Welp, here I am back in the journals with another thread I'll probably forget to update. This time I wanna showcase some of my favorite more obscure album choices, starting with a stellar one from an old friend.
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/c1ff7915ba7dba3a6586182dcc13837f/7595311)
Virginia Aveline - Thee Enthronement to Thee Sacred Heart and Thee Immaculate Heart of Sister Mary and Her Seven Dead Swans (2019)
Genre: Ambient, Neo-Psychedelia
I return to this album again and again for a number of reasons. Need clarity in my life, relaxation, contemplation, and sometimes just sleep. The album does it all, and while at first few listens it may not seem like much, as it goes by like a breeze, that's half the appeal. Virginia evokes a number of different emotions in the short runtime of this album: namely joy, fear, sadness, anger, among others. All with the mystic quality of several known and unknown instrumentation do they accomplish this... some tracks are clearly made with home organ or field recordings, while others are more shrouded in their creation such as the epic final track, I Love You! Pt II. This track sounds like angels coming to Earth to weep over the transgressions we face as a species. Other tracks sound angelic as well, and a main theme to my friendship with Virginia back in the day was the magical nature of this life we live in, as well as the existence of a God, angels, heaven, and hell. Listen for yourself, you may find answers to the universe in the music as it unravels.
I am a fan of the music tunes and am looking forward to this.
And now for an album you might be familiar with. This I found out about in 2018 and have been listening to religiously since.
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/ac9ae391371d42151e46d6dd8690906d/5689990)
Jun Konagaya - Travel (2014)
Genre: Post-Industrial, Neoclassical Darkwave
This album is just as entrancing as the one I posted first in this journal, shrouded in mystery and is quite obscure on it's own regard, though some more attention has been brought to it by rateyourmusic and it's only gotten more popular and the mystery more in vogue. It's important to note that while the genres may lead one to think of it as a crushing relentless piece of time art, it's actually quite ambient and ethereal in nature, while also having some of the characteristics of more industrial pieces. I've found it odd and somewhat cool that one track in particular, Pilgrim, can only be heard on particular speakers in full because of what I assume to be the unique mixing, but when you find speakers that it works on it's one of the most memorable pieces of music I've heard so far! It contains what seems to be some kind of work song with this magical melody overlaying it, just incredible. Other songs include more medieval sounding piano work, drones, noise, what I can describe as viking war drums, and plenty of other soundscapes to please the ear.
Here's a choice cut from said album
Now for a change of pace from the ambience to a real rocker of an album...
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/6250c19f1a6fc5fc54758ddb93d95400/1599174)
The Immortal Lee County Killers - The Essential Fucked Up Blues (2001)
Genre: Punk Blues, Garage Punk
Legend has it (and this album fully illustrates) that Chet Weise used enough power as a guitarist, and a bass amp, enough to negate the need for a bassist altogether. The White Stripes formula coming to its absolute thesis and conclusion, The Essential Fucked Up Blues is a raging energy that cannot be matched by mere mortal rock and rollers. Come to these tracks to look for blues ballads, or punk spirit, you'll find it all here. Been listening to this since I found it around junior/senior year of high school and been rocking with it ever since just as much as the day I found it. A choice cut on this album that I'd recommend ya is the stellar version of Catfish Blues that appears therein: linked below.
nice recommendations - so far all new to me - fell asleep sinking into Jun Konagaya Travel last night - was fully digging it
Quote from: TheNonSexual OccultHawk on Jan 27, 2023, 11:16 AMnice recommendations - so far all new to me - fell asleep sinking into Jun Konagaya Travel last night - was fully digging it
Truly a relaxing listen for an industrial album
I'm really digging that Jun Konagaya track!
Quote from: tristan_geoff on Jan 26, 2023, 05:24 AMAnd now for an album you might be familiar with. This I found out about in 2018 and have been listening to religiously since.
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/ac9ae391371d42151e46d6dd8690906d/5689990)
Jun Konagaya - Travel (2014)
Genre: Post-Industrial, Neoclassical Darkwave
This album is just as entrancing as the one I posted first in this journal, shrouded in mystery and is quite obscure on it's own regard, though some more attention has been brought to it by rateyourmusic and it's only gotten more popular and the mystery more in vogue. It's important to note that while the genres may lead one to think of it as a crushing relentless piece of time art, it's actually quite ambient and ethereal in nature, while also having some of the characteristics of more industrial pieces. I've found it odd and somewhat cool that one track in particular, Pilgrim, can only be heard on particular speakers in full because of what I assume to be the unique mixing, but when you find speakers that it works on it's one of the most memorable pieces of music I've heard so far! It contains what seems to be some kind of work song with this magical melody overlaying it, just incredible. Other songs include more medieval sounding piano work, drones, noise, what I can describe as viking war drums, and plenty of other soundscapes to please the ear.
Here's a choice cut from said album
I just listened to this and liked it immediately. Will be seeking the entire album next for sure. Thanks so much for the rec!
A recent find, my friend Samme owns Panther Lake where I'm putting on my festival this year, and this album was my favorite of the two demos I heard that were released by his band from the 90's. As the vocalist, he is truly remarkable letting out inhuman screams and gruff shouts that work extremely well on their first release, but going into the second demo it takes a whole new contextual place.
(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2736004351_16.jpg)
Regurgistate - Fateful Pranks by a Giant Catfish
Genre: Crust Punk, Art Punk, (Doom Metal?)
I think even on recent findings of this album that I will be listening to it regularly. It's just so intricate in it's mixture of punk and metal genres with some truly weird stuff, such as the track "Pulse in the Dirt" which is the longest of the album at almost 10 minutes. I heard this and was in talks of re-releasing some of Regurgistate's stuff already with Samme, so when I heard this I got right to it and made a mockup cassette tape and put it up for sale on bandcamp, the first release of the album was in 1999. Check it out for yourself from my label's site or the youtube link
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1069471268/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless>[url="https://walkinclosetrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fateful-pranks-by-a-giant-catfish"]Fateful Pranks by a Giant Catfish by Regurgistate (//http://://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1069471268/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/"%20seamless>%5Burl="https://walkinclosetrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fateful-pranks-by-a-giant-catfish"%5DFateful%20Pranks%20by%20a%20Giant%20Catfish%20by%20Regurgistate%5B/url%5D</iframe>)</iframe>[/url]
Can we embed bandcamp links on here?
anyways here's the vid
tell us more about the festival
Quote from: TheNonSexual OccultHawk on Jan 31, 2023, 10:49 AMtell us more about the festival
Well, I've been trying to throw a festival at this lake for years now, but when the pandemic came I cancelled the original plans and last year put everything together to throw the festival in March. Samme is a good friend of mine, I've been playing shows at Panther Lake for the past 4 years. I wanted to showcase the talent of some individuals close in proximity to me, good friends, and people I really enjoy altogether so I'm super excited for this festival to take place!
that is an awesome thing to do
especially if people can camp and take and can poop somewhere - if it's more than one day
what's the process of legally using the land
way back in the 90's i went to some underground shows that lasted all day and night out in the desert and they were wild
honestly sometimes they got kind of scary but it was fun
Quote from: TheNonSexual OccultHawk on Feb 01, 2023, 07:51 AMthat is an awesome thing to do
especially if people can camp and take and can poop somewhere - if it's more than one day
what's the process of legally using the land
way back in the 90's i went to some underground shows that lasted all day and night out in the desert and they were wild
honestly sometimes they got kind of scary but it was fun
It's kind of an underground kinda place this lake, the owner is cool with shows happening there and yes there is a place to use the bathroom there
QuoteVirginia Aveline - Thee Enthronement to Thee Sacred Heart and Thee Immaculate Heart of Sister Mary and Her Seven Dead Swans (2019)
just listened for the first time - fantastic rec - ty - keep going
A glimpse into the past, one of the earliest songs I remember hearing is on this album bc it was in a video game I played as a kid. It still bops to this day, and when I first heard the album in full I just had to buy it on CD when I was in high school.
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/5b62cbfd7aba14d3b95a7c8c81e83abf/2605574)
Trust Company - The Lonely Position of Neutral (2002)
Genre: Post-Grunge/Nu Metal
Don't let the genres fool you, this release is one of the best of it's kind, up there with Ten Years, Alter Bridge, Static-X just the best of the best of a genre that gets stale at times. The songs are really rockin, emotionally driven, and have lyrics that break the clichés of the scene with some grit and introspection. But what gets me other than the singer's voice is the instrumentals, so let's talk about that. The guitar tones on this thing are really wavy, alive, and the clean tones especially on songs like Hover are just breathtakingly pretty. The distorted tones remind one of something like Deftones on White Pony or even Starflyer 59's heavier moments. Anyways, I'm sure you're just dying to hear a song by now, but I'll leave off with saying that Hover has to be one of the best rock songs of all time!!!
I guess I can talk about non-album releases here too so here's a single from Arca
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/752aa95fb01fcb2024914bcebc14f582/5502889)
Arca - Hips Don't Lie (2014)
Genres: Deconstructed Club, Latin Electronic
Deconstructed Club being one of my favorite genres, this was one of the first songs in the genre I really dug. It's a remix of a Shakira song by the same name, and has this dark atmosphere pervading it as well as these high pitched vocal samples. All laid out over an excellent latin electronic rhythm, it scratches my brain with a sense of high alert or warning in an apocalyptic fashion.
I will talk on one more song today, a symphony of misfiring synapses.
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/c26f84e5bbeef11e39b0595b010ce97c/5492782)
DJ Yung Bukkake & Total Freedom - Bone Structure File (2010)
Genre: Deconstructed Club/Epic Collage/Chopped and Screwed
This is one of the most game changing songs in music, sure there was industrial dance before but never in this fashion. The earliest material that exemplifies modern club mixing with industrial would be this or MIA's M A Y A album. A droning r&b vocal sample sets the mood early for it to be changed every few seconds with these laser sounds in the first run and then a slowed down crunk song to put a name to a few sections. And does it change! Truly a masterpiece of the DJ profession.
QuoteDJ Yung Bukkake & Total Freedom - Bone Structure File
wow - it took me a minute to get around to it but that is one of the coolest things i've ever listened to
thank you and keep the hits coming
Excellent writing on all these cool records. I was especially intrigued by TRUSTcompany - definitely gives me a nostalgic rush. Keep 'em coming. 8)
Hi I'm back let's do an album for pride month
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/c31f3bc71ce16533a97a40ab0f6045ac/2763930)
Various Artists - The House of Cutting
Genres: Ballroom, Latin House
If you have ever heard a ballroom song you have probably heard Masters at Work's classic house track, "The Ha Dance", which is featured in plentiful (if not most even) ballroom songs. The distinction of this track is that it features a ha chant and has a recognizable runway ready rhythm. The rest of the tracks on this album are somewhat more latin house leaning, but still feature similar beats and some even having the chant from "The Ha Dance" included. This all to say the only song that has ever mattered is clearly "The Ha Dance" it's just so energizing slay and memorable.
Bonus track (ballroom adjacent)
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/def2b6007c5a98a4d4b880f1f3b24383/10581468)
Bejalvin - Bejible
Genre: Industrial Hip Hop/Brostep/Deathstep
An extremely fun album composed of quirky sounds, snappy hyperreal drums, perfectionism-ist songcrafting, and conscious yet playful lyrics. If this sounds like 100 Gecs in a way to you, you wouldn't be wrong... until the second track. It segues quickly after the opener into a hellscape of layered drums and harsh brostep sound design that is paired with lyrics ranging on topics like swag, death, feminism, and nonsense. The closer is a wonderful track that emulates Beastie Boys but has more modern production and decidedly nerdier lyrics. I recommend this for fans of fun music.
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/0a18e274dd36e51b7f001655b9acab16/6816478)
Vantana Row - Vagina
Genre: Cybergrind/Digital Hardcore
This has to be my favorite band now, been a listener for around 2 years or so but finally saw them live in March and befriended them. They are excellent people full of energy and positivity and excellent takes on the state of the scene. Recorded, they take their music in various directions, and when I say various it's like often huge changeups every few minutes or even seconds that speaks to my ADHD brain in ways other music has never fully reached. If u ever wanted to hear queered crunkcore this is the band for u. Idk I have so much I could say about them but instead you should just see for yourself.
Quote from: tristan_geoff on Oct 07, 2023, 07:04 AM(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/0a18e274dd36e51b7f001655b9acab16/6816478)
Vantana Row - Vagina
Genre: Cybergrind/Digital Hardcore
This has to be my favorite band now, been a listener for around 2 years or so but finally saw them live in March and befriended them. They are excellent people full of energy and positivity and excellent takes on the state of the scene. Recorded, they take their music in various directions, and when I say various it's like often huge changeups every few minutes or even seconds that speaks to my ADHD brain in ways other music has never fully reached. If u ever wanted to hear queered crunkcore this is the band for u. Idk I have so much I could say about them but instead you should just see for yourself.
This stuff bangs. I had a phase in my early college days where I was obsessed with cybergrind, nintendocore, MIDIgrind, etc, and finding obscure bands like that on Myspace.
This band is the closest I've seen anyone come to capturing that vibe since. Thank you for the recommendation!
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/b14198a8bce2fd5f9df2a5b354dc86f6/11680359)
Bryfx (formerly Bosyphilis) - Lisa Frank Gang! Gang!
Genre: IDM, Plunderphonics
When my friend Bry told me that they made electronic music and I should check it out, I have no idea what I expected. But what I received through my ears via that first album (It's Just a Little Hare Down There!) was some really tasty slices of EDM that progressively got more freaky lyrically and less EDM as it went on. I feel like despite not really being industrial for the most part, my friend Bry has been the closest in sound or theory to the OG deconstructed club artists than many of the more pop/cleanly structured acts that we see today have been. The album Lisa Frank Gang! Gang! raises the bar even further than the previous releases, and is a combination of really obviously illegal sampling of super popular tracks edited to extract the dark humor within them, and GarageBand-produced drum machines and synths. It makes for a super weird listen, but one that I assure you that if you're going into it with a fun hat on you will enjoy thoroughly.
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/426c80dde52b58939cea9f10cf79c069/10747267)
The Clash - The Clash (1977)
Genre: Punk ROCK
The Clash has a really good discography, but that's something I could talk for hours about! Let's begin with the first album... The Clash. I had heard White Riot first, through the Tony Hawk Underground soundtrack and it's a blood pumpin early punk banger for sure, but I didn't really give the whole album a chance until someone online going by... what was it? Batlord? Was talking about Career Opportunities once and the song has not left my mind afterwards. These are class struggle anthems, and even on their debut it's clear that the band had a lot to say. Still so weird and cool that in the era it was likely for major labels to have anarchists in their roster lol, but here we were. Well, at least by their later stuff. If y'all don't know the story, they had to trick the label into releasing a double album and then topped themselves with the triple album Sandanista! Which are both incredible in their own right. But start simple with the first two albums and you will not be disappointed either. Some PUNK ROCK!!!
(https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/cdbe44dd7ff405c1f8da1f8176794085/6939659)
Joan of Arc - 1984 (2018)
Genre: Experimental/Ambient/A Capella
2018 was the real 1984 tbh. This album is really creative, it has these American Folk melodies portrayed by the vocals backed by ambient glitch instrumentation, the lyrics I remember be about a lot of modern social issues, especially that regarding women's rights. It's really life affirming and shit
Locked Club - stvol.tv
Genre: Industrial Techno/EBM/Electro
Few words j listen now!!!