Oh wow, i had to check and yup, i remembered them from when they had the tiff with Moondog. Wow, isn't it odd what comes to mind when you thnk of an old band... well one you haven't listened to in decades.
in my case it came up in my car shuffle playlist (which currently includes about 3500 songs of all genres known to me). I know them via dEUS, where their singer used to play bass.
but yeah, definitely!
(oh and for those wondering: they used to be called Moondog Jr., – and that brought them some trouble with, well, Moondog.)
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(BTW, the whole Minimum Maximum DVD & album is absolute genius)
was lucky to see them live – twice
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The krautrock is just incredible, for example this song may literally be the soundtrack to an 80's arcade game, but it was released in 1975. The Germans of the 60/70s were ahead of their time.
Paul Barker's Lead Into Gold side project released an album a while ago. It's very old-school and his style which if you like it is aces!
I still listen to and really love the first album and this track is never far from my mind even decades later.
Some of my old favorites... that i still listen to.
I could fill posts and posts with tracks from this era and related labels.
... and the amazing "Phenobarb Bambalam" album by Chris connelly.
Such a diversion from his usual Devotion projects.
I still listen to and really love the first album and this track is never far from my mind even decades later.
Some of my old favorites... that i still listen to.
I could fill posts and posts with tracks from this era and related labels.
... and the amazing "Phenobarb Bambalam" album by Chris connelly.
Such a diversion from his usual Devotion projects.
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oh yeah, Krautrock was so far ahead, its nuts. It was such a revelation when I first listened to the likes of Can, Neu! and of course Kraftwerk (who even before they did electronic music made some massively interesting stuff), in the early 2000s.
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anyway, here's some RUSH
one of those songs I can listen to several times in a row
Claudio Rocchi was one of Italy's most gifted singers and musicians of the last century, but sadly he's almost unbelievably unknown. This 18-minute song was recorded when he was just 20 years old. The part from the 15th minute on is simply amazing.
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, BABY!!!!!!! 31 DAYS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG
my favourite by Green Day was "Warning"
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Obligatory: new Rolling Stones album
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new Within Temptation album:
(even tho this contains a bunch of stuff they had released prior)
put out my second full-length and direct companion piece to my debut out today!
bit of navel-gazing about it
fans of my last album should appreciate it even with its darker tone at times, and might be to the fancy of anyone who enjoys some jangly guitar jams with a touch of shoegaze, synth, electroacoustic experimentation, or sad lesbian choons
bit of navel-gazing about it
good friday to all, as best as can be had in such difficult and pain-stricken times. as your medic, it leaves me helpless to know i hold no answer nor cure for all that we find ourselves facing collectively and individually. uncertainty has always been something that weighs heavier on me than most
today, i have released a new album, "the inaccessible solitude of the sky". it is a companion piece to my prior full-length, "all that remained was the beating of our hearts", exploring a number of ideas i left behind on the cutting room floor and letting new sounds take shape beside them. i began work in february, and have since watched as things grew more unstable around me. the world is in pain. i left behind my home of the past 20 years and indeed the area i have known for most of my life. even the future of this very platform we share together has come into question. the music, themes, and story of the album were all coloured by this constant anxiety and feeling of instability
"the inaccessible solitude of the sky" follows from the hopeful outlook of "all that remained" with a heavier tone of introspection, but ends with the catharsis of a burning breast freed of burden. inspired by the finales of some favourite videogames of mine - dear esther and proteus - i envisioned approaching a cliff overseeing a howling ocean, spreading my arms, and taking flight. such deliverance became the framework for which the album owes itself significantly to
it is with this album that i hope you can find yourselves unfettered from what holds you heavy of heart and mind. with love, may it accompany you through your days and nights ahead
today, i have released a new album, "the inaccessible solitude of the sky". it is a companion piece to my prior full-length, "all that remained was the beating of our hearts", exploring a number of ideas i left behind on the cutting room floor and letting new sounds take shape beside them. i began work in february, and have since watched as things grew more unstable around me. the world is in pain. i left behind my home of the past 20 years and indeed the area i have known for most of my life. even the future of this very platform we share together has come into question. the music, themes, and story of the album were all coloured by this constant anxiety and feeling of instability
"the inaccessible solitude of the sky" follows from the hopeful outlook of "all that remained" with a heavier tone of introspection, but ends with the catharsis of a burning breast freed of burden. inspired by the finales of some favourite videogames of mine - dear esther and proteus - i envisioned approaching a cliff overseeing a howling ocean, spreading my arms, and taking flight. such deliverance became the framework for which the album owes itself significantly to
it is with this album that i hope you can find yourselves unfettered from what holds you heavy of heart and mind. with love, may it accompany you through your days and nights ahead
fans of my last album should appreciate it even with its darker tone at times, and might be to the fancy of anyone who enjoys some jangly guitar jams with a touch of shoegaze, synth, electroacoustic experimentation, or sad lesbian choons
Spotify Wrapped is available for 2023 (a year that apparently only has 11 months)
Unfortunately, its again ugly as sin, and lacking in detail; and of course, there is a discrepancy for me (and surely many others) since I dont listen to music only on Spotify.
For example, Spotify lists my top 5 artists as
1. Die Ärzte (played for 1680 minutes, doesnt give data for the others)
2. The Beatles
3. Iggy Pop
4. Calexico
5. Giant Sand
and top songs as:
1. Aphex Twin — Blackbox Life Recorder 21f (played 28 times; doesnt give data for the others)
2. Within Temptation — Wireless
3. Iggy Pop — Comments
4. Iggy Pop — The Regency
5. Iggy Pop — All the Way down
With LastFM, I get a better picture, with my top artists being the following: – data range is 2023–01–01 — 2023–30–11, which is most likely very close to Spotifys data range.
And my top 20 songs being:
And, for the fun of it, here's my top 20 albums – something SpotifyWrapped ignores:
Unfortunately, its again ugly as sin, and lacking in detail; and of course, there is a discrepancy for me (and surely many others) since I dont listen to music only on Spotify.
For example, Spotify lists my top 5 artists as
1. Die Ärzte (played for 1680 minutes, doesnt give data for the others)
2. The Beatles
3. Iggy Pop
4. Calexico
5. Giant Sand
and top songs as:
1. Aphex Twin — Blackbox Life Recorder 21f (played 28 times; doesnt give data for the others)
2. Within Temptation — Wireless
3. Iggy Pop — Comments
4. Iggy Pop — The Regency
5. Iggy Pop — All the Way down
With LastFM, I get a better picture, with my top artists being the following: – data range is 2023–01–01 — 2023–30–11, which is most likely very close to Spotifys data range.
| 1 | The Beatles | 1,186 scrobbles |
| 2 | Die Ärzte Large parts of their discography aren't on Spotify, and I also listen to a lot of their live recordings | 858 |
| 3 | Giant Sand | 326 |
| 4 | Iggy Pop | 304 |
| 5 | Calexico | 268 |
| 6 | Das Rage Notably, this band is not available on Spotify at all | 201 |
| 7 | Alphaville | 189 |
| 8 | Monochrome Side note: annoyingly some other artists uses that name as well, and their "brown noise" recordings show up in my feed all the time; while this band is inactive since 2014 | 188 |
| 9 | Within Temptation | 179 |
| 10 | New Order | 167 |
| 11 | Sparks | 165 |
| 12 | The Rolling Stones | 160 |
| 13 | Kylie Minogue | 143 |
| 14 | Aphex Twin | 140 |
| 15 | dEUS | 129 |
| 16 | Pet Shop Boys | 117 |
| 17 | Motorpsycho | 113 |
| 18 | Queens of the Stone Age | 109 |
| 19 | Taylor Swift | 98 |
| 20 | The Notwist | 86 |
And my top 20 songs being:
| 1 | Blackbox Life Recorder 21f | Aphex Twin | 28 scrobbles |
| 2 | Wireless | Within Temptation | 26 |
| 3 | Slučajno As mentioned, Das Rage aren't on Spotify, thats why these songs don't show up | Das Rage | 24 |
| 4 | Izdaja | Das Rage | 23 |
| 5 | Odustani | Das Rage | 23 |
| 6 | Ad astra | Das Rage | 22 |
| 7 | Hodaj | Das Rage | 22 |
| 8 | Sugarman | Das Rage | 22 |
| 9 | Comments | Iggy Pop | 22 |
| 10 | Now and Then I dunno why this didnt show up in the SpotifyWrapped, being above the Iggy songs. I only listened to this via Spotify (LastFM doesnt count the few Youtube plays of the music video) | The Beatles | 22 |
| 11 | The Regency | Iggy Pop | 21 |
| 12 | Cipele | Das Rage | 20 |
| 13 | All The Way Down | Iggy Pop | 19 |
| 14 | Strung Out Johnny | Iggy Pop | 19 |
| 15 | Padam Padam - Extended Mix | Kylie Minogue | 19 |
| 16 | Flowers | Miley Cyrus | 19 |
| 17 | Animate - 2004 Remaster | Rush | 19 |
| 18 | New Atlantis | Iggy Pop | 18 |
| 19 | Don't Pray For Me | Within Temptation | 18 |
| 20 | Morning Show | Iggy Pop | 17 |
And, for the fun of it, here's my top 20 albums – something SpotifyWrapped ignores:
| 1 | Every Loser (2023) | Iggy Pop | 191 scrobbles |
| 2 | The Beatles 1962 – 1966 (2023 Edition) | The Beatles | 180 |
| 3 | The Beatles 1967 – 1970 (2023 Edition) | The Beatles | 164 |
| 4 | Forever Young (Super Deluxe Edition; 2019 Remaster) (1984) | Alphaville | 158 |
| 5 | Dva i jedan protiv (2023) | Das Rage | 156 |
| 6 | The Beatles (1968) | The Beatles | 124 |
| 7 | Wir Wollen Nur Deine Seele (Live 1999) | Die Ärzte | 117 |
| 8 | Abbey Road (Super Deluxe Edition) (1969) | The Beatles | 114 |
| 9 | Provisions (2008) | Giant Sand | 100 |
| 10 | The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte (2023) | Sparks | 91 |
| 11 | Bleed Out (2023) | Within Temptation | 80 |
| 12 | Hackney Diamonds (2023) | The Rolling Stones | 76 |
| 13 | How To Replace It (2023) | dEUS | 68 |
| 14 | I Inside the Old Year Dying (2023) | PJ Harvey | 67 |
| 15 | Tension (Deluxe) (2023) | Kylie Minogue | 60 |
| 16 | Berlin Metropol 06.09.2022 (live recording) | Die Ärzte | 59 |
| 17 | Yay! (2023) | Motorpsycho | 59 |
| 18 | In Times New Roman... (2023) | Queens of the Stone Age | 57 |
| 19 | FFS (Deluxe Edition) (2015) | FFS | 56 |
| 20 | Post Pop Depression (2016) | Iggy Pop | 55 |
Alright so what music player are you all using? As much as I do like iTunes, I do want to have a separate player for all my lossless music.
Also, I promise Im not a cop, but do you guys pirate stuff? Is there any good places for that anymore? I miss waffles.
Spotify and Sayonara. I dont pirate anything; I have Spotify Premium, my vast CD & LP collection + buy stuff via Bandcamp occasionally (maybe more often again after Epic sold them off).
For lossless streaming, there is Tidal and Deezer, I think? Couldnt really tell you if there are others and how they compare.
For lossless purchasing, Bandcamp offers FLACs, but otherwise, unsure.
Alright so what music player are you all using? As much as I do like iTunes, I do want to have a separate player for all my lossless music.
Also, I promise Im not a cop, but do you guys pirate stuff? Is there any good places for that anymore? I miss waffles.
I'm using Foobar2000 usually. and if i did pirate anything i would use SLSK...not that i ever pirate anything or started my flac collection from there
