What music are you listening to?

[Saifa]

Now playing....

 

Pitman "It takes a nation of t****rs"

Trojan records UK Hits compilation

Orbs adventures beyond the ultraworld

 

Yay!!

[Greenback]

Originally posted by Jon

One of the betta songs of the year so for

 

You mean, last year?

 

Sufjan Stevens, 'Seven Swans' has been on my car stereo for the last week. It's so good it almost makes me want to start going to church!

[willman]

horse fabulous- the stands.

[Guest]

NERD In search of

and Low Fidelity All Stars- how to operate with a blown mind

[timo]

I am listening to a mixture of things as I write up research. These include Debussy's Nocturnes and La Mer, some Aphex Twin [on the recommendation of a fellow poster], Sibelius' austere 4th Symphony, and the new Kraftwerk 'live' album. This equates to a mixture of oceanic orchestral sweeps and electronic bleeps. Isn't it great to be alive?!

[JonJParr]

Originally posted by timo

I am listening to a mixture of things as I write up research. These include Debussy's Nocturnes and La Mer, some Aphex Twin [on the recommendation of a fellow poster], Sibelius' austere 4th Symphony, and the new Kraftwerk 'live' album. This equates to a mixture of oceanic orchestral sweeps and electronic bleeps. Isn't it great to be alive?!

 

Kraftwerk are very good. I have the "Tour de France" album. What Aphex Twin are you listening to? Windowlicker?

[timo]

Jon,

The Aphex Twin cd is 'Classics', and the Kraftwerk one, 'Minimum, Maximum'. Both are very enjoyable, and good rhythmic, pulsing soundscapes suitable as backdrops to work. Often music is more effective if not subject to direct focus, and it can really seep into the brain this way. I'll be hearing the bleeps I only half noticed in my dreams tonight. Believe it or not, Miniminch got me 'into' Aphex Twin. I really ought to thank him for his kind recommendation.

[Modesty]

This week I have mostly been listening to,

 

Clor - Clor and The Stands - Horse fabulous.

[bellis]

Originally posted by timo

Jon,

The Aphex Twin cd is 'Classics', and the Kraftwerk one, 'Minimum, Maximum'. Both are very enjoyable, and good rhythmic, pulsing soundscapes suitable as backdrops to work. Often music is more effective if not subject to direct focus, and it can really seep into the brain this way. I'll be hearing the bleeps I only half noticed in my dreams tonight. Believe it or not, Miniminch got me 'into' Aphex Twin. I really ought to thank him for his kind recommendation.

 

the minimum maximum album by kraftwerk is a exellent cd prob one of my albums of the year after the white stripes one , play numbers off the said album to test how good your speakers are:thumbsup:

[timo]

Panda,

Yes, what a corker, eh?! I'm really glad they still do the really old stuff like 'Autobahn' and 'Radioactivity'. They sounded like nothing on earth when they were first released. I take your point re 'Numbers'! Nice to hear 'Neon Lights' sung [or rather intoned] in its original German. You rate it as one of the year's best albums-so do I, without a doubt.

 

Regarding major influences upon electronic music, I would place Kraftwerk after composers like Stockhausen and Cage, and before Brian Eno and Can in terms of importance. Their music sounds as fresh and contemporary today as it did back in the seventies. Long may they stare impassively at us.