september |
Dewinged
09.01.23 | You should go with smth you're totally unfamiliar with, like... classic heavy metal!(and let me be the sole rec'er (Ā¬āæĀ¬)) |
JohnnyoftheWell
09.01.23 | "I THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY TWO SHOEGAZE ALBUMS?!?"
do shoegaze month immediately this is a vile take
do not do industrial or (alas) noise if 30 is ruining your day lmao |
ArsMoriendi
09.01.23 | If he does industrial though he cant find out about EBM, a subgenre I keep saying that I want to dive more into |
JohnnyoftheWell
09.01.23 | tbh do a month where you discog run Killing Joke and Skinny Puppy |
SlothcoreSam
09.01.23 | You should do anarcho-punk |
porcupinetheater
09.01.23 | British Industrial |
AsleepInTheBack
09.09.23 | FINiSHED! ish. i still owe dad 7 but i dont want it to be 30 degrees C when i do lol |
Sniff
09.09.23 | He has risen |
ArsMoriendi
09.10.23 | NICE I still need to hear 31 lol |
someone
09.12.23 | What a twist there. Was hoping for a score with Gristle... |
AsleepInTheBack
09.12.23 | If itās any consolation, I loved the first listen, but was meh on the second, and scored based on the second, so Iāll revisit |
AsleepInTheBack
10.12.23 | 7 finally up sorry dad |
AsleepInTheBack
12.31.23 | Thanks for all the fish: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=204937 |