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andrewducker) wrote2004-10-16 02:14 pm
andrewducker) wrote2004-10-16 02:14 pm
Music Thoughts so far
Mr Bungle: I already have Disco Volante, but it was great to be reminded of the sheer anarchic fun of what is effectively abstract jazz played on things that aren't technically instruments. Well worth a listen. I recommend "Desert Search for the Techno Allah"
Fantomas - Rosemary's Baby. Fantomas are another Mike Patton project. Film Soundtracks done with singularly chaotic and confusing style. Very energetic and moody.
Liz Phair - Flower. Pretty background music. Will listen to more (Napster seems to have numerous albums).
Sopor Aeternus - Dead Souls. Firmly in the Apoptygma Berzerk "Alternative soundtracks to gothic movies" vein. Heh - gothic/vein. Gettit? Oh, never mind. Anyway, listenable, but nothing I haven't heard before on numerous occasions.
Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina. 60s Brazillian Psychedelia. Nicely rhythmic, but could be any number of mainstream 60s bands singing in a foreign language.
Comedy Music that's not getting the satisfaction of a review:
Leonard Nimoy: Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
Vic Reeves: Vienna
Ivor Cutler: Various
Terry Wogan: Floral Dance
Nothing so far that isn't instantly recognisable as similar to music I already own (or have heard on numerous occasions). Except for the Floral Dance, the less said about which, the better. Nice try with the Mr Bungle though. If I didn't already own it, it'd be a winner.
Fantomas - Rosemary's Baby. Fantomas are another Mike Patton project. Film Soundtracks done with singularly chaotic and confusing style. Very energetic and moody.
Liz Phair - Flower. Pretty background music. Will listen to more (Napster seems to have numerous albums).
Sopor Aeternus - Dead Souls. Firmly in the Apoptygma Berzerk "Alternative soundtracks to gothic movies" vein. Heh - gothic/vein. Gettit? Oh, never mind. Anyway, listenable, but nothing I haven't heard before on numerous occasions.
Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina. 60s Brazillian Psychedelia. Nicely rhythmic, but could be any number of mainstream 60s bands singing in a foreign language.
Comedy Music that's not getting the satisfaction of a review:
Leonard Nimoy: Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
Vic Reeves: Vienna
Ivor Cutler: Various
Terry Wogan: Floral Dance
Nothing so far that isn't instantly recognisable as similar to music I already own (or have heard on numerous occasions). Except for the Floral Dance, the less said about which, the better. Nice try with the Mr Bungle though. If I didn't already own it, it'd be a winner.
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And, while they're not new, if you don't own the albums "Radio-Activity" and "The Man-Machine" by Kraftwerk, you have no right to listen to electronic music. They are what electronic music was, they are what it is, and they are what it should be. They're as influential, to my mind, and to informed commentators, as almost any other band in the last 30-40 years. Possibly more so.
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