The Avant Garde/Experimental Music Recommendation Thread

[OccultHawk]

OOIOO

That's good stuff to explore

[shreddie799]

Yall guys ever heard of unexpect? Great avant garde music. check out the song "words" by them

[SuperSymmetry]

Originally Posted by shreddie799

Yall guys ever heard of unexpect?

Maybe.

[Banboo]

I'm new to this, do you have something that would make me open the door of this "castle?"

[grindy]

Originally Posted by Banboo

I'm new to this, do you have something that would make me open the door of this "castle?"

Experimental music is a very vague term and therefore and incredibly wide field.
What kinds of music that you consider to be expermental have you liked so far?
How's your tolerance regarding dissonance and unusual song form?

[OccultHawk]

Failing Lights

[depravity]

Originally Posted by grindy

Experimental music is a very vague term and therefore and incredibly wide field.
What kinds of music that you consider to be expermental have you liked so far?
How's your tolerance regarding dissonance and unusual song form?

I'm kind of new as well. Well, new to this forum. I've listened through Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and that was (to me, at least) pretty dissonant and unusual. My taste is pretty eclectic, ranging from sentimental sixties ballads to Miles Davis to My Bloody Valentine to Merzbow. I'm pretty much open to anything, so I can deal with the most "unique" tracks in terms of composition. I just feel like there's this whole level of music I haven't gotten to.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by depravity

I'm kind of new as well. Well, new to this forum. I've listened through Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and that was (to me, at least) pretty dissonant and unusual. My taste is pretty eclectic, ranging from sentimental sixties ballads to Miles Davis to My Bloody Valentine to Merzbow. I'm pretty much open to anything, so I can deal with the most "unique" tracks in terms of composition. I just feel like there's this whole level of music I haven't gotten to.

Here's a few different artists to get your feet wet.

Maurizio Bianchi's power electronics


Grumbling Fur's post rock thing


The Pop Group's crazy post punk


John Cage's bizarro modern classical


Massacre's no wavey free improvisation


Richard Dawson's freak folk


Vibracathedral Orchestra's free folk


I went a little obscure since you describe your taste as eclectic, but if you haven't heard Beefheart, Zorn, Zu, Mr. Bungle, Mars Volta, Coltrane, This Heat, United States of America, Can, Faust, Silver Apples, or Tim Buckley, then get on it because those are some experimental essentials.

[Mondo Bungle]

this is generally my introductory recommendation

[depravity]

@Frownland Thanks for the links! I'm on the John Cage one, and I really like them all so far, particularly The Pop Group song, but I've always had a weakness for post-punk and new wave and coldwave and all that. I've heard of United States of America and Faust, and I'll definitely check out the others.

@Mondo Bungle I like Sonic Youth. Been with them since I heard their rendition of "Superstar."