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TechnicLePanther · 09-19-2015, 09:10 AM

Album: Warrior
Artist: Kesha
Genre: Electropop
Suggested by: The Batlord
Familiarity: I've heard a couple of the singles, and I read up on the background of the album. I'm pretty pumped with the Iggy Pop inspiration, seems like this one should be pretty good.

1. Warrior - This one's a pretty straight-forward electropop song. Though as usual, Kesha's vocals really work with the song. The bass is pretty cool as usual. The piano bit is also pretty well-written. The glitchy stuff around the 3-minute mark is also very well done I feel. Cool, good stuff.

2. Die Young - I was never that into mixing acoustic guitars in with pop music. It feels a bit forced. Nice mixing as usual, but this one is definitely missing the beauty of the majority of her music. It's one of those just "fun" songs.

3. C'mon - Never heard choral vocals in a Kesha song. But again, another "fun" song. Nothing amazing, but it's still good.

4. Thinking of You - The mixing is very, very good. And the guitar doesn't feel like it's being forcibly shoved in anymore. By the way the lyrics are all ridiculously stupid. I don't usually talk about the lyrics with her, but in this song they are particularly obvious. The weird vocalizer solo in the middle was the coolest part of the song.

5. Crazy Kids - The whistling is wonderfully imperfect, in my opinion. The mixing is really good, the rapping is really good, the vocals are good, even the guitar sounds good. I really like this one. At one point her vocals sound like Delores O'Riordan though.

6. Wherever You Are - No that I think about it, she sounds like an American Delores O'Riordan. This song sounds like something that might come from Daft Punk. That is, until the bass drops. The melody is still pretty Daft Punk-ish though. This one is really good. Great use of guitars in this one. I'm doing head shakes right now (as opposed to head banging). Really good song!

7. Dirty Love - The blues-y feel of this song is good. Really "raw power" on this one. Lots of "lust" in this one. I love how they didn't try to make Iggy be something he isn't. His vocals shine through just like all of his other music. This just gets better and better.

8. Wonderland - Man, Kesha's really going off into rock territory with this one. I would say this is "pop rock" with emphasis on the "rock". The guitars are great, and no complex mixing was even required. The keys backing this one up fit in perfectly. I really, really love this. In my opinion, this softer sound is fits her voice very well, and it's just outright really great. I love it.

9. Only Wanna Dance with You - Another just "fun" song, but it's still pretty cool stuff. This is not what I was expecting at all.

10. Supernatural - The intro has got some nightcore influences. And then it gets more Kesha-y during the verse. The glitchy sections in her songs are always awesome, and this is no exception. More excellent music from this one.

11. All That Matters (The Beautiful Life) - Another "fun" song, but it's still good.

12. Love into the Light - An experimental intro leads into a quieter song. I actually like this one a lot. The lyrics are really good, and the slower tempo is a nice way to mix things up.

Overall, I really enjoyed this album. Some parts were just "fun", but as the album went on, more and more of it was genuinely great music.

OVERALL RATING: 8/10

Plainview · 09-19-2015, 12:29 PM

Being a pain, can you swap Almanac from my brand spanking new album, 'I Have Everything But What I Want'? Cheers

https://thedeafaids.bandcamp.com/alb...ut-what-i-want

TechnicLePanther · 09-19-2015, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plainview

Being a pain, can you swap Almanac from my brand spanking new album, 'I Have Everything But What I Want'? Cheers

https://thedeafaids.bandcamp.com/alb...ut-what-i-want

I hate you because I have to do this, and because I hate you, I won't do it.

Congratulations, you've created a paradox.
Just kidding, you got it.

Plainview · 09-19-2015, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

I hate you because I have to do this, and because I hate you, I won't do it.

Congratulations, you've created a paradox.
Just kidding, you got it.

That's genuinely pretty neat. You could probably get a whole Doctor Who episode out of that.

And cheeeeeers x

The Batlord · 09-19-2015, 07:18 PM

Now we just need to unhook your brain long enough to turn "fun" into FUN!!! and your conversion to the Dark Side will be complete.

TechnicLePanther · 09-20-2015, 05:29 PM

Album: Material Action For 2 Microphones
Artist: Merzbow
Genre: Noise
Suggested by: grindy
Familiarity: Never heard this one in particular before.

1. Hoochie Coochie Strached Man - A voice comes in that sounds like blues vocals put through some sort of effect. Then the real noise starts. This stuff is pretty harsh, I would say. It seems like Merzbow is starting to experiment with some different methods. But it's mostly stuff I've heard before. At this point I think Mitzutani began working with Akita. I don't know about this stuff. It's just too heavy for me. I like the usage of old tapes. Alright, now I'm gonna do some other stuff while listening. I just can't do it. This whole project is more just good fun than anything else. And when you don't really pay very close attention to Merzbow's music, there's a sort of beauty to it. Anyways, it's really hard to listen to, but I'm having fun anyways. The use of old tapes are an interesting introduction. Tapes of violins and stuff cut in every once in a while. I like that the music calms down sometimes.

2. Yumin, Non-Stop Disco - Plenty of fun here as well. It quickly begins using a new wave song for sampling. Then there's the random screeching over top of it. It's actually a really cool and layered effect.

3. New Acoustic Music - Yeah, it got really boring towards the end.

This was very interesting at first, but then it just got really boring and depressing.

OVERALL RATING: 2/10

TechnicLePanther · 10-02-2015, 02:59 PM

Album: Girls Sing
Artist: Auktyon
Genre: Avant-Rock
Suggested by: grindy
Familiarity: None. Seems fun though.

1. Profukal - Well, this is jazzy. I can dig some Avant-Jazz today. I really like the rhythms. The ending's a bit campy though.

2. Padal - Aw, man. I'm a sucker for this atmospheric stuff. They somehow manage to make a saxophone sound cool as well. When the volume increases, and the guitars come in, it's really something magical. The vocals are great as well. I think they're building up to an ending, but I look and the song is only halfway over. What can possibly be better than this? Guitar solos, it turns out. There's too much that's great about this song to talk about.

3. Zhdat - I laughed in my head every time he said something that sounded like "c**k" in whatever language it is. This is great, it's got this silly folky sound to it.

4. Rogan Born - This one brings a lot of energy, and packs a big punch. I greatly appreciated the wild piano bits. The drummer is quite good as well. My only complaint would have to be that the hectic feel itself gets old after a little while.

5. Tam-dam - I like the strange flute bit at the start. Just when I started to think the whole song might be flute, the other instruments came in. Perfect timing if you ask me. But for as much beauty as this song commands, it gets stagnant pretty quick. The ending's cool but a little too weird. Overall, this wasn't bad, but did leave me a bit pessimistic.

6. Slova - Well, it's a nice folky tune. Pretty fast and lightweight, this one. I don't know what it is really, it just doesn't suit me. Might be a bit too acoustic for my tastes.

7. Debil - Almost ska this time. It's certainly dancier than the previous tracks. For some reason, it makes me nostalgic. A bit of a cacaphony near the three-minute mark. Despite the wildly experimental feel, it is definitely entertaining. So I'm gonna have to say a liked this one. And I really like the ending as well. Alright, I'm tired, so I'm going to take a break for now. I'll be back tomorrow, but for you I'll be back...

8. Vozle menya - ...right now! The quiet guitars, and soft piano on this one are great, and the soft vocals are excellent as well. It sort of picks up in the middle, and there are little tiny bits played on piano or cello that don't fit with the melody of the song (on purpose). It's actually really cool. The guitars just keep on going softly through all the strange ditties going on around it. Even the vocals don't quite fit. It's slightly off, but it's in good humor. I actually think this one was really interesting.

9. Dolgi - This one is already very funky. Using a jazz guitar tone, and a 60s electric keyboard sound to maximum effect, this song trundles along in a really cool way. I'd say there's even a hint of Talking Heads in the rhythms there. The vocalist mumbles about random stuff, and is extremely jittery. I think if I could understand the lyrics, I would be much more intrigued by this song. As it is, it's basically like an instrumental for me. And it just doesn't work as that. However, it kept me vaguely interested the whole time, so I'll give it a pass.

10. Devushki poyut - At 11 minutes, this song better have something good going for it. It starts with a horn with a strong echo. Then some bits of electric guitar and other instruments enter the quiet jumble. Then, a bass riff comes in, tying all of the noodling into a definite tune. The drums come in as well, grounding the song. The vocalist comes in after a while, and like with the previous song, I really wish I knew what he was saying. He's one of those vocalists that doesn't have a catchy tune going, but instead has a melody more like a backing instrument. Which would not be a problem for me if I could understand what he was saying. In this song, however, there's definitely enough going on for the song to stand without the lyrics. Then it gets pretty jammy. The guitarist starts rocking out, as the rest of the instruments play tunes that sometimes fit, and sometimes are a little off. However, as usual, it just generates more interest in the song. The vocals come back in at the perfect time, and I'm really digging this song. Everything fades out after a while, leaving only some rhythmic whispering. Then, the music comes back in, but a lot softer. I got to give credit to the drummer on this one; he's got a really difficult job. The song picks up a bit, and then calms down a bit. It ends just like it started, with a bunch of noodling, and the horn on an echo. Absolutely brilliant.

I liked this one quite a bit actually. There were parts that were a bit boring, although that was probably mostly because I couldn't understand the language. However, the instruments weren't always lame without the lyrics, and the tracks in which they weren't were the really good ones. Be prepared for plenty of Eastern European influences, and some noodling.

OVERALL RATING: 7.5/10

grindy · 10-03-2015, 04:19 AM

Glad you mostly dug it.
Not sure understanding the lyrics would add a lot, they're pretty random, with strange grammar and invented words. Not to say the lyrics suck though, they fit the music nicely.
BTW, don't know whether you noticed that the second guitarist is Marc Ribot, whom you might know from lots of classic Tom Waits albums and a ton of other projects.

YorkeDaddy · 10-03-2015, 07:42 AM

Gonna change my rec to Nujabes - Spiritual State

TechnicLePanther · 10-03-2015, 07:43 AM

Done. I'm going to try to get to these quicker, so that people can actually have their recs fulfilled before they want to change them.

09-19-2015, 09:10 AM	#251 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Album: Warrior Artist: Kesha Genre: Electropop Suggested by: The Batlord Familiarity: I've heard a couple of the singles, and I read up on the background of the album. I'm pretty pumped with the Iggy Pop inspiration, seems like this one should be pretty good. 1. Warrior - This one's a pretty straight-forward electropop song. Though as usual, Kesha's vocals really work with the song. The bass is pretty cool as usual. The piano bit is also pretty well-written. The glitchy stuff around the 3-minute mark is also very well done I feel. Cool, good stuff. 2. Die Young - I was never that into mixing acoustic guitars in with pop music. It feels a bit forced. Nice mixing as usual, but this one is definitely missing the beauty of the majority of her music. It's one of those just "fun" songs. 3. C'mon - Never heard choral vocals in a Kesha song. But again, another "fun" song. Nothing amazing, but it's still good. 4. Thinking of You - The mixing is very, very good. And the guitar doesn't feel like it's being forcibly shoved in anymore. By the way the lyrics are all ridiculously stupid. I don't usually talk about the lyrics with her, but in this song they are particularly obvious. The weird vocalizer solo in the middle was the coolest part of the song. 5. Crazy Kids - The whistling is wonderfully imperfect, in my opinion. The mixing is really good, the rapping is really good, the vocals are good, even the guitar sounds good. I really like this one. At one point her vocals sound like Delores O'Riordan though. 6. Wherever You Are - No that I think about it, she sounds like an American Delores O'Riordan. This song sounds like something that might come from Daft Punk. That is, until the bass drops. The melody is still pretty Daft Punk-ish though. This one is really good. Great use of guitars in this one. I'm doing head shakes right now (as opposed to head banging). Really good song! 7. Dirty Love - The blues-y feel of this song is good. Really "raw power" on this one. Lots of "lust" in this one. I love how they didn't try to make Iggy be something he isn't. His vocals shine through just like all of his other music. This just gets better and better. 8. Wonderland - Man, Kesha's really going off into rock territory with this one. I would say this is "pop rock" with emphasis on the "rock". The guitars are great, and no complex mixing was even required. The keys backing this one up fit in perfectly. I really, really love this. In my opinion, this softer sound is fits her voice very well, and it's just outright really great. I love it. 9. Only Wanna Dance with You - Another just "fun" song, but it's still pretty cool stuff. This is not what I was expecting at all. 10. Supernatural - The intro has got some nightcore influences. And then it gets more Kesha-y during the verse. The glitchy sections in her songs are always awesome, and this is no exception. More excellent music from this one. 11. All That Matters (The Beautiful Life) - Another "fun" song, but it's still good. 12. Love into the Light - An experimental intro leads into a quieter song. I actually like this one a lot. The lyrics are really good, and the slower tempo is a nice way to mix things up. Overall, I really enjoyed this album. Some parts were just "fun", but as the album went on, more and more of it was genuinely great music. OVERALL RATING: 8/10 __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

09-20-2015, 05:29 PM	#256 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Album: Material Action For 2 Microphones Artist: Merzbow Genre: Noise Suggested by: grindy Familiarity: Never heard this one in particular before. 1. Hoochie Coochie Strached Man - A voice comes in that sounds like blues vocals put through some sort of effect. Then the real noise starts. This stuff is pretty harsh, I would say. It seems like Merzbow is starting to experiment with some different methods. But it's mostly stuff I've heard before. At this point I think Mitzutani began working with Akita. I don't know about this stuff. It's just too heavy for me. I like the usage of old tapes. Alright, now I'm gonna do some other stuff while listening. I just can't do it. This whole project is more just good fun than anything else. And when you don't really pay very close attention to Merzbow's music, there's a sort of beauty to it. Anyways, it's really hard to listen to, but I'm having fun anyways. The use of old tapes are an interesting introduction. Tapes of violins and stuff cut in every once in a while. I like that the music calms down sometimes. 2. Yumin, Non-Stop Disco - Plenty of fun here as well. It quickly begins using a new wave song for sampling. Then there's the random screeching over top of it. It's actually a really cool and layered effect. 3. New Acoustic Music - Yeah, it got really boring towards the end. This was very interesting at first, but then it just got really boring and depressing. OVERALL RATING: 2/10 __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

10-02-2015, 02:59 PM	#257 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Album: Girls Sing Artist: Auktyon Genre: Avant-Rock Suggested by: grindy Familiarity: None. Seems fun though. 1. Profukal - Well, this is jazzy. I can dig some Avant-Jazz today. I really like the rhythms. The ending's a bit campy though. 2. Padal - Aw, man. I'm a sucker for this atmospheric stuff. They somehow manage to make a saxophone sound cool as well. When the volume increases, and the guitars come in, it's really something magical. The vocals are great as well. I think they're building up to an ending, but I look and the song is only halfway over. What can possibly be better than this? Guitar solos, it turns out. There's too much that's great about this song to talk about. 3. Zhdat - I laughed in my head every time he said something that sounded like "ck" in whatever language it is. This is great, it's got this silly folky sound to it. 4. Rogan Born - This one brings a lot of energy, and packs a big punch. I greatly appreciated the wild piano bits. The drummer is quite good as well. My only complaint would have to be that the hectic feel itself gets old after a little while. 5. Tam-dam - I like the strange flute bit at the start. Just when I started to think the whole song might be flute, the other instruments came in. Perfect timing if you ask me. But for as much beauty as this song commands, it gets stagnant pretty quick. The ending's cool but a little too weird. Overall, this wasn't bad, but did leave me a bit pessimistic. 6. Slova - Well, it's a nice folky tune. Pretty fast and lightweight, this one. I don't know what it is really, it just doesn't suit me. Might be a bit too acoustic for my tastes. 7. Debil - Almost ska this time. It's certainly dancier than the previous tracks. For some reason, it makes me nostalgic. A bit of a cacaphony near the three-minute mark. Despite the wildly experimental feel, it is definitely entertaining. So I'm gonna have to say a liked this one. And I really like the ending as well. Alright, I'm tired, so I'm going to take a break for now. I'll be back tomorrow, but for you I'll be back... 8. Vozle menya - ...right now! The quiet guitars, and soft piano on this one are great, and the soft vocals are excellent as well. It sort of picks up in the middle, and there are little tiny bits played on piano or cello that don't fit with the melody of the song (on purpose). It's actually really cool. The guitars just keep on going softly through all the strange ditties going on around it. Even the vocals don't quite fit. It's slightly off, but it's in good humor. I actually think this one was really interesting. 9. Dolgi - This one is already very funky. Using a jazz guitar tone, and a 60s electric keyboard sound to maximum effect, this song trundles along in a really cool way. I'd say there's even a hint of Talking Heads in the rhythms there. The vocalist mumbles about random stuff, and is extremely jittery. I think if I could understand the lyrics, I would be much more intrigued by this song. As it is, it's basically like an instrumental for me. And it just doesn't work as that. However, it kept me vaguely interested the whole time, so I'll give it a pass. 10. Devushki poyut - At 11 minutes, this song better have something good going for it. It starts with a horn with a strong echo. Then some bits of electric guitar and other instruments enter the quiet jumble. Then, a bass riff comes in, tying all of the noodling into a definite tune. The drums come in as well, grounding the song. The vocalist comes in after a while, and like with the previous song, I really wish I knew what he was saying. He's one of those vocalists that doesn't have a catchy tune going, but instead has a melody more like a backing instrument. Which would not be a problem for me if I could understand what he was saying. In this song, however, there's definitely enough going on for the song to stand without the lyrics. Then it gets pretty jammy. The guitarist starts rocking out, as the rest of the instruments play tunes that sometimes fit, and sometimes are a little off. However, as usual, it just generates more interest in the song. The vocals come back in at the perfect time, and I'm really digging this song. Everything fades out after a while, leaving only some rhythmic whispering. Then, the music comes back in, but a lot softer. I got to give credit to the drummer on this one; he's got a really difficult job. The song picks up a bit, and then calms down a bit. It ends just like it started, with a bunch of noodling, and the horn on an echo. Absolutely brilliant. I liked this one quite a bit actually. There were parts that were a bit boring, although that was probably mostly because I couldn't understand the language. However, the instruments weren't always lame without the lyrics, and the tracks in which they weren't were the really good ones. Be prepared for plenty of Eastern European influences, and some noodling. OVERALL RATING: 7.5/10 __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM** - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

10-03-2015, 04:19 AM	#258 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Glad you mostly dug it. Not sure understanding the lyrics would add a lot, they're pretty random, with strange grammar and invented words. Not to say the lyrics suck though, they fit the music nicely. BTW, don't know whether you noticed that the second guitarist is Marc Ribot, whom you might know from lots of classic Tom Waits albums and a ton of other projects. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

10-03-2015, 07:43 AM	#260 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Done. I'm going to try to get to these quicker, so that people can actually have their recs fulfilled before they want to change them. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.