Recommendation Megathread

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The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

there's all sorts of music i'm getting into, thanks to anyone who bothers to respond. i'll do my best to contribute here as well.

I've been listening to all sorts of loungy/downtempo/jazz/chillout stuff, everything running the gamut of The Cinematic Orchestra, Thievery Corporation, and long time favorite Bark Psychosis, to more bossa-nova-esque pop stuff like Nouvelle Vague. Now, I love the poo poo out of this genre and have quite a lot of it, but as of late I'm in a bit of a 'electronic mixed with live instrument oriented music sounds like rear end' phase (sup Zero 7, Bonobo, etc), if anyone could recommend me some more live instrument oriented stuff in the genre that would be AMAZING. to be overtly more specific I'm a huge fan of the classy sounding bit at the end of Radiohead - Optimistic that carries into In Limbo.

If anyone knows of Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday by Harry Gregson-Williams (I think?) on the Metal Gear Solid 2 soundtrack, and knows of some good artists in that genre, please share, that would be great.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2009 23:02

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 16:42

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

Ashenai posted:

Recommend me ridiculously happy electronic bubblegum-ish stuff, please. As in Toy-Box, Smile.dk, ATC, KaW. Anything with a strong beat and an upbeat tune. If there's anything in the genre with lyrics that aren't insanely retarded, that would be awesome, although I've just about given up hope on that front.

you mentioned Smile.dk and KaW in the same sentence, so I'm just gonna assume you're into the music game 'scene', perhaps check out the Beatmania IIDX soundtracks - particularly anything in between 8th Style and whatever the most recent is. While there's a lot of variety I think you'll dig it, be warned that a good portion of the songs will contain goofy Japanese singing and or engrish, there's a few gems to be found though (specifically from artists like Ryu, Teranoid, dj Taka).

examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e64C6pVs7AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcBWabjkrw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0GtjsMVfrk

speaking of dj Taka you could go hunt down his album Milestone, it's pretty well done and the japanese nasaly vocals are kept to a minimum.

examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SQtmToh54M (probably the highlight of the album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abyYlJ5gJ3M

# ¿ Apr 29, 2009 01:58

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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:

Bitter:Sweet

not bad, cheers

etard knievel posted:

try Tortoise, United Future Organization, Jaga Jazzist, Liquid Soul and The Brand New Heavies. also maybe Senor Coconut, they don't sound like the end of that radiohead song but they do remind me of Nouvelle Vague and their stuff is live. i have to say though, i'm also a pretty big fan of the genre and from what i've heard the sample-based producers (xploding plastix, wagon christ, thievery corporation etc) making that kind of music are consistently better than the live guys with the exception of Cinematic Orchestra IMO. the live bands tend to sound a lot more like straight up jazz with a hip hop or house beat, or kind of Jamiroquai style funky house with real instruments, not like Ninja Tune Records brand of acid jazz. i don't really see why not playing live instruments bothers you, though, when sampling's done well it either sounds enough like real instruments or is mixed together in an artful way, ideally most of them seem like they want it to sound like a hip hop dj mixing two funk records together which isn't electronic at all. i get what you mean with artists that use a lot of synths and cheesy computery effects though.

thanks much for the recommendations, I'll be sure to give em a go. I ~~worked~~ volunteered in a studio last year, with hours spent as the one trying to augment and disguise sampled instrument tracks and such over recordings, it's become pretty easy to tell what's post production and what's not. I'm all for electronica and experimentation, but when samples are made to sound like the real thing sheer lack of depth or proper mastering can really ruin some brilliant compositions.

if you're into Tortoise and this genre in general i highly recommend you hunt down a Bark Psychosis album.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2009 05:28

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

I'm looking for music somewhat similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pqyEQhkzUw

kinda chilled out jazzy poo poo. supposedly bark psychosis are the founders of post rock but this sounds more like lounge or downtempo to me.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2009 05:11

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Man-In-Madden posted:

I've been listening to Health alot lately so I'm looking for some similar noise rock stuff preferably with some more electronic elements. Any recommendations along those lines would be welcome.

e: a shameful snipe

black moth super rainbow

techno allah posted:

I'm looking for some Meshuggah lite bands. A lot of atmosphere and blast beats but lighter vocals. Something like

Sybreed-Nomenklatura

ISIS, Russian Circles, Pelican. I know more if you like these. Start with ISIS though.

Jimmy Jazz posted:

Can anyone recommend me some ambient similar to Eno's Ambient 1/Music For Airports? It's a great album to study to, but it's fast becoming overplayed.

I love that album. If you don't feel like checking out more Brian Eno stuff, check out Biosphere, Steve Roach, Gas, there's so many good ambient artists out there, i reccommend you check out the ambient megathread in this forum.

Doghouse posted:

Hi,

I used to be a huge music junkie, but for whatever reason I have not tried listened to almost anything new in the past five years. I am mostly looking for new bands or albums that have come out since then, since I was holding pretty well in the types of music I liked at the time, but if you think there is a band I may have missed, you could recommend that as well.

I used to like harder, angry type rock - Nirvana and Tool were my favorite bands - but I find it very difficult to listen to those types of bands anymore. I really like Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Kyuss, The Strokes, Matisyahu, Radiohead, The Mars Volta...there are probably a few others, but those stand out. My favorites are probably The Smiths and Interpol.

Any recommendations?

Man, I feel like a massive doofus reccomending to you the band that I made my stupid custom title about but check out Oceansize. They pack more ideas into one song than most bands do into a whole album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFkyrRqzkIQ (this is abridged, most of their songs are like 6-10 minutes long)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWfBUMipul8 another one

Free Weedlord posted:

I've gotten a recent hard on for rock bands with a lightish tone, stuff like Circa Survive, Dead Letter Circus, Secret and Whisper, Dredg,... I've looked around myself for stuff like it but it has a tendency to either get too soft and pathetic or pop-like. I'd appreciate any and all shots at something along these lines though. Thanks in advance.

I think you might like ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

# ¿ May 13, 2010 08:45

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

Yoghurt posted:

I'm looking for something that sounds both a lot like m83 (particularly highway of endless dreams and moonchild) and this song by neon indian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_6uLlLqCrY

Any suggestions?

I just suggested this to someone else earlier, try Black Moth Super Rainbow, specifically the album Dandelion Gum. It's pretty out there but, I think you might like it.

# ¿ May 13, 2010 19:43

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Jut posted:

just given them a go, and they are not bad, but not quite what I had in mind.
There is something very upbeat, yet chilling about the song I linked to that I like, as well as the mix of woodwind, piano and electronica.
I only posted this as an off chance, i've been looking at various genera for something similar but no joy.

Try Moodorama or The Dining Rooms.

# ¿ May 17, 2010 07:47

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

i'll give this another go

the Bunt posted:

I'm looking for scary and mournful electronic music, like Akira Yamaoka's Silent Hill music, or even stuff way more far out like Aphex Twin's "Gwarek2"

I specifically LOVE the sound of the percussion in this Yamaoka track "Betrayal"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WShknpNpHbY anything similar to that?

Hey I love Akira Yamaoka too

Biosphere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnT-qFney1g

Bark Psychosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz_1OY8IGGA

VolcomxStone posted:

I'm looking for anything like Bassnectar or Deadmau5, love them both.

Additionally, I just recently got into rap and am looking for some older rap (90's and early 2000's) and even newer stuff. Looking to rock the subwoofers in my car.

I just dug up an old Chemical Brothers album a while ago and I totally forgot about how amazing they were. So if you have somehow avoided listening to any of their stuff, give it a go. particularely the album Surrender.

CharlesWillisMaddox posted:

I want some more instrumental, or instrumental-esque hip hop songs. I'd prefer there to be no lyrics/vocals other then samples, but if the music is good enough I can look past it.

Right now all I have that I can think of, in order of what kind I am most looking for.

MF DOOM - Special Herbs 1&2
RJD2 - Deadringer - I had someone tell me his more recent albums aren't anything like this one.
J. Dilla - Donuts
Aesop Rock - Nike+: All Day - A 40 minute track he did for Nike's All Day thingamajig. It's mostly music with rap verses peppered throughout.

edit: I forgot, but I really love Nightmares on Wax's In A Space Outta Sound, whats some other stuff from him I should check out?

if you haven't already heard it, try Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening

Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:

I am always looking for more sexy, mysterious-sounding, female-fronted trip-hoppy bands like Portishead, Lovage, and Bitter:Sweet. I'm familiar with all the usual suspects, but would I like Shivaree? I absolutely love their song "Goodnight Moon" (from the closing credits of Kill Bill Volume 2) -- it really fits into the same kind of sound I like. What do people say about them, generally?

I ask because I've been disappointed a few times recently after hearing amazing-sounding songs I love and then buying CDs that are disappointing: Koop and Psapp come to mind.

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

Hybrid always has lots of female vocals. They're quite good, give them a shot.

# ¿ May 23, 2010 06:40

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

Jut posted:

After some proper listens to moodorama and the dining rooms, although good they are still not quite what i'm after. any other ideas?

There's tons of music like this. Check out Bark Psychosis and Talk Talk. If you don't like the direction that those two artists take, check out Nouvelle Vague, Jazzanova, Tosca, Thunderball, Air, The Cinematic Orchestra, Thievery Corporation, Pink Martini (totally badass, in fact if you're reading this post and you're not even interested in this music check out pink martini anyway), Jazzamore, [re:jazz], Groove Armada, man, there's so many I don't know which to recommend. could you perhaps narrow it down a bit more?

# ¿ May 28, 2010 10:46

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MindSet posted:

My brother just recently introduced me to the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and I'm really enjoying a lot of their songs, especially the ones like this:
Wisdom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J5l-PGg9fA

Servo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlaojmlMnc

Hide and seek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nImQg5yX00 (first 40 seconds are feedback)
-I actually like http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Hide+And+Seek/xbVTE this version a little better, but I dunno if everyone can listen to that.

Anemone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StV9lElcvAY

I really don't know where to go from here. What bands are similar to this?

mm, try Brightblack Morning Light, they sound a bit like that lsat BJM song.

If you're interested, I'm pretty sure they have most of their music for free download on their website.

You've probably heard of these bands but if just in case you haven't: The Dandy Warhols, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, and The Velvet Underground.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2010 05:19

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Rusty Kettle posted:

I am a fan of "layered" music that has a lot to explore, yet has a melody. I am listening to a lot of Devin Townsend right now which is fantastic for this kind of thing. I am still finding new elements in his last two albums. Heavier stuff is preferred. I don't mind bands like Muse, though I am not really a big fan of their latest album. I have all of Devin's side projects, as well as his work with Strapping Young Lad.

Any recommendations?

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

I can't plug this enough, this fits your bill dead on.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2010 08:55

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Hirez posted:

Can anyone recommend some Shpongle-type ambient music? I've heard most of the simliar artists lists on last.fm and what not, but those just tend to be really electronic/fast/trance instead of just "nature-like" if that makes sense. Something I'd be able to fall asleep to

Take a look in the ambient megathread in this forum, you could start with Brian Eno (Music for Airports) or perhaps Biosphere (Substrata)

# ¿ Jun 13, 2010 00:32

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfesCeMRN0w
I think this is pretty cool, I'd like to find some more music like this, perhaps artists who are more well known so I can actually track them down in a record store or itunes or something.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2010 07:05

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

NIN's Ghosts I-IV. This is amazing. Was my go-to album to play in the background to make my house seem less empty when nobody was around. Now I've actually gotten into it and I'm starting to really love some of the compositions on the album. What are some albums like this, instrumental with a variety of different types of instrumentation, compositions and textures?

# ¿ Sep 6, 2010 23:59

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Elder posted:

Ghosts is quickly becoming one of my favorite NIN albums, it's so atmospheric and unusual. It's hard to find anything similar, but you might try The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - self titled album is a great place to start. It's got all the wonderful dark textures and atmospheres, and a good deal of the instrumental variations.

This is pretty cool. I think you would enjoy the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack. It's got similar variety and attention to atmosphere/texture. Great production value as well. It doesn't really matter if you've played Silent Hill or not, Akira Yamaoka is a genius.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2010 21:19

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Surfer Rosa Parks posted:

Can anyone recommend me some good Krautrock stuff? I've been digging Neu! and Kraftwerk recently but aside from those two I'm pretty much at a loss with where to go next.

Go look up Can.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2010 21:52

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bowser posted:

I'm not really sure how to describe this but I'm looking for uhh..'soft' songs like this and this. They just sound pleasant and simple and I like that .

Pink Martini

# ¿ Sep 11, 2010 22:19

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Elder posted:

Thanks guys, these look great, I'll check them out!

I loved that game and the music, I'll have to try to find the soundtrack. I actually have an Akira Yamaoka album but it's not at all like his soundtrack material, and I don't really like it very much. Definitely gonna check out his soundtracks though.

iFuturelist? Yeah, that album was done more in the style of some of the music games he has been working on, his fans in general didn't seem to enjoy it nearly as much as his work for Silent Hill.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2010 20:46

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Awkward Davies posted:

I'm looking for some beats. Not techno, more like crunchy electronica. Think something around Peaches, Daft Punk, NIN, Gorillaz, with a bit of Kele thrown in. Can anyone help?

You might like this album, I'm still obsessed with the instrumental NIN album and was thinking this was sorta similar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65deATBoSFw
(please make sure you listen in high quality)

Achozen posted:

I'm looking for something simple yet chaotic, mostly along the lines of this: http://www.myspace.com/pivixki

Preferably an artist with some easily accessible stuff, where I don't need to import it from a foreign country for a lot of money. Thanks in advance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYVYNj8dYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA6o4vq2ldU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWiO5SFoh8g

similar composition principals to PIVIXKI can be found in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iD_LQiv9wE

The Consultant fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Sep 19, 2010

# ¿ Sep 19, 2010 03:30

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

I honestly really never thought I'd care for trance music at all, but then I listened to Solar Fields - EarthShine, and wow, what an awesome album. There's gotta be more trance with this much depth and progression, I just don't really know where to look, can someone help me out?

# ¿ May 17, 2011 17:20

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 16:42

The Consultant: Apr 5, 2006; I'm tops and you're horseplops

I still haven't found a trance album as good as Solar Fields - Movements...can someone hook me up?

# ¿ Aug 22, 2011 06:07

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