Epic, lush, melancholy - recommendations please

[killer b]

Sounds good.

On 7Digital they seem to have all the albums other than that one though.

Are "We Walked in Song", "Befriended" or "Now the Day is Over" worth a look at too?

use google blog search! i found it for you. here.

 

[The Groke]

Thomas Feiner -- The Opiates.

Truly beautiful, and all three things specified in the thread title.

Trying to find it now...

 

[The Groke]

use google blog search! i found it for you. here.

Thank you.

I do feel positively churlish for mentioning now that:

a) I can't download many things from Mega-upload et al as the local ISP here doesn't give out fixed IPs and everything goes through a limited number of proxies - it always thinks I am already downloading stuff. Not that you were to know of course.
b) I really would like at least 256kb rips, if not 320 or lossless.



(yeah I know - beggars/choosers and all that jazz)

On the plus side I have found Tubala Rasa by Arvo Part and am downloading. Presume it is worth a listen?

 

[killer b]

oh aye. i'm not usually that enamoured of modern classical, but he really hits the spot...

 

[The Groke]

Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and lose yourself in an imagined David Lynch wilderness.

Which one? There are a few albums out there.


I have some unspent Amazon vouchers which I can use.

THus far I have Fennesz - Black Sea, Morten Valence - Bob & Victoria.. , and The Opiates in my basket.

Tell me which Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore album I need and I will add that and hit the checkout.

Obviously this stuff won't arrive for this weekend, but you have all enthused me enough to buy some completely new music.

 

[killer b]

i have black earth and delores by bohren..., and both are super. they do have quite a few albums though...

 

[The Groke]

I got Black Earth - easy decision as it was the only one that wasn't on a 2 week lead-time via import.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Labradford - any of the mid '90s albums - is what you wanna get listening to.

Epic, lush, melancholy and trippier than an elongated trip in a souped-up trip machine...

 

[braindancer]

arvo part - cantus in memoriam benjamin britten has been rocking my stereo heavily for the past few days, and is exactly what you describe. you could do worse than having a listen to some of his other works too, i reckon.

i did a thread on a similar subject a bit ago - albums that threw up that were particularly fine were:

deaf centre - pale ravine (actually, pretty much anything on type records would fit)
the aforementioned fennesz album, which is superb... bohren und der club of gore is brill too.
the gas box set
isan - lucky cat
robert rich & b. lustmord - stalker
belong - october language
pan american - white bird release
the fun years - baby it's cold inside
tim hecker - harmony in ultraviolet
william basinski - 92982 (also, the disintegration loops)

there's plenty more to go at on this thread

Excellent tips - most of which I reccomended to you on your thread - glad to see you liked them

 

[killer b]

yeah, i think you did have the best hit rate...

 

[ohmyliver]

Loveless by my bloody valentine
and
Forever Changes by Love

if you've not got them already

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Loveless by my bloody valentine

In my all-time top ten.

 

[killer b]

get jesu - the silver EP, especially if you like MBV...

 

[ohmyliver]

In my all-time top ten.

it's very autumnal/comedowny and lush... I love that album even if it did break Creation records.

 

[May Kasahara]

get jesu - the silver EP, especially if you like MBV...

We park our cars in the same garage.

Groke - Black Earth is great, you won't be disappointed. If you want more, Geisterfaust and Sunset Mission are awesome too.

 

[killer b]

i was listening to a silver mt. zion memorial orchestra - this is our punk rock last night. that probably fits... it's certainly fairly epic...

 

[ohmyliver]

Britten's War Requiem also fits the 'lush, epic, and melancolic" bill

 

[Orang Utan]

No idea where you can find them online, but get yourself some Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and lose yourself in an imagined David Lynch wilderness.

i got their entire oeuvre from isohunt

 

[The Groke]

I always feel a little left out when music discussion turns to "Loveless" and indeed MBV in general.

I have yet to click with it, despite trying once a year or so.

Maybe I am due a retry.

 

[Orang Utan]

you don't have to like it.
i loved it when it came out, but i don't think i've listened to it in the past 15 years or so

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I always feel a little left out when music discussion turns to "Loveless" and indeed MBV in general.

I have yet to click with it, despite trying once a year or so.

Maybe I am due a retry.

I like Loveless, but didn't get Isn't Anything at all.

 

[The Groke]

Did you find a hq copy of Dark Night of The Soul yet walrus?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

No.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Can it be epic and lush but also heavy? can I recommend checking out some of Isis's stuff?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

What about Bark Psychosis - hex.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Oh - Blonde Redhead: 23.

One of my albums of the decade

 

[The Groke]

Can it be epic and lush but also heavy?

No. No it can't.




Maybe next week.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

OK. Then check out the Blonde Red head one at least.

http://open.spotify.com/album/3CRBMstrlbZNVWQjahQACl

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Just remembering how ace 23 is.

If I made a film of the book I'm writing, it would be the soundtrack. It's like Bladerunner on ecstasy.

 

[The Groke]

OK. Then check out the Blonde Red head one at least.

http://open.spotify.com/album/3CRBMstrlbZNVWQjahQACl

Listening to some now.

Opening track sounds like Lush with added synths. No bad thing at all.