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City Calls Revolution - Green Milk From The Planet Orange

Green Milk from the Planet Orange was an experimental psychedelic/space rock band from Tokyo, Japan. While their tag line is the "New Wave Of Progressive Rock" they are progressive only in the broadest sense, having more in common with Ummagumma-era Pink Floyd, LSD March or Can than Yes or Genesis. As of 2009, they are no longer active.

#seen live #psychedelic #2006 #Streamable #soundweave

Contact - Silver Apples

Silver Apples was an electronic/psychedelic duo which formed in 1967 in New York City, New York, United States. They originally consisted of Simeon Coxe III (who played a custom home-made synthesizer known as the "Simeon") and Danny Taylor (drums). The duo split in 1970. The group was reformed in 1996 by Simeon and new drummer Xian Hawkins. Danny Taylor returned to the band in 1998 and the band toured as a trio until 1999 when Simeon was injured in a car accident. The band returned to making music in 2006, but without Taylor, who died in 2005.

#psychedelic #electronic #60s #experimental #1969

Jazz Satellites, Volume 1: Electrification - 23 Skidoo

23 Skidoo cross industrial, punk, hip hop, funk, jazz and tribal elements. The band had interests in martial arts, Burundi and Kodo drumming, Fela Kuti, The Last Poets, William S. Burroughs, as well as the emerging confluence of industrial music, post-punk and funk. 23 Skidoo was formed in North London, UK in 1979 as a post-punk trio. By 1980 they had grown into a quartet consisting of Fritz Catlin, Johnny Turnbull, Sam Mills and Patrick Griffiths.

Funkadelic - Funkadelic

Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, Parliament. The band was added in 1964, primarily for tours, and consisted of Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce and Langston Booth. They enlisted in the army in 1966, and George Clinton (the leader of Parliament) recruited Billy Bass Nelson and Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also adding Tawl Ross and Tiki Fulwood. Due to legal difficulties between Clinton and Revilot, The Parliaments' label

#funk #70s #psychedelic #1970 #soul

Mother of All Saints - Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 is an experimental indie rock group formed in 1986 San Francisco, California, though half of its members are from Iowa. Their albums combine lo-fi noise rock and ambient sounds (referred to as "Feller filler") with tightly constructed rock and pop songs. The band has a small but intensely loyal cult following. Band members are Brian Hageman, Mark Davies, Anne Eickelberg, Hugh Swarts and Jay Paget. Hageman was also a member of the Iowa City based group, Horny Genius.

#indie rock #post-punk #favorite albums #eclectic #1992

Drum's Not Dead - Liars

Liars is an Experimental Electro/Rock band formed in 2000. Australian-born Angus Andrew is the founding and only constant member with Aaron Hemphill (percussion, guitar, synth) leaving the project in 2017 and Julian Gross (drums) no longer is able to perform due to personal reasons. The band have released 8 studio albums since forming and remain to be one of the few bands remain to be consistently active from the Post-Punk Revival scene in New York of 2000s.

#experimental #best of 2006 #2006 #Avant-Garde #albums I own

Repetition - Unwound

Unwound was an American post-hardcore band based in Olympia, Washington, United States. Formed in 1991, the band consisted of Justin Trosper (guitars and vocals), Vern Rumsey (bass), and Brandt Sandeno (drums), all of whom had previously been in a band called Giant Henry. Brandt Sandeno quit Unwound in 1992 and was replaced by Sara Lund. This lineup would remain in place until the band's dissolution in 2002. The group was strongly associated with the label Kill Rock Stars throughout the 1990s.

#post-hardcore #noise rock #post-punk #groove #favorite albums

N.Y. Scum Haters - Psychic TV

Psychic TV is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, electronic, punk and experimental music. The band was formed by performance artist Genesis P-Orridge and video director Peter Christopherson (after the break up of Throbbing Gristle) together with musician and producer Alex Fergusson (ex-Alternative TV). Christopherson left to form Coil with fellow PTV member John Balance around 1984, and Fergusson left in 1987, leaving P-Orridge in charge of a rotating band lineup.

Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft - Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft

The Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) is an influential industrial / Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 in Wuppertal, Germany featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado-Lopez, guitarist Wolfgang Spelmans, Kurt Dahlke "Pyrolator", Michael Kemner, bassist and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. The band's name is a term that had originally been used in West Germany, without irony, in the early years of the Cold War

#no wave #noise rock #industrial #Experimental Rock #post-punk

This Is it and I Am it and You Are it and so Is That and He Is it and She Is it and it Is it and That is That - Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern (born March 18, 1976) is a musician, songwriter, and guitarist from New York City. She has garnered acclaim for her technical skill and tapping style of guitar play. Stern has cited many musical influences that contribute to her sound, including Hella, Lightning Bolt and Yoko Ono. In early 2007, Kill Rock Stars released her debut album, In Advance of the Broken Arm. It was well received by critics, and most favorably by The New York Times, citing it as "the year's most exciting rock 'n' roll album.

#2008 #math rock #experimental #indie pop #indie rock

Earthling - David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music.

#albums I own #90s #1997 #rock #electronic

The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen - The Mekons

The Mekons are a punk rock/post punk band. They are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk bands (rivaled in both categories only by The Fall). Leeds University art students Jon Langford and Tom Greenhalgh formed the Mekons in 1977, taking the band's name from the Mekon, an evil, super-intelligent Venusian featured in the British 1950s-1960s comic Dan Dare (printed in the Eagle). The band first gained widepread popularity with the single "Never Been in a Riot," a satirical take on the Clash's "White Riot.

#punk-funk #funk-punk #iveldie best of 1979

Too Much Sleep - Bongwater

Bongwater was an art rock band from New York City, formed in 1985 and dissolved in 1992. The group was founded by Ann Magnuson and Kramer (who was also the founder of the now defunct Shimmy Disc record label). Magnuson caught Kramer's eye when he saw her perform in the all girl band Pulsallama. Bongwater also featured Shimmy alumni drummer Dave Licht and guitarists Dave Rick who went on to play with Shimmy Disc's anchor band King Missile for a short

#un disque par sa pochette

Live At The Witch Trials - The Fall

Famously described by John Peel as being "always different, always the same", The Fall were formed in Manchester, England in 1976 during the Punk era although their style quickly evolved into something more idiosyncratic. The one permanent fixture amidst the Fall's ever-changing line-up was Mark E. Smith (1957 – 2018). Smith's lyrics are free, unboxed and unpredictable, touching on an extremely wide range of subjects and places, and caring little for being tied down to easily digestible messages.

#1979 #post-punk #The Fall #1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die #70s

Do You Know Squarepusher - Squarepusher

Squarepusher is a pseudonym of Chelmsford, Essex, England, electronic musician Tom Jenkinson (b. 1975), best known for his experimental drum and bass, with a heavy jazz fusion influence. A skilled bassist and multi-instrumentalist, Jenkinson's virtuoso playing is a staple of his music and one of the more obvious affiliations with jazz (although his formal arrangements are often as jazz-derived as his playing). His bass style includes melodic fretless playing, high-speed slap bass and intricate chordal work.

#electronic #idm #Warp #experimental #glitch

Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (born December 21, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States – December 4, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, bandleader and producer. He was one of the most prolific musicians of his time, releasing over fifty albums of original material spanning over a thirty-five year career. Zappa's earliest influences were 1950s pop and rock (such as doo-wop and rhythm and blues), and 20th-century classical composers including Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse.

#60s #Avant-Garde #experimental #Psychedelic Rock #1968

Splinter - Sneaker Pimps

Sneaker Pimps were a downtempo/trip-hop band which formed in Hartlepool, England in 1995. The band best known for their first album Becoming X released in 1996, and particularly its highest charting single "6 Underground". As Line of Flight and Frisk, DJs and childhood friends Chris Corner and Liam Howe (from Middlesbrough and Hartlepool in the NE of England) released two EPs: "Soul of Indiscretion" and "World as A Cone" in the early 1990s. While not nearly as complex as the song-based material they would produce

#trip-hop #electronic #electronica #favourite albums #albums I own

154 - Wire

Wire is a band formed in 1976 in Watford, England and after splitting in 1980, have reformed three times. They consist of Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (vocals, bass) and Robert Gotobed (drums). Founding guitarist Bruce Gilbert left in 2004. In 2008, Margaret Fielder McGinnis of Laika joined the band as their touring guitarist, but as of 2010 has been replaced by Matt Simms. Wire's debut album, Pink Flag (1977), contains songs which are diverse in mood and style

#post-punk #1979 #albums I own #punk #70s

Grass Widow - Grass Widow

The San Francisco band Grass Widow braids apparitional vocals over distorted post-punk riffs. At the center of its songs are the troika harmonies of Lillian Maring (drums), Hannah Lew (bass) and Raven Mahon (guitar), who contribute vocals equally, echoing the band's process. Grass Widow's lyrics, matched with its cautiously joyous beats, reflect its vision of the world: a mysterious Ozlike land in which the surface looks radiant and colorful but with a thinly veiled underside that reveals a fearful and fateful ethereal reality.

#2009 #rather good stuff #Marriage and divorce and widowhood

Hai! - Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire were an experimental music band which formed in Sheffield, UK in 1973. They originally consisted of Stephen Mallinder (vocals, bass), Richard H. Kirk (guitar, keyboards, sound manipulation) and Chris Watson (sound manipulation, tapes, keyboards). Over the years Cabaret Voltaire's music continued to evolve, from its experimental, Velvet Underground-inspired beginnings in the mid 1970s to the pop-oriented dance music in the early 1990s.

#experimental #industrial #post-punk #trance #electronic

DI Go Pop - Disco Inferno

Disco Inferno was a band formed in Essex, UK in 1989 by Ian Crause (guitar & vocals), Paul Wilmott (bass), Rob Whatley (drums) and Daniel Gish (keyboards). After the departure of Gish (who would later join Bark Psychosis) the three-piece Disco Inferno recorded the single 'Entertainment' with producer Charlie McIntosh. Their first album, Open Doors, Closed Windows, was released in 1991 on Che and received positive reviews, although most mentioned the heavy influence of late 1970s post punk bands

#post-rock #post-punk #experimental #industrial #indie

Faust and So Far - Faust

Several bands are called Faust (German for "Fist"): Faust is a German krautrock band, originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunter Wüsthoff, working with producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner. The group formed in Wümme, Germany in 1971 and soon began recording their debut, "Faust", which sold poorly, but established a devoted fanbase. With a series of early 1970s releases

#Avant-Garde #kosmischemusik #krautrock #favorite albums #emd

23 Skidoo - 23 Skidoo

#experimental #great #wake up and relax according to stretchead #industrial #post-punk

Atomizer - Big Black

Big Black was an Independent noise rock band founded in Evanston, Illinois, United States, that was active between 1982 and 1987. They were headed by singer, lyricist, guitarist, and co-songwriter Steve Albini. They have been classified as post-hardcore/noise rock, and were a formative influence on industrial rock, but the band members have always described the band as solidly punk rock; in the notes for Pigpile, a live recording of their final London performance, Albini explicitly describes Big Black as punk.

#noise rock #1986 #post-hardcore #post-punk #80s

Geogaddi - Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada are an electronic music duo from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, formed in 1985 and comprised of brothers Mike Sandison (born 1 June 1970) and Marcus Eoin (born 21 July 1971). They have released a number of works, most notably the studio albums Music Has the Right to Children (1998), Geogaddi (2002), and The Campfire Headphase (2005) on the pioneering electronic music label Warp. Their fourth album Tomorrow's Harvest was released in June 2013.

#ambient #electronic #idm #electronica #2002

Jane From Occupied Europe - Swell Maps

Swell Maps were a British experimental rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham, that foreshadowed the birth of post-punk. Influenced by the disparate likes of T. Rex and the German progressive outfit Can, they created a new soundscape that would be heavily mined by others in the post-punk era. Despite existing in various forms since 1972, Swell Maps only really came together as a musical entity after the birth of British punk rock. Consisting of

#post-punk #1980 #Experimental Rock #80s #summer

Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets is an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix. The three then moved to Tempe, Arizona (a Phoenix suburb and home to Arizona State University) where the Kirkwood brothers purchased two adjacent homes, one of which had a shed in the back where they regularly practiced.

#alternative rock #cowpunk #80s #1983 #alternative

Mr. Beast - Mogwai

Mogwai are a band from Glasgow formed in 1995. They compose lengthy, mostly instrumental guitar-based pieces in the style of post-rock, usually focused around the elaboration of a single theme, and are known traditionally for their quiet/loud dynamic, defined bass riffs, and an eminent ambient sound, sometimes dark and sometimes grand. Although frequently referred to as post-rock, the band have revealed in interviews that they despise this categorization

#post-rock #albums I own #2006 #indie #alternative

The Ape of Naples - Coil

Coil (1982–2004) was initially established in London in 1983 as an experimental solo outlet for ex-Psychic TV member John Balance, and became a full-fledged experimental sonic manipulation unit a year later following the arrival of keyboardist / programmer Peter Christopherson (Sleazy), a founder of Psychic TV as well as a member of Throbbing Gristle. After debuting with the 17-minute ritual recording How to Destroy Angels, Balance and Sleazy recruited the aid of Possession’s Stephen Thrower, J.

#experimental #electronic #ambient #dark ambient #industrial

Any Minute Now - Soulwax

Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, is an electronic and alternative band hailing from Ghent, Belgium with traces as early as 1992. Though the Dewaele Brothers have created several major albums under this moniker, they are perhaps best-known for their influential contributions to the bastard pop genre under the name Fucking Dewaele Brothers and 2 Many DJ's. and the landmark record As Heard On Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2. They are the main act of any Radio Soulwax event.

#albums I own #electronic #alternative #soulwax #rock

Lego Feet - Lego Feet

Lego Feet consists of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, also known as Autechre. In 1991 Skam Records released their self-titled 12" recording, now available in MP3 format (and streamable on Last.fm). It is one of Booth and Brown's earliest releases, and the only record released to date under the Lego Feet moniker. In 2011 SKAM released 20th anniversary reissue of the SKA001 Limited 12" (SKA001CD). Including additional tracks not available on the original release as part of unofficial 0.2 Century celebrations. See also: Gescom.

#90s #1991 #skam

The Marble Index - Nico

Nico (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988) was a German model, actress, singer, and songwriter. She was born Christa Päffgen in Cologne, Germany. Nico started a successful career as a model in Berlin and Paris, studied acting at Lee Strasberg's New York Actor Studio. She then became part of the Swinging London scene, and had a short relationship with The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones and she recorded her first record in London in 1965, the single I'm Not Saying/The Last Mile

#experimental #favourite albums #Avant-Garde #favorite albums #1968

Chips From The Chocolate Fireball - The Dukes Of Stratosphear

The Dukes of Stratosphear was a pseudonym used by the English rock band XTC in the mid-1980s. A studio-only project, the band released two vinyl albums: 25 O'Clock (1985) and Psonic Psunspot (1987), which drew upon influences of 1960s psychedelic music such as The Beatles, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Pretty Things, and The Beach Boys (c. 1966). The two albums were released on a single CD under the title Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (An Anthology) in late 1987.

#pop #alternative #alternative rock #albums I own #Psychedelia

Room to Live - The Fall

#1982 #albums I own #2005 #The Fall #registret

Carnival In Babylon - Amon Düül II

Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2) is a German rock band. The group is generally considered to be one of the founders of the Krautrock scene and a seminal influence on its development. The band emerged in 1968 out of the scene of hippies and squatters in Munich, Germany, but their strong interest in music led them to go their own way. They took their name from the old Egyptian name Amon, being an Egyptian sun god, and Düül, a character from Turkish fiction.

#1972 #experimental #krautrock #psychedelic #trippy

Early - Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti is a musical group that was formed in 1977 in Leeds, England, being primarily a vehicle for singer-songwriter Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Strohmeyer on 22 June 1956, Cardiff, Wales). Initially a left-wing-inspired post-punk rock act, the band developed into a more new wave and mainstream pop based project in the early to mid-80s (following two heavy lineup changes). The group's most successful album, 1985's 'Cupid & Psyche 85'

#post-punk #2004 #freak zone #registret #nightmare on warwick street

Fire of Love - The Gun Club

The Gun Club was an American punk band from Los Angeles in the 1980s led by singer/guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce. The Gun Club injected punk rock with doses of blues and country music. Along with X, The Flesh Eaters and The Blasters, they helped set the tone of the Hollywood rock scene of the 1980s and are cited as a "tribal psychobilly blues" band. The Gun Club was formed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, former head of the Blondie fan club in Los Angeles. Joining him was Brian Tristan

#80s #punk #1981 #american underground #psychobilly

You're A Woman, I'm A Machine - Death from Above 1979

Death from Above (nee Death from Above 1979) are the Toronto-based duo of Jesse F. Keeler (bass, synths) and Sebastien Grainger (vocals, drums), which formed in 2001. Refusing to employ a lead guitarist, they played loud synth infused dance punk on the drum and bass combination alone. They added the 1979 suffix to the name following a legal dispute with New York City dance-punk label Death From Above (known as DFA Records since the September 11, 2001 attacks).

#albums I own #2004 #indie rock #dance punk #rock

Cauldron - Fifty Foot Hose

Fifty Foot Hose was a psychedelic rock band that formed in San Francisco in the late 1960s, and reformed in the 1990s. The original group were one of the first bands to fuse rock and experimental music. Like a few other acts of the time (most notably the United States of America), they were consciously trying to fuse the contemporary sounds of rock with electronic instruments and avant-garde compositional ideas. The group comprised three core members: founder and bassist Louis "Cork" Marcheschi

#Psychedelic Rock #psychedelic #experimental #60s #psych

In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country - Boards of Canada

#idm #ambient #chillout #electronic #2000

The Argument - Fugazi

Fugazi is a post-hardcore band formed in Washington, DC. Fronted by ex-Minor Threat vocalist Ian MacKaye and ex-Rites of Spring vocalist Guy Picciotto, both on vocals and guitar, Fugazi also consists of Joe Lally on bass and Brendan Canty on drums. Since its inception, Fugazi has been self-managed and have released almost all their material through Dischord Records, an independent label founded by MacKaye and partner Jeff Nelson in 1980. The band

#post-hardcore #2001 #post-punk #punk #albums I own

No Name, No Slogan - Acid Horse

Acid Horse was a collaboration between the industrial bands Ministry and Cabaret Voltaire. They produced one single, "No Name, No Slogan," for Wax Trax! records, with each band producing a remix of the song.

#albums I own #best of artist #Essential Albums #my marilyn #12-inch

69 - A.R. Kane

A.R. Kane were a 1980s and 1990s British indie band. They were primarily the A - Alex Ayuli and the R - Rudi Tambala from the East of London but were also joined by Russell Smith, bass ( also of Terminal Cheesecake, and Skullflower) and various drummers along the way. After 2 singles on different labels and a surprise number one hit as part of M/A/R/R/S's "Pump Up the Volume", they made two ground-breaking albums that placed them precariously in the indie scene - however they preferred the term "dream pop".

#1988 #indie #psychedelic #dream pop #dreampop

We Know Nonsense - The 49 Americans

Post-punk / art rock project consisting of among others: David Toop, Steve Beresford, Max Eastley, Terry Day, Viv Albertine (of The Slits), Vivien Goldman, Peter Cusack, Lol Coxhill. They released two singles and two albums in the early 1980s.

1 - Pole

With plenty of musical history and an unfettered passion for contemporary club tracks Stefan Betke aka Pole is probably best known for his minimal dub sounds between the clicks and cuts of modern electronica. While the origins of Pole hail back to the summer of 1996, when he accidentally dropped his near legendary "Waldorf 4-Pole" filter (which, in its newly damaged state, began to generate seductively unpredictable crackles), Betke’s musical playing field covers a much broader spectrum.

#glitch #dub #minimal techno #1998 #bleep

Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin, born Richard David James, August 18, 1971, in Limerick, Ireland to Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James, is an electronic music artist. He grew up in Cornwall, United Kingdom and started producing music around the age of 12 and made his first release aired on 1985. Richard has been hailed as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music", with his works ranging from ambient pieces to acid techno. In 1991 Aphex formed the Rephlex record label with his friend Grant Wilson-Claridge.

#ambient #1994 #idm #electronic #90s

Anthology - The Clean

The Clean are an influential indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. The Clean soon forged a distinctive and quirky sound, inspired by punk filtered through to the relatively isolated New Zealand. Although they released several chart-topping singles in their native country, The Clean are a little-known cult band outside of New Zealand, although their influence is surprisingly far-reaching. They became a staple of college radio in the 1980s; Stephen Malkmus of Pavement cites them as a major influence

#finish your beer and crack another the night is young and the dancing has barely started #pop #experimental #indie pop #indie rock

Flowers of Romance - Public Image Ltd.

Public Image Ltd. (aka PiL), are an experimental band which formed in 1978 in London, England. Its original lineup was John Lydon (vocals) (formerly of the Sex Pistols), Keith Levene (guitar) and Jah Wobble (bass), although by 1983, the band's lineup would become a fluctuating one, revolving around Lydon. PiL are often cited as one of the most challenging and innovative bands of the post-punk period; John Lydon is quoted as saying he wanted to form an anti-rock band.

#post-punk #experimental #80s #new wave #albums I own

Be Happy ! Despite It All... - Passion Killers

Passion Killers were a band from Barnsley, UK, formerly Known as 'Youth Movement' in 1979, line up then was Dave Mave, Kenty, Mad Daz, Casper & T-Bag. By 1982, consisting of a few Chumbawamba members, they released a 7" single, consisting of four cover tracks. The Chumbawamba members comprising this band were Mavis Dillon, Boff and Harry Hammer. Earlier tracks of Passion Killers are featured on a double compilation album - Bullshit Detector 2 , Crass Records.

Soundtracks For The Blind - Swans

Swans is a band from New York, United States, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. Marginally associated with the no wave scene at first, their original sound was slow and extremely heavy, with live performances that were often so brutal and physical that in a number of instances certain audience members were made ill, police were called and venues were shut down. This early physical sound is possibly best heard on the live album Public Castration Is A Good idea.

#post-rock #experimental #1996 #Experimental Rock #dark ambient

The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color - Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality, during which virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting, and the ability to play several instruments simultaneously. Kirk was born Ronald Theodore Kirk in Columbus, Ohio, but felt compelled by a dream to transpose two letters in his first name to make Roland.

#jazz #funk #groove #trumpet #cool jazz

Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English synthpop band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom. They are one of the most enduring and successful bands to have emerged during the 80s, and particularly from the new wave/new romantic era. The band name is derived from a French fashion magazine, Dépêche mode, which means "fashion dispatch." The band have been highly influential in the electronic dance music scene, especially synthpop

#new wave #synthpop #albums I own #80s #1983

Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham - Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet was a Canadian instrumental rock band with a strong surf influence, formed in 1984. The band members were: Don Pyle on drums, Brian Connelly on guitar, and Reid Diamond on bass, who died in 2001. They released a string of EPs and singles throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, achieving some success, but remain perhaps best-known for the track "Having an Average Weekend", which was used as the theme song to The Kids in the Hall.

#surf rock #instrumental #Surf #rockabilly surf

Guns - Cardiacs

Cardiacs are an English band formed in 1977 and led by Tim Smith. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by many newer groups and artists. Their music combines the excitement and energy of punk with the intricacies and technical cleverness of early British progressive rock, a combination sometimes referred to as pronk, although frontman Tim Smith has disavowed this classification.

#punk #alternative #experimental #Progressive rock #psychedelic

Box of Chameleons - Sun City Girls

Sun City Girls were an American experimental rock band, formed in 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1981, the group consisted of Alan Bishop (bass guitar, vocals), his brother Richard Bishop (guitar, piano, vocals), and Charles Gocher (drums, vocals). Considered a neo-mystic melting pot of free rock, demented surf, ragas, Arabic folk songs, free-form freakouts, gamelan percussion and Dadaist poetry, their name was inspired by Sun City, an Arizona retirement community.

#noise #experimental #psychedelic #Avant-Garde

Little Creatures - Talking Heads

Talking Heads were a new wave band which formed in 1974 in New York City, New York, United States. The band originally consisted of David Byrne (vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Chris Frantz (drums), who had met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. The band added Jerry Harrison (keyboards & guitar) in early 1977. The band released eight studio albums before disbanding in 1991. Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

#new wave #80s #albums I own #1985 #rock

Lost and Safe - The Books

The story of The Books began in 2000, when Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong met through a friend in New York City. Sharing similar interests but different backgrounds in acoustic music and found sound, Zammuto and de Jong took their sonic experiments to the studio. Eventually, with some urging by Tom Steinle of Tomlab Records, they created what would become their debut record, 'Thought for Food', in 2002. Within a year, the Books relocated to Hot Springs, NC, and recorded and released 'The Lemon of Pink'.

#2005 #Best of 2005 #electronic #experimental #avantgardener

Early - A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio (aka ACR or A.C.R.) are a post-punk/funk band from Manchester, UK. Formed in the late 1970s, they were one of the bands (along with Gang of Four and The Pop Group) who forged the new musical hybrid which became known as punk-funk, a style which fused the energy and aggression of punk rock with the rhythms and musicianship of funk and soul. The band's members were originally Simon Topping, Jeremy Kerr, Martin Moscrop, Donald Johnson and Pete Terrell.

#post-punk #marmarealistic pillow of cloud #The Guardian list of 1000 albums to hear before you die #pop #new wave

Wolf City - Amon Düül II

#krautrock #1972 #70s #Psychedelic Rock #Progressive rock

New History Warfare, Volume 2: Judges - Colin Stetson

Colin Stetson was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI and earned a degree in music from his hometown school, the University of Michigan, in 1997. Six years in San Francisco followed, then another four in Brooklyn, NY. Over this time, he developed his unique solo voice on saxophones and clarinets, culminating in the release of the album New History Warfare Vol. 1″ on Agoo Records in 2008. Stetson now resides in Montreal, QC, and performs regularly on assorted saxophones, clarinets, cornet, french horn and flute.

#2011

Fire From Heaven - The Good Missionaries

The Good Missionaries emerged, phoenix-like, from the ashes of Alternative TV (ATV). "[Mark] Perry has cheerfully and naively disregarded the slightest imitation of rock 'n' pop frameworks and become totally intrigued by noise, space and improvisation." Paul Morley 31.3.79 Paul Morley's quote refers to end of ATV. However it also perfectly sums up the the Good Missionaries. One album and single were issued to mixed acclaim and poor sales before the band called it a day.

A Few Old Tunes Volume 2 - Boards of Canada

A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window - Cardiacs

#Progressive rock #1988 #punk #alternative #experimental

For a Reason - Lifetones

1983 solo outing from Charles Bullen, the former guitar player of the always-relevant experimental rock outfit This Heat on his own private Tone of Life imprint, of which this is the sole release. Like other British post-punk contemporaries (Slits, Pop Group, et. all) Bullen immerses himself deep in zoned dub territory on much of this album. (Apparently the UK scene’s fascination with dub stems from a reggae DJ who was friends with many of the

Call Of The West - Wall of Voodoo

Wall of Voodoo was a New Wave/Alternative rock group from Los Angeles, California, United States best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band's best known lineup consists of Stan Ridgway (vocals, keyboards), Marc Moreland (guitar), Chas Gray (bass, vocals) and Joe Nanini (drums). The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone. Wall of Voodoo had its roots in Acme Soundtracks

#albums I own #new wave #1982 #rock #favorite albums

Lies To Live By - The Del-Byzanteens

“A New York-based post-punk band, the Del-Byzanteens comprised Don Braun (percussion), Josh Braun (percussion as well), Philippe Hagen (bass), Phil Kline (guitar and vocals), and a budding director by the name of Jim Jarmusch (vocals and keyboards). Author Luc Sante wrote some of the band’s lyrics, and artist James Nares (who also played guitar with the Contortions) contributed occasional percussion. The Del-Byzanteens made their recorded debut in 1981 with the 12″ single “Girl’s Imagination”

#1982 #truth and lies

Let's Take It to the Stage - Funkadelic

#funk #70s #psychedelic #p-funk #Crates of vinyl

Unnatural History III (Joyfull Participation in the Sorrows of the World) - Coil

The Radiolarian Ooze - Manorexia

Manorexia is an experimental instrumental project of composer J.G. Thirlwell (primarily of Foetus). Manorexia was formed in 2001. As opposed to Thirlwell's other instrumental group, Steroid Maximus, Manorexia features no collaborators and eschews musical structure for a more free-form and spontaneous approach. The results are often described as cinematic and textural. To date all albums have been released on Thirlwell's own Ectopic Ents label. Until recently have been sold only at concerts or via the Official Foetus Website.

#instrumental #experimental #dark #harp #miam

The Three E.P.'s - The Beta Band

The Beta Band (1996-2004) were an alternative rock group from Edinburgh, Scotland who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status, but failed to make much of a commercial impact on the popular music scene. Their style was self-described as being folk hop, a blend of folk, rock, trip hop, and experimental jamming. Their music has featured on numerous film and TV soundtracks. The song "Dry the Rain" from their 1997 debut EP, Champion Versions

#albums I own #favorite albums #1998 #alternative #driving music

It's a Kid's World - Disco Inferno

#post-rock #1994

Compiled 1981-1984 - Malaria!

Malaria! was founded by Bettina Köster and Gudrun Gut in 1981 in Berlin. Their song "Kaltes, klares Wasser" became a hit from 1981 on and was highly recognized after a remix release in 2001. Gudrun Gut was an early member of Einstürzende Neubauten and later started two record labels Moabit Records and Monika Enterprises. Releases: Malaria! (Maxi, 1981) New York Passage (Your Turn To Run) (Maxi, 1982) Emotion (Album, 1982) ...Revisited (Live Album, 1983)

#post-punk #german #post-revolutionary pop song #Dmtr likes this album #electronic

Hounds Of Love (Remastered and Expanded) - Kate Bush

Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England, now part of Greater London) is an English singer and songwriter known for her expressive four-octave soprano voice, idiosyncratic and literary lyrics, and eclectic and meticulous musical and production style. She debuted in 1978 with the surprise hit "Wuthering Heights", which was number one in the British music charts for four weeks and the first UK number one by female artist with a self-penned song.

Half Mute / Scream With A View - Tuxedomoon

Tuxedomoon is an experimental avant-garde/post-punk/new wave group formed in San Francisco, California consisting of core members Blaine L. Reininger, Steven Brown and Peter Principle. Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Reininger and Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College, with technical assistance from video artist Tommy Tadlock, Tuxedomoon started playing salons and accompanying performances by The Angels of Light, a San Francisco based, radical theater troup.

Mark's Keyboard Repair - Money Mark

Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times, after meeting them as their carpenter. Most of his work is underground. He also appears on the first Banyan album as the Freeway Keyboardist. His first album, the relatively obscure Mark's Keyboard Repair (1995), was made up of keyboard driven pop-funk songs recorded at demo quality. It was followed up by the "Third Version EP" in 1996 and Push the Button in 1998.

#trip-hop #electronic #test #electronica #hip hop

Japanese Whispers - The Cure

The Cure are a rock band which formed in 1976 in Crawley, England, United Kingdom. The band originally consisted of Robert Smith (vocals, guitar), Porl Thompson (guitar), Michael Dempsey (bass) and Lol Tolhurst (drums), with the band's lineup overgoing several changes throughout the years and Smith remaining as the only constant member throughout the band's history. The band currently consists of Smith (vocals, guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Roger O'Donnell (keyboards), Jason Cooper (drums) and Reeves Gabrels (guitar).

#albums I own #new wave #80s #post-punk #1983

Ha! Ha! Tarachine - Picky Picnic

Picky Picnic is a Japanese band from the 80s, part of that same movement that musically united The Residents, Renaldo & The Loaf, Der Plan, and Ptôse over the distances. They made a specialty of "family" choruses, as if recorded in their kitchen at lunch time. A visual equivalent could be the "My Neighbours The Yamada" anime, which brings as much poetry through false simplicity. The band only released one LP. A few cassettes (generally copies of copies) also circulated over the world from hand to hand, at a time when cassette switching was particularly developed within underground communities (see

#silly-core #zolo #avant-pop #experimental #1982

Solar Warden - Laiha

LAIHA is a personal one man project from the united states of america, my works are primarily about being a person with a disability living in a world that wasn't built for my body, and musically i range from blackened soundscapes to highly experimental black metal drones. for more info email me at the email address provided go here for more information http://thelaiha.blogspot.com/

#black metal #dark ambient #drone

Cult - Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland consisting of three classically-trained cellists and a drummer. Their speciality is heavy metal music on cellos, though they also play classical music. They started in 1993 by playing covers of Metallica, but once the concept became popular they wrote their own original works, maintaining the thrash metal influences on their albums Inquisition Symphony (mainly covers as well) and Cult. Since Reflections they have added drums to their recordings and live performances.

#symphonic metal #instrumental #metal #cello metal #finnish

Vaudeville Villain - MF DOOM

Daniel Dumile (July 13, 1971 – October 31, 2020) was a British-American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He performed and released music under a variety of stage names, most notably MF DOOM, which Dumile preferred to be stylized in all caps. Dumile debuted during hip-hop's golden age of the late 1980s and became a major figure in underground hip-hop of the early 21st century. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest rappers of all-time.

#abstract hip hop #psychedelic #indie #progressive #hip-hop

Camera Obscura - Nico

#female vocalists #cover #alternative #new wave #80s