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theres these 2 guys they call themselves Gridlock. Lately they've been holding the standard for awesome music for me. And I thought that since Smojphace sucked so bad, I'd like to all share Gridlocks album "Trace" to tie you over untill a decent afx release comes along. I've been listening to this album for over a year now and its just as good the first time I heard it, and I can listen to it an almost any mood, which is a rarity for most things in my music collection. I have yet to find an album that tops this one and I've heard a ton of good shit. Jega, AE, µ-ziq, sqpusher, etc, the list goes on. They all have songs that I really hold dear, but their albums just aren't "complete" to me. Trace has been a real album to me. Just perfect in everyway that I would want. Lush ambience, head pounding beats, all hand-rolled into a joint by Jesus as he then hands it to me. So i can smoke it. And boy does it taste good. Oh yeah, feel free to post your favorite album too :) |
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linkage? |
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favorite SOUNDSCAPE album would be cocteau twins' victorialand but there aren't a whole lot of beats on it. will check out these Gridlock fellas. |
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favorite album...hmmm. well there are 3 that i always come back to. filter - short bus nine inch nails - broken autechre - chiastic slide |
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soundscape album?! |
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well if we're talking about soundscape albums, i dont really think i have any with the exception of SAWII if that's considered a soundscape album. |
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to each his own. :) |
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what exactly is a soundscape album? |
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some people call it music too. |
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so wait... how are we defining soundscape? that could be taken many different ways... |
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you guys are reading into this way too much. |
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I don't really have a favorite album but one i listen to more than the others at the moment is probably tri repetae, it's just got depth i'm always finding new things in it, i think it's layered amazingly well and it makes me float! Great stuff!!! |
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im not sure if im using the term in its correct term... but heres my list: -Solaris Soundtrack, by Cliff Martinez -Richard Devine- Alea Mapper -Kieth Fullerton Whitman- Playthroughs -Kieth Fullerton Whitman- Dartmouth Street Underpass -Gescom- Minidisk FSOL- Lifeforms Fennesz- Field Recordings 95-02 Fennesz- Endless Summer Autechre- Confield Autechre- Chiastic Slide looking back at my list... there is not much consistancy... haha! |
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Tri Repetae is amazing! |
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Cliff Martinez did some excellent work on the Traffic soundtrack. I didn't realize he had more soundtracks. |
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yeah, i need to get the traffic soundtrack.... ive only heard it in the movie (which was in theaters when it came out home many years ago...) i saw solaris (yes I liked it it! :-P ) and was just blown away by the soundtrack. I walked out of the theater, and into a recordstore. its such an amazing score. chilling and warm at the same time... |
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Solaris eh, I'll need to watch that at some point. I should be able to download it. |
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is this soundscape as in ambient, or soundscape as in grinding experimental noise? ambient-wise, '1194' by Woob (aka. paul frankland, also of Journeyman) is pure genius. has anyone else heard this one? good luck finding a copy though! it's long out of print, though a friend of mine gave me his CD of it, much to my deligh! also, 'Fires of The Borderlands' by Rapoon (formerly of Zoviet France) is fantastic too - pure ambient bliss! |
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Interesting you mention that because "Trace" is both ambient and grinding experimental noise! Someone else had mentioned Rapoon, so I need to go download that. Cheers. |
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favorite soundscape album here is Passion by Peter Gabriel... probably my favorite in general too... this album is so visual, yet so emotional... and works so well as an album, yet each song stands on it's own... the closest to perfection among my cds no doubt! |
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yay! finally someone's picked up on my proposition that MULLET is the new PANTIES as far as an avatar trend. here's hoping more of you will follow! =) but here's my question: why is it that for all his amazing soundtrack work (passion, birdie), peter gabriel's "proper" albums just don't seem to hold up as a whole - for every good tune like 'red rain' there is always a shite one like 'steam' or worse yet, that one about talkshows from the new one, which just fucking ruins everything! i really think he ought to stick to just churning out beautiful instrumentals instead! |
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if he stuck to instrumentals, I'd wet myself... I personally like The Barry Williams show though... and I haven't heard birdie, but I want to get it! |
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Codec Scovil - Clinical Imperfections or Richard Devine - Aleamapper |
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he is better at the instrumentals, and I do not understand why he doesn't stick with it... he's already pretty much shown he doesn't care what is expected of him... as he releases world music albums, and takes 10 years to record albums, etc... so why not just do it all the time, he's so good at it... I do love his voice, but he sings on Passion, it's just without vocals... and have you heard The Long Walk Home? It's not quite as good as Passion, but still pretty awesome... more subtle I think, yet still has some great ethnic percussion work... and it really draws you into an Australian vibe, as it should as it's music for a movie set there... really similar still to Passion, yet distinct, and it's especially cool that he can make two cds, which are similar and include many of the same people playing on it, yet each cd creates such distinct visual settings, and seem to fit perfectly where they're supposed to fit, i.e. in terms of the movies they're from... |
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same with NIN, imo. He needs to stick to instrumentals. |
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what'sa soundscape sounds like a stpid fkn name like idm |
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? No, soundscape is not a stupid name like IDM. Its just a process of audio architecture. It not a genre. Well i can be, but its a very big genre. |
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that made no sense |
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i like gridlocks stuff quite alot. but i wouldn't consider it soundscapes. i think of a soundscape as more of an ambient structure that creates an image, often with "real" sounds. like all the sounds in a movie, not including the "music". alot of "idm" though does strive to create an abstract soundscape with artificial sounds, to evoke artificial images. if you dig gridlock, check out the stuff on dub label, like funckarma, quench, eog. also the neo ouija. the latest deru album would be right up your alley. also lexanculpt. and for that matter, just about everything schematic records does. |
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excellent! I heard the funckarma mix of estrella, which was very cool and metriod-ish. I also have "The Blurring of Trees" which is good. So I need to go check out those other guys. |
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if you like harder stuff + abstract soundscapes, of course, somatic responses is really the ultimate act to check out. they're alot more harsh, and their orchestral parts are alot more developed. |
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I'll check them out when I have some free time. |
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i like Rachels - Selenography for musical soundscapes... idon't think thats what you asked tho |
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robert rich - stalker. anyone heard? its fucking madness. |
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as in when i see or hear the word soundscape i think of this album |
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:zoviet*france: - Digilogue |
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OK, so I didn't read the (with beats) part. Still a damn good album though :P |
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gah! Andrei Tarkovsky related madness up in this post! i tracked down Gridlock, upon your recommendation, but i haven't gotten a serious listen in yet... |
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At least you got some tracks. Are they from "trace" ? |
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Dead Cities and Lifeforms are what I'd call soundscapes. They're more than just tracks, they conjour and atmosphere and often take an abstract journey of some sort...Lifeforms especially. |
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Chiastic Slide. The beginning and the end. |
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I'm so fucking obsessed with this album right now. bumpy. |
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gridlock are fantastic! nice to see someone else that digs em! have you heard their side project Dryft? also great stuff! I guess gridlock split with metropolis cause they felt pigeonholed being on the world's biggest industrial label haha |
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by the way, have you heard gridlock's cover of the song "metro" by berlin? it's really funny |
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yes. Dryft, is 1/2 of gridlock, and its an outlet for some more dancy d'nbass stuff. |
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im listening to vsnares + hectate - nymphomatriarch and it is a very good soundscape album, if in getting the whoel soundscape thing correct here |
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im going to check out "trace". sounds interesting. |
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Fennesz- Endless Summer casino versus japan - go hawaii " - whole numbers play the basics |
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wow man. i just downloaded Go Hawaii just out of curiosity. up to track 2 now and this has to be one of the best LP's i've heard in a long time. up there with Bowery Electric's "Beat" and Blue States' "Nothing Changes Under The Sun"... timeless sounding stuff. |
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