This is a continuation of the blog I started a couple of years ago in myspace; a list of interesting imho albums. Various genres, various artists, some of them known, some unknown...all for music's sake.
That's Right...MUSIC!
I like noise because is a pure form of art and 100% pure music experimentation. In my opinion is one of the most revolutionary forms of art against the modern way of living. The other very amazing thing is that either you love it or hate it, nothing in between.
Ferocity of Practical Life is a very nice EP from the Japanese noise pioneers Hijokaidan, with Masami Akita of Merzbow responsible for the drums.
Hi quality traditional Japanese noise. No other comments.
If you like noise, enjoy.
If not, don't even bother to press the play button. Just wait for my new post :-)
Snog are one of the very few bands that the Australian continent has raised, and by far one of the most experimental acts ever. Their music, although they started with pure industrial roots is spanning across I.D.M., Downtempo, Dance, 60's folk music, Electro, Trip Hop, Ambient and many many other genres I can't recall, blending them in a way that you wouldn't believe it can happen if you haven't heard something similar. And of course, there's nothing similar to Snog!
All these are combined with the notorious lyrics of David Thrussel (and his amazing vocals), which are filled with an extreme cynical and critical view of modern life, commercialism, capitalism and globalisation. I have never seen any other band writing lyrics which hit directly to the heart of today's problematic society, which is not all the things mentioned, but us who allowed this to happen. Cynicism is spread around every album, from song titles to artwork, with the best being the cover of their last album titled "The Last of the Great Romantics", showing a perfectly clean computer cluster room...Here however I will not present their latest creation, but one of their mid era masterpieces...
You wake in the morning, but you're hard to find
A look in the mirror, what you've left behind
You go to your job, or you wander around
There's plenty of stuff, but nothing to be found
You're a late twentieth century
Postmodern refugee
A late twentieth century
Postmodern tragedy
One cannot forget to always add their first hit which is an all-time masterpiece
This is the reissue of the first album (1995) by Download of cEvin Key, co-founder of Skinny Puppy. The experimentation of Skinny Puppy goes even further in this project, leading to an industrial album with many I.D.M. and Ambient elements (anyways, good industrial and experimentation are synonyms...). Don't except an easy listening album, but one that you will spend much time listening to in order to drain its full potential, as all true experimental acts.
This reissue also includes bonus studio material, parts of which later became album songs, but they give an amazing picture of how the syntheses evolve in the studio and how ideas materialise and transmute.
Also Genesis P. Orridge from Throbbing Gristle accepted to perform the only vocals in the whole album. Need any other proof that this is a 100% pure industrial album?
Dubstep is not my thing. It's ok for
clubs and for the radio, but really not the kind of music I will play
at home. I really can't find much depth in it, in terms of feeling
and compositions. Undoubtedly though, it is the most recent and
important music manifestation from the motherland of many genres, UK.
Undoubtedly also, here we are not
talking about a dubstep album. We are talking about another musical
masterpiece. Mr. Burial, aka William Emmanuel Bevan, transcends through dubstep/downtempo/ambient with
characteristic ease, creating an amalgam of astonishing beauty. Far
from the standard musical compositions of dubstep, and far from the
``dance attitude'' of all dubstep albums. Untrue is an expression of
sweet melancholy, bursting with emotions and creating a magnificent dream
scape.
Give it a try and you won't regret it.
10/10, another diamond
-Me: I've sent you a track to listen, it's not your music style, but it is great!!
-Girlfriend: Oh, ok again. I'll listen to it...
-It's too abstract, but it is great! I'm sure you'll love it.
-No answer...
-Well???
-I don't believe this! I have been listening this track on the radio for the last two weeks and I though that I would never find the artist! This is an AMAZING song!!!!
Well...Hecq! Avenger is by far the most interesting to listen album by Hecq imho. Seriously away from their more experimental, abstract soundscapes of the past, into a much more ``clubby'' version, maintaining all the beautiful complexity of their syntheses! For me, Avenger and Night Falls, which is a pure dark ambient album (see older posts) are by far the most interesting pieces of art created by Mr. Boysen, easily accessible to a much wider audience.
The track, of course, was Bane. Have a listen...What do you think? I knew you would like it too!
I would also focus your attention to the outrageously amazing cover of "With Angels" by Trifonic...
I was never a big fan of This Morn' Omina. Their previous releases were nice, but nothing to blow your head away. A few very nice songs, but never something solid. Well, their last creation however + the previous EP (Momentum of Singular Clarity) are f******* AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Industrial/Rhythm noise AT ITS BEST, with a perfectly balanced mixture of tribal and ethnic elements in the vein of Muslimgauze (Bryn would definitely recommend!); probably the most pleasant to listen experimental album of 2011.
Not many words here, probably I will add some more info sometime later when I'll finally stop listening to this album.
If you want to listen some really innovative and good M U S I C, GO AND GET IT!!!
Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy are the most prominent industrial bands in Canada and in the American continent in total. Period.
Very few bands managed to set standards so high that only themselves can surpass. Off the top of my head I can think of only one more band, Coil (R.I.P.).
New album from one of the best then. Not much to say, since both bands for 20+ years are continuously producing music beyond usual perspectives and ideas. The result was expected.
The new album, of course goes beyond Mythmaker in terms of syntheses and is better than it. It creates its own unique atmosphere, more grotesque than Mythmaker, without missing "headbanging'' pure industrial tracks (e.g. "Village"). As for lyrics... as usual, an overflow of meanings, symbolisms and emotions. The very big asset of Skinny Puppy.
100% Skinny Puppy industrial sound and experimentation. Definitely more evolved than their previous works but still... 100% Skinny Puppy. One of the very few bands that you recognize just be listening one of their new songs, without looking the cd cover.
Just make yourself a favor and add this masterpiece in your collection.
A million miles of pain friend, I'll see you in another dream...
My heart can't contain the missing fragments of memories...
