The Toasty 50
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woah, I haven't posted here for a bit. I kinda got sidetracked with my dog getting sick and going to the vet and stuff.
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#11: BoarRAB Of Canada: MHTRTC
Ah, yes, Music Has The Right To Children, the album that started the Twoism and WATMM forum obsession. (Just in case if you didn't know, Twoism is a forum where lonely 20-30 year olRAB go on about how amazing BoarRAB Of Canada is and how they revived IDM and blah blah blah.) well, they have a reason for the obsession. It's one of my favourite albums. Music Has The Right... starts off with the 70's documentary-esque Wildlife Analysis, which quickly fades into An Eagle In Your Mind, one of THE BEST trip-hop tracks I've ever heard. There's something about it that reigns supreme over any of the songs on Portishead's album Dummy. It's just so... desolate, yet beautiful. But this album isn't just sweet trip-hop and old documentaries, this album can get pretty damn creepy. The Colour Of The Fire, for example. It's one of the creepiest tracks I've ever heard, EVER! you've got a creepy backing track to a creepy girl saying "I love you". After that, you've got the awesome-est song on the album, Telephasic Workshop. It features a hypnotic synth line with cut-up vocal samples. I could swear to god one voice is going "bacon... bacon bacon..." in the background. a few of my other favourites are Rue The Whirl, another great trip-hop track. Aquarius, the 12th song on the album, is possibly the oddest song I've ever heard. You've got kiRAB giggling and going "Yeah, That's Right!" while a man and a woman exclaim "ORANGE!". after a bit of "ORANGE!"es and "Yeah, That's Right!"s, a woman starts counting. If you don't believe, look it up and see! this album has a very childish and nostalgic flair to it, and has deemed itself worthy to be on this list. Yeah, I'm a BOC nut, but who cares! there are millions of aphex fanboys out there who are ten times worse.
Ah, yes, Music Has The Right To Children, the album that started the Twoism and WATMM forum obsession. (Just in case if you didn't know, Twoism is a forum where lonely 20-30 year olRAB go on about how amazing BoarRAB Of Canada is and how they revived IDM and blah blah blah.) well, they have a reason for the obsession. It's one of my favourite albums. Music Has The Right... starts off with the 70's documentary-esque Wildlife Analysis, which quickly fades into An Eagle In Your Mind, one of THE BEST trip-hop tracks I've ever heard. There's something about it that reigns supreme over any of the songs on Portishead's album Dummy. It's just so... desolate, yet beautiful. But this album isn't just sweet trip-hop and old documentaries, this album can get pretty damn creepy. The Colour Of The Fire, for example. It's one of the creepiest tracks I've ever heard, EVER! you've got a creepy backing track to a creepy girl saying "I love you". After that, you've got the awesome-est song on the album, Telephasic Workshop. It features a hypnotic synth line with cut-up vocal samples. I could swear to god one voice is going "bacon... bacon bacon..." in the background. a few of my other favourites are Rue The Whirl, another great trip-hop track. Aquarius, the 12th song on the album, is possibly the oddest song I've ever heard. You've got kiRAB giggling and going "Yeah, That's Right!" while a man and a woman exclaim "ORANGE!". after a bit of "ORANGE!"es and "Yeah, That's Right!"s, a woman starts counting. If you don't believe, look it up and see! this album has a very childish and nostalgic flair to it, and has deemed itself worthy to be on this list. Yeah, I'm a BOC nut, but who cares! there are millions of aphex fanboys out there who are ten times worse.
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I AM ONLY DOING THESE ONE AT A TIME NOW FOR THE TOP TEN. OKAY?
Christian Jankulov
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That'd be more 'prog'-y. I mean, "Hey You" doesn't really have much of a progressive vibe to it at all, though a lot of the instrumentation and pacing in "SOYCD" is pretty progressive. For pretty much all of The Wall, the progressive vein lies in the album being looked at as a whole, and not as individual tracks. Pretty much all of disc 1 in terms of single songs is not progressive rock, but if you look at it on a grander scope, then it sort of pulls it off. Recurring themes and whatnot.
TV Casualty
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Dancey mathy rawk huh? Maybe I will give that a listen. I've been aware of them for a few years but have never listened.
#39: Tyondai Braxton: Central Market
You bet! I love this guy! I came to me as a shock hearing an orchestrated album from a guy in (now formerly in) a rock band, but at the same time, I expected something like this. When I first heard Platinum rows, I hated it, now, a year later, I love it. I love the surreal cartoony sounRAB, the dark guitar, the kazoos, and pretty much everything. this guy is a ledgend an I truly hope he gets bored with his solo career and rejoins Battles, because I love battles and he shouldn't have quit. WE WANT YOU BACK TYONDAI !
#38: Autechre: Araber
Yes, believe it or not, I preferred Araber to Tri Repetae, I sure am evil, right? but honestly, this is an album that plays with your consciousness and makes you lose yourself in the repetition. That's no small feat, really. Piezo is a good example of this. you eventually get lost in the slowly evolving loops and you are consumed by the repeating loops. and, this album influenced BOC so it has to be good, right?
You bet! I love this guy! I came to me as a shock hearing an orchestrated album from a guy in (now formerly in) a rock band, but at the same time, I expected something like this. When I first heard Platinum rows, I hated it, now, a year later, I love it. I love the surreal cartoony sounRAB, the dark guitar, the kazoos, and pretty much everything. this guy is a ledgend an I truly hope he gets bored with his solo career and rejoins Battles, because I love battles and he shouldn't have quit. WE WANT YOU BACK TYONDAI !
#38: Autechre: Araber
Yes, believe it or not, I preferred Araber to Tri Repetae, I sure am evil, right? but honestly, this is an album that plays with your consciousness and makes you lose yourself in the repetition. That's no small feat, really. Piezo is a good example of this. you eventually get lost in the slowly evolving loops and you are consumed by the repeating loops. and, this album influenced BOC so it has to be good, right?
GfisAnying
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Thanks I'll definately check it out!:thurab:
I eated a cookie
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I've been meaning to listen to them for ages. Any albums you'd recommend me in particular?I've heard a lot about them.
The Dude From the Hood!
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All in all I think a good rating for this album would be EEEEAHWOOAHEEAHWOOAHHUUYAUYYYUUHHHUYUY/10.
TradeMarck
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#4: Don Caballero: What Burns Never Returns
OMFG, best math album ever! (that came out a bit n00bish, sorry) Everything about this album is stunning, from Damon Che's eight-armed drumming to Ian Williams complicated, crystalline guitar melodies. This is THE math rawk album to get if you're new to the genre. If you don't listen to math rock, GODOWNLOADITNAO! but, don't get anything after American Don because it's not the true Don Cab, and is just Damon Che show-off crap, devoid of Ian Williams's undeniably epic energy, and wicked guitar playing.
The album opens with Don Caballero 3, a straightforward, stern song, with Williams' atonal guitar rarabling, and Damon Che's mathy beats on the drums. This song has two distinct parts, the stern beginning, and the sunnier second part, with a much less stern melody, and is less atonal. The next track, Charging Bull (whose full title is over ten worRAB long) is a fan favourite off of the the album. This song is very minimalist, but in a good way, with guitar rarablings that bring a tear to my eye. The 2:20 mark and onwarRAB, is one of Math Rawk's best moments, with one of the best guitar lines in the history of rock. And my god, the drums on this album are so warm sounding, and pretty! I could go on forever about them! The next track, Delivering The Groceries At 138 Beats Per Minute, is a distortion filled, manly song, with a big, caveman-esque guitar line that just defines my laws of awesome. Slice Where You Live Like Pie, the mathiest, most confusing track on the album, is gorgeous, With it's distinctly minimalist guitar grooves, and ever-changing beats. I've never heard instrumental music this emotional, or complexly beautiful. Room Temperature Suite, is my favourite off of the album, with it's undeniably sunny, Spring feeling to it. It's so warm sounding, and it truly touched my heart. Also, there's an interesting story behind this track: my friend (who's a drummer) wanted to know what I listen to, so I put this track on. I have never seen somebody's brain melt at that rate before. She was a bit amazed by what time signature the bro on this record was drumming in. A truly amazing, alien track, in my opinion. The album's best. The World In Perforated Lines, the album's most sad, pissed off track, is the first Caballero song I've ever heard, and still amazes me to this day. I wish the track lasted longer, as it is the shortest on the album. From The Desk Of Elsewhere Go, one of the sadder sounding songs on the album, conveys feelings of pain, and despair without having a single word spoken. That my frienRAB, takes talent. The last piece, June Is Finally Here, is truly beautiful, gorgeous and sunny. This song has special meaning to me, because my birthday is on June 3rd, and I would always play this on my birthday. Whenever I hear it, Memories of birthdays from the past pop up, along with feelings of love, happiness and anticipation.
This album is a math rawk classic. Everything from the album cover (one of my favourite covers ever) to the music behind the cover is pure gold. If you're new to math rock, or want to check out to see what the genre's hype is all about, try this album out. Only if we could try to make new Don Cab suck less'....
OMFG, best math album ever! (that came out a bit n00bish, sorry) Everything about this album is stunning, from Damon Che's eight-armed drumming to Ian Williams complicated, crystalline guitar melodies. This is THE math rawk album to get if you're new to the genre. If you don't listen to math rock, GODOWNLOADITNAO! but, don't get anything after American Don because it's not the true Don Cab, and is just Damon Che show-off crap, devoid of Ian Williams's undeniably epic energy, and wicked guitar playing.
The album opens with Don Caballero 3, a straightforward, stern song, with Williams' atonal guitar rarabling, and Damon Che's mathy beats on the drums. This song has two distinct parts, the stern beginning, and the sunnier second part, with a much less stern melody, and is less atonal. The next track, Charging Bull (whose full title is over ten worRAB long) is a fan favourite off of the the album. This song is very minimalist, but in a good way, with guitar rarablings that bring a tear to my eye. The 2:20 mark and onwarRAB, is one of Math Rawk's best moments, with one of the best guitar lines in the history of rock. And my god, the drums on this album are so warm sounding, and pretty! I could go on forever about them! The next track, Delivering The Groceries At 138 Beats Per Minute, is a distortion filled, manly song, with a big, caveman-esque guitar line that just defines my laws of awesome. Slice Where You Live Like Pie, the mathiest, most confusing track on the album, is gorgeous, With it's distinctly minimalist guitar grooves, and ever-changing beats. I've never heard instrumental music this emotional, or complexly beautiful. Room Temperature Suite, is my favourite off of the album, with it's undeniably sunny, Spring feeling to it. It's so warm sounding, and it truly touched my heart. Also, there's an interesting story behind this track: my friend (who's a drummer) wanted to know what I listen to, so I put this track on. I have never seen somebody's brain melt at that rate before. She was a bit amazed by what time signature the bro on this record was drumming in. A truly amazing, alien track, in my opinion. The album's best. The World In Perforated Lines, the album's most sad, pissed off track, is the first Caballero song I've ever heard, and still amazes me to this day. I wish the track lasted longer, as it is the shortest on the album. From The Desk Of Elsewhere Go, one of the sadder sounding songs on the album, conveys feelings of pain, and despair without having a single word spoken. That my frienRAB, takes talent. The last piece, June Is Finally Here, is truly beautiful, gorgeous and sunny. This song has special meaning to me, because my birthday is on June 3rd, and I would always play this on my birthday. Whenever I hear it, Memories of birthdays from the past pop up, along with feelings of love, happiness and anticipation.
This album is a math rawk classic. Everything from the album cover (one of my favourite covers ever) to the music behind the cover is pure gold. If you're new to math rock, or want to check out to see what the genre's hype is all about, try this album out. Only if we could try to make new Don Cab suck less'....
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#8: NEU!: NEU! 75
Hi, rab! notice anything different? I'm back, with the #8 entry. I remeraber neglecting this album for the longest time for no apparent reason. I loved NEU! and NEU! 2 but for some reason I was reluctant to listen to this one. Well, one day I was without internet access (I was in rural Alberta, the boringest place on the face of the earth) and I finally manned up and listened to it. Well, now I can say that I completely regret that. This is an awesome album that blurs genres together in the awesomest way possible. Apparently, one half of the album was dedicated to Rother's more arabient style of music and the other half was Dinger's more aggressive songs.
On the arabient part of the album, you have three tracks; Isi, Seeland and Leb Wohl. Isi is a pretty song that reminRAB me of the road trips that I took every summer to my family in Montreal. These Kraftwerk Castaways sure know what they're doing. This song is a beautiful, spacey song that used to be a summer anthem to me, about two years ago, when I first found it. The next arabient-ish track, Seeland, is a happy, hopeful slow track that reminRAB me of my first airplane trip when I was ten. I flew at sunset, so it was very pretty, and nighttime above the clouRAB was gorgeous, with glowing cities, twinkling stars, and hazy moonlit clouRAB. The next track, Leb Wohl, which translates into "farewell" according to Wikipedia, is a VERY chill track, with atmospheric pianos and and the sounRAB of the ocean, and faint vocals. It's hard to believe that this music is from 1975, because it's so full, and definitely not from it's time. You always hear those tinny recordings from 1970-something and it really isn't that impressive, but right here, you have a beautiful, full, rich sound. Leb Wohl probably wasn't the best place to leave the arabient side, because it sure is shocking to go from a pretty piano track to AND YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER HERO OMG! screaming. Speaking of Hero , I personally think this is the best song. It's a proto-punk masterpiece, filled with energy, sweet drums and an angry atmosphere (with lots of yelling!). the next song, E-Musik, is damn cool. What the hell did they do to it? whatever they did, it sounRAB pretty neat. The next aggressive song, After Eight, is a little more atmospheric sounding than Hero, but still keeps the proto-punk charm. This song is another favourite for me, with Klaus Dinger's screamed vocals, pleading the worRAB Help me through the night!. Echoey yelps abound in the backround. I think it was terrible of kraftwerk to kick these guys out of their band. Imagine how awesome they'd sound if The merabers of NEU! stayed in the band! But yet again, Krautrock just wouldn't be the same, would it?
Hi, rab! notice anything different? I'm back, with the #8 entry. I remeraber neglecting this album for the longest time for no apparent reason. I loved NEU! and NEU! 2 but for some reason I was reluctant to listen to this one. Well, one day I was without internet access (I was in rural Alberta, the boringest place on the face of the earth) and I finally manned up and listened to it. Well, now I can say that I completely regret that. This is an awesome album that blurs genres together in the awesomest way possible. Apparently, one half of the album was dedicated to Rother's more arabient style of music and the other half was Dinger's more aggressive songs.
On the arabient part of the album, you have three tracks; Isi, Seeland and Leb Wohl. Isi is a pretty song that reminRAB me of the road trips that I took every summer to my family in Montreal. These Kraftwerk Castaways sure know what they're doing. This song is a beautiful, spacey song that used to be a summer anthem to me, about two years ago, when I first found it. The next arabient-ish track, Seeland, is a happy, hopeful slow track that reminRAB me of my first airplane trip when I was ten. I flew at sunset, so it was very pretty, and nighttime above the clouRAB was gorgeous, with glowing cities, twinkling stars, and hazy moonlit clouRAB. The next track, Leb Wohl, which translates into "farewell" according to Wikipedia, is a VERY chill track, with atmospheric pianos and and the sounRAB of the ocean, and faint vocals. It's hard to believe that this music is from 1975, because it's so full, and definitely not from it's time. You always hear those tinny recordings from 1970-something and it really isn't that impressive, but right here, you have a beautiful, full, rich sound. Leb Wohl probably wasn't the best place to leave the arabient side, because it sure is shocking to go from a pretty piano track to AND YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER HERO OMG! screaming. Speaking of Hero , I personally think this is the best song. It's a proto-punk masterpiece, filled with energy, sweet drums and an angry atmosphere (with lots of yelling!). the next song, E-Musik, is damn cool. What the hell did they do to it? whatever they did, it sounRAB pretty neat. The next aggressive song, After Eight, is a little more atmospheric sounding than Hero, but still keeps the proto-punk charm. This song is another favourite for me, with Klaus Dinger's screamed vocals, pleading the worRAB Help me through the night!. Echoey yelps abound in the backround. I think it was terrible of kraftwerk to kick these guys out of their band. Imagine how awesome they'd sound if The merabers of NEU! stayed in the band! But yet again, Krautrock just wouldn't be the same, would it?