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The Monkey

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Ok, here's some fun I thought we might do. One person names an artist or a band, and the next poster says what he or she has of them.

Anything counts: albums (studio, live, compilations), singles, B-sides, bootlegs, demos, EPs etc.

I'll start: David Bowie
 
Umm...

Does Philip Glass - "Heroes" Symphony: from the music of David Bowie & Brian Eno count? It's a stretch, but Bowie did compose many of the works on this album...
 
Are we on Philip Glass now?

I have...

the Truman Show soundtrack
Etudes for Piano
Solo Piano (the Metamorphoses, Mad Rush and Wichita Sutra Vortex)

I used to have Songs for Solo Cello and the Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack but I didn't like them very much so I got rid of them. The freaking Koyaanisqatsi chanting thing from the beginning and end of the film got stuck in my head for a long time though.

I'm going to steer away from really obscure music and call Smashing Pumpkins next.
 
I meant all the obscure music I could've chosen, not referring to other music mentioned before. Phillip Glass is somewhat obscure though. I think I only know of two people in real life who know him. One of those people was a grad student majoring in music, and the other one listens to mostly classical music (and actually hates Phillip Glass).
 
Smashing Pumpkins albums Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Siamese Dream.

Next: Nine Inch Nails
 
London Calling and a bootleg of them live in London someplace. Might be unofficial, pretty bad quality afterall.

Next: ISIS
 
:|

Nothing.

Next: Modest Mouse
 
I have three albums - Good News For People Who Love Bad News, The Moon & Antarctica, and The Lonesome Crowded West.

Next: Queens of the Stone Age
 
The Colour and the Shape

There is Nothing Left to Lose

One By One

Next: 311
 
Siren Song of the Counter-Culture

Next: Venetian Snares
 
Nothing.

Jeez, enough with the obscure music.

Next: The Jesus and Mary Chain
 
Venetian Snares isn't obscure, and esp. not on this forum at least. I could of answered that call. I know I said 'Nothing' earlier but that was to spite your post, but really, this is a pretty pointless game if you aren't going to contribute properly.

I've never heard of the Jesus and Mary Chain but I'll let someone else have a shot at it.
 
TheAntipop said:
Venetian Snares isn't obscure, and esp. not on this forum at least.
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Well, I've never heard of them (him?), at least.
I could of answered that call. I know I said 'Nothing' earlier but that was to spite your post, but really, this is a pretty pointless game if you aren't going to contribute properly.
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Yeah, I know, but it had been six hours, and I just wanted to get the game going as no one seemed to have anything from that band/artist. Maybe we should have a rule of like one day before it moves on the next artist if no one can say they have anything?
 
And maybe we should talk a little something about the artist to give people an idea of what they're like!

I have Detrimentalist, Hospitality, Pink + Green, Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett, Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole, 4 Adaptations of Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett, and Horsey Noises (?)

I'd heard people talking on this forum about VSnares and something about the name made me think it would be really laid back Trip-hop or something. How wrong was I!
VSnares is basically ultra-frenetic drillcore drum'n'bass in very strange time signatures, and amidst all the screeching and noise there are some wonderful moments.

Ongyilkos Vasarnap, a relatively mellow track from Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett that samples Billie Holiday's (a favourite singer of mine) Gloomy Sunday, over broken beats and slices of orchestra, became my soundtrack to my design portfolio for school, I must have listened to it at least fifty times.

Let's stay somewhat on this path ... Aphex Twin.
 
KA's got the right idea.

I have drukqs (12'' vinyl), SAW I & II, The Richard D. James Album, Caustic Window, Come To Daddy (12'' vinyl release too! Just got it last week), Windowlicker, 51-13 and a whole bunch of other EPs that I'm not sure are Q-Chastic or AFX or whoever. When I go through my discog. of stuff, I like to refer to it as 'Richard D. James' releases as I can never be bothered to sort through his names. I'm excluding said releases here.

I had heard Windowlicker and Come to Daddy ages ago, or more saw the videos at middle school under ''hey man check out this weird shit music lolo'' and it wasn't until my friend lended me drukqs that he became a prominent benchmark in my taste of music during high school. I hated it, of course, so I went backwards and started with the SAW (Selected Ambient Works) albums upon recommendation from this forum, probably Absinthe or harj or someone. Very likely actually. Loved them, then slowly got into drukqs and haven't looked back since.

drukqs might be where Aphex shines at his best for me which is strange, because it's quite widely panned. I'll be honest with you; I'm not huge on the 'classics' like The RDJ Album but the strange, haunting and almost child-like elements of drukqs is what I remember most about the last five years if you were to say 'electronic music' to me. It was different, it was new and it was downright ****ing weird. I loved every second of it and I still do to this day, albeit now I have it in glorious vinyl. :D Like you KA, tracks like Vordhosbn, Avril 14th, Meltphace 6 and Beskhu3epnm became some of my most listened to tracks whilst working in art & design at high school/sixth form. A real inspiration to my work.

I've Aphex Twin to thank me for introducing me to all sorts of new artists such as Squarepusher, Venetian Snares and Autechre. Top man.

Next: Pink Floyd
 
I'm fairly sure my parents have a copy of Dark Side of the Moon.

Next: In Flames
 
Well, that's kind of debunking what KA and I did to the game. A little effort makes this a much more interesting game, whereas that was not an interesting response.

As such, I happen to have all, or most, of In Flames' discog. from the last few years as I was a huge fan back in the day. Off the top of my head, I have Whoracle, The Jester Race, Colony, Clayman, Reroute to Remain, Soundtrack to Your Escape and I think, and I apologize if the title is wrong, a really early album called Lunar Strain, was it? It was before Whoracle at least so it was really old death metal In Flames stuff.

Like I said, I use to love them. I started on newer releases as it was the track Trigger from Reroute... that got my attention and then worked my way backwards with help from a friend who was a huge fan. I think Clayman might of been my favourite album for tracks like Pinball Map and Brush the Dust Away, but I also recall Colony to have a few jems like Ordinary Story and Coerced Coexistance.

I remember liking the later albums contrary to general census that ''new In Flames = shit'' - it wasn't mindblowing, but I enjoyed Reroute to Remain and Soundtrack to Your Escape but that's as far as I got with them until I got bored a few years ago. I haven't heard even a slither of their latest releases.

Going to go and find my CD's and re-listen to them now. :)

Next: Tool
 
Tool, about two years ago, was my favourite band. I have never liked their older stuff too much, aside from a couple singles and a handful of songs, but Lateralus and 10,000 Days are great albums.

I got into Tool "backwards", to paraphrase Ennui. I had heard them in passing on the radio the years before, and then one day I started my Tool journey with 10,000 Days, completely by accident. I had heard a song on the radio that I really liked ("Land of Confusion" by Disturbed), so I hopped on the bus and went to HMV to buy the CD. On the ride there, being without an MP3 player, I pretty much sit there looping the song in my head and wondering how much longer it will be before I can put the CD on at home. I get off at my stop, enter the mall, walk into HMV, forget the name of the artist, album, and song, and go straight to browsing the TV section to look like I know what I'm doing.

Eventually I work my way to the 2 for 25 shelf, where I start racking my brain. I remembered "10,000" had definitely come up when radio DJs had talked about the track, so I scanned the shelves until I found 10,000 Days by a band called Tool. Satisfied, I made to leave until another album caught my eye. 10,000 Fists by Disturbed. Well, ****, I think. I scan the track listing on the backs, but 10,000 Days doesn't list anything. But on the other hand, none of the songs on 10,000 Fists sound familiar at all. Land of Confusion? Guarded?

I decided that since I was going to get one of them, and had no idea which would be better, I'd at least get the one with the more entertaining packaging. I put it on my CD player as soon as I got home, played it through, and didn't hear the sounds of Land of Confusion once. Disappointed, I ripped it to my computer for archival purposes and put it in my CD shelf, not touching it for about two weeks. Then I put it on again and listen intently to every song, and realize that it's actually a really good album.

From there I found Lateralus, Opiate and Undertow, kind of forgetting about Aenima until about a year later. That one's pretty good (term used loosely), bridging the more down-to-earth dynamics and lower-fi sound of their early work with the sweeping precision of Lateralus and 10,000 Days.

So yeah, good band! Haven't listened to more than two songs in a row by them since about mid-April. I'll probably put on an album later tonight.

Next: Amon Tobin
 
The Chaos Theory soundtrack, Out From Out Where, Supermodified, a few assorted cuts and B-sides from the Ninja Tune catalogue, and a Missy Elliott track remixed by Two Fingers which I'm pretty sure is him.

I'm pretty sure I heard about Amon Tobin here, actually, and I was at the library one day and I saw some of his albums and got them all out. I really do want more, except that I'm never quite in the right mood to listen to him. He's a bit too noisy to be chill, but not fast enough to be energetic. Favourite song would probably be El Cargo from the Chaos Theory OST.

Except when he does live stuff, like this outrageous performance with Noisia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vTbUItBVGM&fmt=18

Umm let's see let's make this easy next up is Radiohead.
 
All albums (Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail To The Thief, In Rainbows), Thom Yorke's The Eraser.

EDIT: One of my favorite bands, lots of variety to be found in their music, IMO. I've found their music to be a rather large influence for me composition-wise, actually. Started listening to them several years back while hanging out with some stoner (but very cool) friends. I'd probably say The Bends & Kid A are my favorite albums; Hail To The Thief will always be another favorite though since that was their first album I was hooked on.

Next: Incubus
 
How about a little something about what you like about them and how you got in to them because otherwise this thread is essentially meaningless!
 
Incubus. The first song of theirs I ever heard was "Follow" (a vocal version of part of "The Odyssey") from the Alive at Red Rocks bonus CD. That soon became one of my favourite songs. I also have Anna Molly (never looked into the rest of Light Grenades) and the Look Alive CD, which was recommended to me by a friend. I never would've guessed that was Incubus, quite unusual stuff. Like this track, "Cloudeater".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDItEc4JSs

Of all the artists mentioned so far in this thread, I know and like all but 311 (which I didn't know of until now). :D

Next: DJ Shadow
 
Van_Halen doesn't know how to play.
Also oh god, DJ Shadow. Good call.

Pre-Emptive Strike, Endtroducing..., the extended/deluxe edition of Endtroducing..., Endtroducing... on vinyl (sealed), The Private Press, The Private Repress, The Outsider, his Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, Psyence Fiction (As UNKLE, but it counts right), and Shin, Tai and Gi from Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats?, as well as some assorted loose cuts/live stuff.

Shadow is an absolute favourite of mine. Endtroducing is still one of the best albums I've ever heard. My brother bought Endtroducing after hearing Stem/Long Stem on the radio, and I immediately loved it. To this day Organ Donor will suddenly float through my head. I had a period of listening to him that bordered on obsessive. His beats are so fantastically organic and full, and his cutting-up of them is awe-inspiring. Endtroducing and Private Press are both amazing albums, and sure The Outsider was a bit weird, but it sure had it's moments. If you haven't heard Shadow, Endtroducing is a must-have.

Truly amazing stuff, and it's interesting to hear his influences in retrospect as well as how the sonic space he carved out for himself has been filled with other similar artists.

Getting a bit more obscure!

Flying Lotus, Coldcut or Burial. Your choice.
edit - or Gorillaz.
 
Uhh uhhh all of them. Except Coldcut.

Flying Lotus: 1983, Los Angeles
I like 1983. Heard it first in a Modeselektor mix.

Burial: Burial, Untrue
I've barely listened to this stuff. The more ambient tracks are beautiful though.

Gorillaz: Gorillaz, Laika Come Home, Demon Days, D-Sides (Man there's so many tracks that reappear throughout these albums. Shit's annoying.)
One of the first artists I really listened to, I've always enjoyed their sound.

How abouuut Eagles Of Death Metal.
 
**** you guys, I would have killed to answer Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, or Tool (full discographies on all those suckers) but NOOO I get Eagles of Death Metal whom I've never heard of, so: nada.

Next: Carbon Based Lifeforms. Super chill trippy psybient. I know I turned a few of you on to them so someone should be able to answer this :D
 
Since no one else has posted...

Nothing, unfortunately.

Next: Death in Vegas
 
Death in Vegas:

I listened to a couple of their songs on the youtubes, and im not really a fan. Theres nothing specifically bad really, its just kinda boring and, i dont know, not unique. I liked Dirge though, despite it being pretty damn repetitive.


Next: Shiny Toy Guns
 
I've got a handful of tracks that I've downloaded at random, but they don't do much for me - pretty standard Euro electropop, quite dated sounding really. The girl's voice is kinda irritating. Don't Cry Out is alright. But the Kissy Sell Out mix of Ricochet is FANTASTIC, great energy. I dunno how similar it is to the original though, I can't find it for free anywhere... Maybe I'd like more of their songs with less vocals?

Next.. hmm Architecture in Helsinki? I love Do The Whirlwind
 
Here's their Richochet. If you didnt like the vocals then you probably wont like this version.

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

I guess I will go again.

Do the Whirlwind is too slow paced for my liking. In a lot of their songs their vocals seem to clash with the instrumental elements, making it difficult to understand what they're singing. It seems pretty unstructured.

Next: Little People
 
Since this has died, I'll resurrect with what I think of Little People on first impressions, having never heard them before.

They're certainly something different. I'm not sure whether I like them or not; the style is very odd, perhaps not to others, but I've never heard this style before. I'm not sure how exactly to describe it, other than "weird". As the novelty wears off, I'm not sure whether I'm going to like it or not, so I'm going to listen to them a bit later for a better opinion. Start Shootin' almost sounds like Amon Tobin's work in some of the Splinter Cell tracks, for some reference. It's not the same, but I suppose it has the same "feel", although I think Tobin does it a lot better.

Next, hopefully an easy one to get this back on it's feet: Globus
 
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