I'm always on the listen for chilled out background music to work to. My boss introduced me to Cigarettes After Sex, which coincidentally is also the name of a band.
Lovely to listen to, but it freaks me out that the lead singer is a bloke.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:38 pm
by Nathan
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:36 pm
I'm always on the listen for chilled out background music to work to. My boss introduced me to Cigarettes After Sex, which coincidentally is also the name of a band.
Yep, recommended
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:43 pm
by dinny_g
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:36 pm
chilled out background music
Have you tried any of the "Back to Mine" series ??
these 3 are a little more uptempo but still perfect to work along to...
There really isn't a bad one in the series - I've got just about all of them...
I'm really not an EDM fan anymore. I did it to death it along with a myriad of recreational drugs in the 90s
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:25 pm
by dinny_g
Fair enough but they really aren’t like that. Grove armada starts with A Tribe called Quest, then Barry White and later had Al Green covering the Doors Light my Fire etc...
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm
by JLv3.0
I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:28 pm
by NotoriousREV
JLv3.0 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm
I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
It’s like I don’t even know you anymore.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:30 pm
by JLv3.0
It wasn't easy to type, I can promise you.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:31 pm
by NotoriousREV
I saw Faithless, I shuddered.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:37 pm
by dinny_g
Had to be done...
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:26 pm
by NotoriousREV
Another album I'm playing to death right now is Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks. It's one of those that you need to listen to a few times but it's awesome (assuming you like discordant shoe gaze)
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:17 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Orbital - Tiny Foldable Cities.
It's fvckin' mint. Can't wait for the album in Sept.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:54 pm
by Richard
Again, as you know, I’m one of the cool kids, and as such I can recommend the new album from The Carters (Beyonce and Jay Z). It’s really quite good
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:07 pm
by DaveE
Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:17 pm
Orbital - Tiny Foldable Cities.
It's fvckin' mint. Can't wait for the album in Sept.
The follow up, 'PHUK' isn't so good IMO. Got a distinctly b-side feel to it.
But 'Tiny Foldable Cities' is great.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:44 pm
by Nathan
JLv3.0 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm
I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
Groove Armada's contribution to the Late Night Tales series was marvellous too.
I met Tom in Ibiza when my mate scabbed cigs off his wife. I regret not discussing the Black Light album with him.
Re: The Music Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:56 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Holy thread resurrection.
Tool - Fear Inoculum
Fvcking staggering. I'm trying not to jump to the conclusion that this is their greatest album yet. Which given they're the greatest band in the history of anything ever, is saying something. 7/7 time signatures, epic soundscape, tablas & polyrhythmic drumming, incredible vocals, truly heavy thundering basslines, crushing guitar work, twin guitar solos. 6 Tracks over 10mins, long incl one at 15mins, 127 minutes in total, including interludes and a 4.5min long drum solo track that's like something out of the film Whiplash.
And the production values are immense. Never have I listened to an album so loudly without the soundscape collapsing into a mess.
And for a bunch of old farts it looks like they're about to destroy Taylor Swift in the album charts.
This is probably my favourite track - I nearly stopped dead at first listen, but I was doing 70 on a d/c at the time