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Rood said:
That album is already in my CD collection, I've seen him live a couple of times as well and he puts on a good show - will have a listen anyway for old times sake but I know it well!

He's got some great remix albums out there which are worth checking out
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I've seen him twice. In Manchester back in 1999(ish) he/they were brilliant, but in London months later they were rubbish.

I almost posted Point, but I've not listened to that one as much as I bought the DVD version of it and haven't ripped it to my computer yet (four years on from doing the rest of my albums).
 
Too many uptempo albums recently, time to take it back to the maudlin guitar music :)

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She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star - Spotify

One of my favourites, Hope Sandoval has a great voice.
 
Got this one and very nice it is too - as are their other records. Sandoval's first solo record is good n'all (not heard anything she's done since then though).
 
datura said:
Too many uptempo albums recently, time to take it back to the maudlin guitar music :)

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She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star - Spotify

One of my favourites, Hope Sandoval has a great voice.
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I've already got 'so tonight that I might see' on my pc but I'd never heard this one. Loved it, maybe a tad long in places but then I often think that on first listens but overall a definite keeper.
 
Live at Brixton Academy 1999 - Atari Teenage Riot - Spotify

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Bit of a random choice this, goes quite well with the maudlin guitar music I thought ;)

Anyway I never managed to work out if this is the best thing I have ever heard or the worst!
NME gave it 11/10 :eek: :

- Live At Brixton Academy 1999 - Album Reviews - NME.COM
Looking for trouble? You came to the right place. 'Live At Brixton Academy 1999' is one almighty blast of ear-chomping sonic malevolence recorded last November, at the climax of a punishing tour which saw Berlin's noise-shredding guvnors on the verge of mental and physical collapse, including an apparent midair nervous breakdown by MC Carl Crack. We might be tempted to extrapolate overt signs of this behind-the-scenes chaos from the record's cacophonous contents, except that ATR have always sounded loud and angry and fecked-up to the max.

But, admittedly, never quite as fecked-up as this before. Just 27 minutes long and compressed into a single track, this is not so much a performance as an attempt to punch a gaping hole in the space-time continuum and rip its throbbing purple guts out with a giant sonic pitchfork. It's aggressive, abrasive, breathtakingly brutal and unlikely ever to be chosen on Desert Island Discs.

/img/atariteenageriot0700.jpg Key to this ground-breaking dissonance is new-ish member Nic Endo, mistress of merciless machine torture. While Atari shows once used recognisable beats, samples and riffs - albeit revved to the limit of speedcore distortion - Endo seems to have pushed them over the edge into a black hole of pure inhuman noise.

For the strong of stomach, we particularly recommend the cataclysmic electropunk ejaculations around three minutes 40, the sound of Satan himself sharpening his huge mechanical rotating knives at 13 minutes 45, the Panzer division of crazed Pokimons committing mass suicide at 24 minutes 10, and the blessed relief which dawns around 26 minutes 48 when you realise the storm has passed and that which has not killed you has left you, er, feeling violently sick.

Any appreciation of this record, then, lies not in orthodox critical standards but in how extreme and masochistic your taste for sonic punishment is - or how murderously grim your sense of humour. If you have ever discerned apocalyptic beauty in Neil Young's 'Arc', nihilistic purity in Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music', cathartic splendour in prime time Napalm Death or blowtorch majesty in My Bloody Valentine's nuclear meltdown finale to their 1991 tour, then 'Live At Brixton Academy 1999' will rock what remains of your brain until it spurts out your ears. Respect.

11 out of 10
 
I bought that one quite a few years ago. I have absolutely no idea what I thought of it then, but I'm doing a quick check now, and it sounds quite good. (I should perhaps point out that I actually listen to this kind of music on a regular basis (though I like my noise less electronic these days).)
 
I use to have that live album on tape in my car - it fit on one side of a 60 min cassette! Have vague memories of going to an ATR gig at some point while I briefly flirted with the whole industrial/digital hardcore scene, didnt last very long but I always remember this recording
 
Rood said:
I use to have that live album on tape in my car - it fit on one side of a 60 min cassette! Have vague memories of going to an ATR gig at some point while I briefly flirted with the whole industrial/digital hardcore scene, didnt last very long but I always remember this recording
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The idea of you being pulled over by the police or just stopped at lights with the windows rolled down playing this amuses me greatly.

Must admit that although I enjoy a bit of noise on occasion, I can't sit through this one. Metal Machine Music would have been a better choice on a similar theme.
 
decorativeed said:
The idea of you being pulled over by the police or just stopped at lights with the windows rolled down playing this amuses me greatly.

Must admit that although I enjoy a bit of noise on occasion, I can't sit through this one. Metal Machine Music would have been a better choice on a similar theme.
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I do realise that a lot of people will not even be able to listen to whole of that - its kind of a challenge!

It also pretty much signalled the end of the band - a fitting end I reckon. Although I know Alec Empire who was behind the whole digital hardcore thing is still going strong.
 
Rood said:
Had a listen to this as they are another of those bands that Ive heard of but never got round to listening to.
I actually quite liked it and Im not even sure why as it is nothing original or exciting but worked for me!
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Do check out their other records, particularly The Hot Rock, Dig Me Out and The Woods.
 
datura said:
Cornelius - didn't grab me, and sounded a bit twee at times.

Atari - Unlistenable.

Blue Oyster - not my kind of thing.
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Yeah, I liked some of Alec Empire's solo stuff, and I quite like a bit of noise, but there has to be something to it. I just found that ATR album to be... well, noise.
 
So you were banned because you posted albums at the weekend instead, then?

Also, rubbish record. Boring, stolid solo piano cover versions of electronic music. Totally pointless.
 
decorativeed said:
So you were banned because you posted albums at the weekend instead, then?

Also, rubbish record. Boring, stolid solo piano cover versions of electronic music. Totally pointless.
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:boring:
 
To be honest I don't even have the album. moses linked me to a cover of his of Arcade Fire's No Cars Go and I thought it was fantastic.

 
You guys are ridiculous. Someone posted one just before I did. He then deleted it and I just posted one in its place without thinking. Get over yourselves. :lol:
 
Atari Teenage Riot - Not my thing so was surprised how much i enjoyed it, its not something i could have on my ipod but something id definitely keep in my library for random madness.

Sleater Kinney - Im not a huge fan of female vocalists as im a bit of a sexist lothario, but this was decent nonetheless.

Mazzy Star- Slightly more inclined to listen to this female as she is being slightly more chilled, very decent showing also.

Antlers - Wasn't too into this, by no means bad music, just not for me. Felt the songs were a little too long and drawn out.

Le Peuple de l'Herbe - Quite good, and a bit bad too, hit and miss for me.

Cornelius - Took me a while but i ended up enjoying this.
 
datura said:
She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star - Spotify
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Burndogg said:
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin.
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Didnt like either of these.
Mazzy Star a bit too folky for me and Blue Oyster was...erm... a bit too shit for me ;)

Anyway it is Monday so someone post something - too soon for another from me as I just posted the ATR live noise thing a couple of albums ago. BTW their proper albums are very different to that in case anyone was wondering - might even appeal to the heavy metal fans out there!​
 
Right, here's one of my favourite albums:

Oliveros/Dempster/Panaiotis - Deep Listening (1989)



It's improvised drones for accordion, trombone, dijeridoo and voice, and although it's just three people playing acoustic instruments with no overdubbing or processing, it sounds absolutely massive because they're playing in a huge disused cistern with incredible acoustics. One of the records that occasionally make me think I like sound more than I like music.

I would recommend playing it as loudly as possible on a good stereo in a dark and relatively large room.
 
Burndogg said:
Atari Teenage Riot - Not my thing so was surprised how much i enjoyed it, its not something i could have on my ipod but something id definitely keep in my library for random madness.

Sleater Kinney - Im not a huge fan of female vocalists as im a bit of a sexist lothario, but this was decent nonetheless.

Mazzy Star- Slightly more inclined to listen to this female as she is being slightly more chilled, very decent showing also.

Antlers - Wasn't too into this, by no means bad music, just not for me. Felt the songs were a little too long and drawn out.

Le Peuple de l'Herbe - Quite good, and a bit bad too, hit and miss for me.

Cornelius - Took me a while but i ended up enjoying this.
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Did you listen to that Big Star album I posted yet?
 
Dave Tyack's Dakota Oak - Am Deister (2001)

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Am Deister - Dakota Oak - Spotify​

Dave Tyack is unfortunately not with us anymore and was a missing person for a couple of years before his remains were eventually found in Corsica - he apparently fell and died in a random accident.
This was the only album released while he was still alive and it came on Manchester's Twisted Nerve label (of Badly Drawn Boy fame) - my favorites tracks are 'How Danny's Friends Became A Force For Good' and 'The Story Of Bear' - check it out...


Couldn't find any proper reviews so from wiki:
"Hypnotically wonky... like discovering a spooky Eastern European carnival in your attic."(NME)
"Deeply wonderful. A seriously good album."(Sunday Times)
"A unique and impressive record... lush instrumentals and gorgeous acoustic ditties. Awesome." (4/5 - Uncut)
"Beautiful, melodic Bavarian folk." (i-D)
"A rare and honest evocation of our youth." (4/5 - Jockey Slut)


Dave Tyack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Ivor Ballokov said:
As promised this guy only has 98 listeners on last.fm

Myoclonic Jerks
Grooming Response (**.017)
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So I listened to this, I think most people cant be arsed if they actually have to download it!
Was interesting in a quirky kind of way but Ive heard much better from the DIY bedroom producer types - there was enough there for me to give it another go though.

Do you have a connection to this label as I seem to remember you posting something from there before?​
 
Rood said:
Dave Tyack's Dakota Oak - Am Deister (2001)

Am Deister - Dakota Oak - Spotify​

Dave Tyack is unfortunately not with us anymore and was a missing person for a couple of years before his remains were eventually found in Corsica - he apparently fell and died in a random accident.
This was the only album released while he was still alive and it came on Manchester's Twisted Nerve label (of Badly Drawn Boy fame) - my favorites tracks are 'How Danny's Friends Became A Force For Good' and 'The Story Of Bear' - check it out...
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I met Dave several times and saw him play pretty often - as Dakota Oak Trio and playing with other people on Twisted Nerve. Nice guy, not overly impressed by his music though. I remember several friends and aquaintances going over to Corsica to look for him fairly regularly. Was a real shame what happened to him.
 
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