Jet
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Nice/sad little British soul songs. I was going to go with lo-fi, but maybe “unadorned” is better.
I think they’re the only songs this singer has out there, but then she’s only 18 so. Might be your thing if you like Tirzah?
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Had to wake up to this. Will likely continue all day.
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AE_LIVE_PORTLAND - they’ve honed / sabotaged this set (same template as the European dates) radically, where many parts have evolved / mutated markedly… it sounds like they’re having a blast, not stagnating–this stuff is bristling with aggressive energy, there’s an overt plasticity to it. It feels fluid and alive, the textures (and the action) are delicious.
It’s funny, these recordings sound more physical / visceral, or tangible than something like Sort/Lave, by Richard Devine. Maybe it’s the mix, or the mastering that makes it sound much more direct–there’s an obvious bite to it that’s lacking from the material on Sort/Lave. It’s hard not to draw a comparison, though Ae’s music is far more unhinged and raw here.
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Recently been going a bit deeper than “Boards of Canada” on early-mid 2000’s IDM-ish(?) synth music. Two favorites:
Any other recommendations?
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haven’t revisited this one in a while
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mateo
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That lusine album is one of my all time favorites! A few more faves from that era
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Jet
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These are a bit earlier, but anyway, some tunes from albums I obsessed over for years
Aspen, 1999
Bionaut, 1995
Remote Viewer, 2002
To Rococo Rot, 1999 (was lumped into a very different scene because they had bass guitar and drums, but whatever)
Kim Hiorthøy (2000)
ETA: you could scratch around labels like City Centre Offices, Morr Music who released artists like Arovane, Ulrich Schnauss, etc. - it reminded me ISAN would be a really worthwhile addition:
I personally think they keep getting better, but that’s from 2006.
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wow. Those really stopped me in my tracks.
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smbols
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It’s not fall. But the album Out of Season by Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man has remained a favorite of mine for well over a decade now, and I haven’t ever found another that has such a palpable sense of time and season. Listening to it all the way through just perfectly captures the transition of fall into winter. It’s a damn good listen any time of year. This is my favorite of the tracks.
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I own that The Bionaut LP actually! Showed up for very cheap in new arrivals in the local record store few months back.
Slowly exploring and really enjoying all these recommendations, thank y’all.
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mlogger
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If you like spluttering electronics and improvisation, Richard Scott’s new album is it. Released yesterday, he uses Hordijk, Serge and Synthi synths
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also @Jet I looked because the name was familiar, and 6 years ago I had starred this to rococo rot track on spotify (probably going on a related artist click through journey), hah:
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Jet
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To Rococo Rot deliberately evolved slowly / only a little, so you can dip in anywhere really. My fave albums are The Amateur View and the slightly beefier Speculation.
If you want to keep going down the lengthy rabbit hole of the members’ projects, I especially like
- Robert Lippok’s Open Close Open (three longer glitchier tracks with a beautiful loop of Mahler in the mix),
- Mapstation’s Distance Told Me Things To Be Said (minimal interlocking synth lines from bass player Stefan Schneider, with Radian’s drummer providing acoustic drums sometimes - sometimes maybe improbably hinting at roots reggae), and
- September Collective’s All The Birds Were Anarchists (trio with Schneider, someone else on homemade synths, and a pianist - results are quite pretty and lush)
