A friend recently introduced me to Hanatarash, of which I had never listened. All I've heard is "4: Aids-A-Delic" and I'm torn. There are parts that captivate me, such as "Web Wing" and other longer tracks (Anti Satori being the strongest), but overall it just seems like a mixed bag. The shorter tracks seem like throwaways and I just can't like the album as a whole. Perhaps I'm taking the wrong attitude towards their music? Anyway, after aquiring some great new noise artists like Nautical Almanac and To Live And Shave In L.A., I was hoping I would like Hanatarash, but for now I can't seem to get into it.
Sorry to double post but I have a couple extra questions:
I am making my way backwards through experimental music and I come upon Nurse With Wound: Which albums would you consider as their best work (I realize they had many different "styles" so this can be a hard choice)
Secondly, I came upon Coil in the same way, without any prior knowledge beyond a name. So my question is: Which Coil albums (or sideprojects) do you enjoy the most?
I'm just trying to narrow down the search as both these artists have quite a bit of material.
I'm not all that familiar with Nurse With Wound. I like what I've heard but I don't know what time frame it was from. Same goes for Coil. I'd help you out if I could but both of those have been on my long list of "to check out" for a while and I just haven't gotten around to delving deeper. There's no time like the present though.
There was a nice short interview with Tim Hecker on Pitchforkmedia today if anyone is interested. He talks about his love for Slowdive's Pygmalion record, a personal favorite of mine that was a totally underappreciated classic. It was trashed in it's day because the British press didn't understand what they were trying to do and Alan McGee (of Creation Records, Slowdive's label)was too busy touting bullshit like Oasis and Blur to realise he had some genius shit on his hands.
Thought some of you might be interested in hearing that I found out that Mego is re-releasing Fennesz' masterpiece, Endless Summer, on 1/9/07 according to some distro updates I got through the record store where I work today. It has completely different cover art and two bonus tracks, "Badminton Girl" and "Endless." I'm totally ecstatic!
I have been listening to a couple albums by NWW in order to get a handle on them. So far the hour-long "Salt Marie Celeste" has really captured my attention. Imagine a relentlessly dreary drone interspersed with creaking, creeping sound effects. It's an amazing mood piece, I can't help but shiver.
Jonathanbrisby: totally agree about Pygmalion. Even today I think a lot of casual listeners of Slowdive just go straight for Souvlaki because of its legendary status. Don't get me wrong though, I think Souvlaki is incredible as well.
As for the re-release of Endless Summer, I can't say I am "ecstatic" about having to buy the same album again, but maybe the bonus tracks are worth it.
Yeah I guess it does suck having to buy the same record twice. Something I found to be slightly even more offensive is that after seeing the cover art for the Editions Mego version of Endless Summer, I noticed that it is the same John Wozencroft photo that adorns the inside sleeve of Oren Ambarchi's Suspension. How cheap. Regardless I'm looking forward to hearing the unreleased track, "Endless."
As for Slowdive, I am a huge fan. I love pretty much everything they ever did. My love for Pygmalion and Souvlaki knows no bounds. I really love the early singles though, pre-Just For A Day. That stuff is excellent.
Originally posted by jonathanbrisby: Thought some of you might be interested in hearing that I found out that Mego is re-releasing Fennesz' masterpiece, Endless Summer, on 1/9/07 according to some distro updates I got through the record store where I work today. It has completely different cover art and two bonus tracks, "Badminton Girl" and "Endless." I'm totally ecstatic!
That sounds great, if the extra tracks are as good as that album! Endless Summer is in my top-5 all time favorite albums.
On a different note, anyone know when Tim Hecker's album will hit stores?? I ordered it from amazon and it still hasn't shipped, but the only date I can find is 10/16/2006 which I know is wrong. What is the record label waiting for, grammy positioning?
he has a new album coming out in a week, and it looks pretty promising. he's got a great way of processing guitar that always makes me wonder how he did that, and i'm excited to see if he can put together a solid album's worth of music with those great sounds.
this album, called "surf boundaries" is amazing. it's got an amazing mix of glitchy stuff, more straight forward electronic and some shoegazy stuff. amazing vocals too. easily one of my favorites this year, along with belong and glissandro 70. except where those two albums do the same thing for 40 minutes, this one mixes different parts of my favorite "avant" styles into a coherent and consistently fresh listen.
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I got a promo of Surf Boundaries, I like a few of the songs but I was unimpressed overall.
Have any of you guys heard the Benoit Pioulard record Precis? It was supposed to come out on Kranky but like the new Tim Hecker has not actually been released. I downloaded it and it is very good, this makes three Kranky records in my best of list for 2006. Like Christopher Willits there is some processed guitar but the record has far more going on than Surf Boundaries and it's very much in the "headphone candy" realm. If any of you have ever heard The One A.M. Radio, I would compare Pioulard's voice to Hrishikesh Hirway's but the music has so much more going on.
Have any of you heard the new Whitehouse album "Asceticists 2006"?
I've only given it one spin, and once again, it's the same ol' Whitehouse. I think conceptually they are a strong band, but I just don't understand their mission. Is all the vitriol honest, or is it parody? They've been doing this for so long I can't believe they haven't tried to change thier sound. On one hand I commend their adherence to a formula (if they released a melodic record I think the world would crumble), but on the other hand: does anyone have more than a couple records by them? I can't see myself trying to aquire some additional back-catalogue when its all going to be violent pornoise.
Nope. What can you tell me about it Sicnarf? By the way I highly suggest picking up the new Jan Jelinek record Tierbeobachtungen. I just picked up the Ethan Rose Celing Songs record as well, very Keith Fullerton Whitman sounding and very good.
I also bought the new Prurient and tried to listen to it earlier today but I'm gonna have to change the settings on my stereo. When I played it the first time it nearly destroyed my speakers. I'm not talking overly abrasive although what I heard fit that bill as well. The frequencies it put out were so low and alternately high that I could hear my speakers starting to "bite it," if you know what I mean.
I heard that new Prurient was crazy. I'll have to check out Jan Jelinek and Ethan Rose.
I don't know a whole lot about Ghosting I just found them as this ominous presence over a few really good musicians I located on Myspace recently. Definately experimental droney type stuff. I wish I could remember with whom I found them because I wanted to ask you about them too.
Have you listened to the new Residual Echoes cd? I'm really itching for that release.
I just wanted to thank whoever recommended Mouse on Mars. I cant remember who it was. They are now my favorite band. I have downloaded tons and tons of songs on SoulSeek and I just can't get enough. I can listen to each album over and over again and each time it'll sound completely different because of all the different sounds.
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Originally posted by Gender Bombs: I just wanted to thank whoever recommended Mouse on Mars. I cant remember who it was. They are now my favorite band. I have downloaded tons and tons of songs on SoulSeek and I just can't get enough. I can listen to each album over and over again and each time it'll sound completely different because of all the different sounds.
if you like Mouse on Mars, then definitely go see them play live. I don't really love their albums (they're good, just not my thing), but they are a pretty cool live band. The drummer takes on much of the persona of the band in the live setting.
Definitely agree DCFan. I thought Radical Connector was fantastic (contrary to some reviews) and I saw them in town for their tour of that album. Amazing concert.
