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I was going to post this in the Daft Punk thread but it is moving too fast and would be slightly off-topic so I decided to take it here. Lots of people there are discussing all the other artists making great house/edm/whatever (sorry I'm not great with these genres) that either didn't make it or that Daft Punk owes a lot of their sound to. Actually some are straight up complaining that Daft Punk fans never bothered to explore these similar styles etc etc. Well I would like to do just that. So could somebody recommend some 'essentials' that might have paved the way for (or are contemporaries of) Homework and Discovery (my favorite two DP albums, like many other people)?
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| # ? May 15, 2013 03:13 |
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So first off, I will say, and this is true for every big musician, is that if you're looking for inspirations that helped Daft Punk shape their music, you need to look outside of the house genre. I mean, the duo themselves have said that they're inspired by all sorts of wacky music, like The Beach Boys, Lil' Wayne, Ennio Morricone, pretty much everything. I mean, "electronic music" wouldn't exist if not for Kraftwerk and Perrey and Kingsley, but that sounds nothing like "Daft Punk". So, I'm going to assume that what you mean is "stuff that sounds like Daft Punk", in which case there's plenty of other stuff out there: The Chemical Brothers, The Avalanches, Justice, C2C, Röyksopp, Parov Stelar, Fatboy Slim. If this isn't really what you wanted, sorry, but you weren't quite clear enough. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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| # ? May 15, 2013 03:43 |
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Next time wait for someone who actually knows what the dude is talking about to reply.
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| # ? May 15, 2013 03:49 |
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I appreciate the suggestions but yeah that isn't what I was looking for. I was really hoping to PM some of the people whose sentiment I was echoing from the Daft Punk thread (but alas, they all had PM off). People were talking about "those artists/producers who Daft Punk owe their style to" and "producers making Daft Punk-style music before Daft Punk was that just didn't get signed to major labels and thus never penetrated" and stuff along those lines... but I'm not sure exactly what they meant so maybe I should not have made that post. Thanks anyway.
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thathonkey posted:but I'm not sure exactly what they meant so maybe I should not have made that post.
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thathonkey posted:I was going to post this in the Daft Punk thread but it is moving too fast and would be slightly off-topic so I decided to take it here. Lots of people there are discussing all the other artists making great house/edm/whatever (sorry I'm not great with these genres) that either didn't make it or that Daft Punk owes a lot of their sound to. Actually some are straight up complaining that Daft Punk fans never bothered to explore these similar styles etc etc. Well I would like to do just that. So could somebody recommend some 'essentials' that might have paved the way for (or are contemporaries of) Homework and Discovery (my favorite two DP albums, like many other people)? Well both Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo had their own labels in the late 90s early 2000s, so if you want more stuff that sounds like early daft punk you might enjoy some of their 12"s. http://www.discogs.com/label/Roul%E9 http://www.discogs.com/label/Crydamoure There are also two mixes that are good for the house side of their influences: The Daft Punk essential mix from 1997 showcases some of the early-mid 90's disco influenced house tracks that they drew inspiration from https://soundcloud.com/edmtunestv/d...-mix-02-03-1997 . A lot of the tracks on that mix are still relatively popular in clubs today like "Gabrielle" and "Disco's Revenge" and some like the track from Kenny Dixon Jr's label KDJ have cult followings. Then "CK" has made a mix of 88 tracks that he feels were influences on daft punk. This mix has a lot of harder sounding house from dancemania and associated labels, which are also the roots of the phiz favorite genre juke/footwork. Here's a write up for the initial 44 track version for some context to the mix. http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/podca...usic-1989-1997/ Here's the new 88 track version: https://soundcloud.com/ck303/theprequel96 Of course in addition to the various house influences, discovery is an album of samples so you might want to check out some of the material they sampled. For a quick selection you might wanna check out http://www.discogs.com/Various-Disc...release/1137568 Or if you want a taste of the disco scene as experienced in clubs, that eventually transformed into the house scene, you can listen to some live mixes from Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, or Ron Hardy. Latter era Ron Hardy mixes are cool because they exhibit some interesting edits of disco songs that are kinda precursors to the disco house that emerged in the 90's in Chicago and elsewhere. http://www.gridface.com/features/ro..._playlists.html If you feel the need to learn more about the house sound of Chicago, of which Frankie and Ron Hardy were pioneers you can check out this gigantic box set. http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-...o/release/43501 And here's a live set from Larry Levan of the Paradise Garage, the most influential disco dj in NY during the 80's. The "garage" in UK Garage is derived from the Paradise Garage although in a kinda circuitous manner. https://soundcloud.com/mihaidl/larr...se-garage-1979. You also might wanna track down the works of some of the collaborators for Random Access Memory. You are probably familiar with a lot of his songs, but there was a really good Nile Rogers compilation released a few years ago that has some lesser known/unreleased/remixed tracks from Chic and Sister Sledge and company. http://www.discogs.com/Nile-Rodgers...elease/2501209. The remixes on this compilation are done by Dimitri From Paris, who was also a major influence on Daft Punk by virtue of being the biggest and earliest house radio dj in France. You can check out his disco compilations which are really good (he began djing in the disco era,) or if you want you can hear some of his old radio shows here: http://www.mixesdb.com/w/Category:NRJ_Megamix Another collaborator, Todd Edwards, is doing this weeks essential mix for the bbc so if you wait a few days you can check that out. He's a producer known for his chopped up vocals who didn't get much attention in the US, but became quite popular overseas and has recently had a resurgence in popularity. His stuff is very influential in UK Garage if you care to listen to that sort of stuff. A third collaborator, giorgio moroder, I think most people are familiar with. Since you post in the hip hop thread you've probably heard "the shining" in which case you probably recognize this sample, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpi-Kxf2eXg. However, Giorgio Moroder is also emblematic of italo disco, and if you want get a bigger picture of the italo sound, you should definitely check out the two "mixed up in the hague" mixes from I-F. Here's an untracked version you can stream of the first volume. http://www.mixcloud.com/intergalact...the-hague-vol1/ This all might be a bit overwhelming, but I thought it might be useful for other posters in the thread as well. plogo fucked around with this message at May 15, 2013 around 05:52 |
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Any recommendations for somewhat minimal electronic music with a Balearic/Afro-Caribbean/"tropical" feel? Something similar to John Talabot, but without the vocals, or like Matthias Zimmermann, but with less complexity? Basically, I'm looking for something housey but not really dancey, musically suggestive of relaxing in the sunshine on the beach or by the pool.
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This is perfect. Currently listening to their BBC Essential Mix (which are always great) and loving it. Thanks so much!
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Geirskogul posted:My favorite album in the entire world is the Tron Legacy soundtrack. Sweeping, but still technical, and it thinks highly of itself when appropriate. I am also doing well with Daft Punk's newest album (RAM), but I didn't like too much of Human After All except for the titular track (which I love to death and can listen to on repeat for hours doing something else). Anything like that? You should try out M83's soundtrack for Oblivion. The movie shares a director with Tron Legacy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYsgZdDHfM
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Stravinsky posted:Try out Skywave, which had the guitarist from APTBS in it. More like these please! I especially liked the one from Ceremony.
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Reason posted:I'm looking for more hip hop. Prefer stuff like, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Blue Scholars. Stuff that is socially subversive I guess. Mr Lif, Busdriver, GDP's "Useless Eaters", Sage Francis "A Healthy Distrust", most of The Coup's work. Going back if you want more pro-Black 5%er stuff you can get Brand Nubian and X-Clan and the like as well, but not sure iff that's the same thing you're looking for. Killer Mike also usually throws some stuff in most of his albums, but I wouldn't say it's a "theme" of his work. Also (similar to the Menace Clan track posted earlier) if you look at a lot of gangsta rap, you can easily read in a politial agenda since it's largely the disenfranchized voice of a social underclass speaking out. I'm thinking here of stuff like early NWA or "Amerikkka's Most Wanted".
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Can anyone suggest more bands like Yes? Basically, I'm looking for more progressive rock albums with lengthy songs that have a symphonic feel to them. I also really enjoy more spaced-out sounds as well, like the better albums of Steve Hillage and Lemmy-era Hawkwind.
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NotWearingPants posted:More like these please! I especially liked the one from Ceremony. You might like The Soft Moon, but they are deeper and have more electronic elements than APTBS or Ceremony. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9t8Oex9BpQ One of those rare bands that's actually better live too, if you like their stuff definitely go see them if they come through your area. You might also like at least some of Ringo Deathstarr, though they tend to be more typically shoegazey than those bands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TGkmSm5qqQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WY4hrxsF74
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karl fungus posted:Can anyone suggest more bands like Yes? Basically, I'm looking for more progressive rock albums with lengthy songs that have a symphonic feel to them. I also really enjoy more spaced-out sounds as well, like the better albums of Steve Hillage and Lemmy-era Hawkwind. Steve Hackett (the Guitarist from Genesis) did some solo work that sounds a lot like Yes, Voyage of the Acolyte is pretty much a dead ringer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtN5xvJ-kcY His Spectral Mornings album isn't quite as close but I think it's still worth a listen, a little more spacey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8_0wJUEC1k Then of course, there is always the absurd stylings of Emerson Lake and Palmer if you want balls to the wall Prog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8bSr8RnU4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyJBNZ4i4Yc
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So I recently got back to listening to Bad Company, but all it's doing for me is making me want something more bluesy. I really enjoy points in their songs with slow, low, grungy guitar sounds, but that's about as specific as I can get with this. I haven't really delved into the blues genre much, so I suppose what I'm looking for is introductory blues with slow, heavy, grungy guitar sections.
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Invisible Ted posted:So I recently got back to listening to Bad Company, but all it's doing for me is making me want something more bluesy. I really enjoy points in their songs with slow, low, grungy guitar sounds, but that's about as specific as I can get with this. I haven't really delved into the blues genre much, so I suppose what I'm looking for is introductory blues with slow, heavy, grungy guitar sections. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqCVmu_Jj_0 Very sludgy, psychedelic blues from Blue Cheer. And Cream may work for what you seem to be after. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ig4IJgRjGU Both blues-influenced rock, but it may work. For pure blues, maybe check out some Howlin' Wolf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0aIjyX7vwI me your dad fucked around with this message at May 17, 2013 around 18:53 |
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Could anyone recommend me some more stuff like Thomas Dolby's The Golden Age Of Wireless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPZHYXgTjr8 and Wang Chung http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xpJRwIA-Q I only know Wang Chung from Dance Hall Days and To Live And Die In LA. What album would be a good starting point for stuff like that?
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Could anyone recommend me some more stuff like Thomas Dolby's The Golden Age Of Wireless A lot of obvious choices here, but I think a more artier-fartier tack might be rewarding for you. Specifically thinking of Wire's A Bell Is a Cup and like mid-period PiL, like Album.
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I'm in a pretty interesting place right now in terms of what I like. A year ago, I was coming off what was basically a decade-long binge of 70's, 80's, and 90's rock that came about from my dad and I bonding over that kind of music while doing anything we did together. Now, I definitely don't *hate* it, but there's obviously nothing new coming out from Van Halen or ZZ Top. I turned into a techno/electronic/house/synth junkie, but now I want something (and this is the weirdest adjective to describe music) "heavier". I've been binging on Tiesto, Krewella, Deadmau5, Guetta- basically the Ultra Music Festival lineup in a nutshell. The plan is to hit a lot of the big shows this summer, but I want something with really heavy bass and a really strong mid-range to keep me occupied in the mean time. I'm hoping there's something out there that I've just overlooked.
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I can't say I know so much about rock, but one album that's continued to surprise me since I was a little kid is Blow By Blow by Jeff Beck. I'm really just wholeheartedly in love with this album. I have some of his other later albums but something about them, maybe their cheesiness, doesn't make them appeal to me. Could anyone that knows about the genre please recommend some more albums by different bands/artists that are comparable?
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Could anyone recommend me some more stuff like Thomas Dolby's The Golden Age Of Wireless I might also recommend Fad Gadget: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcQY9mQ02mM me your dad posted:For pure blues, maybe check out some Howlin' Wolf: You really can't go wrong with the Wolf. I particularly like his first two albums. For something more modern and along similar lines, there's Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early. It really might be the most poo poo-hot straight-up blues I've ever heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZvUSXj94C4 izationalizer fucked around with this message at May 20, 2013 around 16:43 |
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LP0 ON FIRE posted:I can't say I know so much about rock, but one album that's continued to surprise me since I was a little kid is Blow By Blow by Jeff Beck. I'm really just wholeheartedly in love with this album. I have some of his other later albums but something about them, maybe their cheesiness, doesn't make them appeal to me. Could anyone that knows about the genre please recommend some more albums by different bands/artists that are comparable? Check out John McLaughlin's album The Promise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze0ItL_UoUc and the Tony Williams album Emergency! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq3LEC0T3Fw If you can deal with the more jazz side of fusion there's a ton of Miles Davis material to check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mTSiNJqq7I
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karl fungus posted:Can anyone suggest more bands like Yes? Basically, I'm looking for more progressive rock albums with lengthy songs that have a symphonic feel to them. I also really enjoy more spaced-out sounds as well, like the better albums of Steve Hillage and Lemmy-era Hawkwind. King Crimson, any of the albums from "In The Court" to "Red." Helped pioneer the use of the mellotron in prog. The early albums are mostly made up of songs that are long, spaced, and symphonic.
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ShutteredIn posted:[John McLaughlin, Tony Williams & Miles Davis YouTubes] The Promise sounds the most similar and the other two aren't quite like it at all, but I still like them! Thanks! Anymore suggestions are welcome. LP0 ON FIRE fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 01:36 |
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So I've been listening to a lot of the Temptations' psychedelic soul-era records, and I've really been digging these super-long tracks on those albums. Isaac Hayes has some similar stuff, but basically I'm wondering if any '70s soul nerd knows of any other "cinematic" soul-type artists that have really long songs with big orchestration, like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_A0-AwdEQ
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