I predominately listen to varieties of electronica. I've loved the genre ever since I first heard Sandstorm in the early 2000's, and have dived deeply to find exactly how expressive you can make music with synthesizers and mixers.
Drum & Bass has been the style I've listened to the most, although that has shifted slightly over time. Artists I enjoy range from the classic Pendulum (1)(2) to the maybe less well known Flite and Rameses B. The best channel I've found for keeping up with this subgenre has been Liquicity. They have a yearly mix of many hits from that year, which releases around December, and are great for a sort of "review" of the style.
Following along to D&B is another style I've listened to a lot over the years as a sort of relaxation music. It's still electronica, but captures an entirely different mood. I guess I would file it under 'ambient,' or 'atmospheric.' Tracks like Zacy's Uranus (strong GitS vibes) and DreamstateLogic's Earthbound give me a very enjoyable 'drifting in space' feeling. I find them great for driving and keeping something on in the background when doing various chores or other involved work. Other artists include Jaja,Endeleas, and Und1fin3d.
Powerwolf is a Werewolf RP Christian-themed metal band. I enjoy some of their work, but it's not my preferred genre. Audible lyrics, great melodies. (1)(2)
Finally, I absolutely love choral music, but it's very hard to find any that "sound right" to my ear. Certain songs like this one or this one stick out to me. They have excellent harmonies, but don't have the sort of droning sound that seems to develop in chants that go on for too long. Hard to describe well.
It is a widely varied genre, and I'm not nearly as informed or encyclopedic as I'd like to be, but if I had to listen to only one type of music for the rest of my life, it would be this one. My first time at a roller rink was a transcendental moment for me. I couldn't believe they made music that sounded like that. It was suffering knowing that none of my local radio stations played anything like it. Lots of classic rock and classical, country, some Top 40's stuff, but electronica was nowhere to be found. The internet and Kazaa/Limewire changed everything.
There is so much to explore in electronica. I really dig Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, and that kind of stuff but lately have been listening to a lot of D&B. This led me to what the youtube crowd calls breakcore which uses the amen break a lot but it's not really a hard rule. From there, I found hardtekk/frenchcore, which is not new by any means, but I never came across it before. It, kind of like hardstyle, is often written off as generic trash but there is some really great stuff there. Heavy bass aside, it can get straight up emotional
Drum & Bass has been the style I've listened to the most, although that has shifted slightly over time. [Examples]
If you like the kind of stuff you linked in this paragraph, then you would really like the OST of The Adventures of Batman & Robin for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, one of the few titles where the audio hardware was pushed to its limits.
The 3rd song in the list (titled "Big Boss") is basically 90s EDM or Techno, and will put out a lot of bass if you let it.
It's hard to believe this kind of thing was possible on that system. If I heard this by itself I would have suspected it came from some aspiring artist who liked the old fashioned sounds of the NES/SEGA era and recreated it on modern equipment. Thank you for the recommendation. Big Boss definitely has good legs, I like it.
If you'll indulge me one more time, I also recommend the soundtrack for Robotron 64 (N64) for the same reasons. The soundtracks really gets hardcore (for electronic music) as you get toward the later levels, as in you could take full advantage of a subwoofer when playing some of these tracks.
Alternatively, the PS1 version (titled "Robotron X", basically the same game) has a somewhat cleaner sound in exchange for most, but not all, of the N64 tracks being swapped out.
Consider yourself indulged! Both of these OSTs are great, but I think they're ultimately too hard for my recurring listening. I missed out on a lot of cool soundtracks from the early video game era simply by virtue of being too young to afford them myself. I'm glad there are archivers and fans who have them available for me to catch up.
I find I've got broad tastes too for the most part, and I always enjoy some Gunship to go with my Midnight. Definitely not the same, but definitely enjoyable.
That said, I did get to see The Midnight live earlier this year, and it was absolutely awesome. For what is usually more relaxing and chill, they brought the energy to really make it worth while for a live experience and dialled it up. And Vampires was awesome live. Would absolutely recommend if you get the chance.
For the most part I listen to rap but beside that I usually listen to instrumental rock like Joe Satriani or Shaun Lane or progressive rock/metal like Haken or Deep Purple.
I had a revival of interest in music (metal exclusively) just after the pandemic shenanigans but sad to say it's died off a bit, which might coincide with me feeling stressed and stuck in a rut lately. Still, even though I'm not feeling as inspired as I was, I remain impressed on a technical level by how much death metal bands have stepped up their playing beyond what I thought was possible. With drumming in particular, 10 years ago I feel like nobody was playing as fast and skilled as some of these guys are now.
Archspire - Drone Corpse aviator. Archspire and Vitriol (below) might be old news to some but they're new discoveries to me across the past year or so, as I caught up on things. Archspire have become a bit of a guilty pleasure, guilty because they're way more melodic than I'm normally comfortable with, but they camouflage it under the absurd drumming and vocals. Guess that's another way of saying this is as tuneful as these links will get. Without the drumming they wouldn't really be my thing but at the same time it's easy to fall into a trap of listening to nothing else, because they're so catchy.
Vitriol - Shame and its Afterbirth Still not quite up my alley, but pretty sick. I bought their latest album basically on the strength of this track alone. It turned out to be the best on the album, although the drummer pulls off some more impressive Archspire-tier stuff elsewhere compared to this track. Superb solo makes the song.
Origin - Heat Death Fiending for more single stroke snare rolls at this stage, I remembered John Longstreth. So I bought the last Origin album sight unseen, because why not. He's drumming better than ever too. Album was merely all right, great track though.
Nile - Stelae of Vultures Glimpsing at the thumbnails of a metal reviews youtuber revealed that a new Nile album's out. 20 years ago I used to love this band like nothing else, but IMO they changed a lot and lost me along the way - in fact there are several albums in the last decade I didn't even check. But I gave this album a shot and was once again blown away by a top tier drummer (George Kollias) somehow having gotten even better. This is the first track and I like it, but for some reason I haven't been able to get through the whole album yet without my attention wandering, could just be old age and a ruined attention span.
So my enthusiasm for music atm is more limited to being impressed by technical prowess, moreso than is characteristic for me anyway since I also swing the other direction and appreciate minimalistic black metal. I haven't found something I can really evangelise to the level of Absu's comeback album in 2021 which I still go back to practically weekly. I'd love another album from that lineup but won't hold my breath. On the black metal side, last thing that really reached me was Hate Forest - Innermost - I also caught up on that guy's non-Drudkh side projects including Windswept, under which he penned the very memorable title Disgusting Breed of Hagglers.
My current top three are Darren Korb, Marty Robbins, and Daddyphatsnaps.
Darren makes the music for all the Supergiant Games games and even if you have issue with the games themselves the soundtracks are worth a listen. Especially Bastion's.
Marty Robbins is just scratching an itch to die out in the West somewhere that has been growing with age.
And DPS is the only guy around making bops for my niggas Carnage and Yujiro. Just a fat mexican doing what mexicans do best and geeking out over DBZ and other weeb shit like its real shit. Broly is the shit that hypes me to lift.
Firehouse Five Plus Two - dixie jazz band - Some of Disneys animators formed the band during their off hours and would actually do performances in Disneyland at the Golden Horseshoe.
https://youtu.be/5weIsODlrtk
This weekend I've been drifting back to listening to classical music as background noise as I work on building small mods for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. There's just something about pure instrumental music that lends itself to the focus needed to dig into more technically demanding work.
Also, memetastic garbage in my native language. This one's about fat chicks. It starts with a soundbite from Red Dwarf:
Lister: You know what I'd like right now?
Rimmer: A big fat chick with thighs like a hippo.
The rest of the song is about how the singer loves to have sex with obese women, and it's fucking hilarious. The chorus goes "OH I LOOOOVE FAT BROADS, SWEATY, TOO"
still Beast in Black, Powerwolf, Sabaton
#MeToo.
All today, in fact.
Beast in Black was such a good find. I also appreciated how they dedicated their third album to Kentaro Miura when he passed.
I predominately listen to varieties of electronica. I've loved the genre ever since I first heard Sandstorm in the early 2000's, and have dived deeply to find exactly how expressive you can make music with synthesizers and mixers.
Drum & Bass has been the style I've listened to the most, although that has shifted slightly over time. Artists I enjoy range from the classic Pendulum (1) (2) to the maybe less well known Flite and Rameses B. The best channel I've found for keeping up with this subgenre has been Liquicity. They have a yearly mix of many hits from that year, which releases around December, and are great for a sort of "review" of the style.
Following along to D&B is another style I've listened to a lot over the years as a sort of relaxation music. It's still electronica, but captures an entirely different mood. I guess I would file it under 'ambient,' or 'atmospheric.' Tracks like Zacy's Uranus (strong GitS vibes) and DreamstateLogic's Earthbound give me a very enjoyable 'drifting in space' feeling. I find them great for driving and keeping something on in the background when doing various chores or other involved work. Other artists include Jaja, Endeleas, and Und1fin3d.
Thirdly, the one I've been drifting into a lot thanks to my discovery of the channels NewRetroWave, Electronic Gems, and Definition of Chill; Synthwave. It started with my discovery of Makeup and Vanity Set around 2015, and that shifted through various recommended videos until I stumbled upon the NRW channel, which led to seeing commenters recommending other channels. The three I mentioned above are the ones I decided give me the best of the style. NINA - Beyond Memory, the inimitable HOME - Resonance, and Youth 83 - Strange Encounters
Powerwolf is a Werewolf RP Christian-themed metal band. I enjoy some of their work, but it's not my preferred genre. Audible lyrics, great melodies. (1) (2)
Finally, I absolutely love choral music, but it's very hard to find any that "sound right" to my ear. Certain songs like this one or this one stick out to me. They have excellent harmonies, but don't have the sort of droning sound that seems to develop in chants that go on for too long. Hard to describe well.
I'll definitely look through that. I don't listen to electronica often, and I'm not super familiar, but I've enjoyed some of it.
It is a widely varied genre, and I'm not nearly as informed or encyclopedic as I'd like to be, but if I had to listen to only one type of music for the rest of my life, it would be this one. My first time at a roller rink was a transcendental moment for me. I couldn't believe they made music that sounded like that. It was suffering knowing that none of my local radio stations played anything like it. Lots of classic rock and classical, country, some Top 40's stuff, but electronica was nowhere to be found. The internet and Kazaa/Limewire changed everything.
There is so much to explore in electronica. I really dig Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, and that kind of stuff but lately have been listening to a lot of D&B. This led me to what the youtube crowd calls breakcore which uses the amen break a lot but it's not really a hard rule. From there, I found hardtekk/frenchcore, which is not new by any means, but I never came across it before. It, kind of like hardstyle, is often written off as generic trash but there is some really great stuff there. Heavy bass aside, it can get straight up emotional
The more you dig in to it the more there is.
If you like the kind of stuff you linked in this paragraph, then you would really like the OST of The Adventures of Batman & Robin for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, one of the few titles where the audio hardware was pushed to its limits.
The 3rd song in the list (titled "Big Boss") is basically 90s EDM or Techno, and will put out a lot of bass if you let it.
It's hard to believe this kind of thing was possible on that system. If I heard this by itself I would have suspected it came from some aspiring artist who liked the old fashioned sounds of the NES/SEGA era and recreated it on modern equipment. Thank you for the recommendation. Big Boss definitely has good legs, I like it.
If you'll indulge me one more time, I also recommend the soundtrack for Robotron 64 (N64) for the same reasons. The soundtracks really gets hardcore (for electronic music) as you get toward the later levels, as in you could take full advantage of a subwoofer when playing some of these tracks.
Alternatively, the PS1 version (titled "Robotron X", basically the same game) has a somewhat cleaner sound in exchange for most, but not all, of the N64 tracks being swapped out.
Consider yourself indulged! Both of these OSTs are great, but I think they're ultimately too hard for my recurring listening. I missed out on a lot of cool soundtracks from the early video game era simply by virtue of being too young to afford them myself. I'm glad there are archivers and fans who have them available for me to catch up.
Hold Your Colour is the shit. I also love that Pendulum remix of Voodoo People by Prodigy. The video too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQEBzauVIlA
Oh and Propane Nightmares, when they kinda branched out into pop-rock or whatever it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPbeEtjo70g
I enjoyed the soundtrack that Makeup and Vanity Set did for the game Brigador
I just gave it a listen, it's great! I can definitely hear their style in it.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Nice!
To start things off:
FEUERSCHWANZ - Warriors Of The World (Manowar Cover)
Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great.
Beast in Black - One Night in Tokyo.
NEFFEX - Fight Back.
My tastes are pretty broad, but I've been stuck on listening The Midnight while driving as of late, if I've a mind for actual music.
It's basically part of the New Retro Wave - bands that are basically going straight 80s style, albeit with a slight modern twist.
I find I've got broad tastes too for the most part, and I always enjoy some Gunship to go with my Midnight. Definitely not the same, but definitely enjoyable.
That said, I did get to see The Midnight live earlier this year, and it was absolutely awesome. For what is usually more relaxing and chill, they brought the energy to really make it worth while for a live experience and dialled it up. And Vampires was awesome live. Would absolutely recommend if you get the chance.
Reminds me of : Kavinsky - Nightcall
https://youtu.be/MV_3Dpw-BRY
Blue Oyster Cult: The Symbol Remains (2020)
(I hope it starts at 00:00)
Ah, the great white underbellies. Saw them at a little club just north of San Diego back in the 80's
Thank you for the link, I didn't know they had newer stuff
There is yet another just out! Mostly Buck (says the description) but they're still at it after all these years.
Good songs too!
Ghost Stories
...tempted to say tom macdonald just to be a smartass, but I'll behave, lol
been listening to both versions of convoy (movie's not bad either) https://www.bitchute.com/video/rYgphgyCKtSL https://www.bitchute.com/video/evD6RZPEZlcR
six days on the road (sawyer brown cover of the dave dudley song)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/Ery3ecpUWyUa
listened to kickstart my heart by motley krue the other day
https://www.bitchute.com/video/20nSmsbh4wVt
...and I think I wanna listen to primal scream... dunno why, just sounds good...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neq4QhMtNFY
Miner's Silver Ghost.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive.
Revelation.
Breakfast in Hell.
Megadeth - Die Dead Enough
!Cube - Deuterium
Helloween - If I Could Fly
Old Ones - The Shaman
Cimerion - Contresort
Cimerion - Vers La Montagne Noir
Mega Drive - Flashback
Master Mind - Horyuji Temple
Lately? Booster Patrol. They're hilarious.
Besides that classical music of various types. Been digging some Handel and Brahms recently.
For the most part I listen to rap but beside that I usually listen to instrumental rock like Joe Satriani or Shaun Lane or progressive rock/metal like Haken or Deep Purple.
If you like instrumental rock like Satriani… have you heard Intervals, Chon, Polyphia, or Nuclear Power Trio?
I know of Intervals, Chon, Polyphia but never have really listened to their music. Too much music to listen to. I shall sometime.
I doubt any of you listen to stuff like this, but Pat Martino: https://youtu.be/9rfTrS1hEFI
Aenimus -Inertia
https://youtu.be/5XYoGGHZVzg?si=hyD3w_g0ixgZ8QY0
Nice. Growlier than I prefer my vocals, but the instruments go hard, very satisfying.
If you like metal/metalcore, Moodring is really good. Supposedly coming out with a new album in the next few months.
Good friend of mine was big into Primus in high school. He passed recently so I have been listening to them in his honor.
DMV
The Toys GO Winding Down
Here Come The Bastards
Is It Luck?
John the Revelator.
Devil and the Huntsman. (+ Run Londinium.)
Rap Phenomena.
At this moment? Dune Spice Opera by Master Boot Record, on loop.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgDDOWH_pk
I blame that on listening to Keygen Church's Tenebere Russo Sanguine earlier. Woke a taste for crunchy synth organ that wouldn't quit.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=L5q4uYj-gyg
Earlier, Not Our Day to Die by Karliene:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=12xQJ1Gn3pk
Which brought me back to Colm McGuinness's rendition of Foggy Dew:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tKCPkYxFw8E
Honorable mention: Glow by APOC
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=JetzoIENMVY
Nice.
I had a revival of interest in music (metal exclusively) just after the pandemic shenanigans but sad to say it's died off a bit, which might coincide with me feeling stressed and stuck in a rut lately. Still, even though I'm not feeling as inspired as I was, I remain impressed on a technical level by how much death metal bands have stepped up their playing beyond what I thought was possible. With drumming in particular, 10 years ago I feel like nobody was playing as fast and skilled as some of these guys are now.
Archspire - Drone Corpse aviator. Archspire and Vitriol (below) might be old news to some but they're new discoveries to me across the past year or so, as I caught up on things. Archspire have become a bit of a guilty pleasure, guilty because they're way more melodic than I'm normally comfortable with, but they camouflage it under the absurd drumming and vocals. Guess that's another way of saying this is as tuneful as these links will get. Without the drumming they wouldn't really be my thing but at the same time it's easy to fall into a trap of listening to nothing else, because they're so catchy.
Vitriol - Shame and its Afterbirth Still not quite up my alley, but pretty sick. I bought their latest album basically on the strength of this track alone. It turned out to be the best on the album, although the drummer pulls off some more impressive Archspire-tier stuff elsewhere compared to this track. Superb solo makes the song.
Origin - Heat Death Fiending for more single stroke snare rolls at this stage, I remembered John Longstreth. So I bought the last Origin album sight unseen, because why not. He's drumming better than ever too. Album was merely all right, great track though.
Nile - Stelae of Vultures Glimpsing at the thumbnails of a metal reviews youtuber revealed that a new Nile album's out. 20 years ago I used to love this band like nothing else, but IMO they changed a lot and lost me along the way - in fact there are several albums in the last decade I didn't even check. But I gave this album a shot and was once again blown away by a top tier drummer (George Kollias) somehow having gotten even better. This is the first track and I like it, but for some reason I haven't been able to get through the whole album yet without my attention wandering, could just be old age and a ruined attention span.
So my enthusiasm for music atm is more limited to being impressed by technical prowess, moreso than is characteristic for me anyway since I also swing the other direction and appreciate minimalistic black metal. I haven't found something I can really evangelise to the level of Absu's comeback album in 2021 which I still go back to practically weekly. I'd love another album from that lineup but won't hold my breath. On the black metal side, last thing that really reached me was Hate Forest - Innermost - I also caught up on that guy's non-Drudkh side projects including Windswept, under which he penned the very memorable title Disgusting Breed of Hagglers.
San Francisco Gay Men’s Choir :
https://youtu.be/ArOQF4kadHA
My current top three are Darren Korb, Marty Robbins, and Daddyphatsnaps.
Darren makes the music for all the Supergiant Games games and even if you have issue with the games themselves the soundtracks are worth a listen. Especially Bastion's.
Marty Robbins is just scratching an itch to die out in the West somewhere that has been growing with age.
And DPS is the only guy around making bops for my niggas Carnage and Yujiro. Just a fat mexican doing what mexicans do best and geeking out over DBZ and other weeb shit like its real shit. Broly is the shit that hypes me to lift.
I mainly listen to older stuff. Recently been listening some older blues and country like Hank Sr., Carter Danily, or Robert Johnson
Good Morning World (opening theme from Dr. Stone) - https://youtu.be/yQEUGxngQN4
Mixed Nutes (opening theme from SpyxFamily) - https://youtu.be/U_rWZK_8vUY
Firehouse Five Plus Two - dixie jazz band - Some of Disneys animators formed the band during their off hours and would actually do performances in Disneyland at the Golden Horseshoe. https://youtu.be/5weIsODlrtk
”Classical”-ish, Variations on Frank Bridge, by John Britten
Thesaurus Rex (Scam Song). Random find the other day. Good pump me up song.
Harvey Danger, later albums, not just Flagpole Sitta. “Wine, Women, and Song” .. “Pike St / Park Slope” … “Happiness Writes White”
Benji Hughes, Vibe So Hot, I With With Some Fiends to See the Flaming Lips, The Mummy, etc.
p.s. loved seeing The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down on here! Great song. I love that live performance video. Also Marty Robbins. Great.
This weekend I've been drifting back to listening to classical music as background noise as I work on building small mods for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. There's just something about pure instrumental music that lends itself to the focus needed to dig into more technically demanding work.
I mostly listen to memetastic garbage
Anya Nami - Bread
Also, memetastic garbage in my native language. This one's about fat chicks. It starts with a soundbite from Red Dwarf:
The rest of the song is about how the singer loves to have sex with obese women, and it's fucking hilarious. The chorus goes "OH I LOOOOVE FAT BROADS, SWEATY, TOO"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9m2zKYlq2A
A collection of emotional anime music that used to be an hour long but got copyrighted so its only 17 minutes long now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaJoDAXkSMw&list=PLtq4PZsthh_FNplEW5vhgmT9YHoaLz-IO&index=1