genre: noise, avant pop
Imagine african noise group from Toho who make music which easily sums up everything good from the past decade. They are called Gobledic Sonic Front ant they are all that. And plus - the are awesome. Not many people know about them, but they are really no hipster horse shit adoration material. You ought to try them, there are elements of drone music, 8bit (or even less bit than that, this is Africa, dont remember!) and traditional togonese funk music called muhabwa (like James Brown shagging with Stockhausen with no condom on). They only made one album and as far as i know they work on new ep right now. There are no youtube vids available, but u may have a look at their myspace - http://www.myspace.com/gobledicsonicfront
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OK. This is it. The last album. (This could go forever, I had some 100 other albums selected, but enough is enough.) Thanks for your tremendous support over 4 months and sorry for the HTML glitches from time to time.
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čtvrtek, prosince 31, 2009
středa, prosince 30, 2009
Unclassics 121: Stars Of The Lid - The Tired Sounds Of (2001, Kranky)
genre: modern classic, ambient
Modern classical music goes pop! Who would ever predict that! I know a horse sh*t about classical music, but just like most of the "pop" people I got to this via ambient and chill-out music. Fuck expectations and genre boundaries, SOTL make very delicate and organic music which reminds me of a snowflake melting in your hands. Two hours of this might blow your mind, so be careful. (And oh, yeah - one more from Kranky catalogue. And they are the winners of our "best label of 00s" contest, congratulation.)
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Modern classical music goes pop! Who would ever predict that! I know a horse sh*t about classical music, but just like most of the "pop" people I got to this via ambient and chill-out music. Fuck expectations and genre boundaries, SOTL make very delicate and organic music which reminds me of a snowflake melting in your hands. Two hours of this might blow your mind, so be careful. (And oh, yeah - one more from Kranky catalogue. And they are the winners of our "best label of 00s" contest, congratulation.)
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úterý, prosince 29, 2009
Unclassics 120: A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal (2007, Notenuf)
genre: dreampop, fuzz pop
Warning: this music can give you headache. It happened to me once - altought it is in its core were beautiful music, all the fuzzy & noisy elements can do something to your brain. ASDIG might be the essential lo-fi band of our era (together with No Age), but in fact they work with the lo-fi elements in a very hi-fi way - never take any chances and always being very careful about every note.
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Warning: this music can give you headache. It happened to me once - altought it is in its core were beautiful music, all the fuzzy & noisy elements can do something to your brain. ASDIG might be the essential lo-fi band of our era (together with No Age), but in fact they work with the lo-fi elements in a very hi-fi way - never take any chances and always being very careful about every note.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
pondělí, prosince 28, 2009
Unclassics 119: Konono No 1 - Congotronics (Crammed Discs, 2004)
genre: bazombo trance music
There used to time when stupid white men admired Africans and their music for being "pure" and "authentic". They called it world music. Then came time when the Africans decided to fuck those jerks in asshole with iron pole. 00s was time when the west discovered that the musicians in Africa are no longer nice, but making rebellious, radical and agressive music. Konono No 1 from Congo play something called bazombo trance music and it is the most 'out there' music we heard during last decade - something like Ikeda or Raster Noton playd acoustically. This even at times sounds like warriors calling to arms - oh yeah, they are coming...
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
There used to time when stupid white men admired Africans and their music for being "pure" and "authentic". They called it world music. Then came time when the Africans decided to fuck those jerks in asshole with iron pole. 00s was time when the west discovered that the musicians in Africa are no longer nice, but making rebellious, radical and agressive music. Konono No 1 from Congo play something called bazombo trance music and it is the most 'out there' music we heard during last decade - something like Ikeda or Raster Noton playd acoustically. This even at times sounds like warriors calling to arms - oh yeah, they are coming...
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
neděle, prosince 27, 2009
Unclassics 118: Anja Garbarek - Smiling & Waving (2001, EMI)
genre: jazz, pop, experimental
Norwegian singer is a daughter of sax player Jan Garbarek whom I detest quite a lot. But she is OK, mixing smooth jazz melodies with glitch sounds. One of the collaborators was also the genius of Mark Hollis (ex Talk Talk). There is stunning version of a song Stay Stuned, whose magic was touched very gently by Robert Wyatt on his masterpiece Comicopera. (Wyatt sings on The Driver here.) Blissful album.
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Norwegian singer is a daughter of sax player Jan Garbarek whom I detest quite a lot. But she is OK, mixing smooth jazz melodies with glitch sounds. One of the collaborators was also the genius of Mark Hollis (ex Talk Talk). There is stunning version of a song Stay Stuned, whose magic was touched very gently by Robert Wyatt on his masterpiece Comicopera. (Wyatt sings on The Driver here.) Blissful album.
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sobota, prosince 26, 2009
Unclassics 117: Torche - Meanderthal (2008, Hydra Head Records/ Robotic Empire)
genre: metal, pop
Some smartass (like me) will try to persuade you that Torche play speed doom metal, which is fun. They are exciting and full of energy and at the same time very very HEAVY. like this:
_ _ ______ __ ____ __
| | | | ____| /\ \ / /\ \ / /
| |__| | |__ / \ \ / / \ \_/ /
| __ | __| / /\ \ \/ / \ /
| | | | |____ / ____ \ / | |
|_| |_|______/_/ \_\/ |_|
yep. Some jerks like driving car to old hard rock. Me? Only to Torche's second album!
but they are also like fuckin:
___ __ ___
| _,\/__\| _,\
| v_/ \/ | v_/
|_| \__/|_|
Beach Boys jamming with Black Sabbath. Git it!
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
Some smartass (like me) will try to persuade you that Torche play speed doom metal, which is fun. They are exciting and full of energy and at the same time very very HEAVY. like this:
_ _ ______ __ ____ __
| | | | ____| /\ \ / /\ \ / /
| |__| | |__ / \ \ / / \ \_/ /
| __ | __| / /\ \ \/ / \ /
| | | | |____ / ____ \ / | |
|_| |_|______/_/ \_\/ |_|
yep. Some jerks like driving car to old hard rock. Me? Only to Torche's second album!
but they are also like fuckin:
___ __ ___
| _,\/__\| _,\
| v_/ \/ | v_/
|_| \__/|_|
Beach Boys jamming with Black Sabbath. Git it!
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
pátek, prosince 25, 2009
Unclassics 116: Strategy - Future Rock (2007, Kranky)
genre: dub, ambient
One more Kranky horse in our project. How do they come with so many exciting acts? Strategy is Paul Dickow who does music in between dub, ambient and acid. Why rock then? Maybe it has something to do with the original description of music coming from Jamaica. The deep heavy vibes are there, the trip-out otherwordliness as well and the rest is out there. Tune in and trip out.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
One more Kranky horse in our project. How do they come with so many exciting acts? Strategy is Paul Dickow who does music in between dub, ambient and acid. Why rock then? Maybe it has something to do with the original description of music coming from Jamaica. The deep heavy vibes are there, the trip-out otherwordliness as well and the rest is out there. Tune in and trip out.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
čtvrtek, prosince 24, 2009
Unclassics 115: Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007, Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
genre: avant black metal
I hate Christmas and you will do too!!! And nothing beats listening to black metal during Christmas Eve! I am looking forward to the moment children will be playing under the fucking Christmas tree and I will relieve all the stress listening to some Deathspell Omega. The french black metal scene blossomed to beauty during 00s and DSO are certainly the top act there. The thirt part of their unholy trilogy many times sounds like complete noise whiplash, but make no mistake - these guys are so smart they think about every note. OK, it may lack the pure mayhem of Mayhem and blasphemy of Blasphemy, but still - this is ultimate Christmas black metal album for you.
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I hate Christmas and you will do too!!! And nothing beats listening to black metal during Christmas Eve! I am looking forward to the moment children will be playing under the fucking Christmas tree and I will relieve all the stress listening to some Deathspell Omega. The french black metal scene blossomed to beauty during 00s and DSO are certainly the top act there. The thirt part of their unholy trilogy many times sounds like complete noise whiplash, but make no mistake - these guys are so smart they think about every note. OK, it may lack the pure mayhem of Mayhem and blasphemy of Blasphemy, but still - this is ultimate Christmas black metal album for you.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
úterý, prosince 22, 2009
Unclassics 113: Clark - Empty the Bones of You (2003, Warp)
genre: IDM
The reason we loved hardcore rave was that it was RAW. Not necessarily tough, masochistic, testosteron RAW, but take-no-hostages and fuck-you RAW. Clark is perhaps the only inteligent/serious dance music producer, who kept this rawness and on Empty the Bones Of You you can enjoy it at the most. Without listening you know it by just reading the tracks names: Holiday As Brutality or The Sun Too Slow or Gob Coitus. And the music sound just like that. We salute you, Chris Clark!!!!
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CLARK plays in Fleda in Brno on 29th January!
The reason we loved hardcore rave was that it was RAW. Not necessarily tough, masochistic, testosteron RAW, but take-no-hostages and fuck-you RAW. Clark is perhaps the only inteligent/serious dance music producer, who kept this rawness and on Empty the Bones Of You you can enjoy it at the most. Without listening you know it by just reading the tracks names: Holiday As Brutality or The Sun Too Slow or Gob Coitus. And the music sound just like that. We salute you, Chris Clark!!!!
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CLARK plays in Fleda in Brno on 29th January!
pondělí, prosince 21, 2009
Unclassics 112: Ulver - Lyckantropen Themes (2002, Jester Records)
genre: ambient, glitch
At the beginning of 00s Ulver showed us that metal is not about spikes and pentagrams but about doing whatever you fucking want - NO MATTER WHAT. And they did it: an ambient electronic album with no guitars and vomiting. It is in fact a soundtrack to short film of the same name, which makes it no less intriguing. It sound very beautiful, but I can still feel something sinister in it. Of course it makes sense with Burzum ambient passages, but the whole album of this? I suppose a lot of metalheads had problems with this and Ulver made their miserable live even more miserable - which means BETTER.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
At the beginning of 00s Ulver showed us that metal is not about spikes and pentagrams but about doing whatever you fucking want - NO MATTER WHAT. And they did it: an ambient electronic album with no guitars and vomiting. It is in fact a soundtrack to short film of the same name, which makes it no less intriguing. It sound very beautiful, but I can still feel something sinister in it. Of course it makes sense with Burzum ambient passages, but the whole album of this? I suppose a lot of metalheads had problems with this and Ulver made their miserable live even more miserable - which means BETTER.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
neděle, prosince 20, 2009
Unclassics 111: Bjørn Torske - - Feil Knapp (2007, Smalltown Supersound)
genre: electronic, space pop
The cold north Europe again and their unusual take on pop music - Bjorn Torske from Norway was making music since the beginning of decade, but the hype caught him with the space disco fever later on. Feil Knapp is an album of blissed out electronic pop from outter space (just like the best moments from Royksopp - minus the dull vocals - combined with the best moments of Lindstrom - minus the pretentious intelectualism. When listening to this music you suddenly want to kiss yourself, which is a kind of Buddhist Koan which the space disco people encounter quite a lot.
Big up to Smalltown Supersound!!!!
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
The cold north Europe again and their unusual take on pop music - Bjorn Torske from Norway was making music since the beginning of decade, but the hype caught him with the space disco fever later on. Feil Knapp is an album of blissed out electronic pop from outter space (just like the best moments from Royksopp - minus the dull vocals - combined with the best moments of Lindstrom - minus the pretentious intelectualism. When listening to this music you suddenly want to kiss yourself, which is a kind of Buddhist Koan which the space disco people encounter quite a lot.
Big up to Smalltown Supersound!!!!
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sobota, prosince 19, 2009
Unclassics 110: Akron/Family - Akron/Family (2005, Young God Records)
genre: freak folk
If you havent met me yet, you should know that I am bit like Eric Cartman from South Park - short, fat guy, who likes to piss everybody. And just like Eric I hate hippies. Can't stand them. I know Eric would be very angry, if I told him I loved Akron/Family debut album. Sorry, mate, but this can't be helped. There is something inside me, something that would like me switch off computer and go naked in the wild. Can't fight it. Listening to this album after year brings back memories - and I realize Akron/Family are still MILLION times more interesting than Fleet fucking Foxes. Bleh, I hate those hippies!!! Wanna kill... (just joking!)
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
If you havent met me yet, you should know that I am bit like Eric Cartman from South Park - short, fat guy, who likes to piss everybody. And just like Eric I hate hippies. Can't stand them. I know Eric would be very angry, if I told him I loved Akron/Family debut album. Sorry, mate, but this can't be helped. There is something inside me, something that would like me switch off computer and go naked in the wild. Can't fight it. Listening to this album after year brings back memories - and I realize Akron/Family are still MILLION times more interesting than Fleet fucking Foxes. Bleh, I hate those hippies!!! Wanna kill... (just joking!)
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
pátek, prosince 18, 2009
Unclassics 109: Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me (Big Dada, 2001)
genre: UK hip hop
At the beginning of 00s british hip hop was a bad copy of American posturing and an oasis of "old school" conservationists AKA the most boring thing ever. Than came The Streets and turn it upside down - just like Father Bam said: make hip hop your own thing. And the British did and behold it was good. They added plenty of reggae, spirit of rave freedom & pure UK weirdness. Roots keeps doing his own thing until today, but the second album is his pinacle.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
At the beginning of 00s british hip hop was a bad copy of American posturing and an oasis of "old school" conservationists AKA the most boring thing ever. Than came The Streets and turn it upside down - just like Father Bam said: make hip hop your own thing. And the British did and behold it was good. They added plenty of reggae, spirit of rave freedom & pure UK weirdness. Roots keeps doing his own thing until today, but the second album is his pinacle.
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středa, prosince 16, 2009
Unclassics 107: Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade, 2004) - fixed
genre: weird pop
Dead grandmother album, blah blah, you know the story. Two siblings - The Friedbergers make strange pop music which may not be to everybody's taste. But you cant deny they are sweet and honest. Is this enough for an album to be included in Unclassics list? Nah, you have to genius as well (and as pretty as Eleanor.)
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Dead grandmother album, blah blah, you know the story. Two siblings - The Friedbergers make strange pop music which may not be to everybody's taste. But you cant deny they are sweet and honest. Is this enough for an album to be included in Unclassics list? Nah, you have to genius as well (and as pretty as Eleanor.)
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
úterý, prosince 15, 2009
Unclassics 106: M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003, Gooom)
genre: synth-pop, shoegaze
Cant explain what exactly draws me towards M83. They are French for starters - their music is deeply sentimental, which is something I hate as well. Well, here I am - getting so emotional about their second album. It is very blissful music, just like MBV, but more poppy and less pretentious.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
Cant explain what exactly draws me towards M83. They are French for starters - their music is deeply sentimental, which is something I hate as well. Well, here I am - getting so emotional about their second album. It is very blissful music, just like MBV, but more poppy and less pretentious.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
pondělí, prosince 14, 2009
Unclassics 105: Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind (2004, Sub Pop)
genre: noise
You are a sick individual, is my favourite phrase from 1st season of Office - and can be nicely used for describing Wolf Eyes. These guys are sick motherfuckers and their live concert in Austria 3 years ago is one of the most memorable moments of my concertgoing. (Me and Kubalik could have been the only people who stayed in the venue the whole concert.) Listening to their music is like when you let the devil scratch your soul. OK, this is awful metal cliche, but I can not come with anything better right now.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
You are a sick individual, is my favourite phrase from 1st season of Office - and can be nicely used for describing Wolf Eyes. These guys are sick motherfuckers and their live concert in Austria 3 years ago is one of the most memorable moments of my concertgoing. (Me and Kubalik could have been the only people who stayed in the venue the whole concert.) Listening to their music is like when you let the devil scratch your soul. OK, this is awful metal cliche, but I can not come with anything better right now.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
neděle, prosince 13, 2009
Unclassics 104: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy (2003, Rhystop)
genre: freak music, lo-fi, psychedelic pop
I remember buying this album on CD from one second (maybe third) hand shop in Vienna and listening to it for the first time on my way back on headphones (there used to be discplayers in the old old time, you know) - I can clearly recall the feeling of nausea when the music started. As if everything was wrong with the music and at the same time with the listener and the world around me. But later on I started geting to his weird/outsider world which seems to fascinate many people around the freak folk scene - he is the guy Animal Collective loved so much before they started loving Underworld (just joking!). They re-released the album on their Paw Tracks in 05. Try it and see for yourself. It has some pop appeal as well!!! Really.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
I remember buying this album on CD from one second (maybe third) hand shop in Vienna and listening to it for the first time on my way back on headphones (there used to be discplayers in the old old time, you know) - I can clearly recall the feeling of nausea when the music started. As if everything was wrong with the music and at the same time with the listener and the world around me. But later on I started geting to his weird/outsider world which seems to fascinate many people around the freak folk scene - he is the guy Animal Collective loved so much before they started loving Underworld (just joking!). They re-released the album on their Paw Tracks in 05. Try it and see for yourself. It has some pop appeal as well!!! Really.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
sobota, prosince 12, 2009
Unclassics 103: Moha! - Raus aus stavanger (2006, Rune Grammofon)
genre: abstract jazz metal
The name in the genre box (which I have just made up) may sum up everything. This is hell-of-a ride made by two norwegians guys who love doing abstract thing with their instruments. One of the two - Anders is also a member of Jaga Jazzist and Noxagt (which gives him rare treat being included twice in our list.) Noxagt might be a referential point, but Moha! is more abstract, more out-there and more about spacey smoked out grooves, which never ever go the way they were supposed to go. Big props to Rune Grammofon - one of the best labels of the 00s!
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
The name in the genre box (which I have just made up) may sum up everything. This is hell-of-a ride made by two norwegians guys who love doing abstract thing with their instruments. One of the two - Anders is also a member of Jaga Jazzist and Noxagt (which gives him rare treat being included twice in our list.) Noxagt might be a referential point, but Moha! is more abstract, more out-there and more about spacey smoked out grooves, which never ever go the way they were supposed to go. Big props to Rune Grammofon - one of the best labels of the 00s!
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
pátek, prosince 11, 2009
Unclassics 102: Sakamoto & Alva Noto - Insen
genre: ambient, glitch
I know you all want pretty melodies and harmonies, so here you are. Japanese pianist and composer Sakamoto is genius of neo-classical film music, which sometime gets so pretty you wanna kill yourself with a screwdriver. Thanks God, Sakamoto is also fan of experimental electronics and on this album he met with Mr. Noto himself. If there is anybody who is even less minimalistic than Alva Noto, I do not wanna know him/her, but pairing his digital pulses with Sakamoto's nice piano playing yield magnificient results here.
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
I know you all want pretty melodies and harmonies, so here you are. Japanese pianist and composer Sakamoto is genius of neo-classical film music, which sometime gets so pretty you wanna kill yourself with a screwdriver. Thanks God, Sakamoto is also fan of experimental electronics and on this album he met with Mr. Noto himself. If there is anybody who is even less minimalistic than Alva Noto, I do not wanna know him/her, but pairing his digital pulses with Sakamoto's nice piano playing yield magnificient results here.
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čtvrtek, prosince 10, 2009
Unclassics 101: Gas - Pop (2000, Mille Plateaux)
genre: dub techno
The "oh-so ironically called" Pop is Wolfgang Voigt's last chapter in his underwater ambient series with Gas project. Do not expect nor Milli Vannili neither Madonna, Pop is heavy dose of 4/4 beats submerged and buried under the salvo of echo and delay effects. This is techno for creatures living 2 000 miles under the sea and it makes even more sense when listened together with the other three parts in Nah und Fern boxset. (If you manage to survive 4 hours of strange glitch noises, you have my deep respect!)
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
The "oh-so ironically called" Pop is Wolfgang Voigt's last chapter in his underwater ambient series with Gas project. Do not expect nor Milli Vannili neither Madonna, Pop is heavy dose of 4/4 beats submerged and buried under the salvo of echo and delay effects. This is techno for creatures living 2 000 miles under the sea and it makes even more sense when listened together with the other three parts in Nah und Fern boxset. (If you manage to survive 4 hours of strange glitch noises, you have my deep respect!)
)dl( get it while it's hot, I delete the files after 3 days
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