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This is the last thing I saw: https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...bute-to-jo-cox I know Geoff Barrow has been busy with BEAK>, and doing scores for Alex Garland movies (a new one, for ANNIHILATION, based on a FUCKED UP horror book I love, will be out his year). But it seems as though Portishead might just be over. Or, possibly, dine with new albums. They'll probably do some legacy touring at some point. But think about it, when Third came out, we'd been waiting for a new studio record for 11 goddamn years. During that time, the album went though a number of phases and gestations, and new about it was leaking as early as 2001/02. Now it's been another decade of silence, but there's been no mention of a new album. None that I can remember. Nothing. Zip. Fucking shame, really. Third is the gold standard for "comeback" albums. Nobody's ever done it better. I thought it would be IMPOSSIBLE for Portishead to make a viable, successful and challenging album during a period when "trip-hop" was a fucking insult. But they reduced their sound down to its basest elements and built it back up, creating something that not only met but EXCEEDED expectations. That's right. Even though I grew up with Dummy (which was, essentially, the proto-Ok Computer, before Radiohead itself was even at Bends-level, in that it was the defining opus of British art-electronic), and had my mind blown by Portishead's wicked, wicked self-titled album, I actually think Third is better than BOTH by far. Not even A Tribe Called Quest pulled it off so well. Not GY!BE. Not even my beloved Aphex Twin. (Sorry, SYRO, you're awesome but you're no Third.) Sad... :( |
Here, lets dry our eyes and hold hands and bask in the ... err ... "beauty" ... of this absolutely horrifying Eraserhead-esque video for the best track on Third.
Portishead's WTFucking-awesome "Machine Gun" video |
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you're the sweetest person ever. and you know what? I'm just working on a song right now, I'mma drop you a secret soundcloud link on Facebook so that you can listen to it. Some Tim Hecker shit right there. |
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Amazing song. With the video I take it you've not seen Tetsuo? |
not sure if this falls under the definition of 'electronic' but regardless this one should be a blinder
 graham lambkin & taku unami - the whistler [coming soon on erstwhile] the new henning christiansen release on penultimate is also glorious. feeling like I'm very quickly falling out of the loop in the club-based game, new N1L on uiq is sweet as is the new neana tape, looking forward to the new ilpo vaisanen and second woman records on emego.....can't keep up with the rest |
Kristian M. Roberts - Two Portraits is more terrifying than the harshess noise record you've heard in a long time, yet its lush enough to fall asleep to.
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I have not. Nor do I watch many music videos, so I just searched for the thing on YouTube and grabbed the first result. Tetsuo must be a pretty fucked up Japanese body-horror film, I'm guessing? |
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:D pretty much. For the longest time it was a friend of mine's favourite film. It's not that good, but it's pretty out there. |
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Works well with "Machine Gun," but I'm not interested in seeing the movie because I've seen Eraserhead and read Metamorphosis and ANNIHILATION and body/vessel horror shit just kind of freaks me the motherfucking fuck out. |
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^^ dope dope dope electro-adjacent cover of "I Would Die 4 U" by Gate. THANKS SOUP NAZI! Would add rep if I could. |
 Visible Cloaks - Reassemblage I see that this got a good rating on pitchfork, not that that matters to most, but it really is quite a good album. I've purchased about half of the tracks so far, and I think I'm going to spring for the physical release, as it's one of few 2017 albums that are worth it at this point. Pitchfork struggles with genres, specifically the need to abide by genre "rules," which is why they describe this as ambient. I would not, as there are definite melodic and harmonic structures to the songs, which are repeated, and there are percussive elements that provide cohesion to isolated ideas within tracks. This is really not ambient music. It also not wholly electronic, but it's fucking good! Listen to "Bloodstream" and "Mask". These are my picks at the moment. |
https://soundcloud.com/timsweeney/vvminimalwave
Veronica Vasicka on WNYU's BIS Show. Killer. |
https://billygomberg.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-barrier
if y'all have any love for Microstoria, and [fractured, tonal] music in the vein of Oval/Nuno Canavarro/Rafael Toral, i'd recommend this fella... Comme and Transition are fantastic albums, most everything i've sampled here is pleasant and affecting. |
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AND "Purple Rain"! But do check out http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...ostcount=49605... |
Arca has a new self-titled album coming out in April. Should be fucking good.
 Listen to new song "Piel" ^ the melody reminds me a bit of one of those songs on Burial's Rival Dealer. Can't remember which one because I only listen to that beautiful thing from start to finish, so it might as well be one track to me. Arca is becoming a pretty formidable presence in the genre. Taking cues from all sorts of different places. |
ATTN: NEW BLANCK MASS ALBUM IS STREAMING FOR FREE NOW, 1 WEEK EARLY
If you dug the shit I posted, check it out: LISTEN HERE |
Thanks - I loved the previous album, can't wait to hear this!
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not sure if this falls under the definition of music, but it's certainly is electronic.
Dick Raaymakers (also Raaijmakers; 1 September 1930 – 4 September 2013) was a Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist. He was known as a pioneer in the field of electronic music and tape music. In addition, he realized numerous music theater pieces, art installations, and has published many theoretical essays. Canon-5, super ‘dis-moi …’ (1967) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIj_...ature=youtu.be |
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Absolutely qualifies, man. Absolutely. Thank you! |
By the way, Jóhan Jóhansson's "Kangaru" from the ARRIVAL soundtrack is one of THE BEST electronic tracks of 2016. Didn't see the movie until night before last, but goddamn that soundtrack is incredible.
I can't find a clip, but check it out. The whole soundtrack is worth hearing, for sure. |
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The following belongs in a different thread (if it does at all, because the Oscars suck it from a bucket anyway), but since you mention Arrival, I just wanna say Amy Adams has been robbed at gunpoint by not being nominated for best actress. (It's like the Paul Giamatti/Sideways travesty from 13 years ago). Except I'm not talking about Arrival!  These should be the winners and everything else is horseshit: Best Picture — Nocturnal Animals Best Director — Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals Best Actor — Jake Gyllenhall, Nocturnal Animals Best Actress — Amy Adams, Nocturnal Animals Best Supporting Actor — Michael Shannon or Aaaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals. Shannon (greatest actor of the motherfuckingmillenium) actually got nominated. If he doesn't win everyone who didn't vote for him should get cancer. Best Supporting Actress — Laura Linney or Isla Fisher, Nocturnal Animals Best Adapted Screenplay — Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals (based on the novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright) Best Original Score — Abel Korzeniowski, Nocturnal Animals Best Production Design — Shane Valentino, Nocturnal Animals Best Cinematography — Seamus McGarvey, Nocturnal Animals Best Makeup and Hairstyling — Donald Mowat, Malanie J. Romero, Elaine Offers, Yolanda Toussieng, Jules Holdren, Nocturnal Animals Best Costume Design — Arianne Phillips, Nocturnal Animals Best Film Editing — Joan Sobel, Nocturnal Animals Best Visual Effects — Outpost/Flying Colour, Nocturnal Animals Haven't seen the film? Do it, but do NOT read anything about the plot before watching it. Both your enjoyment (if the word applies here at all) of the movie and your karma are at stake. Apologies for briefly hijacking the thread. You may resume electronicking now. |
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Wow. Well, I've been kinda talking smack about Ford in the movies thread today, so you're probably not going to like that. Shannon was damn good, but with some qualifiers. See other thread (in short, yeah, he stole the show, but Christian Bale, Daniel Day Lewis, Matthew Mcconaughey, and others could have nailed that part just as hard, and it would have probably gone unnoticed by the academy... a light day's work for those guys. Still, he was good.) I have issues with other aspects of it, but it certainly wasn't bad in any way. To say it's better as a film or as an Amy Adams fest than Arrival is... well... I disagree big time. But whatever. |
LAURA LINNEY WAS IN ONE FUCKING SCENE, YOU MADMAN! And it was like 5 min long!
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I don't read that thread, and I won't start now or I will have to kill you. Tom Ford is a GOD. There are scenes in Nocturnal Animals which hit me like an Anna Calvi song and that's the greatest compliment in the Solar System right there. Predictably, given the Academy's stupidity, Shannon didn't win. Cancer cells are spreading galore tonight. |
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Well if you don't read the movie thread then can we pm about this? I haven't seen his first movie, and I *did* read about NoctAm before I saw it because the trailer really got me pumped, so I think we would actually agree in a lot, and I'd love to hear more about your take on the movie, but I don't want to give my gastropub indigestion. Also, I definitely thought Shannon would win, and was rooting for him, but Mahershala Ali is a really powerful actor, and even though I have yet to see Moonlight, I'm guessing he did a damn good job. PM me and talk to me about why you thought this movie was so good that it should have swept every category of consequence. I'm genuinely interested. I didn't hate it, just had issues with some stuff. NOW... back to bleeps and bloops! Two Lone Swordsmen - "The Big Clapper" |
Katie Gately's album Colors was one of the best of last year IMO. She's like a mix between Meredith Monk and Bjork. Her music is just bonkers.
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Will do ASAP. Thanks! |
Has anyone heard Gil Mantera's Party Dream? I saw them live a bunch of times years and years ago. Innovative use of synths and the stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKuXRhpHg9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwydqKifDck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSaXzPGYHI |
BLANCK MASS - WORLD EATER is out today!!!
 In case you didn't see the cover the first three times I posted about it. ;) Listening to it for the first time now. It's fucking good. The first track will hook you. Highly recommend. Possibly best album of 2017 so far. |
I just got my hands on a shitload of new electronic music, some of which I've never even heard of before.
A cool library in my area was having book, music and movie sale. I found a bunch of things that were EASILY worth the ridiculously low price, and many of them were electronic albums (nobody in the American Midwest apparently digs this shit, despite the proximity of Chicago.. it's weird). Anyway... found the following. Mostly albums from just last year. Feels like a goddamn steal for me, but the library seemed happy to get rid of all of it. Africans With Mainframes - K.M.T  Delroy Edwards - Hangin' at the Beach https://images.bigcartel.com/product...&h=1000&w=1000 (terrible album cover, but so far not terrible music -- haven't really listened yet) Ganjasufi - Callus  (I have other albums by this guy, and a little bit can go a long way) Mica Levi/Oliver Coates - Remain Calm (FUCKIN' SCORE!)  (More coming...) |
Michael Mayer - & (This one is a hell of a find... dude's got tracks with Roman Flügel, Miss Kitten, and more... is a KOMPAKT signee, so that means he's in with my boy DJ Koze. This is my favorite of the bunch.)
 Sarathy Korwar - Day to Day  Ulrich Schnauss - No Further Ahead Than Today  Also got a Swet Shop Boys album because why the fuck not, and some other, older, more traditional shit that has not place in this gastropub. |
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^ Koch is a good album that I tend to forget about when I'm discussing strong electronic releases of the last few years.
Are you posting because you just got it, or because that's what you're listening to at the moment? Just curious. |
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Lee Gamble - Koch :) |
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ah ok, so both pictures are Lee Gamble, got it. |
Hot damn, there's a new fuckin' Jlin album!!
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Terrible punctuation in that pull quote, but whatever. I am very, very down for this. Jlin - Black Origami  |
New Actress - AZD out April 14
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Care to share any thoughts? I don't think I'm familiar. |
a while ago there was a great documentary about the history of electronic music on Dutch TV called Planet Electro. It can be watched fully on Vimeo. And if you want just a snippet here's a nice 6 minute fragment of the 808 and the LinnDrum. And there's also the trailer
The main language is unfortunately Dutch and no English subtitles but most of the interviews are in English. It features artists like Carl Cox, Human League, Ultravox, Rick Wakeman , Yello, OMD, Spandau Ballet, etc etc, and also some Dutch recent house DJs And it also features interviews with the inventors of those instruments Turns out that stuff like the 808 was considered as a complete failure by their designers :) |
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