Siren (Sairen) by Susumu Hirasawa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMh0seGPmjw

One of my favorite songs ever. I'm actually not watching the video but just listening to the song, but I'd figured I'd post it anyways.

Okay, so I am listening to Yellow Magic Orchestra's 'Solid State Survivor'.

1. Technopolis
2. Absolute Ego Dance
3. Rydeen
4. Castalia
5. Behind The Mask
6. Day Tripper
7. Insomnia
8. Solid State Survivor

Lars recommended these guys to me (actually he just showed me a video of them performing in 1980), and they are pretty fantastic, the Japanese equivalent of Kraftwerk in terms of ground-breaking synthpop. It's quite strange listening to them and knowing this album was made in '79, because it sounds a lot like video game music. Definite stand-out tracks are Rydeen and Technopolis (both released as singles), though Behind the Mask gets an honourable mention, as it's good to hear the original version of it (Clapton covered it), as well as Day Tripper for being a pretty fresh cover! Solid State Survivor (very much video game-y) and Castalia are also pretty nice tracks.

FTW! I haven't heard it but anything YMO is awesome.

If you like them, you might want to check out P-MODEL too...

Artist:Aphex Twin
Album: Selected Ambient Works 85-92

If you are unfamiliar with Aphex Twin, or if you would like to get to know him, I would suggest you start out with this album.  I think it's his best album (as a collective,) and is absolutely brilliant.  I listen to it all the time, studying, driving, painting, and writing. It's extremely inspiring to me and has been for quite some time.  The fact that it was recorded directly to tape and that it was attacked by his cat, and him recording some of these songs when he was 15 all makes up why I like this album so much.  It's definitely a jem.  It's wonderful set to any mood.  It's extremely mellow and lush, but not boring like some ambient CAN fall into.  It's such a warm album, not just due to sound quality (though it adds to the effect) but how encompassing it is.  I think out of the people that give the album a chance they find it becoming one of their favorites.

* = my favorites; although, i like the entire album.
bold = one of my favorite songs of all time.

1. xtal *
2. tha
3. pulsewidth
4. ageispolis *
5. green calx
6. heliospan
7. we are the music makers *
8. schotkey 7th path
9. ptolemy
10. hedphelym
11. delphium
12. actium *
13. i *

I'm currently listening to Symphony X- Twilight in Oylmpus.

Yeah it's cheesy but I've been listening to so much intense stuff lately that its good having some music you dont have to actively listen to for once.
I actually like the vocals as they aren't overly power metally and it's alot more tolerable than ANYTHING Dragonforce. Plus it's catchy and fun.
Theres only so much brutal tech death and concious hiphop a man can take!

Björk Vespertine



For some odd reason, I got into a conversation with my teacher about her. She was trying to tell me about how weird her music was and wondering how she had so many songs. Björk is a cool girl. I think I like her because her music comes in album collections that you're supposed to listen to from start to finish. It all feels very full.

This is the one I like the most. After looking it up, Vespertine is just about being a married woman living in a house. Even so it feels really intense. Most of the record is made up of music boxes, boys choirs, strings, and chimes, but are these really dark and gripping beats that remind me of hip-hop more than anything else. The singing sounds pretty great. It's never too soft like a J-pop record (I know she's not asian, but it's a pretty good comparison), but it's never too brash either. You can tell that there is a lot of depth in the lyrics. There's always an understandable melody to each of the songs. Some are rock sounding, some would fit great in a rap album, and some feel like they come from a really good movie. There's a lot of emotion in this album. You never stay in one place though. The songs change tone about ten times a song. It feels surprising and yet consistent because your feelings immediately match where the song goes. There wasn't a single song on this album that I thought was bad. It all fits.

I've only stolen downloaded her stuff so, but it all sounds fantastic. I really want to buy this record. If I ever learn to make music I would want it to be like this.

Yes I need to listen to this album but what's the cover there it looks like she's being haunted by the ghost of the swan she killed

I think that's what she was going for. lol

Artist *Shels
Album Sea of the Dying Dhow



Despite having some pretty horrible album cover art this is some cool stuff recommended to me a while ago by DS, you gotta be in the right mood and it isn't exactly completely unique from bands like Isis but still this is a good album. It does feel alot like a journey and the middle eastern style is noticable on some tracks. If you like Isis I cant see why you wouldnt like Shels. Umm but yeah it clicked with me almost straight away, I listened to it two times in a row the first time I heard it (I usually never do this with downloading albums.

Ed Gein-It's Such a Shame that a Family Can be Torn Apart by Something as Simple as a Pack of Wild Dogs

grind <3

artist:
uncle outrage - the new chinchilla album

song: Totoro
http://www.myspace.com/uncleoutrage

anybody who actually knows who this band is gets one sweet high five from this bro