Last album you bought, downloaded or listened to

Paedantic Basterd · 10-08-2010, 12:16 PM

Just started listening. It's a lot like Sufjan Stevens, maybe more rock oriented. Lovely melodies though.

abdullah424 · 10-08-2010, 01:22 PM

Squarepusher Presents Shobaleader One: d’Demonstrator

As a rule I normally don't like autotune but two songs in I'm really liking this album.

LoathsomePete · 10-08-2010, 01:32 PM

Eternal Tears of Sorrow - A Virgin and a Whore (1998)

A mix of symphonic metal and melodic death metal. From what I've read their later stuff is better, but I want to hear what this band sounded like in the early days.

In Vain - The Latter Rain (2007)

About the closest you can get to sounding like Blackwater Park/ Deliverance era Opeth without completely ripping them off. If you have listened to an Opeth album then you owe it to yourself to check out this band.

sidewinder · 10-08-2010, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by abdullah424

Squarepusher Presents Shobaleader One: d’Demonstrator

As a rule I normally don't like autotune but two songs in I'm really liking this album.

It's not autotune, it's vocoder. It just happens that autotune abuse sounds like a vocoder.

I have to say the samples for this album turn me off in a big way. I liked occasional vocoder use in the past, but come on...it's 2010, I'm sick and tired of hearing autotuned bullshit, why put out an album with a ton of vocoder effects that sounds like the latest craze in autotune? I'm going to download this at some point, but I'm expecting it to get on my nerves before the first song is even over. Too bad really because he has been one of my favorite musicians for a while.

Dayvan Cowboy · 10-08-2010, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

It's not autotune, it's vocoder. It just happens that autotune abuse sounds like a vocoder.

I have to say the samples for this album turn me off in a big way. I liked occasional vocoder use in the past, but come on...it's 2010, I'm sick and tired of hearing autotuned bullshit, why put out an album with a ton of vocoder effects that sounds like the latest craze in autotune? I'm going to download this at some point, but I'm expecting it to get on my nerves before the first song is even over. Too bad really because he has been one of my favorite musicians for a while.

speaking of which, whatever happened to the classic robot vocoder that doesn't sound like autotune? I'd like to hear more of that.

CanwllCorfe · 10-08-2010, 01:57 PM

Is this vocoder?

jackhammer · 10-08-2010, 02:03 PM

5:5 years of hyperdub. Cracking compilation showing the full gamut of Dubstep with Trip Hop and Massive Attack style moodiness. Compiled by Kode 9 too. Quality.

Hmm. Not sure yet. Sounds a little too formulaic but I have only checked out the 'Metallic' section.

abdullah424 · 10-08-2010, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sidewinder

It's not autotune, it's vocoder. It just happens that autotune abuse sounds like a vocoder.

I have to say the samples for this album turn me off in a big way. I liked occasional vocoder use in the past, but come on...it's 2010, I'm sick and tired of hearing autotuned bullshit, why put out an album with a ton of vocoder effects that sounds like the latest craze in autotune? I'm going to download this at some point, but I'm expecting it to get on my nerves before the first song is even over. Too bad really because he has been one of my favorite musicians for a while.

If you can get past the vocoder (which is easier said than done) it's actually not a bad album. I would have enjoyed it way more if it were an instrumental though.

sidewinder · 10-08-2010, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Is this vocoder?

I believe so, yes. I think most vocal effects are done with a vocoder. It's only in the past what, 5 or 10 years, that autotune has become commonplace in pop music and then used for that crap effect.

Sounds alright in that song though...and according to the info on the YouTube page, it's from 1999. Forgiveable.

CanwllCorfe · 10-08-2010, 02:56 PM

Oh yes. It's a classic. Ferry Corsten was a monster back then.

10-08-2010, 01:57 PM	#13316 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Is this vocoder? __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

10-08-2010, 02:03 PM	#13317 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	5:5 years of hyperdub. Cracking compilation showing the full gamut of Dubstep with Trip Hop and Massive Attack style moodiness. Compiled by Kode 9 too. Quality. Hmm. Not sure yet. Sounds a little too formulaic but I have only checked out the 'Metallic' section. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

10-08-2010, 02:56 PM	#13320 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Oh yes. It's a classic. Ferry Corsten was a monster back then. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

10-08-2010, 12:16 PM	#13311 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Just started listening. It's a lot like Sufjan Stevens, maybe more rock oriented. Lovely melodies though.

10-08-2010, 01:22 PM	#13312 (permalink)
abdullah424 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 351	Squarepusher Presents Shobaleader One: d’Demonstrator As a rule I normally don't like autotune but two songs in I'm really liking this album.

10-08-2010, 01:32 PM	#13313 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Eternal Tears of Sorrow - A Virgin and a Whore (1998) A mix of symphonic metal and melodic death metal. From what I've read their later stuff is better, but I want to hear what this band sounded like in the early days. In Vain - The Latter Rain (2007) About the closest you can get to sounding like Blackwater Park/ Deliverance era Opeth without completely ripping them off. If you have listened to an Opeth album then you owe it to yourself to check out this band.