What have you been listening to?, part 2

[Rev. Powell]

Two legendary (I assume) Brazilian singers, singing mostly in English. There's a cover of "A Day in the Life" and Paul Simon guests on one track.

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"SORCS 80" by Osees. Lats year these guys did a synth-pop album; this one is almost entirely punk, though a little experimental.

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"Aghori Mhori Mei" by The Smashing Pumpkins



"No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin" by Meshell Ndegeocello

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Country, basically.

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Rediscovered Jewish female composer from early 20th century, fled Germany in 1933 and never composed again. She's pretty good.

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"Paradise State of Mind" by Foster The People

[zombie no.one]

I was having drinks once with a friend, on this high up balcony section of a little bar, that was overlooking a dancefloor / stage area. the area below slowly began to fill up with people, eventually becoming really packed. and then a band came out and started playing. I recognised the song from the radio, looked at the singer and was like "is that Beth Orton?" ... and it was. and we then got to see the whole gig, with way better seats / view than any of the people below who had all paid to get in and watch it  

[Rev. Powell]

I was having drinks once with a friend, on this high up balcony section of a little bar, that was overlooking a dancefloor / stage area. the area below slowly began to fill up with people, eventually becoming really packed. and then a band came out and started playing. I recognised the song from the radio, looked at the singer and was like "is that Beth Orton?" ... and it was. and we then got to see the whole gig, with way better seats / view than any of the people below who had all paid to get in and watch it  

I've started mining the trip hop recordings of the early 90s (I kind of missed it when it was actually going on). You seem pretty familiar with the whole scene. (Beth O. is tangential, I guess, since she went pure folk pretty quickly).

[zombie no.one]

yeah I remember trip hop kicking off back in mid 90s, although I've always found it hard to define exactly what 'trip hop' actually is... bit of a vague area. Portishead's first album is probably still the ultimate example. That album still holds up really well imo. 

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yeah I remember trip hop kicking off back in mid 90s, although I've always found it hard to define exactly what 'trip hop' actually is... bit of a vague area. Portishead's first album is probably still the ultimate example. That album still holds up really well imo. 

I look for slow tempos, beats taken from hip hop, some electronic embellishments, a modern but minimalist psychedelic feel, often samples of jazz licks and/or instruments for flavor, and usually ethereal female vocals.

This is not that:



"Disaster Trick" by Horse Jumper of Love. Frequently quite noisy/grungy shoegaze.

[zombie no.one]

yeah I remember trip hop kicking off back in mid 90s, although I've always found it hard to define exactly what 'trip hop' actually is... bit of a vague area. Portishead's first album is probably still the ultimate example. That album still holds up really well imo. 

I look for slow tempos, beats taken from hip hop, some electronic embellishments, a modern but minimalist psychedelic feel, often samples of jazz licks and/or instruments for flavor, and usually ethereal female vocals.

yep would go along with all that... Quite a lot of elements need to combine.  most electronic / dance based genres can be defined by little more than tempo alone

one of my favourite trip hop tracks: (it does get going after the long intro)

http://youtu.be/tfIM4r0c7MQ?si=aIx-c9p1OuiQFIfT

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yeah I remember trip hop kicking off back in mid 90s, although I've always found it hard to define exactly what 'trip hop' actually is... bit of a vague area. Portishead's first album is probably still the ultimate example. That album still holds up really well imo. 

I look for slow tempos, beats taken from hip hop, some electronic embellishments, a modern but minimalist psychedelic feel, often samples of jazz licks and/or instruments for flavor, and usually ethereal female vocals.

yep would go along with all that... Quite a lot of elements need to combine.  most electronic / dance based genres can be defined by little more than tempo alone

one of my favourite trip hop tracks: (it does get going after the long intro)

http://youtu.be/tfIM4r0c7MQ?si=aIx-c9p1OuiQFIfT

Yeah, that hits most of the notes I'm looking for.  I'll have to add them to my list.

But now something completely different:

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"Triple Seven" by Wishy. Straightforward rock.