Recommendation Megathread

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hifi: Jul 25, 2012

il_cornuto posted:

This might be a weird request but can anyone recommend something like this track but a bit less ambient? Especially when the simple melody kicks in around 2:10. I really like the vibe, the sort of modern/near future isolated and introspective but somewhat optimistic feel, but I'd want a bit more going on - a drum loop or some more progression or something to actually listen to it often. It reminds me a little bit of the Mirror's Edge soundtrack or a less dramatic mind.in.a.box but I like the vibe of this more.

something about the echo and synths reminds me of crystal cult/paranormal soul era legowelt, maybe it will for you too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7EHPYgd4VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA6M8Gg7nug

# ¿ May 18, 2018 04:48

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 19:33

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Stuff with kind of a horror/gothic backdrop is cool but other that I'm not too picky. Drum n' bass is cool too.

fanu is cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-SOSS1oJcM

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Or anything like this I can get on CD? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9LVzuC7z4&t=43s

Roni size always reminded me of this stuff, although it's still dnb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDNejTCvIQc

# ¿ Aug 16, 2018 17:49

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

TMNT-Rocksteady posted:

Any place that has playlists of actual 'club music', like remixes n poo poo?
Tried to search some on spotify and youtube and it's just like generic edm/rap songs.

remixes of what exactly? they play rap in the club too you know...

the rinse.fm archives, boiler room, and http://electronicexplorations.org/ is a decent starting point

# ¿ Dec 1, 2018 03:31

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

HenryJLittlefinger posted:

I'm looking for some new suggestions for hip hop/rap. Specifically stuff similar to Asheru, Pyinfamous, or Sound Providers. I don't know if that qualifies as backpacker rap, but they don't show up on Youtube searches for that term. It's not so much the wokeness element that I like as the general sound - more piano and jazz samples, complex lyrics, calmer voices, lazier rhythms, etc.

I also like Aesop Rock, MF DOOM, Mos Def/Yasiin Bey, Talib Kweli, Tribe, all Madlib's stuff, Dilated Peoples, Del/Deltron/Hieroglyphics, Busdriver. I don't have much interest in Atmosphere, Immortal Technique, Brother Ali etc right now.

I know that's really picky and specific, but Asheru only has like three albums and they came out 10 years ago. Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli were supposed to do another Black Star album last year but that didn't happen.

I think big krit gets overlooked by people looking for that type of rap because his music videos are southern rap that you'd hear on the radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SivohXth2Q

# ¿ Jul 16, 2019 17:56

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

Dungeon Ecology posted:

more like this plz. seems like excellent stuff to trip out on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yix2GOTFw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRHPGugfTbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DihR1u2Qn4A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yh59k4SnHQ

maybe?

# ¿ Jul 22, 2019 22:43

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

You can listen to the blink 182 discography and get a pretty decent sense of the history of pop-punk

As for female-vocal bands there's stuff like white lung, snail mail, camp cope, that's a pretty decent sampling of pop-punk and adjacent genres

Have you listened to AFI? you aren't giving us a lot to work with...

as for synths... new order? I dunno I don't know anything about that stuff

# ¿ Jul 26, 2019 05:09

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

bvdub/brock van wey, james ferraro's requiem for recycled earth, max richter's sleep, demdike stare, leyland kirby's we, so tired of all the darkness in our lives, gas, biosphere, forums alumni percival pembroke.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2019 18:02

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

Nordick posted:

So would anyone happen to have any recommendations for beautiful, soothing, more or less melancholic, string driven music? The more cello, the better. Not really looking for classical, I won't say no to it either if it fits the bill but I'm mostly after more contemporary stuff, with nice clean arrangements without too much aimless meandering, and just a few players instead of huge orchestral carpets. Some examples of the feel I have in mind:

Eklipse (they mostly cover contemporary pop but I picked this example because that theme is one of the most heartwrenchingly beautiful melodies ever written)
Arcanum soundtrack
Apocalyptica's calmer side. Did I mention I love cello?
Break of Reality. No, seriously, I loving love cello. (violin is still fine too though)

I guess I'd prefer purely instrumental stuff, but some vocals aren't a no-go either. For example this song kinda fits the bill too, although the cello is very much playing a background part.

kristin rule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QAROM-TFn4

# ¿ Sep 17, 2019 05:44

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

Fire toolz and 100 gecs are good examples of bands leveraging hauntologies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abk6Hq0Yf0c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSZI6sYgXCA

# ¿ Mar 7, 2020 07:29

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

the mid-90s/00s trance sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNifMS96hyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_muHlpfIfjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A9OIIapSko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfOCD24wIE4

very cool yes

# ¿ Jun 3, 2020 06:56

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

Hum is a part of that americanized grungy shoegaze offshoot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5I5PP-8h6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6MaNseiYk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9UIdlXhrBQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbg0ODsvSnA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyzssFMr4NA

you might like stuff like the latest health album or anything by the twilight sad too.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2020 17:44

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

Lampsacus posted:

Also recommendation to add to the above: Kuupuu.
I reckon they have the highest listens:popularity ratio out of any band i listen to by a thousand marches.

To add, trance music recommendations? Who are the heavy hitters in the trance scene. The real Medusas?

for songs i'd just dig thru everything on the trance classics and 2trancecentral youtube channels.

for mixes there's the tranceport/transport series starting with the oakenfold one... everything oakenfold has done until like... 2010. the sasha and digweed albums. bbc's essential mixes are good to dig thu.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2020 07:29

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

Glare Seethe posted:

What's some good music to get punched in the face by? No particular genre, I think I'm looking more for... 'relentless intensity'? I know that's vague. Looking in my library, Crass and White Lung are good. Pharmakon does it as well. Oneida's "Sheets of Easter" is a very specific example, too. But even admittedly milder stuff like Preoccupations (especially the debut) sort of ticks the box for me, so it's not necessarily about loudness or harshness, though I reckon that probably helps. Any ideas?

edit: I should maybe say I'm not super into metal, that sort of seems the obvious place to go to. I might be open to the slower, sludgier stuff if the vocals aren't super growly, though.

gulch, drain, backtrack, snapcase, bane, fury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lkzf2GXjW4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNu7CYF12Hs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12TMV2R_C_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3cLlDPOPU

go thru the punk/hardcore thread on these very forums

# ¿ Dec 5, 2020 02:59

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

hbag posted:

alright
found this kinda vibe i like but the one guy i found that does it well turned out to be an incel (and so are like MOST of his fans apparently)

so uhhh anyone got any good poo poo that sounds like gezebelle gaburgably but isn't... incelcore?
for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieKPD88Ll6o

blink 182

# ¿ Jun 22, 2021 03:38

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

down1nit posted:

Hi does anyone have a playlist for strip club music by "unknown" female acts?

Like FKA Twigs but music, or Halsey but creative, or Garbage but not 20 years old

I dont know who those people are or what strip club music is but "uniiqu3" probably

# ¿ Jul 10, 2022 00:32

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

they call it Intelligent dance music for a reason. have you considered the collected works of Autechre and Aphex Twin op?

# ¿ Aug 30, 2022 05:32

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

machine girl

# ¿ Dec 28, 2022 19:58

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

OldSenileGuy posted:

What are some good albums to check out if I�m looking for more downbeat electronic chill music like Portishead�s Dummy or Air�s Moon Safari?

Sometimes I put on the lofi beats YouTube channel to scratch this itch, and it does a good enough job but the songs are missing some unidentifiable 90�s flavor to them

# ¿ Aug 12, 2023 19:55

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

bladee. drain gang. alanis morissette

# ¿ Sep 15, 2023 03:29

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

If you can jack off at 200 bpm for ten minutes at a time: The regis box set

# ¿ Sep 15, 2023 03:35

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

I feel like people type in vaporwave and either expect or the search engine serves up stuff that came out in the past 2 years.

Try pete namlook, steve roach, or spyra imo.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2023 02:11

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 19:33

hifi: Jul 25, 2012

deep dish peat moss posted:

I have a playlist full of music to listen to on nighttime walks and it needs fresh blood. I don't really care what genre and I don't know how exactly to describe what I'm looking for but some albums just sound like nighttime albums, you know? Lo-fi, moody, ethereal, nighttime music. Some examples of artists on the playlist now are Team Sleep, Salem, Purity Ring, Flight Facilities, The Radio Dept., Fujiya & Miyagi, Quelle Chris, Glass Candy, Milo and Boards of Canada. Hit me, goons

vatican shadow and muslimgauze :cheers:

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 22:25

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