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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 17, 2007 18:06:04 GMT -5
Orbital - II(The Brown Album) - I hate 99.9% of techno, with these guys as the one exception. Put this on and just try to sit still, I dare you! AYE!!! You are spot on here. This album is a great one. Granted, I am biased being a DJ and all into many of the subgenres of electronica. Suffice it to say though, that this album does tend to get stuck in the player. If you are new to the electronique sounds or want to have a taste, this is a fine place to start. Great great stuff. Is that the one that begins "Time becomes a loop..." That's the only one I have by them, and I like that intro, but the rest of the CD isn't really my bag of techno...just remove the last three letters and now we're talking.
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 9, 2007 10:10:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I see where you are coming from here. Trent is a bit of a one trick pony. I do enjoy that one trick though, and like most everything through The Fragile quite a bit. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the guy. Of all places, I heard 'Down in It' on 120 minutes back in...1989, or whenever it first came out, and ran out the next day, bought the album, and was really into it. I lived in the Chicagoland suburbs, and was really, really into the whole industrial/techno movement going on out of Wax Trax with bands like Skinny Puppy, Front 242, and such, and was impressed by the album and by the fact that, like Prince, Trent had done everything himself on the album, and he also gave props to Public Enemy in the linear notes, which happened to be my favorite band at the time. Well, Downward Spiral came and went, and suffice to say, his music just seems like an exercise in self abuse. I can't say I know much about his personal life other then he may've or may've not diddled around w/ Tori, and Marilyn Manson, but that's about it. But after Spiral, I just gave up on him. I was going through a lot of depression and addiction issues with alcohol at the time, and in 97 when I finally got clean and sober, I looked back and just tossed out all the NIN music based on the lyrical content. It's very, very, very dark. I can't find any sort of worth in the lyrical content. Around two months ago I picked up "With Teeth" because it was cheap, and thought I'd give it a shot....anyway, 10 years later from listenting to Trent, or another way of looking at it would be to say 18 years from PHMachine was released..and he's still talking about "I'm alone..I'm fading away..You are someone else, I am still right here..I just made you up to hurt myself....There is no you, ..." Give it up already. Is he really that f**ked in the head, or is it just a gimmick to get the teen angst/depressed kiddies to buy his stuff because "Ooooh, he's edgy and deep..and his band is named after the length of nails used to kill Jesus..plus he used to hang with Marilyn Manson who was ordained a Satanic Priest by Anton Lavey?!"...On the musical side though, his stuff is very, very, very good. Especially the usage of the Piano, but...I don't know what to say. It's a very confusing love/hate relationship I have with his music. I think I take music too seriously. If I was religious I'd say it's a religious experience, but I'm not so... Well you are in for a treat. Discovering the Of Montreal catalog has been an amazing musical journey for me these last few years. I started with Satanic Panic as well, a great entry point. I went for "The Gay Parade" next, and it took a while to adjust to. It seems a very silly album until you really start to dig in, but I found it very rewarding after some time with it. The new one "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer" is fantastic as well. I would caution against "Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse" as your next read, because it is brilliant, but weird, really weird. One of the most drugged out albums in years. One of my favorites now, but without a frame of reference I would have seen it as complete shit. Sounds like good stuff. I've been a fan of psychedelic music since a kid with The Beatles period from Revolver - White Album..onto the Doors stuff, Psychic TV, and the like, and techno stuff by bands like Orb and whatever, so I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Reason for Editing: ADD
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 8, 2007 8:27:33 GMT -5
Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine - The production on the disc is much simpler than what Trent would do later. The emotional intensity translates the best of any NIN release IMHO. 20 years later..Trent still hates himself, thinks he's 'fading away', blah blah blah. I wish he'd just kill himself and get it over with, or just admit the whole things a gimmick...a very evil sick fucking gimmick. Of Montreal: The Gay Parade - My favorite modern album, I wish Kevin still made music like this. There is such a sense of profound melancholy under the happy poppy exterior. I just picked up "Satanic Panic in the Attic" at the local record store because it looked cool and was used and cheap. Good stuff. I need to get some more stuff by this band, just discovered them.
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 7, 2007 11:47:00 GMT -5
I don't know if I can limit it to just 10... In no order, and these are just the first 10 to pop into my head... 1. Tori Amos "Boys For Pele" 2. Smashing Pumpkins "Gish" 3. Mr. Bungle "Mr. Bungle" 4. R.E.M "Automatic For The People" 5. Psychic TV "Towards Thee Infinite Beat" 6. The Doors "American Prayer" 7. Public Enemy "It Takes a Nation..." 8. Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique" 9. Iron Maiden "The Number of the Beast" 10. Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" damn, there's so much I'm leaving out, but only 10 eh?
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 7, 2007 11:38:05 GMT -5
Psychic TV in Portland Regina Spektor in Portland Suzanne Vega in Portland
That's it...going to see Tori when she plays here and in Seattle.
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 22, 2007 15:00:05 GMT -5
LSD - Public Enemy
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 21, 2007 19:43:42 GMT -5
Lysergic Bliss - Of Montreal
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 21, 2007 18:41:59 GMT -5
F**k Da Police - N.W.A
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 20, 2007 15:25:49 GMT -5
What the Fuck are we Saying? - Lenny Kravitz
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 19, 2007 19:43:01 GMT -5
The Imploding Voice - SPumpkins
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 19, 2007 13:57:47 GMT -5
Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song Did they sing "And I ran, I ran so far away..." ? I miss stuff like that, especially 'Til Tuesday and Spandau Ballet.
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 16, 2007 23:10:23 GMT -5
Indians - Anthrax
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 14, 2007 22:21:41 GMT -5
Greased Lightning - John Travolta
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 13, 2007 10:17:25 GMT -5
Opus 4 - Art of Noise
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Post by programmablesoda on Oct 11, 2007 22:37:26 GMT -5
Animal - Front 242 from the Album 05:22:09:12 Off! (best album title ever)
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