ha! just notice the original title. i retract my previous statement. on your second point, we agree.tragabigzanda wrote:Dammit malloy, see my OP where I designated this as a catch-all thread for both minimalist music and krautrock. I agree they are not the same! But for me, they both tap into similar veins of tension/release through their focus on simple, repetitive melodies and rhythms, and empty space. I think a band like Can is a couple degrees from someone like John Adams, and about a thousand degrees from someone like Pearl Jam.
Minimalism, krautrock, etc
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Jorge wrote:I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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My main man Jesper Eklow (guitarist from the glorious Endless Boogie) has released an soundtrack for "the greatest movie never made" Blood Meridian. It's a chill, sombre listen, "done in the old ways" with JE on "guitar, loops, field recording and tinkery".
Here's the opening track.
Here's the opening track.
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Oh man, you've just reminded me of a band I listened to 15 years ago - Blood Meridian.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dffFMw9AQIkJGamqqEEOV
Let's get ruined.
For anyone that likes Richmond Fontaine, Handsome Family or other alt america depressing shit.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1dffFMw9AQIkJGamqqEEOV
Let's get ruined.
For anyone that likes Richmond Fontaine, Handsome Family or other alt america depressing shit.
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It's so good!tragabigzanda wrote:I can't even with this song. Those swelling horns get me all hot and bothered.Kevin Davis wrote:I have a set of Reich's complete ECM recordings and that is my favorite disc
Music for Mallet Instruments is next on my list to dig into.
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I took Steve Reich with me on a run today. I don't think it's coincidence that my pace was even for the majority of it. Great music for zoning out and falling into a cadence. I was stopped by a freight train about a half a mile from my end point. Watching the train pass while the string and woodwind patterns of Eight Lines hummed through my ears was a very nice way to spend a few minutes of my morning.
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Yes, agreed. I also listen to some Reich late at night when everyone's gone home and I'm closing the bar books on a night shift. It hits differently in the morning when you're outside and moving. Better than coffee.
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listened to the Harold Budd - I Know this Much is True soundtrack last night, fucking great.
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Listened to Daniel Lanois' Goodbye to Language at work today. Quite lovely.
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I'm only familiar with his debut and his last album, Heavy Sun.Higgs wrote:Listened to Daniel Lanois' Goodbye to Language at work today. Quite lovely.
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