Craner's Top 100

padraig (u.s.)

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
also, v glad to have missed #taggate, but gotta say I agree with version's standing by welsh secret technology (a guy called oliver is also good, I'm in favor of more AGCG/craner crossover in general)
 
luka

luka

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What do you like about the herbie hancock? It must admit I find it tedious. Paint me a picture
 
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thirdform

pass the sick bucket
luka said:
What do you like about the herbie hancock? It must admit I find it tedious. Paint me a picture
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It squouks and bumps and spaces out and grooves in all the right places. it has this really disembodied feel, almost proto-dematerialised. you couldn't imagine patrick gleeson's textures really having the same resonances with string acoustics.
 
Leo

Leo

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thirdform said:
It squouks and bumps and spaces out and grooves in all the right places. it has this really disembodied feel, almost proto-dematerialised. you couldn't imagine patrick gleeson's textures really having the same resonances with string acoustics.
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"rain dance" was supposedly an aphex twin favorite, and you can sort of hear it in some of his work. although maybe this should go in the "myths" thread, not sure...
 
luka

luka

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I've listened to it a fair bit sober and in varying states and degrees of intoxication but it's never stuck. Feels a bit flat to me. Directionless.
 
luka

luka

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craner said:
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This is so good that for years I thought it was peak Jam & Lewis but they had nothing to do with it.

I played this in the car driving Jim and Luke from Brecon after an abortive magic mushroom pick. Jim loved this so much he rewound the intro about 50 times. I think I’d actually driven us out of the National Park and past Merthyr Tydfil before we even got 30 seconds into the song.

It’ll be the first dance at my wedding.

Epic Slow Jam, the Ur-Slow Jam.
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There's a garage version of this I like a lot too.
 
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sadmanbarty

Well-known member
craner said:
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This is so good that for years I thought it was peak Jam & Lewis but they had nothing to do with it.

I played this in the car driving Jim and Luke from Brecon after an abortive magic mushroom pick. Jim loved this so much he rewound the intro about 50 times. I think I’d actually driven us out of the National Park and past Merthyr Tydfil before we even got 30 seconds into the song.

It’ll be the first dance at my wedding.

Epic Slow Jam, the Ur-Slow Jam.
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Best so far. Will he be able to top it?
 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
20.

Todd Edwards, 'End This Hate'

I actually started the Dissensus Todd Edwards Addiction Recovery Group back in 2004, but I've suffered several relapses since then. I could've picked about 30 other tracks than this, mostly from the Prima Edizione, Nervous Tracks and Full On Vol 1 compilations (the essential documents). I chose 'End This Hate' because it has gorgeous hooks and a righteous message which I dedicate to version.

 
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craner

craner

Beast of Burden
21.

Ramsey & Fen feat. Lynsey Moore, 'Love Bug (R.A.F. Bump Mix)'

Flawless 2-step masterpiece. This a valve in my heart.

 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
22.

U.S. Alliance (Dem 2), 'All I Know (Da Grunge Mix)'

Another flawless 2-step masterpiece but then there are quite a few (by these 2 alone). I still remember the collective hysteria that gripped Dissensus when we discovered that they looked like a pair of Bruces from a Fosters beer commercial. Is that reverse racism?

 
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craner

craner

Beast of Burden
23.


Yasuko Agawa, 'L.A. Nights'

I don't know anything about this, it's from one of my old Sunday morning pirate radio tapes. I absolutely adore it, though. It's very evocative, it could soundtrack anything from an LAX Airport sunset to a private San Fernando Valley orgy.

 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
24.


Meiko Kaji, 'Flower of Carnage'

I first heard this on the opening credits of Lady Snowblood and was STUNNED. I have a predilection for gorgeous music from ultraviolent films. This is a noble, sweeping song, but it's in Japanese so I have no idea what she is singing about. Meiko had amazing cinematic charisma and I like all her films, but she also sang this. The sound could have come from an Italian film of the same era, and the Japanese and Italians have similar aesthetic tendencies: ostentatious violence, extravagant sexuality, elegant music and hyper-saturated visuals. The fact that I posted this has nothing to do with Kill Bill which I have never seen all the way through. It felt important for me to say that, but I'm not sure why.

 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
25.

Riz Ortolani, 'Theme from Cannibal Holocaust'

More lovely music to accompany ultraviolence.

The story goes that Ruggero Deodato was so stoked to get Riz to score his film that he locked him up in a room with a raw edit and hoped for the best, fully expecting the prestigious composer to storm out in disgust. In fact, Riz loved the movie so much he was inspired to make one of the most surprising and effective soundtracks of all time. The music alone lifted this flick from pure Grindhouse trash to one of the central cultural statements of its time.

 
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