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[mad rhetorik]

What's been rotating in your player?

Here's mine:

Mastodon: Leviathon
Dillinger Escape Plan: Miss Machine

Brian Eno: Another Green World
All the talk of Eno reissues on this board piqued my interest, so I sold my copy of Dream Theater's Scenes From A Memory (an album I barely ever listened to) to pick this up. Pretty much 180 degrees difference--subtle soundscapes, generally somber tempo, calm talk/singing by Eno, lots and lots of synths and electronics (though not too much). It still sounds surprisingly fresh. A little on the ambient side, but not enough to feel sedated to the point of being muzak. Quite a lineup, too--Robert Fripp, John Cale, and Phil Collins being some of the big names on this album. Fripp in particular puts in an AMAZING performance here, especially on "St. Elmo's Fire." I challenge any wag condemning Fripp's playing as soulless to listen to that track--what beauty. "Sky Saw" is another standout, especially with Cale's rad violin section. A lot of soundscaping instrumentals, my favorite of the lot being "The Big Ship." Some stuff is just a little too ambient for my metal-addled ears ("Spirits Drifting," "In Dark Trees"), but maybe it will grow on me. All in all, a great trade.

Other stuff:

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie: Bird & Diz
John Coltrane: Blue Train
Alice In Chains: Jar Of Flies
Nirvana: Unplugged In NY

[Troy]

Not a lot of titles. Working on my own stuff.

Porcupine Tree- In Absentia. Been a while since I pulled this out. I ended up playing it 3 times. It's still quite excellent.

Blackfield. Pretty good, some interesting melodies. Very Steven Wilsony.

Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited- The Spacesound Effect. Top notch retro loungecore/spyjazz.

Owsley One of my favorite 90s power pop albums.

XTC- Oranges and Lemons. Bastard child of the Beatles and Beach Boys. Brilliant psychedelic homage.

Zappa- Zoot Allures. Yeah, I'm still playing it since last week.

[Dusty Chalk]

Fabric 17: Akufen -- very glitchy and groovy

Planet P Project, Pink World -- a little talk on PE about Tony Carey reincarnating this project made me pull this one out, one of my favourite double-record concept albums. I like it better than The Wall!

Neurosis, The Eye of Every Storm -- great album, tops for the year for me.

Björk, Medúlla -- great album, but one really standout track takes it to another dimension for me. Production is a little too audible, though -- still sounds very electronic.

Jeff Beck, You Had It Coming -- after Flash, Crazy Legs and Guitar Shop, I didn't realize this god still had it in him to produce good albums (those three didn't do much for me). This is required listening -- two thumbs up.

The Grid, Texas Cowboys -- techno silliness

Best of 2004 (from Q Magazine) -- meh, we agree on a few things, but most of these I haven't heard, so...there ya go...

Slowdive, Catch the Breeze -- 2CD anthology of all their singles, including some from the Pygmalion era. Pure bliss

Cult of Luna, Salvation -- someone (mad rhet?) said this was really good, on par with the Neurosis. Well, it's not on par with Neurosis, but it is really good, glad I got it.

Astor Piazzolla, Vuelvo al Sur -- I've been totally addicted to this guy lately. You have no idea what I'm talking about.

Sultan, Orhan -- Turkish-flavoured techno

Steve Roach/Vidna Obmana, InnerZone -- kinda boring, actually, considering I usually like these two when they work together. I think I'm going to give up on Roach for a while (Obmana, on the other hand, I will continue to keep up with).

Code Mesa, CD Select Vol. I and II -- I continue to dig this work, real sense of melody and harmony and interplay that is missing from too much music.

v/a, Suddenly, Everything's Ruined -- lot of good tracks on here.

Múm, Summer Make Good -- such a great album. Too bad about the vocals.

Dresden Dolls -- one of those rare instances where the music needs to totally dominate, like Laurie Anderson -- I just have to stop whatever else I'm doing and listen, when this is on (well, except for the driving, but the dynamics are too diverse for much car listening -- I prefer it on my good system).

Solex, The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock -- you know, it may not be as "cutting edge" as Low Kick And Hard Bop (which is NP), but it's still a fun record, and I think Davey'd like it.

Chris Isaak, Christmas -- pretty good record.

Particle, Launchpad -- really good "jam band" album, but may be too keyboard-intensive for the guitar-worshippers.

Buckethead, Population Override -- "Too Many Humans" is just a standout track, but the album is too ...erm... consistent (as a flaw) to be anything but a Buckethead album. It's still one of his best.

The Finn Brothers, Everyone is Here -- it's okay, if you're into that generic pop sound.

Another Loki Mix (he doesn't name them) -- some good tracks, but I already had the Rob Dougan and Calexico.

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Big Eyeball in the Sky -- surprisingly good album, not really any detracting tracks, might make my year-end list.

The Faint, Wet from Birth -- I agree with Stone, Danse Macabre is better. If I had heard this one first...well, no, I would still prefer Danse Macabre, but it would make a more logical progression. I still prefer it to their earlier stuff.

No LOTW, too many good ones to choose from.

[mad rhetorik]

Wow, this has tanked in a big way. You know that Rave Reccers are sick of the Tuesday thread when a fucking William Shatner thread receives more responses. ; P

[bCult of Luna, Salvation -- someone (mad rhet?) said this was really good, on par with the Neurosis. Well, it's not on par with Neurosis, but it is really good, glad I got it.

Never heard of 'em. I may have to give that band and album a look though.

[Jim Clark]

tons of stuff but I'm only going to mention 2. Finally listened to a d/l copy of Smile. Not nearly as bad as Barry had me thinking it was but I'm so over the BB and BB related music that it didn't really do anything for me.

finally listened to Miss Kittin's I.Com that Dustychalk likes so much. Lucky enough to have found it used for 6.99 so I'm pumped about that. I did include that one on the list I gave my folks so I'll probably end up with 2, but hopefully I can exchange the new one at Borders, which is where they'll get it. Some pretty good tunes on there, track 2, the rap number isn't so hot. I'm liking it good enough, especially for 6.99

OK, a few more. Green Day's American Idiot is every bit as good as the crew has said. Also spent some time with Finch's mystery disc and comp. I'll post something soon Finchster.

jc

[nobody]

Nothing new, but here's a few I've been listening to letely...

Space Monkeys That Gorillaz dub, which I really, really like. I play this one just as often as the original.

DJ Spooky: Optometry Nice mix of turntable jazz. Gotta pick up the dub version of this one, Dubtometry sometime.

Two Lone Swordsmen; From teh Double Gone Chapel I can't recommend this one enough for those into dark electronic stuff.

Kenny Burell:Midnight Blue I really should have mentioned this one on the guitar music thread, excellent jazz guitar on Bluenote.

Madlib: Shades of Blue Speaking of Bluenote, this laid back hip hop instrumental mix of old bluenote jazz is excellent.

Yaz: Upstairs at Erics A favorite from the 80s. Great synth pop. I favor the more mellow tracks on here, but the whole thing is great.

Thompson Twins Speaking of the 80s I pulled out both Sidekicks and Into the Gap. These guys are one of my favorite synth pop bands.

Nelly: Suit The more I listen to this one, the more I like it. Great R&B tracks from start to finish, and the duet with Tim McGraw is shockingly good.

Dwight Yaokem: Hillbilly Delux While mentioning country, I always like to hear a little Dwight.

The Jam: In the City Classic debut from one of my favorite all time bands. Anything you grab by the Jam is pretty well gonna be a classic.

Guns & Roses: Appetite for Destruction Pulled this one out for the first time in a ling while and remembered quickly just how good of an album this is.

White Stripes: Elephant Everybody knows all they need about this one, most likely. I love it.

OK...that's enough for now.

[ForeverAutumn]

Christmas[/b] -- pretty good record.

This is one of the four new Xmas albums that I've picked up so far this year. I quite like it as well. It's got some nice renditions of some of the classics and a few original tunes that are pretty decent. I'm working my way towards another Christmas comp (maybe for next year) and I'm sure that a couple of tunes from this will end up on it.