Your current favorites and musical journey

Oriphiel · 06-19-2017, 06:49 AM

*High-fives Mord for his sig*

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-19-2017, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mord

2017 has heard the release of some amazing albums for me:

5.00 stars
* Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlister - Planetarium
* Ayreon - The Source
* Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live
* Mike Oldfield - Return to Ommadawn

I'm afraid to listen to the Oldfield album. I really dig a few of his early albums, most of all Discovery and Crises. His later music kind of losts something and I really didn't like the AOR vibe of the second newest album he did. Maybe it's time I gave him another chance.

And for whatever reason, 2017 has been a bit disappointing for me when it comes to new albums. I've found a ton of gold from previous years, so I'm doing fine anyway. At least I found the new Depeche Mode to be way better than I dared to hope for.

Overcast · 06-20-2017, 09:16 AM

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TechnicLePanther · 06-21-2017, 05:56 AM

I'm too lazy to list all my favorite artists like everyone else. But I will say that I used to be much more into prog rock than I am now.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-21-2017, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

I'm too lazy to list all my favorite artists like everyone else. But I will say that I used to be much more into prog rock than I am now.

Any prog rock that still seems just as exciting as ever, or is it the whole genre you've fallen out of a bit?

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Originally Posted by Overcast

Not much anything going on in my part of the woods. I'm overdue for a journey or two. I stopped listening to new stuff for the most part and got swallowed by my backlog and instant gratification back in 2016.

Currently:

Aphex Twin
Biosphere
Boris
Coil
Current 93
Daisuke Tobari
Douji Morita
Erik Satie
Fishmans
Fushitsusha
Gas
Grim
Ground-Zero
Haco
Ichiko Aoba
Jandek
Jun Togawa
Keiji Haino
Księżyc
Les Rallizes dénudés
Low
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Murmuüre
Nara Leão
Nurse With Wound
Nuno Canavarro
Paavoharju
Pale Cocoon
Popol Vuh
Psychic TV
Robert Ashley
Ryoji Ikeda
Shinsei Kamattechan
Stars of the Lid
Suishou no Fune
Sun City Girls
Swans
The Angelic Process
Ulver
Up-Tight
William Basinski
Yōran

Two 1/2 years ago:

There's a LOT of artists here that I've never heard of.

**Janszoon** · 06-21-2017, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

(starting really well with a spelling error in the thread title... *facepalm*)

Fixed.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-21-2017, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Fixed.

Thank you so much! It was bugging the hell out of me every time I looked at it!

Chiomara · 06-21-2017, 11:09 AM

Recently it's been terribly difficult for me to devote a decent amount of time strictly looking for new artists; I do that plenty on youtube of course but on Spotify I end up only seeking out things solely for the purpose of putting in my 20+ themed playlists, so. (But this is partly because Spotify often works horribly on this computer, and takes foreverrrr to load when I'm clicking around looking for new things, as opposed to when I'm just loading my own playlists.)

Anyway, my newer favorites are bolded; others are old favorites for the most part.

ABRA
Moonface
Sylvain Chauveau
K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiestas
Arthur Russell
Laura Cannell
Wooden Veil
Nils Petter Molvær
Roy Montgomery
Mieczysław Weinberg
Jan Jelinek
Meredith Monk
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Colin Newman
Mercury Rev
Wendy Rene
Miharu Koshi
Akiko Yano
Lawrence English
Iannis Xenakis
Ryan Teague
OOIOO
Bill Callahan/Smog
Henry Flynt
Christian Ravaglioli
Wade Ward
Starving Weirdos
Bob Desper

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-21-2017, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara

Recently it's been terribly difficult for me to devote a decent amount of time strictly looking for new artists; I do that plenty on youtube of course but on Spotify I end up only seeking out things solely for the purpose of putting in my 20+ themed playlists, so. (But this is partly because Spotify often works horribly on this computer, and takes foreverrrr to load when I'm clicking around looking for new things, as opposed to when I'm just loading my own playlists.)

Anyway, my newer favorites are bolded; others are old favorites for the most part.

ABRA
Moonface
Sylvain Chauveau
K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiestas
Arthur Russell
Laura Cannell
Wooden Veil
Nils Petter Molvær
Roy Montgomery
Mieczysław Weinberg
Jan Jelinek
Meredith Monk
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Colin Newman
Mercury Rev
Wendy Rene
Miharu Koshi
Akiko Yano
Lawrence English
Iannis Xenakis
Ryan Teague
OOIOO
Bill Callahan/Smog
Henry Flynt
Christian Ravaglioli
Wade Ward
Starving Weirdos
Bob Desper

I've been meaning to check out Meredith Monk. People say her new record is really good, so I'm pretty sure I have it bookmarked somewhere.
EDIT: Scratch that. I just realize I've confused Meredith Monk with Shirley Collins. I've heard a very old song by Meredith Monk that I really liked once, though.

Otherwise a lot of artists I don't know much about here.

**Janszoon** · 06-21-2017, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiomara

Recently it's been terribly difficult for me to devote a decent amount of time strictly looking for new artists; I do that plenty on youtube of course but on Spotify I end up only seeking out things solely for the purpose of putting in my 20+ themed playlists, so. (But this is partly because Spotify often works horribly on this computer, and takes foreverrrr to load when I'm clicking around looking for new things, as opposed to when I'm just loading my own playlists.)

Anyway, my newer favorites are bolded; others are old favorites for the most part.

ABRA
Moonface
Sylvain Chauveau
K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiestas
Arthur Russell
Laura Cannell
Wooden Veil
Nils Petter Molvær
Roy Montgomery
Mieczysław Weinberg
Jan Jelinek
Meredith Monk
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Colin Newman
Mercury Rev
Wendy Rene
Miharu Koshi
Akiko Yano
Lawrence English
Iannis Xenakis
Ryan Teague
OOIOO
Bill Callahan/Smog
Henry Flynt
Christian Ravaglioli
Wade Ward
Starving Weirdos
Bob Desper

I'm really intrigued by the name Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. What do they sound like?

I have to say, it's great to see people posting so many things I've never heard of—all the more for me to check out!

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TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	I'm too lazy to list all my favorite artists like everyone else. But I will say that I used to be much more into prog rock than I am now. __________________ 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.

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Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	Recently it's been terribly difficult for me to devote a decent amount of time strictly looking for new artists; I do that plenty on youtube of course but on Spotify I end up only seeking out things solely for the purpose of putting in my 20+ themed playlists, so. (But this is partly because Spotify often works horribly on this computer, and takes foreverrrr to load when I'm clicking around looking for new things, as opposed to when I'm just loading my own playlists.) Anyway, my newer favorites are bolded; others are old favorites for the most part. ABRA Moonface Sylvain Chauveau K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiestas Arthur Russell Laura Cannell Wooden Veil Nils Petter Molvær Roy Montgomery Mieczysław Weinberg Jan Jelinek Meredith Monk Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Colin Newman Mercury Rev Wendy Rene Miharu Koshi Akiko Yano Lawrence English Iannis Xenakis Ryan Teague OOIOO Bill Callahan/Smog Henry Flynt Christian Ravaglioli Wade Ward Starving Weirdos Bob Desper