Resident's Recs Part 1
Copying JT's idea because I think there's more to be added and I'm too lazy to come up with my own. |
| 12 |  | Brian McBride
When The Detail Lost Its Freedom
Warm, beautiful ambient that has incredible longevity. Then again what were you expecting from one half of Stars of the Lid? The first tracks are perhaps some of the best material he has ever put out period. |
| 11 |  | Blood Box
A World Of Hurt
Blood Box, the side project of one of the members of Yen Pox, has been releasing sporadically for a while now. This though stands as possibly their best and one of my favourite dark ambient releases ever because it is terrifying. Don't believe me? Look up 'Mother of Dust' and see why. |
| 10 |  | Phelios
Astral Unity
Dark ambient in space. While it sounds clich? it's executed very well here because of it's sound being akin to a titanic void slowly ripping the universe apart. Probably the Darkspace influence. |
| 9 | | Post Mortem
Coroner's Office
Seminal early death metal release. Needs so much more attention that it got. |
| 8 |  | Magnus
I Was Watching My Death
Polish death/thrash that in both quality, leads and artwork reminds me a hell of a lot of a certain Turbo release. Also the vocals on this destroy, the leads are fucking awesome and it riffs for days. Get it. Now. |
| 7 |  | High Power
High Power
Old school French heavy metal with a singer with an awesome voice. |
| 6 |  | Fall of Because
Life Is Easy
Before Godflesh came these guys and it's easy to see where the later releases came from. While it's definitely very Swans influenced I still class this as some of Broderick's best work simply because of the atmosphere. Very records come close to the absolutely crushing sense of defeat and destruction in a man-made, machine-dominated hell, in fact I'd even go as far as saying this is better than Streetcleaner at some points purely because the human element gives it that edge that Streetcleaner lacked. |
| 5 |  | Jurassic Jade
Gore
Aggressive, raw as hell Japanese thrash. Nuff said. |
| 4 | | Christoph De Babalon
If You're Into It, I'm Out Of It
Seminal drum n bass release but at the same time so much more than that. Amazing record that captures the dirty underground club better than anything I've heard so far. |
| 3 | | Andrew Bayer
It's Artificial
This guy's gained some recent fame for his mix appearing on one of BT's remix albums and this is his debut a beautiful piece of electronica that oscilates between so many different styles. |
| 2 |  | Markus Guentner
1981
One of those many GAS influenced producers who actually ran with the ideas instead of falling into mediocrity. He has one of the most consistent discogs out there and produces some of the best ambient I've ever heard. |
| 1 |  | Insanity
Death After Death
Severly underrated, early death metal band with a vocalist that sounds like Testimony-era Patrick Mameli gone psychotic (that's a good thing). The earlier demo is better but this album is an absolute beast and the drummers on both are perhaps two of the most underrated ever. |
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