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Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

MadhattanJack — Thu, 9 Feb 2023 18:46:06 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 02/09/2023 23:46

Miscounts are just one of the things that haunt them, I guess...? 🤔

Since they're from Belgium you have to expect that things like this might happen, since people are probably still a little upset over Jeanne Dielman getting the "Best Movie Ever" nod.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

cestuneblague — Thu, 9 Feb 2023 18:08:13 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/09/2023 23:08

Yes, Thank you no monkey business just trying to get this all finished by the night but made the correction[/i]

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

kokkinos — Thu, 9 Feb 2023 18:00:49 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 02/09/2023 23:00

cestuneblague wrote:

Umwelt wins 7-6

You'll probably notice it when it's time to fill the brackets and stuff, but it's the other way around.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

cestuneblague — Thu, 9 Feb 2023 17:37:43 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/09/2023 22:37

The Haunted Youth wins 7-6

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

cestuneblague — Wed, 8 Feb 2023 19:01:27 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/09/2023 00:01

Both are slightly slicker and even somewhat corny variations on their particular sound, but I still enjoy Umwelt a whole lot more[/youtube]

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

kokkinos — Wed, 8 Feb 2023 17:28:40 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 02/08/2023 22:28

Unfortunately, Umwelt reminds me I’m too basic to get electronic music, I have to admit I barely made it through.
On the other hand, Haunted Youth are far from the most original band out there – apart from the influences you guys correctly pointed out, I can guess they grew up listening to stuff like Slowdive or Cocteau Twins - but they remain enjoyable nonetheless.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

LedZep — Tue, 7 Feb 2023 03:34:35 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 02/07/2023 08:34

Repo wrote:

Totally! It's totally my style. Great atmosphere. Will be interesting to see how this grows on me. A little worried it might be a tad too tepid & generic. But definitely a great sound.

travelful wrote:

I liked The Haunted Youth track as well, I plan to listen to the whole album. Still not sure about the vocal performance and I can't help but feel it may be a bit generic. Still, it definitely is my style of music so I'm curious see how the whole album is.

Ditto.

Also I didn't notice the mistake before, but Umwelt is actually French (from Lyon), not from Berlin.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

travelful — Mon, 6 Feb 2023 15:39:12 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 02/06/2023 20:39

Umwelt track is lit, although maybe a bit much for my taste in electronic music. Voted for it though.

I liked The Haunted Youth track as well, I plan to listen to the whole album. Still not sure about the vocal performance and I can't help but feel it may be a bit generic. Still, it definitely is my style of music so I'm curious see how the whole album is.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

Repo — Sat, 4 Feb 2023 18:41:09 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 02/04/2023 23:41

LedZep wrote:

Love Stranger. It's so atmospheric and great sounding that I don't even mind the kinda mediocre vocals. Guitars remind me of The Chameleons, The Cure, Clan of Xymox etc. 100% my style, so I'm not happy to vote against it.

Totally! It's totally my style. Great atmosphere. Will be interesting to see how this grows on me. A little worried it might be a tad too tepid & generic. But definitely a great sound.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

musicoed — Fri, 3 Feb 2023 20:14:41 GMT

Author: musicoed

Posted: 02/04/2023 01:14

I apologize in advance to the Belgians and to anyone who may be offended by my assessments.
I do not distinguish not only the countries, but also the names of the performers.
Now I rather forget those I knew than remember new ones.
Age makes itself felt and helps to be impartial.))

Umwelt - Generation One
There are no marks about this artist in my ratings.
And I practically do not cast nets in this genre.
However, every cell of mine has grown on dance music.
I will give an example from the last that I remember for comparison.
Vitalic - Rave Against the System
It's similar, but completely different in quality, in my opinion.
There is development, escalation, and culmination here, which is not on Generation One.

The Haunted Youth - Stranger
This group gained attention in 2021 with their single Teen Rebel.
MGMT, Empire of the Sun - I also have many associations, this is my sound.
This concludes my notes about the group.
At the same time, more than half of the tracks managed to take shape as singles.
It's too commercial for a debut album.
There is another sign that this is about money too.
Sometimes the abbreviation SME appears next to the rights to this music.

Two tracks of approximately equal strength.
I choose more independent.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

MadhattanJack — Fri, 3 Feb 2023 16:22:47 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 02/03/2023 21:22

Well, all I can say is that The Haunted Youth are my favorite Belgian band ever, which puts them ahead of The Names, Slow Crush, Hooverphonic, DEUS, and Plastic Bertrand, among others. (Jacques Brel was also from Belgium, but he left for Paris almost as soon as he got his first record deal, so...)

For some reason, instead of choosing this track for their third video from this album, they decided to make one for a song called "I Feel Like Shit and I Wanna Die," which might be because they thought "Stranger" was too "light" or something and they thought their fans wouldn't relate to it as much as they would to feeling like shit and wanting to die. It was an odd decision to be sure, but they know their fans a lot better than I do... anyway, there's a decent (though shortened) live rendition of "Stranger" at the 7:40 mark in this concert vid.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

LittleM1971 — Fri, 3 Feb 2023 16:04:12 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 02/03/2023 21:04

Really like the Haunted Youth track…my favourite listen so far this Tourny.

Re: CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

LedZep — Fri, 3 Feb 2023 05:47:10 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 02/03/2023 10:47

Not sure if BEA crowd will be appreciative of my picks for this tourney, but that's fine. Went with 3 diverse party/rave tracks, and Generation One is the darkest, hardest of them. Also, my favourite track of the three and probably of the whole year. Sinister melodies and the fast, aggressive rhythms are pretty much everything I love about techno and electro. Hope that people who're into raves and that style of music/culture will appreciate Umwelt's banger, and the rest can at least imagine how powerful this track sounds live in a DJ set. I was actually at Umwelt's set in Ljubljana a few months ago, this was the 2nd track of the set after a lengthy ambient-ish intro and it caused frenzy on the dancefloor.

Love Stranger. It's so atmospheric and great sounding that I don't even mind the kinda mediocre vocals. Guitars remind me of The Chameleons, The Cure, Clan of Xymox etc. 100% my style, so I'm not happy to vote against it.

CLOSED2022 BST Rd1: Umwelt vs The Haunted Youth

cestuneblague — Thu, 2 Feb 2023 18:44:36 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/02/2023 23:44

Umwelt- Generation One
Captain: LedZep

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Repping: Berlin, Germany

VS

The Haunted Youth- Stranger
Captain: Madhattan Jack

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Repping: Hasselt, Belgium