HJ-Dune Walker
Cadet
I'm up late listening to my own eclectic taste of odd music, so this thread just sorta came to me.
What really unusual music do you folks like? Stuff that's weird. Stuff that's really obscure, maybe. What're some of your guiltiest pleasures? The songs that technically fall into a genre you hate, but you can't help but love.
My tastes are unusual, even for being such an oddball as I am. I prefer instrumental music generally, but I too have my quirky likes and dislikes, so here's an unordered list, just pulled from the top of my head.
Right then! Your turn folks!
*grins*
~Dune Walker~
What really unusual music do you folks like? Stuff that's weird. Stuff that's really obscure, maybe. What're some of your guiltiest pleasures? The songs that technically fall into a genre you hate, but you can't help but love.
My tastes are unusual, even for being such an oddball as I am. I prefer instrumental music generally, but I too have my quirky likes and dislikes, so here's an unordered list, just pulled from the top of my head.
- Dubstep - So these's this show on BBC Radio, used to be called The Breezeblock, transformed into BBC Radio 1 Experimental. Lots of crazy electronic music, lots of different sounds, and this crazy stuff they call dubstep. I've given up on putting electric music in genres these days, because they all overlap, but whatever the heck I'm listening to, I happen to love it for some reason.
- The Clientele - More music from Britain, these chaps have been described as the aural equivalent of coming down off acid in a cardboard box in a backalley in Bristol. I wouldn't know, but I do know I love their aetherial, 1960's inspired dream music. Very surreal, often thought provoking, nostolgic in a somewhat longing, and quite moving, way.
- The Boards of Canada - A duo that are actually from Scotland, their style is a unique blend of sounds, inspired by the tone, texture, warmth, and surreal quality of 1970's television audio. Weird, but excellent stuff. Lots of purposefully hidden number ciphers, vocoding, reverse sound clips, and other things to feed your inner paranoia.
- Nerdcore Hip-Hop - Rap made awesome for the internet age. If you take pride in your geekiness, look up artists like MC Frontalot, MC Chris, and Optimus Rhyme for a start. Great stuff, so long as you are nerdy enough to understand the humor and references.
- MONO - I know very little about this group, in fact, I've only heard one single song of theirs, but I do know that they are Japanese, incredibly loud in concert, and very, very talented. The one song I have reminds me of the soundtrack for some incredible cinematic scene, with a slow, dark, constantly building and evolving ascent. It takes three and a half minutes for the main theme to be introduced, but you honestly are so wrapped up in it that you don't notice. It keeps building, gaining terrifying ferocity and strength, dies down, rebuilds, and leaves one haunted and desperate for more.
- Overclocked Remixes - Not your standard "remixers", these guys are a top notch musical team of dozens of "musical rearrangement" collaborators, all dedicated to one goal: celebrating video game music, while simultaneously proving that it is just as viable a musical form as any other. They have thousands of songs inspired by hundreds of different game soundtracks, and their standards are very high, so they're all incredibly good.
- Old School Rap/Hip Hop - Everything from Soul By The Pound, to Gorillas In The Mist, to Express Yourself. Yes, I know, but certain songs appeal to me in odd ways.
Right then! Your turn folks!
*grins*
~Dune Walker~