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I found Cecil Leuter the other day, an early French pioneer of the Moog synthesiser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge_ScbpYre8 Cecil Leuter is the pseudonym of Roger Roger (yes, his actual name), a composer who mostly did soundtracks back in the sixties. Which are also nice to listen to, but are orchestral and very much of their time. He did a bunch of work with Nino Nardini, another French electronica guy. Check out Pop Electronique and Jungle Obsession . Probably falling more into exotica to be honest.
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Oh boy KEXP rarely disappoints and is indeed frequently a source where I discover interesting music, but this one's a doozy. I'm pretty enamored with this chilenian krauty version of radiohead with two drummers that I somehow never heard of before. Also features a samurai champloo shirt, as if this needed any more boxes ticked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH4E5UW2tHQ Oenis fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Nov 20, 2023 |
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I’m listening to SLIFT and dang they’re really good! Lots of psyche, prog, stoner metal, and more happening in here and I am all about it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n0FdkbeiThs&pp=ygUKU2xpZnQgbGl2ZQ%3D%3D
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Their Levitation set is better, I reckon: https://youtu.be/PdFZQzjCY30?si=UeJ2KZAfjazAtQR- Also, their new album, Ilion, is out now.
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Obligated to post their first KEXP sesh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knzsyZWbN7g&t=1s
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Jan 21, 2024 16:08
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slift rules, gonna see them live in april I think
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Elissimpark posted:Their Levitation set is better, I reckon: Brock Samson posted:Obligated to post their first KEXP sesh these are gooooooooood
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I recently scored a code on DoomCharts for Tropic Santos - Caccia Grossa, an Italian heavy psych trio. It's great stuff, actually. Really cool, jammy stoner grooves, with a huge bass sound. Kinda reminds me of Earthless and other bands of its ilk, but more focused. I've also been listening to the new Slift. I have to admit, it's not hitting as hard as Ummon did for me. It's heavier and sludgier, and more progressive, and post-rockish, and has sax solos, etc. It just feels like they went for excess, and it almost works... but maybe it's just too drat long and unfocused. I dunno. I've only given it three and a half listens so far, but 80 minutes is a lot to sit through. I'll sit with it for another month or so, see how I feel about it then. Been getting into Pharaoh Overlord recently. They're actually kind of an amazing band, imho. I feel like people try to approach them as kind of typical "stoner rock" and then are either put off or otherwise misunderstand them. These guys might've started out fuzzy on their first album, but they're the same people as Circle, which is an insane avantgarde rock/metal band that focuses on repetition. And that's what Pharaoh Overlord's stuff is, as well - repetitive music played live, except more riff-based than Circle. I feel like their first album is almost a deconstruction of stoner rock, reassembled as minimalism. Their second and third albums veered into spacey, atmospheric krautrock (for the most part - Skyline, on the second album, is probably one of their most brutal songs, in that it's one stoner riff repeated ad infinitum, getting louder and more distorted as the song progresses), then they released a bunch of live albums, then they released a more metalled-up version of krautrock with the Demilich guy on vocals, lol. It's as weird as it sounds, but there's some bangers on that one (Solar Stomp is fantastic). They also released another album that's uhh... synth/disco with Aaron Turner from Isis on vocals  Anyway, the best starting point with Pharaoh Overlord is actually their concert at Circus, I think they were supporting Sleep at the time. It's the full version of the band (3 guitarists, bass, and drums) plus they have a live moog. It's a really fun set. (also, Pharaoh Overlord - Circle is really pretty, airy, synthy krautrock, and it doesn't sound like anything else in their discography) New Goat album is also good, btw. They reinvented themselves as a Nordic psych folk/rock band and, you know what? It sounds pretty great. Tripping in the Graveyard is an awesome song. Also, Raised By Hills reminds me of Aphrodite's Child for some reason.
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I remembered this video of Tame Impala playing Desire Be Desire Go on KCRW from 13 years ago! This remains my favorite version of this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCNC1lFnldA
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