Atmosphere - Gods Bathroom Floor
Atmosphere was a rap group that someone on my school recommended not too long ago...but I haven't heard this song yet. It starts with a soulful bass riff and a loungy saxophone riff, with Slug rapping various random words. There are some very fuzzy samples throughout the song, and the production is very introvert....really nice. The lyrics (they seem autobiographical) and flow by really good and that's what I like in hip-hop. Good stuff indeed. 8/10

My pick:

dEUS - Put The Freaks Up Front

Oh well. I'll dib that dEUS song then. The God's Bathroom Floor is an excellet song, one of the better hip hop songs I've heard in a while. 9/10.

I also think "Trying To Fing A Balance" is a good song...I like everything I've heard from Atmosphere so far.

[b]dEUS - Put The Freaks Up Front[/b]

This was an interesting listen. I don't really know what genre it is, alternative I suppose...
I don't even know what other bands they sound like, since I've really never heard anything like it before. It sounds a bit like Regurgitator, in parts. There's lots of harmonies and melodies going on all around the place. It would be a more interesting listen in headphones, though I can't be bothered finding them. It starts with a really high pitched guitar sound. I don't like the dude's vocals much, they sound a bit nothing-ish to me, too generic, to like-everyone-else. Oh well. It fits the music decently enough. It is a fairly basic sort of song - chords and stuff. The random things in the background make it pretty interesting though.

6/10.

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Dragonforce - Disciples of Babylon (Thrash-esque Power Metal)
Spinal Tap - Sex Farm (British Rock)
Regurgitator - G7 Di[size=2]c[/size]k Electro Boogie (Electronica/Hip hop)

Dubs

[B]Spinal Tap - Sex Farm[/B]

Starts off with a metal riff. Breaks into lyrics, pretty funny (since that is what Spinal Tap is about) but not making me laugh. They almost remind me of the Darkness only they don't suck. The chorus is kind of bad, also the vocals are very low hard to make out in the song. Interesting drum beat. But mostly it's not very interesting. There is some keys occasionally through out the piece but they don't really attribute that well. I don't really like this song. It just reminds me of hair spray and bad 80s metal. Yuck.

[B]3.4/10 [/B]
[U]
[B]My Songs:[/B][/U]
Thrice - Eleanor Rigby
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night

Dibs
You really should put the genres of the songs your recommending

Corey Heart - Sunglasses At Night - 3:57

What can I say but man the synth on this is cheesy :p . The song starts of with this synth riff and the vocals come in about 0:16. I suddenly get that feeling that you get when your not sure whether or not you've heard a song before, I get a familiar feeling from this song but I don't think i've ever heard it before :confused:
At about 1:00 the guitar creeps in repeating a lick behind the vocals, the song then returns to how it was before. One of the annoying things of this song is the reptitiveness of the lyrics, there doesn't seem to be a lot of variation in them. The song leads out with a typical rock anthem solo.
I'm still rather confused as to what genre to put this in :confused: probably cheesy synth rock :)

anyways not my sort of thing

3.5/10

*deletes from playlist :p *

My recommendations

Ludovico Einaudi - The Waves or you may also find it as le onde (Classical Piano)
The Chemical Brothers - Where Do I Begin (Electronica/Dance)
Mavishnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits (jazz fusion)

[b]Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde[/b]

EDIT: I typed out a fairly long review for this, but it was deleted! So I wrote a much shorter review, unfortunately :(

What a beautiful song. It starts with a arpeggiated run in the left hand, in 6/8 time, and then the right hand starts playing around in the higher register, in crotchets over the left hand. It does this for about half the song: all the key changes and everything, it's awesome. The second part is even more incredible - it is so unbelievably peaceful. A must listen, for anyone. The dynamics, and the whole feel in general make it a very special listen.

I apologise for the short review, but I am happy to give this song a 10/10, and will definately be checking more of his stuff out.

Dragonforce - Disciples of Babylon (Thrash-esque Power Metal)
Regurgitator - G7 Dick Electro Boogie (Electronica/Hip hop)
Gerling - Dust Me Selecta (Electronica/Rock)

Still yet to find someone who doesn't like Einaudi :cool:


Everyone check him out :thumb:

I'll take dibs on this

[U][B]Dragonforce - Disciples of Babylon[/B][/U]

Oh man. This is horrible, I suggest no one dls this. It is just a boring metal song and really shouldn't even be in the Other Music thread. Yuck Yuck Yuck. It's like I've been transported back to LA in the 80s. I hate myself for dling this song.

[B]0.3/10[/B]

[B]My Songs:[/B]
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (More Cheesy 80s Synth Sh[I]it[/I])
The Dillinger Escape Plan - We are the Storm (Mind f[I]u[/I]ck)
Fishbone - Party at Ground Zero (Funky Reggae)

Dibs.

I think I know what to expect :(
[b]Falco - Rock Me Amadeus[/b] - 3:15

Starts with a woman's cry of "ooh! rock me amadeus!" with a couple of drum beats, then a male version of it, which repeat many times over.

Singing in a different language! I haven't got a chance of knowing what they're saying, despite the fact I think it's German.

It's pretty much pointless giving a blow-by-blow of this song - you either know what it sounds like or you don't. It's parodied in the Simpsons; "ooh, help me Dr Zaius!"

Let's be honest - it's crap, 80s, synth-drenched gimmick-pop. However, it still gets 10/10, just because it is crap, 80s, synth-drenched gimmick-pop. Besides, it was on the Simpsons.

Songs:
Fantomas - [i]Page 29[/i] (30 second "song" from debut album)
Bruford - [i]Five G[/i] (Jazz/fusion)
Massive Attack - [i]Risingson[/i] or [i]Angel[/i] (trip-hop)

It's not in a different langauge Bartender ;)

Are you sure? I'm picking German words out everywhere. Only english I can hear is "come on and rock me Amadeus".

Maybe two versions?

maybe.. but he just talks like he is german

Dragonforce .3/10??? ArghhhHhhh! :lol: oh well.

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[b]Massive Attack - Angel[/b]

I love this intro. I think's a low C playing on bass, which is quite low, and gives it a nice little drone feel. Then a cool little electronic drum kit comes in, and all these other cool effects, which give the song an awesome ambience-esque, floaty feel. This random synth plays three notes every so often. Clicking sticks and bongos start playing as well. When all these things are played together, it's quite cool. Then the vocals come in, which I don't particularly enjoy. There's a break in the vocals, and there is a weird, yet cool, thing done to the drums, the hi hat in particular. The next vocal break, there's a cool little guitar solo thing, which is very enjoyable. It's fairly repetitive, with all these random effects and different instruments. I'd write more, but I have to go to college now.

7.5/10 - the vocals, in my opinion let it down a bit. Would of been an excellent instrumental.

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Butterfly Effect - Perception Twin (Nu Metal)
Gerling - Dust me Selecta (Electronica/Rock)
Regurgitator - G7 Dick Electro Boogie (Electronica/Hip hop)

I don't know if they will be hard to find or not. If they are, add me to manuscriptreplica on soulseek or [email]manuscriptreplica@hotmail.com[/email], and I can send them to you.

Dibs.

Apart from the genre description, no idea what to expect.
[b]Regurgitators - G7 Dick Electro Boogie[/b] - about 3:20, I think

Starts off with some strange noises, might be distorted vocals, before going into a mid-paced beat rhythm. Vocals come in, low pitched and fast, I can't really make out anything that's being said. Around 0:39 there's some tinkling bells in the background.

Vocals stop, and the tinkling bells are joined by various metallic noises, but not for long, as those low vocals come back in. Different tone of distorted vocals around 1:25, though I've still no idea what they're saying.

Oh wait, I think I picked out "bad karma" around 1:55. Anyway, 2:11 and we're back on those tinkling and metallic noises, but with what could be disc scratching going on as well. It just carries on like this, cycling between the three (low, rushed vocals, tinkly metallics and just beats) until the end, which is very abrupt.

Well it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't particularly good either. Not my kind of thing.

5/10

Songs:
Fantomas - [i]Page 29[/i] (30 second "song" from debut album)
Bruford - [i]Five G[/i] (Jazz/fusion)
Massive Attack - [i]Risingson[/i] (trip-hop)

Dibs

[U][B]Fantomas - Page 29[/B][/U]

Sweet. It's a short song. With a guitar that sounds like something from psycho. We hear patton breathing and than it breaks into him making some crazy noises. With bass drum and harder guitar in the back. It's acutally a great intro. And makes me want to check out the rest of the cd.
[B]
8.4/10[/B]




My Songs
The Dillinger Escape Plan - We are the Storm (Mind ****)
Fishbone - Party at Ground Zero (Funky Reggae)

dibsies

Fishbone are awesome

I love that song, how they blend ska, metal, rock, hip hop, funk...

It sucks that their singer left to join a cult.

They still tour though.

Hmmmmm


The Spinners - Rubber Band Man


Good funk song featuring James Brown before he became famous.

[QUOTE=KazooVirtuoso]dibsies[/QUOTE]


My bad I didn't associate dibsies with DIBS

haha

Also your review sucked a[I]s[/I]s

[b]Dillinger Escape Plan - We Are the Storm[/b]

I've heard a little bit of their stuff a year or two back. I kinda liked it, but never became much of a fan... But anyway, this song starts out pretty crazy, which isn't a big surprise. I like that the weird-timeness doesn't sound forced, like some bands sometimes do. Vocals aren't anything special, but they go great with the music. This is pretty good stuff. And what's this? A mellow part? I never heard anything like this from them. I can dig it. And now back to the heavy stuff for the ending.

I was feeling it, now that my tastes have expanded I like them a lot more than I did in the past. 8/10, good stuff.

My choices:

[b]Beulah - Gene Autry[/b] - indie-pop
[b]Calexico - Bloodflow[/b] - southwestern... whatever it is
[b]Elysian Fields - Stop the Sun[/b] - mellow alt-rock, nice female vocals
[b]Isis - Swarm Reigns (Down)[/b] - sludgy and spacy metal

and for the adventurous:

[b]Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity[/b] - the 15 minute avant-garde/spacy-rock/classical/chaotic-metal challenge (c'mon man everybody's doing it)

I'll dib that Elysian Fields one...I always wanted to hear them since I heard the Lovage album.

Well, I actually managed to still download the song (3 posts in a row, I suck)

Elysian Fields - Stop The Sun (edit!!!)

Starts with a deformed electronic noise...and these really hot female vocals come in...geez...what a sexy voice (her name escapes me). The song is sung in a very natural, effortless way. It's got this sensual, suspense vibe...that you get from bands like Hooverphonic and Portishead...only the production is 'warmer'. It's got some piano melodies, smooth bassline, and a basic beat....I like this song alot. There are this weird little piano solo's near the end that seem out of place with the beat...really nifty. I like the song alot...because of the vocals alone, which I had the pleasure of hearing on the Lovage record too. 8.5/10

I think I'll get some more Elysian Fields. God, I really should learn checking my spelling before I submit posts :/

Meanwhile I recommend:

Team Sleep/Mike Patton - Kool Aid Party

Dibs

Sorry I can't post a reveiw

The only file was corrupt.

I'll dibs.

[i]Team Sleep - Kool Aid Party[/i]

This is a cool song. It features Mike Patton's unmistakable voice on vocals. It starts with ocean sounds, and a kind of guitar reverb sound. Then a haunting riff comes in, on guitar with a big echo sound over it. All these different instruments and sounds come to life, and there is some kind of chanting going on, just before Patton's vocals come in. They are heavily altered with, but are unmistakably Patton's. It is a very slow song, but it has tons of atmosphere to it. There are loads of ambient sounds to it, and the haunting arpegiated riff keeps repeating throughout the whole song. It's pretty intense at times. Since it's so slow, it seems to go on forever, which is probably the only fault I have with it. It would be an awesome 3 minute song.

7/10. Not brilliant, but still decent enough.

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Darkthrone - The Dance of Eternal Shadows (Black Metal)
Machine Gun Fellatio - Pu[size=2]s[/size]sy Town (Rock/Pop)
Outkast - Bombs Over Baghdad (Hip hop)
Paul Chambers - Blue Spring (Jazz)

ill do bombs over baghdad

Ok this song is prolly the best outkast song, its fast-paced and has some political lyrics... sorta, i aslo found one that has outkast and rage against the machine, RATM supplies the fast rock, its alot better than the straight up hiphop one.
All in All this song is ok, not something i would listen to though.
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The Next Song is

Flip the Switch - Hot in Herre (nelly remix)

[url]http://www.purevolume.com/fliptheswitch[/url]

EDIT: Forgot dibs :p ...DIBS!!

Okay

The song goes right into the vocals, and the guitar is playing rythm, as are the other instruments. The singers rap in a very lam way, but of course that is probably intentional. They give it a very hilarious/interesting sound. It slightly reminds me off a Weird Al song. Overall, the songs hilarious. :lol:

10/10 :p

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Rusted Root - Send me on my Way (___Jam, to hard to explain)

Phish - Poor Heart (Electric Bluegrass/Jam)

OOH, I want to do Rusted Root!

^You probably have heard that song, but if you don't reconize it by name. Do it anyway.

[b]Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way[/b]

I know I've heard this song before (only once or twice), and I liked it so this is more than a great reason to get it.

12 string guitar beggining, a guy starts chanting, it sounds a bit like the Lion King music, bass drum and hi hats. Theres some scrapey percussion thing and hand drums used here too.
Theres some really nice vocal harmonies in here - another guy and a girl joining the lead singer. A pan flute joins the parade. After a while the full drumkit comes in here and doubles the speed.

It doesn't sound very jammy in this recording, except for a short break of flute and percussion, I can imagine them implementing a jam session in live shows though. I call this style roots rock... its similar to John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd etc.

Theres a marimba or similar in there too.. then towards the end it slows, some instruments drop off and it finishes

After all that... I dont like analyzing this song (I got rid of a lot of what I had written) because its just so much more enjoying just to kick back and hear it.
It's rather bouncy, energetic and fun. Melodic, nice on the ears. Simple in structure Builds and fades well, so its doesnt suddenly start or finish.

8.5/10 - it's really enjoyable but it didn't really strike me as special for that top score.

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[b]John Butler Trio live thing[/b] - Full details at the end of this post: [url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3633185&postcount=220[/url]

[b]Substitute Inc. - The Chase - Scene 3 and 4[/b] (one song spread over two tracks) - underwater progressive trippy-disco sci-fi rock (get it from me, Blueser57 on soulseek)

[b]Wumpscut - Black Death (French Concept)[/b] - ambient techno meets heavy industrial