modey Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 i've been really getting into trying to make electronic music sound more 'natural' lately, i haven't heard much else that is like that, except for 70s electronic stuff where it was unavoidable due to technology limitations. is there much in the way of electronic music that exploits the cloudy, lofi sound of having too many effects in a chain, while still retaining melodic sensibilities? if so, post some! example: http://pselodux.bandcamp.com/track/ntiner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 song wouldn't play for me for some reason but here's some lo fi ish stuff i've been digging http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_oNzk1q8F8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDryU0_FZw also you might like some chillwave, i'm hooked on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvAxnvtyC3o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PL-aqW0HD4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2D-4niMueo as far as making stuff sound more natural, i've heard good things about mastering with a VCR - adds a nice bit of noisy warmth and a buttload of weird vhs compression. and you can get some interesting effects by maxing out the dBs into the VCR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 awesome. thanks for the recommendations! yeah i forgot about chillwave, i've got neon indian's album 'psychic chasms', that comes close to what i'm after. and good call re: mastering to vhs. i was thinking of mastering to cheap audio cassette, but vhs might be a bit better. i love tape compression, regardless. i need to find an old tape recorder though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richy Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 http://soundcloud.com/games/midi-drift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s39joCPL9Nc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 you might like some stuff by Nommo Ogo, they are a live oriented synthesizer ensemble group that is more inspired by the process of old 70s electronic music than pure retro fetishism reconstruction of the 70s/80s like com truise or zombi. also check out Strange Life records, Legowelt's label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkaholic Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3k5UeRPTM4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVyZxvUlPc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 might be some nudity up in here and I am willing to bet you will dig these Mr Mode E! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aN0JQcAsrc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txUwrNdoqNw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRRgjZnRoFs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jOqKwpk-Ak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvTMFxZ0SAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdfH_C-CJgc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhM1wq0A4bE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonstock Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 how to dress well - love remains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 nice youtube link there bud.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blag Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 If you mean like Boards of Canada type hazy lo-fi-ness then all I can suggest are Lone and Bibio. Both artists are on the saturated sunshine psychedelia vibe, beautifully filmic and sepia-tinged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascdi Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I really like the Hatchback album on Lo. Sounds a bit like Plone, in a good way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecharlie Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Awesome thread, I've got some listening to do! Nachtsmeer has some good stuff on his webpage that definitely has an early electronica vibe. Many of these sound like background music from early 80s b movies (in a good kind of way). Alien8 was released by Skam, and is one of the hidden gems in their catalog... too bad the full length album never materialized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy_politics Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Someone posted Matrix Metals a while back with a different (great) video that seems to have disappeared now, but this is the official one: [vimeo]8965524[/vimeo] as far as making stuff sound more natural, i've heard good things about mastering with a VCR - adds a nice bit of noisy warmth and a buttload of weird vhs compression. and you can get some interesting effects by maxing out the dBs into the VCR Yep, but you might need to try out a few different machines. Many later machines don't give you the option of using the linear mono track (which is where the action really is), and they all have different limiters and gain structures. I've been through quite a few decks and they all sound very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 awesome. thanks for the recommendations! yeah i forgot about chillwave, i've got neon indian's album 'psychic chasms', that comes close to what i'm after. and good call re: mastering to vhs. i was thinking of mastering to cheap audio cassette, but vhs might be a bit better. i love tape compression, regardless. i need to find an old tape recorder though! More "chillwave" or hypnagogic pop/glo-fi/whatever...I dunno, I agree with Awepittance's discription. If you dug Neon Indian, I'd recommend these (though I actually don't like Neon Indian that much) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSRXbj-mYKc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DkslcOhytU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxhLiNypVU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fC8UY2jRJI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_WBAlp69bU ^didn't need more Small Black in this thread, but I really dig this track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Does it have to be recent electronic music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kichiguy Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Broadcast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisforawesome Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNrexCxTOv4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 might be some nudity up in here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aN0JQcAsrc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txUwrNdoqNw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRRgjZnRoFs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jOqKwpk-Ak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvTMFxZ0SAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdfH_C-CJgc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhM1wq0A4bE repeated for lack of notice, these tracks are fucking amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 repeated for lack of notice, these tracks are fucking amazing yeah sorry i haven't really had the time to check these out, but yeah there's some great stuff there. and in this thread in general! nothing quite like what i had in mind but pretty close. especially that K2 track. a friend recently introduced me to sun araw, i'll have to give it a listen. and the last track in your post is pretty great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 good post atop. i'm all about hype williams, james ferraro etc, matrix metals. and most of the loads of self released lo-fi cassette drone/hypnogogia is generally surprisingly enjoyable. modey if you liked the K2 check out james ferraro. i'm pretty sure that dude has made shitloads of music that more or less sounds the same as that. Pixarni is a recent 2010 one that i thought was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am_RxW1NmcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QdPBmHHnec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sine Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I love the hype williams track atop,nice choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peptobismol Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 good post atop. i'm all about hype williams, james ferraro etc, matrix metals. and most of the loads of self released lo-fi cassette drone/hypnogogia is generally surprisingly enjoyable. modey if you liked the K2 check out james ferraro. i'm pretty sure that dude has made shitloads of music that more or less sounds the same as that. Pixarni is a recent 2010 one that i thought was pretty good. james f and his skating buddy spencer clarke are exactly what i came into this thread to recommend - glad to see someone already got there. jimmy's probably my favourite artist releasing music at the moment. they're great live, too, and very friendly guys. talk to spence about the coconuts in pacific city and watch his eyes lite up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 http://soundcloud.com/nevenen/accidents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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