Every other forum on the Internet has one of these, so I guess there's one buried somewhere, but I can't find it.

(What no General Chat? OK, so you've probably been there, done that...)

I don't listen to a lot of electronic music, but I've found myself returning again today to The Knife's Silent Shout. The title track is a masterclass in arp.

Also re-listening to the first two albums by Turin Brakes - The Optimist and Ether Song. Some brilliant tracks in there.

new UNKLE album. Haven't been into UNKLE before but have been inspired by recent adventures at work!!

Hi,

On a rediscovery trip at the moment...

Stone Roses
Queen
AC/DC

magic

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Take It Easy

Tastebuds
Karnakata
Transatlantic
Porcupine Tree
Tony Hancock(!)
Clownparlour

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An Eagle for an Emperor, A Kestrel for a Knave.

Nile
Iggy
Hawaii Five 0
Brain Drill
Outkast
Kate Bush
Ihsahn
Steve Morse
Easley Blackwood

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It's the most devastating moment in a young mans life, when he quite reasonably says to himself, "I shall never play The Dane!"

megadeth
emperor
ihsahn
nightingale, edge of sanity (or basically anything by Dan Swanô)
opeth
death

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GUTZ http://www.myspace.com/gutzmetal
Sublime Eyes: www.myspace.com/sublimeeyes

Ohio Proggers Syzygy
Dream Theater
Revisited Genesis "The Lamb Lies down" for the first time in ages.
Bo Hannson's "Lord of the Rings" after belatedly reading of his death in April.

Karen Dalton-In My Own Time
Washed Out-Life Of Leisure
Gil Scott Heron-Winter In America
Maynard Ferguson-Pagliacci (Joe Claussell Edit)
Nina Simone-Live At The Village Gate
Sun Ra-Sleeping Beauty
Virginia Astley-From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
Underworld-Second Toughest In The Infants

Tubelord
Closure In Moscow
Emarosa



^Thats where all the good guitar rock bands went

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Mahavishnu

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Samplecraze
Stretch That Note

Sultans of Squeeze
Methera
The Posh Band
English Acoustic Collective

Chris

PS didn't know about Bo Hannson. I'll have to dig out my old lp.

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Edited by ConcertinaChap (04/07/10 05:59 PM)

CD - Jakob Dylan.
Radio - I've just sat through the Top 40 for the first time in about 19 years (I'm at work and our 19-year old receptionist has got it on the "piped music" system). Every single damn song identical. Don't think I heard a real drumkit or even a guitar in the entire 2 hours. Can't remember what was number 1 but I don't think it's Bryan Adams any more.

GaryM - Richard Cheese! Now there's a man with taste!!

Quote The Bunk:

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GaryM - Richard Cheese! Now there's a man with taste!!

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Ha ha, thanks!

BBC Radio 4

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atmosphere sound track for a new game in the lego series....

pretty sure the frogs and cricket effects need to come down by a dB or so...

Generally, Radio 4.

As I type, it's 'Basket of Light' by Pentangle.

Andy

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**** cough **** er Asia's new album *** cough

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As I type, it's 'Basket of Light' by Pentangle.

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That's my main listening at the moment too - how odd!
Other current fave is Midnight Flower by Katherine Blake.

Yep, Basket of Light, beautiful album. Another one I'll have to dig out.

Chris

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Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep. A collection of childrens' poems set to her own music, with help from 103 other musicians over 6 years.

I thought it would be good to help introduce the kids to music and poetry.

An awesome piece of work - no record label would touch it and she self-financed the whole thing. Most reviews have it down as a masterpiece.

More here.

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Dynamite with a laser beam...

RATM battle of Los Angeles
Very natural drums sound

Ólafur Arnalds - "...and they have escaped the weight of darkness" (recommended by another SOS forum member)
Imogen Heap - “Ellipse”
Jason Corder & Opimum - “autunno”
HUVA Network - “Epheremis”


Martin

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Janelle Monae - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMyc148Do_Q

She's going to be absolutely massive!

Currently: BBC R4 News

Today:

Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen: "Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favourites"
Benny Goodman: "ABC Collection"
Hudson Brothers: "Ba-Fa"
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra: "Latin American Favourites"
Transvision Vamp: "Pop Art"
Spyro Gyra: "Access All Areas"
The Pointer Sisters: "Live at the Opera"
Louis Jordan: Untitled compilation
Soft Machine: Out-takes and unused bits
Various: Chess Rockabilly Collection.
Decca Brunswick: Singles UK Release Reel 7 of 14

Usually Radio 4.

Otherwise, CD's currently near the CD player:

Kings X: Ear Candy
Kevin Gilbert: The Shaming of the True
Toy Matinee: Toy Matinee
Jellyfish: Best

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Quote Martin Walker:

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Imogen Heap - “Ellipse”

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I was listening to that today - mainly because it got this year's Grammy for Best Engineered Album...impressive when you're going up against the top pros.

Engineering Awards (Wiki)

(Looks like Swedien's done well. Maybe I'll buy that $100K tape recorder after all...)

From the Middle East...
Omar Khorshid
Oum Khaltoum
Farid Al Atrache
Ali Akbar Khan

From Cornwall...
Aphex Twin - Live at Metz

With the Guitar...
Peter Walker
Jack Rose
James Blackshaw
JOHN FAHEY!

&
Daphne Oram - one of the true genius/pioneers of electronic music.

http://www.hardcoreradio.nl/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Ex_jqAcKU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuqR8NmNOh4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T3FXFnoTzE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXUp_VFUgVQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxjpYHhfRyI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeuYz_HhLW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOm3KBeHR-s

Imogen Heap - Elipse
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
Frost* - The Philadelphia Experiment
Spock's Beard - X

Also some Dave Grusin, some Bach (Murray Perahia playing Goldberg), Some Dave Brubeck, Some Philip Glass (Violin Concerto), sprinkled with a bit of Dream Theater, Satriani, Daft Punk and Kate Bush... Not 'arlf.

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Interesting how many of us listen to Radio 4.

I save my down time for music listening, but when I'm in the workshop I need Radio 4 or silence. When I'm working on a guitar (or driving) I find music too distracting, I need to concentrate on what the guitar is doing as a whole but listening to music tends to makes me focus on how the guitar sounds with the music I'm listening to. And as for driving, I gave up listening to music in the car when I discovered I was cadence braking in time with the music!!

As for tonight, 'Exit Planet Dust' by the Chemical Brothers has just finished. 'Starless and Bible Black' by King Crimson is about to go on to accompany my final coffee and snack, and when I go to bed I'll be listening to 'Sarangi' by Ustad Sultan Khan... I've just entered an Indian phase again.

What did strike me listening again to 'Basket of Light' was how much Ruby Blue can sound like Pentangle at times.

Andy

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Interesting how many of us listen to Radio 4.

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...and to the latest 'Ellipse' album from Imogen Heap!

I only discovered her recently, and have just ordered her previous album 'Speak For Yourself' as well this morning

She really is a whizz with unusual arrangements and instrumentation


Martin

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Not as much these last ocuple of months. I tend to listen to music when I'm in the bath, but as it has been so hot, I've been taking showers!

On my iPod I've been listening to some mixes I have done:

Diggin In the Crates retrospective.
Redman - Guest spot compilation.
Soul mix covering a wide range; Isley Brothers, Marlena Shaw, Gap Band and others in that vein.

I have also been selfishly listening to myself; some Hip-Hop tracks sourced from the last 5 years, brought up to date.

I was listening to a Lamont Dozier compilation the other day as well and the other week; Black Dog Productions - Bytes album/compilation on Warp.

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I've already mentioned her once but the orchestration in this Janelle Monae song is just great - http://open.spotify.com/track/06I6iDFVtZDGcRu9BgHraA

Does anyone else here use Last.FM? If so we could start a Sound on Sound group and then we'd automatically get a chart every week of what the group's been listening to.

It's almost as though people are choosing obscure bands/acts to show just how eclectic their tastes are.

AC/DC.

The other week I had to some work from home; boring annual reports, so I took some time to listen to some music whilst doing them.

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - One of my favourite albums
Walter Carlos - Sonic Seasonings - For it's time, an interesting piece, but not a great work of ambient, a bit too much bird noise!
Brian Eno - Apollo - A wonderful album.
Barclay James Harvest - Gone to Earth - I could only manage part of side one, just not really my kind of music. It's in my collection because it has been sampled in a Hip Hop track, but it's not my kind of music really.

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