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  1. Random guess - the bit at 6min24s in Mu-ziqs 1 Hip 007 Phattest detuned lead ever
  2. Please record yourself humming the tune
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    I liked those books. They do what they do very well. Its like the authors are winking at us saying "OK we know its corny that historic events keep hinging on the actions of these same five characters but keeping the same characters going is what makes this whole 'book' thing interesting so just go with it ok?" Plus points of the Expanse books: - actually quite realistic depiction of what a colonised solar system might be like. e.g. people spending a fuck of a lot of time speedng up and slowing down on spaceships, a lot of time living in tunnels. - actually quite well thought through depiction of what politics would be like in that situation. Also what space combat would be like. - into that fairly realistic setup they throw a completely mental alien artifact which (as I read someone say somewhere) is actually one of the best sci-fi antagonists ever - I thought Holden was well written - heroic without being too badass - Good balance between each book being a book in itself while also moving the series along. You can see that they planned the whole thing out well in advance and it really pays off. - Same level of quality pretty much all the way through the series. Minus points: - For the expanse universe to work, you have to pretend that people would like the endless boring life-or-death maintenance that would be needed to keep the ships and habitats working. Several characters find out to their surprise that that endless maintenance is their life's calling and get really into it.
  4. 9 years later and the only soundscloud-bonanza track from 2015 that I listen to regularly is floating infinity. I know there were some other good ones in there but I can never remember which and its all too much to wade through, I always meant to go back and listen to them all again but never did. lol
  5. I was a big fan in the Lifeforms/ISDN era. Dead Cities and My Kingdom were my exit ramp, I kindof stopped following them after that. But I'm really digging Papua New Guinea Translations. And I guess by 'digging' I mean I put it on and get loads of work done and it lifts me along which is kindof my yardstick for a good album these days.
  6. Just discovered Papua New Guinea Translations from 2001 - each 'translation' is really a completely new track, and they all work together really well. I think it might be the most consistently good 'album' I've ever heard from them. (edit: and to fit the thread, heres purlieau's blog post about this one)
  7. But he did all that with the first two albums Since then he's tried to explore slightly different vibes but still reconignisably burial. I've bought random EPs from time to time, I like Kindred, Rival Dealer, Street Halo, Claustro, all that. And it seems like the tracks are actually 'about something', even if we can't discern what it is exactly. I like what burial does.
  8. I just stumbled across the Brothomstates EP which is from 2000 and pre-dates a lot of the other stuff. Its stripped down and crunchy, just gets on with it, I think its my new favourite brothomstates. Along with this of course:
  9. pitchfork was a very good name too, I'll give them that. brought to mind digging through tons on new music every day with a pitchfork, trying to find something interesting. Thats a really fucking good point. The original use of music reviews was to let you know whether it was worth walking down to Woolworths and buying the record. But now you can just instantly listen to whatever.
  10. Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8 (The Onion) “Coming in at an exhausting 7,000 years long, music is weighed down by a few too many mid-tempo tunes, most notably ‘Liebesträume No. 3 In A-Flat’ by Franz Liszt and ‘Closing Time’ by ’90s alt-rock group Semisonic,” Schreiber wrote. “In the end, though music can be brilliant at times, the whole medium comes off as derivative of Pavement.” ... “It’s elitism for the sake of elitism,” said Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke, who refuted Pitchfork’s middling rating, describing the entire art form as “transcendent.” “I’ve been listening to music for over 30 years, and it’s consistently some of the best stuff out there.” https://www.theonion.com/pitchfork-gives-music-6-8-1819569318
  11. This came out in 2023 but posting it because it didnt get a mention at the time https://3phaz.bandcamp.com/album/ends-meet Egyptian electronica, got mentioned in Pitchforks 'Best Electronic Music of 2023' article
  12. I was 11 when this came out. It was incredible. Such cool music, and such amazing use of documentary samples. It was very powerful. The A+R man, Ken Gunbaum, says: "Right at the end of the meeting, Paul said: 'Oh, did you see that documentary about Vietnam last week? I taped it and have been messing about with it.' He played us a very rough version of 19. When I heard that "N-n-n-nineteen" hook, I had a "What the heck?" moment. These were the early days of spoken-word sampling: the general public had never heard anything like it" Paul Hardcastle explains - "I used an Emu Emulator, an early type of sampler that had a two-second limit when it came to doing samples. That's why the hook was "N-n-n-nineteen". It was the only bit of the narrative that made sense in two seconds." To me as an 11 year old this record sounded like it was from another planet. Who made it? Why did they make it? Nothing got explained and there was nowhere to look that sort of info up. But here was this amazing track. Hit me up with some other cool Paul Hardcastle tracks, I don't know much of his stuff
  13. My favourite scene from Good Omens (season 1) "how kind."
  14. I guess I've seen this track mentioned here and there but I'd never quite clocked that it's not part of the SAW II CD, was only on the vinyl. So I'd never properly looked it up. Hence its only today, nearly 30 years after I first bought Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 on CD that I actually heard the track. Its really beautiful. (The youtube comments here are actually worth reading, its like a shrine or place of meditation) Track officially available for the last few years as digital on the Aphex Twin warp store - track 19
  15. Cuckoo, from nearly 30 years ago Cuckoo at 0:30 when all the main elements kick in the first time Cuckoo at 3:40 with the snare rush, reverb and rhythm change
  16. That one that goes: boing BOING boi boi boing BOING boi boi boing boing-boing-BOING-boing
  17. Posting a list of a billion things is cheating, you have to choose top 5 or top 3 or something Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities - James Holden ^ founds lots of new stuff this year but this is the only one that was actually, like, new
  18. It makes sense, same way you cant divide by zero See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetospheric_eternally_collapsing_object
  19. Vince Clark! Of Depeche Mode, of Erasure, of Yazoo! Its interesting how he set himself some restrictions for this album - Each track is "based on a single note that is held throughout the composition" - and he only used the Eurorack synth. I've seen it popping up on a few 'best of 2023' lists. It varies a lot, some of the tracks are more ambient/droney his album from 10 years ago with Martin Gore as VCMG is also worth checking out, kindof hard techno but quality when you really spend time with it
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