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Re: What music are you discovering now?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:50:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/17/2013 21:50

I made a few new Factory purchases recently... which has sparked a bit of a relisten to the back catalogue! I still love the diversity and the sense of pride it instills for the first industrial city! 😁

Apart from that... been riding a trip hop train for a little while and found a heap of stuff I didn't know or had forgotten from first time round! Which is YAY!

I have also been inspired to 'do a Joy' and start listening to some disco again! Might start that particular venture at the weekend!

Arghh!

So much music, so little time!

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Mercury — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:23:22 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 04/17/2013 18:23

Jasonconfused wrote:

I listened to it twice yesterday, planning on giving it another listen today too. Not sure it's top 20 material for me, but definitely worthy of my chart.

That's awesome!

I recommend getting more into his stuff. He and Eno both have such extensive discographies to explore! If you like Rain Dogs I do believe you'll love Bone Machine from '92 I think. It features some great ramshackle harmonies with Keith Richards on a couple tracks (or maybe just one, "That Feel")

Also you'll probably like the other 2 albums he surrounded Rain Dogs with - Swordfishtrombone and Franks Wild Years. Mule Variations is my 2nd fave however, and the 3 to make my chart as of now are Rain Dogs, Mule Variations and his debut Closing Time.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Jasonconfused — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:17:08 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 04/17/2013 18:17

swedenman wrote:

I recently discovered Rain Dogs, as well. Instant top 20, quite possibly higher after a few more listens.

I listened to it twice yesterday, planning on giving it another listen today too. Not sure it's top 20 material for me, but definitely worthy of my chart.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:15:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/17/2013 18:15

I recently discovered Rain Dogs, as well. Instant top 20, quite possibly higher after a few more listens.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Jasonconfused — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:12:21 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 04/17/2013 18:12

Tom Waits and Brian Eno. Another Green World and Rain Dogs are excellent. I'll check out some more of their albums soon.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Mercury — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:10:40 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 04/17/2013 18:10

Everything Wu-Tang Clan related. Listening to mostly Ghostface albums and Liquid Swords and gonna explore this Raekwon character, then get into some Method Man and ODB inspectah deck, RZA, etc... Meanwhile continuing to stay firmly grounded in the Wu-Tang albums. Geez! This is one group that has so many great solo albums connected that it is set to keep me exploring for like months!

I am really really obsessed with Ghostface' "Fishscale" album and of course "Supreme Clientele" right now.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

GeevyDallas — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:59:30 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 04/17/2013 17:59

lethalnezzle wrote:

On that note, PBR'n'B is the one of the most horrible terms being bandied around at the moment. Although if you are checking out this new wave of R'n'B, make sure you check out BAGO, SZA, BJ The Chicago Kid. I'll let you know others as I think of them.

I loved Pineapple Laters,so I'll definitely check those other guys out.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:54:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/17/2013 17:54

DLGGLD wrote:

I've been trying to determine this,it seems to be just a tag people throw onto the likes of The Weeknd,How To Dress Well,Frank Ocean,etc. I don't think there is a core set of characteristics that determine it,the tag just gets thrown around a lot.I think anyways,I'm trying to dig deeper into it,but I don't actually think it's a thing,I could be wrong though.

Edit:I think it's alternative R&B I was talking about,I just looked up contemporary R&B and MJ and Prince came up.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

GeevyDallas — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:48:39 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 04/17/2013 17:48

ptaylor1989 wrote:

I'm excited to see an Irish collection but what's this contemporary/alternative r&b you mentioned?

Re: What music are you discovering now?

ptaylor1989 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:42:52 GMT

Author: ptaylor1989

Posted: 04/17/2013 17:42

DLGGLD wrote:

Edit: I've also been trying to get to the bottom of contemporary/alternative r&b,which is significantly harder than I imagined.

I'm excited to see an Irish collection but what's this contemporary/alternative r&b you mentioned?

Re: What music are you discovering now?

EyeKanFly — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:27:43 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 04/17/2013 14:27

davidhuret wrote:

Sixto Rodriguez, thanks to the "Searching for Sugarman" documentary.

YES!!! A fantastic documentary, and a fantastic musician. I had a music professor who actually met and played with Rodriguez, which is awesome.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

davidhuret — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:05:35 GMT

Author: davidhuret

Posted: 04/17/2013 14:05

Sixto Rodriguez, thanks to the "Searching for Sugarman" documentary.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Cymro2011 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:02:17 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 04/17/2013 14:02

Right now i'm going through Deerhunter's discog after being blown away by Monomania.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

GeevyDallas — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:50:41 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 04/17/2013 13:50

Mainly trying to listen to as much from 2013 as possible,I'm over 70 albums deep at the moment,although that pales in comparison to some users I'm pretty happy at my rate.Also been trying to explore more shoegaze/dream pop and been fucking with Broadcast and Jimmy Blake hard.I'm also going to comply an Irish chart soon,so I'm relistening to all the Irish shit in my collection.

Edit: I've also been trying to get to the bottom of contemporary/alternative r&b,which is significantly harder than I imagined.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:27:23 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/17/2013 13:27

ptaylor1989 wrote:

I'm trying to uncover some of the roots of modern day electronic music, starting with Klaus Schulze. I hope to get a larger grasp on ambient with vast landscapes and hopefully better understand Brian Eno and acquaint myself with krautrock

You should check out Cluster, who are great, and Harald Grosskopf's Synthesist (which was admittedly a bit after the birth of the synth experimentation, being released in 1980). If you can, you should also try and watch the BBC documentary Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany; it's very focused on a few acts (Can, Cluster, Kraftwerk), but gives a good overview of a few different scenes (sorting them by sound and geography, which is really quite useful) and contains some great interviews.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Defago — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:16:31 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 04/17/2013 12:16

I'm about halfway through my post rock adventures. Recently discovered a budding local pr scene while looking for stuff for Peru thread. Turns out I know, and have even jammed with, one of the guys in one of the biggest acts. I'm probably gonna go into folk drone after this.

Also, if anyone wants a krautrock (don't dismember me lethal) rec, check my chart or shoot me a PM.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:00:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/17/2013 10:00

ButterThumbz wrote:

Does this mean we might agree on something? A cause for celebration, methinks.

🥳

Sun Ra has probably one of the strongest discographies of the 60's. I still need to go further in depth with his 70's releases.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

ButterThumbz — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:49:31 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 04/17/2013 09:49

Happymeal wrote:

Yeah, Sun Ra is pretty Dope, love his stuff.

Does this mean we might agree on something? A cause for celebration, methinks.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:32:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/17/2013 09:32

ButterThumbz wrote:

Since joining BEA, I've been attempting to broaden my knowledge of electronic and ambient music too. It's an area I've also been into to certain degree but there's so much great stuff out there that I wasn't familiar with.
I've also been on a bit of a jazz journey, exploring hard bop and stuff, and have just ventured into the daunting discography of Sun Ra.

Yeah, Sun Ra is pretty Dope, love his stuff.

Topic:

Currently I'm just going through a bunch of different genres, mainly Blues and Punk, but I'm also going through a lot of metal as well. Some really good stuff.

Re: What music are you discovering now?

Johnnyo — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:16:43 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/17/2013 09:16

Monster Movie by Can. THe one track on Side 2 (You Do Right) is unbelievably good.