ITT: Post your musical fetishes, others guess your favorite album.
>7 minute plus songs
>Dynamics (crescendos and diminuendos)
>Orchestral arrangements
>Electronic elements
>Funky or jazzy groove
>Tribal drums
>>55591458
Remain in Light
>>55591493
Wrong
>>55591506
Sorry
>>55591458
le 3rd wave post rock face
>>55591458
Bitches Brew?
>Drums that are unusually recorded, especially by Steve Albini
>"Bad" metal production
>A good string section, especially cellos
>Androgynous male vocals
>Angular, dissonant guitar playing
>funk/R&B elements in genres that aren't funk/R&B
>sampling in genres that aren't rap
>Deadpan female vocals without any strain put onto them
>Fairlight synth
>>55591528
Correct
>Progressive structure
>Pianos / Violins
>Eccentric vocals
>High pitch background vocals
>Complex songwriting style
>Vivid imagery in lyrics
>Tribal drums
>>55591747
Magma
>>55591458
>Intensely psychadelic guitar work
>Dark imagery
>Deep grooves
>Folk/world influences in popular music
>Concept albums
>>55591458
>jazzy saxophone in non-jazz music
>MIDI-like synth interludes
>harsh female vocals
>nostalgic flair
>German or Norse languages
>desperate sounding male vocalist
>>55591458
Tyranny?
>>55591458
Oh shit are you me op?
> tribal drums
> echoing vocals like in les rallizes denudes
> crazy loud riffs
> over emotional vocals like in Titus andronics the monitor
>Harmonizing and multiple singers like in dirty projectors
Who does this /mu/?
>>55592552
Cream, Beatles, Pink Floyd
>Melodic pretty sounding riffs, followed by loud distorted chords
>banjos
>Harmonica
>Keys
>horns
>Lyrics that hit you hard, dealing with real life elements, the human experience, etc.
>occasional chill, laid-back bass grooves
>long (2+ hour) albums
>crazy and/or prominent drumming
>long ass songs (20+ minutes)
>depressing/introspective final track
>singer's voice breaking in sad track (emotional breakdown during course of track)
>toms
>poly-rhythms
>use of brass instruments
>funk/jazz influences on rock
and some more that've slipped my mind
>>55591543
Surfer Rosa?
>>55592755
Magma
>>55593678
swans
>dreamy, lofi recording with no low frequencies
>finger-plucked acoustic guitar
>really rumbly popping sounds, i don't know how to describe it but the ending part of who could win a rabbit by animal collective is the best example i can think of right now, as well as some burial and merzbow things
>the sound a steel guitar string makes when it's vibrating on the fretboard or on a fingernail
>>55593721
Fuck, I actually hate swans. Which swans is the best?
>>55593714
Tago Mago?
>>55593756
Honestly just start with To be Kind, its really your only hope if you want to get into them.
>distorted, bowed double bass
>trashy cymbals
>purposeful dissonance
>dramatic female vocals
>bluesy melodies
>weird structures
>celtic instruments
>key changes everywhere
>>55593855
are you a fan of pj harvey's early albums by any chance?
>>55591747
the dreaming - kate bush possibly
>synth arpeggiator sounds
>jazz guitar solos
>slap bass
>salsa rythm with cowbell
>anything that sounds sad, sentimental or melancholy
that's pretty much it, really
>vocal harmonies in 60's-70's folk
>long tracks with big building structures
>bass heavy noise
>"tribal" drumming when it's the focus of the track
>visually evocative lyrics
>manipulated field recordings
>the southern gothic aesthetic
>>55591458
>weather report - black market
>>55592552
hexvessel
loreena mckennitt
samsara blues experiment
>>55593714
i don't even know magma
>>55593877
nope
> tremolo and reverb put together
> horns
> simple bassline
>>55592755
>jazzy saxophone in non-jazz music
so every pop song since 2013?
>>55593927
Listen to Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
When did everyone on /mu/ suddenly get a boner for tribal drums? lol
>>55593925
in rainbows - radiohead
>>55593925
Sting - The last ship
>>55593899
Correct! <3 :)
>long songs
>odd time signatures + time signature changes
>poly rhythms
>strange instrumentation
>very good musicians
>strange lyrics (if they are there at all)
>singing where they are using their voice more like an instrument
>long drum passages
>instruments and song writing takes precedence over singing
>songs the evoke a mood
>aggressive playing and calm playing are perfectly mixed to create a lot of dynamics
>>55594299
>poly rhythms
>strange instrumentatio
>long drum passages
you may like Cut Hands or Crash Worship
>>55594299
>songs the evoke a mood
that's what all songs are, dumbass
>overwhelmingly technical and fast drumming
>jazz piano
>noise generally
>30min+ improvs
>either raging & ear burning agony or melancholical calmness in music
>>55594280
i love that album too lets be friends
>>55593714
mombu - zombi
>http://mombu.bandcamp.com/album/zombi
>chopped vocals
>male voices hitting high pitches
>sampling, especially funky songs
>songs that make you feel like you're driving down a dark street at 70 mph with sunglasses on and no roof probably
>pitch-shifted vocals
>catchy vocals/melody
honestly my favorite album has most if not all of these things
>>55594333
I'm liking them both,
Thanks
>chaotic rhythms
>shifting time/key signatures
>noisy, distorted instrumentation
>tritone-heavy, major key melodies
>vocal harmonies
>lo fi walls of sound
>>55594852
>chaotic rhythms
>noisy, distorted instrumentation
see:
>>55594624
>>55594852
so, anco?
>concept albums
>album has a cohesive story
>every song is its own identity while sharing similar characteristics
>riffs/melodies reworked/re-used throughout the album
>outro song is like the most powerful song on the album
>>55594943
Aprodite's Child - 666
>bassy, fuzzy drones
>muddy distorted screams
>imprecise looping
>tape crackle
>rough n ready mixes full of mistakes
>backbeat blasting
>>55594727
there are a bajillion albums from 16 year olds on soundcloud/bandcamp that fit this description, you realize this right?
>>55593758
nah
>>55594624
haven't heard this
>repetition
>slow progression
>free improvisation
>vocals are mixed into instrumentation
>heavy use of effects
>good layering
>>55594727
What is it?
>strong basslines
>lots of keyboards
>classic drum machine sounds
>gloomy atmosphere
>shimmery/echoey guitars
>>55595129
om - pilgrimage
>>55595184
I like it, but no
>>55595152
justice - â€
>trap influenza
>farty synths
>black man reading fast
>>55594465
Machine Gun?
>>55591458
>quiet song that gets loud out of nowhere
>buildups to loudness are also great
>samples
>long tracks with great atmosphere
>music that makes me feel serious emotions
>>55595351
James Ferraro
>>55595257
man that trap influenza really is a bad strain
>Distored vocals
>Fuzz driven bass riffs
>Original and creative drumming
>Accordion
>Banjos
>>55595351
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
>quiet-loud dynamics
>clean vocals mixed with harsh
>good lyrics, not too straightforward
>guitar hooks
>putting a lot of emotion into songs
>interesting guitar tones/overdrives
>good riffs rather than solos
>violins
>droning guitars
>any piano
>complex song structures
>songs that steadily build with crescendos at the end
>electronic drums
>existential lyrics
>minimally arranged, emotional closer
>>55595394
I somehow feel like you haven't listened to much Ferraro at all and that you're talking out of your ass big time, gee wiz I sure do wonder why.
>>55595633
amenra
>>55595499
it does make you the illest
>>55595671
Nope, I don't even know them. But I'll check them out now, thanks for rec.
>>55591458
Lark's Tongues in Aspic?
>LA Techno stock sounds
>Vocal manipulation/distortion
>drum machines
>monotone singing
>booty bass
>reverb
>female backup singers
>blast beats
>feedback
>weird rhythms
>dissonance
>lots of loud/soft dynamic
>>55596094
Ohhh and lots of jazzy stop/start instrumentation
>Sampled or manipulated wordless singing in electronic music
>>55596094
>>55596122
Can you give me an example?
>Polyrhythms
>Cohesive albums
>Cryptic lyrics
>Dark/Moody atmosphere
>Heavily distorted guitars
>>55595351 Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada?
I have a fetish for really long albums. I don't know why, but I fucking love listening to albums that are 2 hours or longer.
>>55595632
Close enough
>>55591458
Sounds a little bit like De-Loused
>>55597737
savant - alchemist is ~100 mins
gorillaz - d-sides is almost 2 hours
siriusmo - Pearls & embarrassments is ~140 mins
deadmau5 - while(1<2) is ~140 mins too
there's a couple. i'd say alchemist and pearls are the best, though.
>>55597695
Spiderland?
>>55597886
Nope, I do fucking love that album though. Wrong genre too
>>55597877
Well the music still has to be good, though.
>>55595633
I thought it was Devin Townsend until the last two lines.
>>55597934
Is it a black metal album?
>>55598053
Nope, it is sort of metal though
>Throbbing Gristle-esque lofi noise (not the noise that /noise/ likes though)
>Tribal drumming
>metallic percussion (neubauten, test dept)
>electric viola doing drones (early John Cale)
>Gregorian Chants in loop (Early Current 93)
It's not for guessing any particular album, just looking for recs based on my taste.
>>55591458
>album has 10-12 songs, longest song is less than five minutes
>>55591458
>Harps
>Repeating motifs
>Bass loud as fuck
>Lyrics about edgy shit like death or whatever
>theres a deep ass story behind the song eg flying lotus sampling his mums life support machine
>Anything with or produced by Pharrell Williams
>>55598134
>tribal drumming
Amplifier Worship and In Den Garten Pharaos come to mind. others?
>ominousness music
>lyrics about nihilism
>>55591458
>10+ minute songs
>long instrumentals
>guitar (Oh yes, please more guitar)
>Ambient or Space-Rock
>unique guitar techniques
>Soothing vocals and lyrics
>alternatively, lyrics with a deep meaning; concept songs or albums
>tribal drums
>tribal drums
>tribal drums
>tribal drums
>tribal drums
>no guitars
Post you favourite 3 albums, movies and your favourite sports team if you support one.
>Albums
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Ween - The Mollusk
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Movies
>Oldboy
>Leaving Las Vegas
>Breakfast Club
>Team
Aston Villa
>>55599832
see
>>55594333
>>55594624
+zero kama
>>55599722
hexvessel
