"Emotionally Charged Electronica" & The Ineffable Sadness of Woops
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woops
is not like other people
Sparklehorse - Homecoming Queen
15. I was in France once and had the pleasure of a young lady's company. We retired to her bedroom and listened to this album together. Mark Linkous is well regarded in indie circles but I haven't listened to any of his other work. I think a crucial element would be missing. I saw him play at a festival, in a wheelchair, with two mics, one that distorted.
15. I was in France once and had the pleasure of a young lady's company. We retired to her bedroom and listened to this album together. Mark Linkous is well regarded in indie circles but I haven't listened to any of his other work. I think a crucial element would be missing. I saw him play at a festival, in a wheelchair, with two mics, one that distorted.
pattycakes_
Can turn naughty
This whole LP was a crucial element in forming my teenage musical brain. Still stands up. Was hitchhiking a while back and late one night this track comes on while I'm smoking a cig and looking at a clear night sky with a pine forest frame on either side of the road. Felt like a perfect moment. Watching the world with awe indeed.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Loving this so far, and I imagine there will be more than a few sharp turns and unexpected deviations before the end. L'Anamour is an all-time favourite. Another late night heartbreaker from YLT - would have been a quintessential early 90s match for the sublimely nostalgia-melancholy first half hour of the film Super Dark Times (before, spoiler, nasty shit starts happening):
woops
is not like other people
I listened to it on headphones while I was posting and was amazed by the synth and electric piano parts at the end.
woops
is not like other people
Morphine - Swing it Low
18. I think Morphine are quite well known now, but if you haven't heard of them their LP Yes is very moody, in the right way. Their usual line-up is drums, baritone sax, and two-string bass played with a slide, plus his voice which you will hear. So all very low end. No sax on this track but this is one for the ladies for sure.
18. I think Morphine are quite well known now, but if you haven't heard of them their LP Yes is very moody, in the right way. Their usual line-up is drums, baritone sax, and two-string bass played with a slide, plus his voice which you will hear. So all very low end. No sax on this track but this is one for the ladies for sure.
woops
is not like other people
Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
19. Their best album is the fourth one, Loaded, the poppiest. The banana album is very overrated in my opinion, not saying it's bad but they'd go on to write much better songs. This is from the third which is the sweetest and most gentle and has just the right mood for this list. Plus they must be the best looking band of all time.
19. Their best album is the fourth one, Loaded, the poppiest. The banana album is very overrated in my opinion, not saying it's bad but they'd go on to write much better songs. This is from the third which is the sweetest and most gentle and has just the right mood for this list. Plus they must be the best looking band of all time.
woops
is not like other people
Nobukazu Takemura - Viking
20. While all the glitch stuff was coming out, Microstoria and so on, this guy was doing some of the nicest electronica alongside. I saw him play once, with the robot voice synced to pictures like that in the video below. The robot would close its eyes and sleep between lines.
20. While all the glitch stuff was coming out, Microstoria and so on, this guy was doing some of the nicest electronica alongside. I saw him play once, with the robot voice synced to pictures like that in the video below. The robot would close its eyes and sleep between lines.
woops
is not like other people
Marumari - Circles
21. And then there was electronica. This artist used a Japanese name even though not Japanese. Everything Japanese was big. I went to Japan to buy records. I don't have them any more and some of the best electronic stuff I had is not on Youtube or Soulseek. So that makes me one of the lost diggers of electronica.
21. And then there was electronica. This artist used a Japanese name even though not Japanese. Everything Japanese was big. I went to Japan to buy records. I don't have them any more and some of the best electronic stuff I had is not on Youtube or Soulseek. So that makes me one of the lost diggers of electronica.
woops
is not like other people
Quickspace Supersport - Where Have All The Good Times Gone
24. Novak released on the label run by this band, who were normally either very wonky or very rocking and often to be found doing 8- or 10-(not 20) minute riff freakouts. But this one is suitable for my list. Note the correct nomenclature above.
24. Novak released on the label run by this band, who were normally either very wonky or very rocking and often to be found doing 8- or 10-(not 20) minute riff freakouts. But this one is suitable for my list. Note the correct nomenclature above.
woops
is not like other people
Hood - The Year of Occasional Lull
25. This band were everywhere and released a right old load of grey lo-fi drosscore, but they had their moments especially when they got the drums out. I repeat, this was just "indie", "indietronica" was a few years later - these things matter to me.
25. This band were everywhere and released a right old load of grey lo-fi drosscore, but they had their moments especially when they got the drums out. I repeat, this was just "indie", "indietronica" was a few years later - these things matter to me.
Leo
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funny to see all these yo la tengo tracks, ira and Georgia lived in my town for many years. I'd see them a few times a week riding their bicycles down the street or in line at the market.
also saw at least a dozen of their infamous annual Hanukkah shows at maxwell's. for each of the eight nights of Hanukkah, they'd book a famous comedian and secret opening band before they came on, play a different set each night and later joined by special guests for encores. I've seen them with David Byrne, El-P, John zorn, mission of Burma, the sea & cake, tortoise, the feelies, ray Davies, Ronnie Spector, sun ra arkestra and others. they were benefit show, each night's take going to a different charity. good people.
also saw at least a dozen of their infamous annual Hanukkah shows at maxwell's. for each of the eight nights of Hanukkah, they'd book a famous comedian and secret opening band before they came on, play a different set each night and later joined by special guests for encores. I've seen them with David Byrne, El-P, John zorn, mission of Burma, the sea & cake, tortoise, the feelies, ray Davies, Ronnie Spector, sun ra arkestra and others. they were benefit show, each night's take going to a different charity. good people.
luka
Well-known member
I know woops as well as just about anyone but even I can't figure out if he KNOWS that his 100 is compiled of the most reviled music of the last 20 years and is suggesting we reappraise it, or if he is just completely oblivious to the fact this is precisely the music 85% of dissensus are running away from. The skeletons in the cupboard. The auntie in the attic. The shameful secret. The body beneath the patio.
luka
Well-known member
Well what I said here was true. But it was also abominably cruel and unforgivable. And I don't know what to feel. I want woops to carry on. I think that it is of vital importance that he carry on. And I think that the fact of the music is unimportant. That it is or isn't fashionable. Edmund, it is not fashionable. And it doesn't matter. It is your life, and your memories you are sharing with us. It is the very fibre of your being. And I am very sorry for being dismissive of that. It doesn't matter if I like the music I want to share the memories and your company. Please forgive me for being cruel.