Expand your horizon (electronic, pop, genre, albums, dj shadow)

crash_override · 04-01-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

RIO yo. RIO? Yo man. RIO yo.

I have like Univers Zero and Far Corner .. Any other essentials someone could recommend?

I'm not really into jazz .. I like it a lot, but it's not what I play most. Also, just asking for jazz is like asking for recommendations on metal. You don't know if they want Dio or Korpiklaani. Anyways!

I think an easy entry into jazz is to check out the cream from last decades swing revival. Squirrel Nut Zippers is my favourite of the bunch and their album "Perennial Favorites" is excellent. I also wrote a review on it in my journal. I have one album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy called "Americana Deluxe" and although it's not as diverse, it's also good.

This is not the track I wanted to show, but the selection off youtube is not really extensive. It's Squirrel Nut Zippers opening track from Perennial Favorites (released in 1997).

If you like gypsy jazz reminiscent of old Django Reinhardt, I can recommend Joe Pass album "For Django" (1964) or Bireli Lagrene's "Gipsy Project & Friends" (2002).

The video above shows Bireli and his gang playing Django's jazz standard, Minor Swing.

If you like more trippy electronica jazz with a bit of drum n bass and other stuff thrown in, then you could have a look at Jaga Jazzist from Norway or perhaps Kyoto Jazz Massive from Japan.

The video above shows Jaga Jazzist song Animal Chin from their 2001 album "A Livingroom Hush" which got good reviews in Norway.

If you want more prog-jazz fusion stuff, I think you should check out the Canterbury scene's legendary Soft Machine. The following video is from the last half of the last track on their album "Third" from 1970.

Guys like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Herbie Han**** or John Coltrane shouldn't need an introduction since they are all still immensely popular. I have Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" from 1965 and I like it a lot. It's also critically acclaimed. "Miles Ahead" (1957) and "Kind of Blue" (1957) by Miles Davis are awesome .. I also got Bitches Brew on a recommendation here, but I've yet to listen to it. It's also easy to get box sets from all these artists.

In the youtube-vid, you can see Miles Davis and John Coltrane together playing "So What", the opening track on "Kind of Blue".

If you think you might like avant-garde jazz, try Bill Frisell. The following vid shows him playing Shenandoah which is from his 1999 album "Good Dog, Happy Man" ..

Tired of writing now

Hey thanks for the effort but not really what im looking for. The quote you posted from me was a little misleading, and I apologize. I had posted earlier in the thread with a better explanation of what I was seeking.

Mainly i'm looking for good Blues Rock/Electric Blues artists along the lines of Joe Bonamossa etc.

Also, Newer (90's-2000's) Jazz/Smooth jazz with a good bass driven sound. Looking for stuff with good fretless play, or something with a solid rhythm section in general.

Terrible Lizard · 04-01-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by crash_override

Hey thanks for the effort but not really what im looking for. The quote you posted from me was a little misleading, and I apologize. I had posted earlier in the thread with a better explanation of what I was seeking.

Mainly i'm looking for good Blues Rock/Electric Blues artists along the lines of Joe Bonamossa etc.

Also, Newer (90's-2000's) Jazz/Smooth jazz with a good bass driven sound. Looking for stuff with good fretless play, or something with a solid rhythm section in general.

Otis Rush, Magic Slim, and Eddie Kirkland for blues.
Keith Jarret and Jean Luc Ponty for the jazz.

Husky McDump · 04-01-2009, 11:30 PM

always looking for new jazz/blues

seeking some relaxing symphony music

also i've been looking for a few out side the box indie bands. kinda pushing the genres limits you could say.

any suggestions?
=D

Blue · 04-01-2009, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Emsanders

always looking for new jazz/blues

seeking some relaxing symphony music

also i've been looking for a few out side the box indie bands. kinda pushing the genres limits you could say.

any suggestions?
=D

I have a great one for relaxing symphony music, though it's almost like ambient symphonic music at times, even though it does build to a climax of sorts. The song is titled Fordlandia from Johann Johannsson's most recent album, Fordlandia. You can hear it at his myspace. The other songs are a bit different, but Fordlandia just blew me completely away. Check it out...

Johann Johannsson on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

Demonoid · 04-02-2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

RIO yo. RIO? Yo man. RIO yo.
I have like Univers Zero and Far Corner .. Any other essentials someone could recommend?

http://www.musicbanter.com/classic-r...tf-corner.html

I didn't update it yet, but I'm hoping to soon!

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Heh. Thanks for the suggestions but I actually already own an El Gran Silencio album (it's a pretty good album but the accordion does get old after a while) as well as that "Roots of Chicha" disc. Based on what I've heard I think cumbias are really different depending what their country of origin is and I think the type of cumbia I'm looking for is specifically Mexican. As far as the other style of Mexican music I'm looking for goes (the style with the yodeling and fiddle), you may be one of the few people on here familiar with the one good example of it that I know by name. Do you have the Cafe Tacuba album Avalanche de Exitos? If you do, the song "Ojala Que Llueva Cafe" is the exact style of music I'm looking for.

I do have all of their stuff (Cafe Tacuba) but haven't listened to like half of it at least. I'll listen to that song and get back here in a bit.

jackhammer · 04-10-2009, 12:29 PM

Still have no Opera

gunnels · 04-10-2009, 03:22 PM

Whoops, I forgot about this threads' existance.
A late thank you to Pobody and Tor, I will definately check those guys out!

Zer0 · 04-10-2009, 03:48 PM

A list of essential Dream Pop albums plz??

anticipation · 04-10-2009, 03:52 PM

probably not essential, but you should definately check out Candy Claws' "In the Dream of the Sea Life"

jackhammer · 04-10-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

A list of essential Dream Pop albums plz??

i'm no expert but definitely get some:

Mazzy Star
This Mortal Coil
Cocteau Twins
Cranes
Lush

The last three dip a little into shoegaze but the first two for sure. The only Mazzy Star album I have is 'She Hangs Brightly' but This Mortal Coil I have 3 albums of which Filigree & Shadow is probably the best. Holler if you need ups.

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anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	probably not essential, but you should definately check out Candy Claws' "In the Dream of the Sea Life"