The "Where the **** Do I Start?" Thread

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Could you explain what you mean by this? I'll give you a couple of good starter albums when I understand what you'd like. I only know a little Drudkh, sorry.

I think you would really like his album with Bill Laswell called The Dream Membrane.

You really don't need me to explain that, do you?
You know what I like. Something a little accessible to me. No mad jumping start/stops, crazy horns, nothing too experimental or that will damage my ears or brain.

Oh and while we're here, **** you and Naked City! It'll take a while to recover from that ****.

[DeadChannel]

Someone throw me a Throbbing Gristle album.

[grindy]

Originally Posted by DeadChannel

Someone throw me a Throbbing Gristle album.

The Seconnd Annual Report is the usual go-to album.

[Ninetales]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Drudkh. Been very impressed by them, but should I start at the beginning or which are their best albums/ones to avoid?

Which have you heard?

My favorite is Autumn Aurora (obviously) and i think it's also the easiest one to get into as it's fairly "nice" sounding for lack of a better term - ie not too harsh. Blood in our Wells is maybe their most famous or critically acclaimed so also wouldnt be a bad place to start.

Other favorites: Forgotten Legends and Microcosmos

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by Ninetales

Which have you heard?

My favorite is Autumn Aurora (obviously) and i think it's also the easiest one to get into as it's fairly "nice" sounding for lack of a better term - ie not too harsh. Blood in our Wells is maybe their most famous or critically acclaimed so also wouldnt be a bad place to start.

Other favorites: Forgotten Legends and Microcosmos

I've heard BIOW, and I'll be hearing AA obviously soon, as that's on your list. I've also heard Songs of Grief and Solitude. I'll look into those other two once I get a break from MMIIII. Thanks.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

You really don't need me to explain that, do you?
You know what I like. Something a little accessible to me. No mad jumping start/stops, crazy horns, nothing too experimental or that will damage my ears or brain.

Oh and while we're here, **** you and Naked City! It'll take a while to recover from that ****.

I've just never heard that phrase before mate. Here are a few recs.

Bill Laswell, Dave Smith, John Zonr - The Dream Membrane
Masada String Trio - Bar Khoba
On Leaves of Grass
Psychomagia
The Gift

He's got sooo much stuff that I haven't heard it all, I'm only a quasi expert at this point.

[Trollheart]

Oh.I thought it was one of your deadpan jokes. Maybe it is. Well anyway, it comes from "font of all wisdom", as in, the oracle? Font I think being short for fountain. So what I'm basically saying is you're the oracle of all things regarding avant-garde music. Make sense now? Same as I might be seen as "font of all things prog" or Batty as "font of all things metal"...

If you knew that, and were just trying to get me to write a long-winded explanation, and are now laughing, well played, sir.

[Machine]

I'll check out those Zorn albums you recced, thanks.

[Wolfi65]

There's a German science fiction pulp series called Perry Rhodan, published continuously since the early 1960's and still going. The number of novels, spin-offs and background material is in the tens of thousands, it would take the average person several lifetimes to catch up.
It totally dwarfs Star Wars and Star Trek put together.
Surely listening to a few dozen albums isn't that bad.....

[Black Francis]

*Ahem*

Originally Posted by Black Francis

The Rolling stones.

I never got into them even though ive heard their mainstream hits.

Any takers? no? i can still go on thinking they suck? k then..