The Avant Garde/Experimental Music Recommendation Thread

[dankrsta]

Originally Posted by JackPat

Any recommendations on avant garde musicians that incorporate classical instruments in their music?

Well, you have avant-garde composers in so called art music.

Iannis Xenakis - Jonchaies He used different mathematical models for composing, making a kind of architectural music. But this composition is just a blast!
György Ligeti - Lontano You have probably heard some of his compositions in Kubrick films (2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining - this one). So thanks to Kubrick stealing Ligeti's music (I mean using it without permission), we now have such audio-visual mastery that is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Well played.
Harry Partch - Exordium: The Beginning Of A Web (Delusion of the Fury) Well, there are no classical instruments here, but ones made by Partch himself. (although maybe he left some, I'm not sure)

[TockTockTock]

What about any that incorporate interesting lyrics? Or artists within the realm of Xiu Xiu or the Velvet Underground (who aren't quite Avant-garde, but you get what I mean).

[Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra]

Originally Posted by JackPat

What about any that incorporate interesting lyrics? Or artists within the realm of Xiu Xiu or the Velvet Underground (who aren't quite Avant-garde, but you get what I mean).

I'd look into the now recently departed Captain Beefheart for that. Like or no, There's no way you could not consider his lyrics interesting.

[TockTockTock]

Originally Posted by Skaligojurah

I'd look into the now recently departed Captain Beefheart for that. Like or no, There's no way you could not consider his lyrics interesting.

Yea... I could never bring myself to like him before. Sorry to hear that he's dead though.

[someonecompletelyrandom]

Originally Posted by dankrsta

Well, you have avant-garde composers in so called art music.

Harry Partch - Exordium: The Beginning Of A Web (Delusion of the Fury) Well, there are no classical instruments here, but ones made by Partch himself. (although maybe he left some, I'm not sure)

I love Partch's instruments. I also love the vagrant theme of Delusion of Fury.

[Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra]

Originally Posted by JackPat

Yea... I could never bring myself to like him before. Sorry to hear that he's dead though.

Honestly man, I don't know. You seem to be really trying to get into experimental but not liking it from the lines of questions.

Trying to help, but not much I can do. What do you like of the genre?

[TockTockTock]

Originally Posted by Skaligojurah

Honestly man, I don't know. You seem to be really trying to get into experimental but not liking it from the lines of questions.

Trying to help, but not much I can do. What do you like of the genre?

Xiu Xiu, Velvet Underground, Arthur Russel, John Cage, The Residents, Frank Zappa, and the Flaming Lips are a few avant-garde/experimental rock musicians. I know it's strange to like Zappa and not the Captain, though.

[Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra]

Originally Posted by JackPat

Xiu Xiu, Velvet Underground, Arthur Russel, John Cage, The Residents, Frank Zappa, and the Flaming Lips are a few avant-garde/experimental rock musicians. I know it's strange to like Zappa and not the Captain, though.

ah...my apologies. I thought you were struggling to get into the genre, and trying to figure out why everyone else loved it so much.

[TockTockTock]

I'm blanking on a name... The first letter of his name starts with a "k." He's an avant garde composer who was very influential with Throbbing Gristle. Does anyone know?

[clutnuckle]

Krzysztof Penderecki, perhaps? Not an 'avant-garde composer' by definition but some of his work kind of suggests it.