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HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
edited July 2008 in Other Music
Only continue with an open mind:

This thread's intent is to expose people to music that might be a little of the radar. Lets post those artists that are highly unique, lets discover what's not heard on the radio. Also, try to keep useless banter to a minimum. We need a good and concise listing so people are able to easily find music they wouldn't normally look into. Provide a link to either audio or video if possible.

I will go first with, Buckethead. Sure, many people know of him...generally though he is pigeonholed as just a shredding-wank-artist. Not so, atleast not all the time. He writes wonderful compositions for many different styles and his work is amazingly prolific. Try em' out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsIzou8bYyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ljioyR1I0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcg9JybEp8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeEFgVCC1w8
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Glenn Branca.

    Highly influential on Sonic Youth (Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore played in his orchestra). Basically avant-garde, minimalist classical music played on electric guitars. Ear-splitting volume and more concerned with rhythm, texture and timbre than melody. If you want to know where Sonic Youth got their guitar sounds from on their early, No-Wave influenced albums, check out Branca.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    Saul Williams

    I think this guy is pretty well known, and his work from Trent Reznor definately made him more well known, but I think he's still a relatively unknown artist, and is just one of a growing number of artists who reassure me that modern hip hop isn't shit!

    "List of Demands" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1llNYAlYrc
    "Black Stacey" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRsgavuG4sg
    "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keqAQk1YuOs
    "Act 2 Scene 3" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHSDgppNT48

    Says a lot about an artist when you can call his work with Trent Reznor as his least compelling record. Can't go wrong with any of his albums.

    Another one is I Am Kloot. I don't know a lot about this band, apart from that I think they've got a cult following. I've had a lot of their tunes on my computer for years and they're amazing, but I've never really gotten obsessed with them.

    "Proof" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457mjzLidgo
    Favourite song
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Astor Piazzolla

    Argentine tango-jazz musician who was pretty prolific and made just beautifully composed music.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbdakZjHTys
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Glenn Branca.

    Highly influential on Sonic Youth (Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore played in his orchestra). Basically avant-garde, minimalist classical music played on electric guitars. Ear-splitting volume and more concerned with rhythm, texture and timbre than melody. If you want to know where Sonic Youth got their guitar sounds from on their early, No-Wave influenced albums, check out Branca.

    where do we start?????
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    ESTRADASPHERE

    check out their 2006 album "Palace Of Mirrors"

    Estradasphere is an experimental band that consists of 6 multi-instrumentalists from a variety of musical backgrounds trained in disciplines ranging from classical music and jazz to heavy metal. Estradasphere have been influenced by many different artists from many different subgenres, ranging from heavy metal to jazz and classical music.

    Their songs draw influences from genres such as jazz, funk, techno, classical music, pop, heavy metal, New Age, Latin, Balkan, Greek and gypsy styles. They are influenced by artists such as The Beach Boys and Secret Chiefs 3, and have been compared to Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa and John Zorn. Like Mr. Bungle and Secret Chiefs 3 they hectically mix several genres in their songs. They are the self proclaimed inventors of bizarre genres such as "Bulgarian Surf", "Romanian Gypsy-Metal", and "Spaghetti Eastern" and sound like "Psychedelic-Sci-fi", "Gypsy-Metal-Jazz" and "Epic-Cinema-Thon" according to their MySpace

    http://www.estradasphere.com/video.php?id=4

    http://www.estradasphere.com/video.php?id=2

    http://www.estradasphere.com/video.php?id=1
    In my world everyone is a pony,
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  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    Secret Chiefs 3,

    also known as SC3, is a group of musicians led by composer and producer Trey Spruance, former guitarist of Mr. Bungle and Faith No More. Their studio recordings and tours have featured different line-ups, as the group performs a wide range of musical styles including surf rock, Persian, Arabic, Indian, death metal, film music, electronic music, and various others.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4_fbW_4w84&feature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDNgU5ejlJk&feature=related

    ^Estradasphere, never heard of it. I like it though.
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • Whyte ZebraWhyte Zebra Posts: 4
    we're just about to realease our first album.. hopefully people will like it...

    http://www.myspace.com/whytezebra
    http://www.whytezebra.com
  • Super VedderSuper Vedder Posts: 1,531
    I will continue my ongoing championing of Beirut
    Black, the greatest without a doubt........
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Todd76 wrote:
    where do we start?????
    Oh shit, my bad. Start with The Ascension and Symphony No.1 (Tonal Plexus)

    Don't expect much melody to start with. They sound like rhythmic textural exercises until you pick apart the undertones in the sounds. Very metallic guitar sounds and quite dense but really interesting if you like that kind of thing.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    HushBull wrote:

    I will go first with, Buckethead. Sure, many people know of him...generally though he is pigeonholed as just a shredding-wank-artist. Not so, atleast not all the time. He writes wonderful compositions for many different styles and his work is amazingly prolific. Try em' out.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsIzou8bYyk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ljioyR1I0
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcg9JybEp8
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeEFgVCC1w8
    I've two of his electronic sounding albums, Bermuda Triangle, which I quite like, and another not so good but has Sketches of Spain somewhere near the start.

    Found "Pepper's Ghost" last night, usually enjoy heavy riffing but the vocalists kill me so this could be just right. Any particular album you'd recommend? Also had a look for Acoustic Shedding to no avail.


    Glenn Branca's The Ascension is like a spiritual experience during a bad trip. Gonna give it another listen tonight....
  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    elmer wrote:
    I've two of his electronic sounding albums, Bermuda Triangle, which I quite like, and another not so good but has Sketches of Spain somewhere near the start.

    Found "Pepper's Ghost" last night, usually enjoy heavy riffing but the vocalists kill me so this could be just right. Any particular album you'd recommend? Also had a look for Acoustic Shedding to no avail.


    Glenn Branca's The Ascension is like a spiritual experience during a bad trip. Gonna give it another listen tonight....

    Ya like the heavy riffage? Well then, Cuckoo Cuckoo Clocks from Hell, is the one for you. A few more of his albums that are pretty accessible are, Octave Of the Holy Innocents (w/ Jonas Hellborg), Population Override, Kaleidoscope, & Thanatopsis. He has done a cd with Bootsy and Bernie from P-funk, a band called Praxis, Transmutation is the name of it. Another one is with Claypool, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains.
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    Gonna give Buckethead a listen. Found a torrent called the Very Best of Buckethead so I'm downloading that one and will give it a shot.
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  • BootsyGrahamBootsyGraham Posts: 51
    This thread is awesome. First Glenn Branca then Saul Williams! Fucking cool.

    Check out Dälek. Dälek samples Glenn Branca but does sort of spoken word over it in the vein of Saul Williams.

    Del tha Funkee Homosapien, his first two albums are amazing. His new one is really great too. Deltron 3030 is his band and it's incredible too.
    Tubby Boots
    http://www.last.fm/music/Tubby+Boots
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    BootsyGraham wrote:
    This thread is awesome. First Glenn Branca then Saul Williams! Fucking cool.

    Check out Dälek. Dälek samples Glenn Branca but does sort of spoken word over it in the vein of Saul Williams.

    Del tha Funkee Homosapien, his first two albums are amazing. His new one is really great too. Deltron 3030 is his band and it's incredible too.
    Dälek and Del are fucking awesome. As is Branca but hey, I was the one who mentioned him :)


    Anyway, no idea how receptive to this kind of shit you guys are but I'm currently really interested in "early" music, as in classical music sort of pre-15th century, lots of medieval stuff. Check out anything you can find from Clemencic Consort, King Alfonso X "El Sabio" of Spain (an actual 13th century king from whom some compositions have survived and recorded by ensembles which specialist in early classical music) and Guillaume de Machaut

    I'm pretty sure this isn't widely commercially available but if Kat and Sea ask me, I will remove the link.

    Guillaume de Machaut - Messe De Nostre Dame
    http://rapidshare.com/files/72502998/GdM-MdNDvr.rar

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    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • BootsyGrahamBootsyGraham Posts: 51
    I'm checking it out now. I would be really into it if I knew of any. Whenever I hear medieval music in movies from scores, I'm always fascinated with it so I can't wait to hear this.
    Tubby Boots
    http://www.last.fm/music/Tubby+Boots
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    BootsyGraham wrote:
    I'm checking it out now. I would be really into it if I knew of any. Whenever I hear medieval music in movies from scores, I'm always fascinated with it so I can't wait to hear this.
    Same here. It's funny, REALLY early stuff is a lot more rare than you'd imagine. There's really not a lot that survived. Most of the music pre-15th century is just stuff written by random monks etc and hardly any survived. The stuff that has is interesting just for how old it is if nothing else and a lot is very good music.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    Drums and Tuba.
    I highly recommend there live cd.
    Tuba and other horns, drums (with electronic elements), and crazy, different, cool guitar.
    No one like them! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZrsYDWzpXE
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Another one. Brazilian tropicalia musician Gilberto Gil, who is also now the Brazilian minister for culture. His 1968 self-titled album is absolutely BRILLIANT. Make sure you get the '68 one first, he has at least one other self-titled album.

    Here's one of the best songs on it. Tropicalia band Os Mutantes are his backing band here.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbv3M-AdxC0
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    waiting on this Medieval French guy now. Anticipating something spooky here, did Lautreamont dig this dude? :)

    EDIT: Fuck me, that's not what I had in mind at all. Like gregorian chanting or something.
    Yer a friggin' weirdo my man!
  • BootsyGrahamBootsyGraham Posts: 51
    It's some crazy stuff. It reminds me of the Tudors. I'm going to have to listen to it some more later.
    Tubby Boots
    http://www.last.fm/music/Tubby+Boots
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