tbh i dont really even know what kind of music you like tza except like opera i guess
― max max max max, Sunday, 26 July 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i never listen to new music anymore ever
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 26 July 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Gogol Bordello is a huge fav of mine right now - so insanely raucous! but I spent lots of last week listening to various sopranos singing Purcell's When I am Laid in Earth (aka Dido's Lament), which led me to the East Village Opera Company and their rave-y disco popera versions.
― jaq, Sunday, 26 July 2009 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope they were actually mezzos singing it bc it is one of the best mezzo/alto arias and i hate hate hate it when sopranos try to steal good mezzo rep (they have enough leading shit of their own!). one of my favorite dido recordings is the first one i ever heard, by boston baroque. period instruments yeah. evoc makes me lol.
max, i don't even know what i like anymore.
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 26 July 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not sure - they sounded awfully soprano-y (Shannon Mercer for one, I think she's def soprano). R has a vinyl recording of Janet Baker though and that is awesome.
― jaq, Sunday, 26 July 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I was also listening to mad amounts of Ewa Podles (fab Polish contralto who sang Julius Caesar here 2(?) years ago) - all these German lieder. And large quantities of horn concertos for possible inspiration - didn't quite work, v. depressing to hear all that facile grace and solid centered tone and know you are just going to blat and gasp and split and waver all over the map.
― jaq, Sunday, 26 July 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
been thinking baout this question a lot. i've been listening to new stuff nonstop the whole year. all the old stuff i've been downloading i've been putting into a future file called Next Adventure Songs. that's where the brazilian and the african and the old rock songs and sublime frequencies go, for now. when i've got the time to explore, not long now.
there have been lots of great recent songs. i never know anything about who's behind the songs though. just love them and play them. last.fm does a good job keeping track of this:
Kyle Hall – I<3 Dr. Girl Friend, Osborne – Fire, Polly Scattergood – Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Dub), Sofrito Specials presents – African Disco Power (Sofrito Edit), The Detroit Experiment – Think Twice (Henrik Schwarz Remix), Matt Hughes – Can't Talk Now, Burial & Four Tet – Moth, Allure – Champagne, Hess Is More – Yes Boss (Pocketknife Remix), Downtown Party Network – Days like these
it goes on and on. there's a lot of sorting and sifting done but seriously these and 50 more are songs of the year, top 1%.
good full length albums are so much harder to come by. keeping it together for an hour, staying interesting, is a tough go for me. here though:
Céu - Vagarosahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4NyEZhRpJ4it's in the bebel gilberto pantheon so there's some cheese involved but it has a place, sweet smooth brazilian.
Moritz van Oswald - Vertical Ascentit's very very beautiful, this record. pattern 1-4. pure mood. it's worth knowing that they come from the world of dub techno but that's a starting point. it expands and contracts like a balloon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNm6F5Ey44
Andres - IIfunky and short
Sylvain Chauveau - Touching Down Lightlymodern classical? i guess that's what u call it. sad grey morning music.
been listening to primal scream some. and la roux. she's my guilty pleasure.
mostly though, it's been a lot of dj mixes. since i feel like i've fallen behind picking out new songs for DJing, i've been turning on mixes and letting them go. there's so much great stuff out there but it's hard to recommend. i've been loving mixes 108-115 bpm. slow is where you gotta go. real songs. the odd old sweetie.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/mixesplaylist.jpg
the list doesn't make that much sense to me either. who the hell are these people? i know like 1/3 of them? but they are laying it down. i am happy to up the best of these if any1 is interested.
the danger with dj sets as i'm reminded listening now is that you'll get the odd enya remix thrown down.
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
somebody's playing 'Summertime' on a french horn, up the shore. that's what i'm into.
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 03:51 (fifteen years ago) link
WOAH
maybe i will wade through some of that tomorrow! would be happy to listen to things u up, too!
this is a mix i dlded bc someone recommended it and i am quite happy with it but i don't really know what it is: http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/lwe-podcast-23-aki-latvamaki/
here is another mix someone recommended for the gym: http://www.sundtrak.com/2008/05/moulinex-libere-la-femme-vol-ii.htmlit was ok. not amazing. but ok.
my last.fm right now reveals how lame i have been with listening lately :( in may/june i think i listened to buckingham nicks like 30 times.
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 27 July 2009 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
also jaq, ewq podles is awesome!
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 27 July 2009 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
last night i got nostalgic and listened tohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=122wcHNTVb8
and some other stuff i used to play/sing.
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 27 July 2009 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
with my list i'd start with the albums. (there's always this line of thought i have to follow, i'm sure we all do: do i post stuff that i am into or what other people might like? how much of each?)
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i like this song todayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKT-kJfUz4
― te,he (tehresa), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
skip to 1:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BspYpW7jUY
― te,he (tehresa), Thursday, 6 August 2009 09:01 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN98b6WHw2Q
― te,he (tehresa), Thursday, 6 August 2009 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link
i listened to touching down lightly. i really liked it, especially how the gaps between 'touchdowns' seemed timed so perfectly as though they were meant to embrace and incorporate the sound of a passing bus or hum of a ceiling fan into the music. i would be interested to read about the harmonic structure and time theory (for lack of a better term) behind its composition. it made me feel wistful and heartachey, a sort of visceral experience. i like the idea of being strongly affected by music but i also feel a bit uneasy and emotional now. perhaps this is a good thing.
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 10 August 2009 02:18 (fifteen years ago) link
there was a feeling of suspension, but also a hyper-awareness of the senses, especially aural and tactile. how do they do that?
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 10 August 2009 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
it's because nothing resolves. and you lose what you think the resolution is supposed to be while you wait and experience the gaps. metaphor for life?
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 10 August 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i need things to listen to
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 12:53 (fifteen years ago) link
http://images.teamsugar.com/files/usr/1/15111/NPR-Podcast-directory_0.preview.jpg
― unregistered, Thursday, 3 September 2009 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
actual good music tbh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bnzgOho1QE
(ignore the dumb irrelevant slideshow if you can help it)
― unregistered, Thursday, 3 September 2009 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
my favorite podcasts: a list
fresh airwait, wait... don't tell me!real time all songs considerednyt music popcastdowntown soulvilleradio labmudd upnpr pop culturenpr driveway momentsthe moth podcastthis american life
― te,he (tehresa), Thursday, 3 September 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
downtown soulville
<3
― unregistered, Thursday, 3 September 2009 19:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I never actually bother to, er, podcast a podcast. I just stream 'em online while I'm surfing the net & don't download them for the car ride or anything. NPR's Science Friday is good for this.
― unregistered, Thursday, 3 September 2009 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
yes i am a downtown soulville subscriber already!!!!!
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 3 September 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
my other favorite wfmu shows are this is the modern world with trouble and give the drummer some but i haven't listened to them much lately.
― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 3 September 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i do not know those!
i love podcasts because i spend a lot of time walking around or on the bus. in ny i had a 40ish min commute, and before that an hour commute each way, so they came in super handy. rip bryant park project!!! <3
i wanted a good cooking podcast but the splendid table lady made me want to track her down and shove a stick of butter up her nose she was so awful. do you know any good ones?
― te,he (tehresa), Thursday, 3 September 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah neither of those come in podcasts but they are on 9-12 EST on thurs and fri respectively. i usually end up listening to them when they're archived though.
i do not know about cooking podcasts
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 4 September 2009 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah i used to also listen to stochastic hit parade sunday nights but i became angry when the dj played beirut several shows in a row (it's mostly contemp. classical). and i sometimes listen to reggae schoolroom on sunday mornings but i can only take so much reggae
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 4 September 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
more like reg gay
― max max max max, Friday, 4 September 2009 14:01 (fifteen years ago) link
ray gay
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 4 September 2009 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Ray-J-music-sp01.jpg
― te,he (tehresa), Friday, 4 September 2009 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
hi here are a couple of DJ sets. very accesible fun disco and pop
Classixx on kcrwGreg Wilson - ETA 1 Under The West Way
― jergins, Friday, 4 September 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks, dude. are either of them good for a jog?
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 5 September 2009 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
if u a slow jogger, yeah
― jergins, Saturday, 5 September 2009 03:22 (fifteen years ago) link
txs jergins! I'm downloading the first mix now & trust that it'll be http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9510/dopeonaropeflyerwebl.jpg. are these your own sets or someone else's?
― unregistered, Saturday, 5 September 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i downloaded this morning but i didn't listen yet!i am a pretty slow jogger (lolnoob) so maybe they will work - also one of them started playing upon download completion and i thought i heard strawberry letter 23 mix so <3 <3 <3
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 5 September 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I heard Yacht about 5 minutes into the first mix so double <3 <3 <3
― unregistered, Saturday, 5 September 2009 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
jergins has the WORST taste in music mostly horrible, gay, homo, house, music
― max max max max, Saturday, 5 September 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Q: What are you listening to?A: Carole King.
Q. How come I'm such a whitebread yuppified babybooming motherfucker lately?A. Not even jergins can help me now.A. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jergins
― unregistered, Thursday, 10 September 2009 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
can chan marshall help? has she done a carole king cover yet? it could be a transitioning thing for u.
― te,he (tehresa), Friday, 11 September 2009 04:57 (fifteen years ago) link
unreg is my guy
― jergins, Friday, 11 September 2009 05:15 (fifteen years ago) link
jergins..., I know.
so it that Cat Power covers album any good?
― unregistered, Sunday, 13 September 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
get a room u 2
the first one is pretty good. the second one is iffy at best.
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 13 September 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah. ijust put moon pix and what would the community think on the bigpod. it's been a while but i'm looking fwd to hearing them again
― jergins, Sunday, 13 September 2009 19:35 (fifteen years ago) link
uh oh, now i'm gonna go on a cat power binge. this could be dangerous!
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 13 September 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
iirc "nude as the news" is one of my favorites of all time. i don't know why. i'm not a huge cat power fan to begin with.
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 13 September 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
listening to it for jergins right now
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 13 September 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i still have a flame gun for the cute, cute, cute ones
― spite n ease (harbl), Sunday, 13 September 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
aw
― jergins, Sunday, 13 September 2009 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i just remembered last year on my birthday i had wanted to request a song on downtown soulville but you have to do it way ahead of time. this year i want to do it and i don't know what to request that isn't totally gay. can anyone help?
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link
the california raisins song
― jergins, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 06:46 (fourteen years ago) link
you make me feel (like a natural woman)
― jergins, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i wonder if mr finewine look intersting
― te,he (tehresa), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 07:25 (fourteen years ago) link
he looks like a nice guy.http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wVaq4OKXDxI/SZmlf3CyvqI/AAAAAAAAFNw/xazTR-fSVTc/s800/Eilon_Paz_0366.jpg
― te,he (tehresa), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 07:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah he seems like a nice guy. i might ask him to play trouble child again but he played it on january 2, 2009.
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
too soon
― jergins, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
well 2 weeks ago he played something he played on that same show. i think that's a sign.
― spite n ease (harbl), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
stroking ur goatee, requesting ur song
― jergins, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 12:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i think he might do it! he seems to be open to playing whatever the hell he wants whenever the hell he wants (like his whole 'guess what you might not think it's soul but i do and it's my show HAH' thing).
― te,he (tehresa), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
new flaming lips! it is great so far (like 2 songs in)http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113403123
― te,he (tehresa), Friday, 9 October 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i've been obsessed with the best show on wfmu lately.today on shuffle as we drove through the mountains a reggae version of country roads came on and we sang along. it was a moment.
― jergins, Saturday, 10 October 2009 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
LOOOVE Podcasts. they are the only thing i can add to IPHONE on the go w/o plugging in. max have u checked the ben manzone podcast series? i D/Ld them but haven't yet.
― jergins, Saturday, 10 October 2009 09:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think i have heard that show in a long time. downtown soulville has podcasts though!
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 10 October 2009 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link
harbl did you make a request? when is your birthday?
jergins, i LOVVVVVVE podcasts, too!!!
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 10 October 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i know i'm an npr whore but this is a pretty good set: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113499115and includes the awesome hazlewood/sinatra 'some velvet morning'!!!
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 10 October 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
my bday is the 29th. i think that's a thursday so ds would be the 30th. i didn't make request yet!
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 10 October 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
oops i forgot to make a request
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway, A: ghostdini wizard of poetry ^_^
is it too late now? do it anyway!
― te,he (tehresa), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i still don't know what i want
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
good ted talkhttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html
it made me dream about playing. i think i will play today.
― te,he (tehresa), Sunday, 1 November 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
this week's search engine podcast is worth a listen. ignore the crappy title (the blogfather part II) and enjoy. i love mysteries
― jergins, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/33619
― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, 16 November 2009 00:34 (fourteen years ago) link
accidentally started listening to accidental christmas mix
― tehresa, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
oops!
― max max max max, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
it just kind of happened!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
listened to a bunch of foreigner this week lol
― tehresa, Sunday, 22 November 2009 07:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i listen to dancehall all the time everywhere but not by choice. same6-7 songs over n over
― jergins, Sunday, 22 November 2009 07:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i am listening to miley cyrusagain not by choice
― jergins, Sunday, 22 November 2009 08:33 (fourteen years ago) link
A. Not even jergins can help me now.A. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jerginsA. Not even jergins
― unregistered, Saturday, 29 January 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
New Tokyo Jihen mini-album coming soon:
http://forums.electricmole.net/showthread.php?t=1824
Hopefully it won't be as disappointing as, ah, the last three albums they put out. Much debate about the "color bar" TV theme. (Does this mean they are going on hiatus?)
― Occidental Rudipherous, Sunday, 18 December 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
I like how this thread was turned into something more legitimate than when I started it. Feel free to also discuss what you are listening to, but then there are already some active threads for that.
― Occidental Rudipherous, Sunday, 18 December 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Apropos: I moved into a new apartment this summer, with a little more noise insulation from my neighbors (and nobody above or below me). I expected to go through at least big chunks of my CD collection that I hadn't been listening to, but that hasn't happened. In fact, I find myself looking at big chunks of it and wondering why I even have it. Maybe there is wisdom in having very impermanent copies of things. It's not as though I have the money to keep my CDs freshly reflecting what I actually currently like and care about.
― Occidental Rudipherous, Sunday, 18 December 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
Still really liking this Kimbra album. A lot of the time I like the sound of her lyrics as sound. Also, I imagine this will be laughed at by the really experts on what can be done in a studio, but I think the production keeps things interesting. Least favorite track is probably "Plain Gold Ring." I don't know the Nina Simone version, but Kimbra probably shouldn't try being Nina Simone, even for a song.
― Occidental Rudipherous, Sunday, 18 December 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
I can sort of see why people find Kimbra boring, and yet, I'm not sure I feel defensive about it. (What, if anything, am I saying?) Also, I think she has a good sense of rhythm in her delivery, for this type of music.
She's going to be working with these big commercial producers for her next album aimed at a U.S. audience, and I will never like anything she does again.
― Occidental Rudipherous, Sunday, 18 December 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway Shiina Ringo. This is kind of Shiina Ringo doing Shiina Ringo again, thank goodness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34BVyR0K_9c
― Occidental Rudipherous, Sunday, 18 December 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
Still haven't managed to hear the third song from this EP in full, which means I have been lazy.
It's another ornate mid-tempo big band track. Primary rhythm instrument is banjo.
Karen Stackpole with Die Elektrischen - Machine ShopPerfume - JPNRoedelius Plays Piano - Live 1985Biber - Violin Sonatas / Sonata Representiva (Romanesca)Jean C. Roche - Songs Through The SeasonsLouis & Bebe Barron - Bells of AtlantisRoberto De Simone - "Secondo Coro Delle Lavandale"Ranta / Lewis / Plank - Mu
― milton friendly, Monday, 19 December 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link