Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Mar 08, 2023, 05:53 PMClassic album for sure. 90s era Warp Records stuff is my absolute jam. Aphex, Autechre, Boards of Canada, such a cool and innovative scene.
I love that stuff too. I actually stumbled across the Aphex Twin album because I was looking for Autechre albums. It's so convenient that two of the biggest IDM artists of that era are so close to each other alphabetically! :laughing:

This is what you want. This is what you get.

I ordered a few records from Poland recently. There's so much great music from that country that's really hard to find over here, it makes incredibly thankful for the internet.



Baaba—EasterChristmas (2014)
I've owned this album digitally for several years and I really love it, but it was nice to get the actual record. For one thing, I really love the cover design. Musically, this band comes out of this whole experimental jazz/yass scene that been going on in Poland for a few decades, and I just love a lot of this stuff. As a band, Baaba varies a lot from album to album. On this one, it sounds like they took happy, poppy synth music from the 1980s, smashed it, and reassembled it into free jazz. No song follows a pattern you would expect, but somehow all of it is happy, sweet, and innocent sounding.
 



Baaba—Disco Externo (2010)
As I mentioned above, Baaba is pretty different from album to album. This one is less obviously synth-driven than EasterChristmas and a little more funk and rock influenced instead. Some of the guitar playing sounds almost like hardcore punk and some of it sounds like west African highlife. There are harpsichord and marimba sounds here and a distinct tropicalia sensibility as well. Unusual for Baaba, this album actually has a track with vocals. It's a hard album to describe. Disco Externo is not my favorite—or even second favorite—Baaba album, but even a middling album by this band is an incredible collection of music.




Mazz | Boxx—MazzBoxx (2021)
This album is interesting collaboration between downtempo electronic music guy Igor Boxx and yass clarinetist Jerzy Mazzoll. I've been a fan of Igor Boxx for a while, but I had not heard this album before ordering it. It's really good. Like other Igor Boxx releases, it feels like a movie score. It's low-key, jazzy, a little glitchy, a little industrial, sometimes whimsical, frequently ominous, and well worth a listen if any of that description sounds appealing.

This is what you want. This is what you get.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Mar 08, 2023, 05:53 PMClassic album for sure. 90s era Warp Records stuff is my absolute jam. Aphex, Autechre, Boards of Canada, such a cool and innovative scene.

my respect for Aphex Twin and Autechre keep growing but BOC, too me, are on a higher level and mainly because of Children.




Painkiller—Execution Ground (1994)
I love the first two Painkiller studio albums in all their dissonance and brutality, but this one was always hard for me to get into. Unlike those two, this isn't pure intensity, in fact it's frequently pretty mellow, dubby, and ambient. This is one of the nice things about this little vinyl sojourn I'm on: I'm not driving while I'm listening or cleaning or walking around listening on headphones. When I'm experiencing these albums, I'm sitting near my record player listening to the record out loud. I think that makes me pay much closer attention. Listening to Execution Ground this way has definitely made me appreciate it more. This album is a real journey—haunting, atmospheric, and sometimes violent—and I have a newfound enjoyment of it.


This is what you want. This is what you get.




Herbie Mann & João Gilberto With Antonio Carlos Jobim (1965)
I stumbled across this in my local record store and couldn't pass it up. What I've managed to find out about it is a little mysterious, but it sounds like what this album really is is tracks by either Mann or Gilberto with arrangements by Jobim. I love all three of them so whatever the deal is, I'm on board. Overall, despite Mann's involvement, I'd describe this as a bossa nova album with occasional jazz flute on it more than anything. Like a lot of my favorite bossa nova music, this makes me want to chill out on the roof deck with some wine as the sun slouches toward the horizon. A vinyl copy of João Gilberto's stunning 1973 self-titled album may continue to be out of my price range, but this album is not a bad substitute at all.


This is what you want. This is what you get.

Quote from: Toy Revolver on Mar 11, 2023, 09:53 AM
Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Mar 08, 2023, 05:53 PMClassic album for sure. 90s era Warp Records stuff is my absolute jam. Aphex, Autechre, Boards of Canada, such a cool and innovative scene.

my respect for Aphex Twin and Autechre keep growing but BOC, too me, are on a higher level and mainly because of Children.

I Care Because You Do is amazing imo, even better than the debut



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Quote from: Janszoon on Mar 23, 2023, 12:37 AM

Herbie Mann & João Gilberto With Antonio Carlos Jobim (1965)
I stumbled across this in my local record store and couldn't pass it up. What I've managed to find out about it is a little mysterious, but it sounds like what this album really is is tracks by either Mann or Gilberto with arrangements by Jobim. I love all three of them so whatever the deal is, I'm on board. Overall, despite Mann's involvement, I'd describe this as a bossa nova album with occasional jazz flute on it more than anything. Like a lot of my favorite bossa nova music, this makes me want to chill out on the roof deck with some wine as the sun slouches toward the horizon. A vinyl copy of João Gilberto's stunning 1973 self-titled album may continue to be out of my price range, but this album is not a bad substitute at all.


This sounds lovely, actually :)

I find latin jazz like Gilberto's very evocative and soothing. It's just perfect when lounging in the garden on a hot summer's day. Hence, I'm definitely seasonal in my listening habits around this genre :laughing:

Happiness is a warm manatee

Quote from: Guybrush on Mar 23, 2023, 06:32 PMThis sounds lovely, actually :)

I find latin jazz like Gilberto's very evocative and soothing. It's just perfect when lounging in the garden on a hot summer's day. Hence, I'm definitely seasonal in my listening habits around this genre :laughing:

Sometimes I like to listen to it in the winter to warm up!

Also, I have to say this album has one of the ugliest covers ever. And the Herbie Mann photo feels like they're using it to prove that he really was in Rio. :laughing:

This is what you want. This is what you get.

My most recent pickup was a repress of Low's Secret Name:




Delicious slowcore goodness. If only they could repress their debut :(

RIP Mimi Parker, you beautiful soul.


Quote from: Guybrush on Mar 23, 2023, 06:32 PMI find latin jazz like Gilberto's very evocative and soothing. It's just perfect when lounging in the garden on a hot summer's day. Hence, I'm definitely seasonal in my listening habits around this genre :laughing:

You ever listen to much Jobim? Might be up your alley if you haven't.




QuoteInter Arma—Paradise Gallows (2016)
Out of this group of recently ordered metal records, I think this is the only band I had even heard of before. I had a vague sense of them being post metal-ish, which turned out to be accurate. Their sound is somewhere between Neurosis and Panopticon. It's post metal with a lot of sludge and a bit of black metal thrown in for good measure. It's long (2 LPs) and cinematic and sometimes even beautiful.

just finished first listen to this one

they do a lot of things really well

this pitchfork review sums it up pretty well

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22074-paradise-gallows/




Quote from: Toy Revolver on Apr 04, 2023, 08:06 PM
QuoteInter Arma—Paradise Gallows (2016)
Out of this group of recently ordered metal records, I think this is the only band I had even heard of before. I had a vague sense of them being post metal-ish, which turned out to be accurate. Their sound is somewhere between Neurosis and Panopticon. It's post metal with a lot of sludge and a bit of black metal thrown in for good measure. It's long (2 LPs) and cinematic and sometimes even beautiful.

just finished first listen to this one

they do a lot of things really well

this pitchfork review sums it up pretty well

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22074-paradise-gallows/

I'm glad you liked it!

This is what you want. This is what you get.

Quote from: SGR on Mar 23, 2023, 08:52 PMYou ever listen to much Jobim? Might be up your alley if you haven't.


Certainly 🙂 I'm not well versed, but I have some of his songs in my playlists.

Happiness is a warm manatee



Ominous Black—Ominous Black (2012)
I found this 10" in record in a store in Providence, Rhode Island not long ago, and was to surprised to discover that (a) it was produced by Steve Albini and (b) this band is actually from Philadelphia. Not sure how I had never heard of them before, but I hadn't. This little disc is less than fifteen minutes long, with one song on each side, and it's really good. It's sludgy, doomy, and psychedelic, with that classic "you're in the room with the band" Albini production style. This is 3am music, abandoned factory music, fllashing lights and police tape on a rainy night music, and this is one of the most accurately named bands I can think of.

This is what you want. This is what you get.



R+R=NOW—LIVE (2021)
I got this one a few months ago, but I happen to be listening to it right now so I decided to do a little write up. The band is a supergroup of modern jazz artists lead by pianist Robert Glasper and includes Terrace Martin, Taylor McFerrin, Christian Scott, Derrick Hodge, and Justin Tyson. The album was recorded live at the Blue Note Club in NYC. A lot of this reminds me of late 70s Herbie Hancock, specifically his album Sunlight, but with a more modern sensibility. No doubt a great deal of weed has been smoked in relation to this recording. It's mellow, soothing, and also fairly upbeat. My favorite track is the twenty-five minute long closer "Resting Warrior", which is weird, spacey, and contains some of the best synth, bass, and drum playing on the album.

This is what you want. This is what you get.