CottonSalad
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Gimme 52 recs

One per person. Anything goes. Not necessarily looking for something I’ve never heard of – just bring your vibes.
1Jakob Ullmann
A Catalogue of Sounds 1995-1997
2Hiperson
bildungsroman

What a great way to start the new year! An absolute gem - lots to love in this. Definitely got a few of these melodies stuck in my head over the past week and already recommended it to a handful of people, haha...Thanks!

(Uzumaki)
3Fushitsusha
Live I

Guess I should get used to some form of spiritual whiplash as I make my way through this list (bad model design surely), but whoa haha...This live record is a wild trip and opens up in ways you wouldn't imagine, especially while you're being sedated by the plodding energy of the first couple tracks. No spoilers - just check it out. Genuinely raw and cathartic stuff.

(JohnnyoftheWell)
4Black Flag
The Process of Weeding Out

This was my *roundabout* introduction to Black Flag (knew enough to understand that this was a special case haha)...I like that this record exists - wonder how many of their fans at the time were opened to different ways of music making from this project. For myself, there was some cool snakey drumming, a respectably obnoxious sense of repetition, but not much I would return to. I do know i'll be sharing this recording in the future tho, occupies a unique niche. Happily taking recommendations for similar albums!

(dedex)
5La Femme
Paradigmes

At first I enjoyed I enjoyed this quite a bit...but as the week went on, everything I initially felt to be catchy/cathartic/surprising/sensual ended up contributing to the record feeling like a bit of a lull to drag through. Definitely something uniquely otherwordly going on, and I will totally be revisiting it off and on for sure, but currently having a mixed relationship with the mindset it leads me towards. Can't complain, but also I can? Maybe that's enough? lol

(StormChaser)
6Alessandro Bosetti
Stille Post. Radio Works: 2003-2011

The Gesualdo Translations are EASILY my favorite out of the 5 works in this collection. The rest are sensitive/funny/playful/clever/intense in various shades - Bosetti clearly knows what he's doing (the sense of evoking different registers of space and memory feel really good to me)...but THAT one really uncovers a lot of energies that stuck this past week.

For the record: this stuff arguably isn't music, or whatever - consider them some kind of voice-driven explorations of recorded sound if needed...meaning, don't let my hype get you too excited? haha

(Havey)
7Vangelis
Earth

Really enjoyed hearing vestiges of Terry Riley's 60's synthesizer work sprinkled throughout this pretty eclectic record. Since I hadn't even seen Bladerunner before this week (took one of my 7 sessions with this to do so), didn't have any expectations of what Vangelis was about. As a staple of film scores and apparently a once potential member of Yes (his wiki bio alone was pretty fascinating stuff haha) - curious to dig more in to his life in general and glad to have him on my radar!

(parksungjoon)
8Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet and Mogwai
The Fountain

Another week, another movie - figured if I was gonna spend seven days listening to David Harrington and Kronos, I might as well spend one of those watching Hugh Jackman while I was at it. The movie reminded me of a book by Milan Kundera (Immortality), which was really formative...would highly recommend if any of the themes from this movie resonate with you.

As far as the soundtrack itself goes (this is a music list I guess...), I definitely found the emotional spaces stark enough to be effective - a lot of these sounds can easily be leaned in to a little too hard, and this sensitively sits right on the cusp for the most part. Clint Mansell is a new name to me, so that's cool. Would love to hear what made you share this zak - did the soundtrack come first? thoughts on the movie? etc...

Regardless, thanks!

(zakalwe)
9Michael Jackson
Thriller

I am helping run an electroacoustic festival this week, and for some of my downtime this morning I was able to sneak a few tracks from this into the mix. Was mostly for EQ tests, but also…I felt things pumping this through 48 speakers. Genuinely Thrilling.

Brought to you by:
(YoYoMancuso)
10Morphine
Cure for Pain

WHAT A WEIRD, weird, album haha...It may be some kind of fitting, being serendipitously matched up to NorthernSkylark in March Madness (a sentiment I am still not sure what to do with tbh - if I do anything?) the same week I am jamming his rec for this list..., as the record feels oddly confrontational in a way Magma or early Swans is? without any of the spiritual angst? or the darkness? Like, goofy clown scary? I wanna look away? But it's also just a clown at a birthday party? But I also don't want him to sneak up behind me? ...idk haha...if that makes any sense to you - email me.

(NorthernSkylark)
11Disillusion
Back to Times of Splendor

Didn’t enjoy this when the hype train was big back in the day. Didn’t enjoy it this time around either. Spent a week with it and still don’t really have a concept of what makes this stand out (not interested in turning this into a space where I make a list of my critiques or something…just didn’t vibe) - my problem it seems haha

Cheers tho Egarran - maybe one day it’ll click!

(Egarran)
12The Stranglers
Aural Sculpture

This. This is exactly the kind of stuff I started the list for! The moment Ice Queen hit on my first listen I was definitely feeling the vibe, but Let Me Down Easy was the moment I knew there was something going on here. Unfortunately, not exactly a consistent record - definitely very hit and miss with a stronger front half and an almost dismal back half haha - but there's some bops I am glad to not have missed out on.

(AsleepInTheBack)
13Rollins Band
The End of Silence

A surprisingly dense record. Well executed sounds, a wide variety of influences handled with nuance, and stellar performances all around (that rhythm section tho...) - all wrapped in a "down to earth" attitude/message driving the conceptual through line...which becomes my drawback of the experience: I can't help but feel I am being pandered to a little *too* hard. Rather than the approach of preaching through self expression (i.e. Jesse Leech/KsE) - which doesn't matter if I agree with the ideas or not, experiencing that kind of earnest always leaves room for awe - this feels like Rollins is giving me unsolicited advice that he may or may not be interested in for himself? haha...and that ultimately left me a little detached from the aesthetic, even though I could always acknowledge some pretty musically sensitive underpinnings.

tldr: really solid jam record if you ignore the lyrics? Checks out!

(DavidYowi)
14Drexciya
Drexciya 4: The Unknown Aquazone

Wow. I have nothing to offer here. If you're reading this: listen to Drexciya.

Can't wait to dive into the rest of their discog.

What a fucking bop.

(Hyperion1001)
15Helcaraxe
Red Dragon

Imperanon meets Silent Civilian with vestiges of Edge of Sanity sprinkled here and there? Granted I listened to all 3 of those bands a fair bit in high school, and probably would have chalked this up at the tier “just below” those first 2 and given it a few more weeks of my life…but it doesn’t exactly offer much now. Was surprised when I finally checked the release date tbh

Significant deep dive into a way of making metal that peaked in the mid 00’s? Check.

I do have a few nostalgia records, in a similar enough style, to where I understand the recommendation tho, so thanks for sharing :]

(Dedes)
16Jam City
Classical Curves

If I had heard this back in 2012 (I wouldn't have liked it at all because I was obsessed with progPeth and Bartok, but anyway...), it feels like it would have easily been a pretty exciting record to speculate on the future with. So many gorgeous little moments all over this project, unfortunately the ratings make it look like they didn't exactly capitalize on some of the potential here in their later music. I'll definitely check some of it out regardless, as I enjoyed parts of this quite a lot - but it seems Jam City's discog may not be the place to discover the future of these sounds. Where did they go? I want more - GUIDE ME.

p.s. Love is Real may be one of my favorite song discoveries of this year. Pure vibes.

(Ryus)
17The B-52s
Wild Planet

Best fade-in/fade-out album of all time? Possibly.

For the record though, listening to the B-52's for a week straight in 2022 doesn't feel good, that I can tell you.

Is this good? Do I feel different? The outro can probably loop in my brain forever now, so that's something.

(widowslaugh123)
18So Hideous
None But a Pure Heart Can Sing

There have been other albums on this list I haven't been super in to, but this may be the first that feels poorly done...while I am navigating my ways of listening, certain music just doesn't have a huge impact, though I like to imagine the circumstance in which it has the potential to - and I am really at a loss here...

They've done their homework, and would pass a multiple choice exam on how to make me feel things, but their prose is AI generated. If that sounds like the way you wanna spend 32 minutes. E-mail me.

(Josh D.)
19Ryo Fukui
Scenery

This was fun. No more, no less. I knew about Ryo Fukui, due to viral youtube, but had only listened to it once...not sure I got much more out of a week of listening. Something about it strikes an ear for music lovers who aren't necessarily that into piano/jazz, was curious to see if I would be able to poke at *what* - obviously I have no idea :] haha

If this is you: Don't like jazz piano, but could like jazz piano...check this out?

(SteakByrnes)
20The Mothers of Invention
One Size Fits All

Has been my favorite Zappa record (with Apostrophe) for years - thanks for giving me a reminder to spin it for a week straight. Cheers!

(ArsMoriendi)
21Rorcal
Heliogabalus

(CaptainDooRight)
22Madonna
Ray of Light

(Get Low)
23The Knife
Shaking the Habitual

(Demon of the Fall)
24Ann Peebles
I Can't Stand The Rain

(rabidfish)
25Bernard Herrmann
Moby Dick, cantata

(arf)
26Remi Wolf
Juno

(Squiggly)
27Rinoa
An Age Among Them

(botb)
28Psychotic Waltz
A Social Grace

(Casavir)
29Today Is the Day
Willpower

(LeddSledd)
30Touche Amore
Stage Four

(Minushuman24)
31Syndrone
Salmataxia

(Avagantamos)
32Rush
Exit...Stage Left

(FR33L0RD)
33Oceans of Slumber
The Banished Heart

(Koris)
34Coughs
Fright Makes Right

(kkarron)
35Bizzy Bone
Heaven'z Movie

(Drifter)
36Kate Bush
The Dreaming

(Funeralopolis) - RIP
37The Pyramids
Birth, Speed, Merging

(SandwichBubble)
38Atvm
Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless

(DDDeftoneDDD)
39Masonna
Spectrum Ripper

(TheMonster)
40Elsiane
Mechanics of Emotion

(bgillesp)
41Extol
Synergy

(Thibs)
42The Anniversary
Designing For a Nervous Breakdown

(Sinternet)
43Skeleton Tree Trimming
Plague Music

(EasterInTheBatcave)
44Gatling
Beforemath

(NietzschesMoustache)
45H20$$$SPORTS$$$
YAYAYI

(z00sh)
46DJ Donna Summer
Panther Tracks

(someone)
47Bill Evans
Live In Paris 1972 Vol 3

(Trifolium)
48Fall of Efrafa
Inle

(Pikazilla)
49Strapping Young Lad
City

(Scheumke)
50Icarus the Owl
Pilot Waves

(GreyShadow)
51Timeghoul
1992-1994 Discography

(evilford)
52Hasan
Hasan Goes Crazy

(hasan)
53Boom Boom Satellites
To The Loveless

(Uzumaki)
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