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A good early morning song has a rapid energizing groove to wake ya up, and is gentle enough to not get on the nerves.

Can't emphasise how many good cuts there are on the Cracki records channel.

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Another morning song from the same channel.

 

 

 

Not from Cracki, but the beat just keeps slowly and softly pushing like summer heat. I find it quite catchy.

Although I don't approve of the fairy dust effect at the end.

 

 

 

 

[babyofRosemarysbaby 256]

On 1/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, Joeguy said:

Tautumeitas

 

Līgo mentioned

The whole Baltian spiritual/traditional movement is pretty curious. I heard that latvians were the last pagans in Europe (not fact checking that). I've researched Romuva a little bit and there is somewhat of a split between new-age stuff and people genuinly interested in their ancestry and their traditions (not mutually exclusive).

Tautumeitas are pretty pop with their coreographies and production, which is alrigh, but maybe not super folk. I like how they're bringing visibility to Baltian folk music and Raganu Nakts is a strong point, a very enjoyable song.

 

I've been listening to this woman, Priscilla Hernandez. She is an Instagram witch and is unashamedly trying to connect with nature, but I like some of her songs, espesially this one.

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This is more like what I imagine the tradition used to be like, no elemental magic or mystical foresights. A ritual, very ceremonial, in the middle of a field, open fire, simple instrumentation, traditional dancing. Counting out the guy jumping around with the camera and the drone buzzing out for better perspectives, but you get the idea :P

I love at 2:40 the pull back to form in both the visual and instrumentation, shows that even the editor sees the beauty in the mix of rigor and mysticism. I'm sure pagan spirituality back when it was commonplace wasn't as bohemian or free-form as today. I also like how the dance doesn't emphasize any individual, and just the sheer amount of movement...  makes it feel communal and powerful.

 

 

 

 

On 2/2/2022 at 2:12 PM, Joeguy said:

All Them Witches - The Death Of Coyote Woman

I've had alot of difficulty finding psych rock I like. Alot of it is just too long and grueling to listen for listening's sake and not really my choise of background music for anything.

This was strong though. Got me feeling that feeling off falling where the song goes on so seemlessly that the time just passess by,

 

This is a local band that has some good tracks.

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[Joeguy 941]

On 2/13/2022 at 1:26 AM, 2shots2kills said:

 

I clicked on this "Shakthi - The Divine Power - Natyalaya School Of Arts" so YT's Algo decided I might like this also...thanks Algo.  I only listened to it once and it seems OK, maybe not a barn burner unless you really like the somewhat psychotic "die die die die die die die" lyric.  The blue chic is pretty happening though.  

Bloodywood I get from Bollywood, but I don't see the Indian Folk Metal label...it all seems rather derivative to me, tasty but not really very folk influenced other than costumes.  Not like the Shakti offering which seems rooted more in Indian mythology.  Anyway, I heard it and thought of our metal guru in residence and wondered what you thought of it.  

 

Bloodywood - Dana Dan (Indian Folk Metal)

 

 

Wednesday Feb 23 update

I found another pretty good one from these guys. Somehow they both seem overtly commercial and I don't really know why...everybody gotta make a buck, but there is something pushing the edge with these two pieces.  Maybe it's just a cultural glitch and I don't quite grasp the Indian way.   Anyway, this one has some life in it...I think I like it better than the first one I posted:

Bloodywood - Gaddaar (Indian Folk Metal)

 

 

Edited February 23, 2022 by Joeguy

[Joeguy 941]

On 2/20/2022 at 5:45 AM, babyofRosemarysbaby said:

A good early morning song has a rapid energizing groove to wake ya up, and is gentle enough to not get on the nerves.

Can't emphasise how many good cuts there are on the Cracki records channel.

Isaac Delusion ☀ Midnight Sun
Armand Bultheel - Sleep Node

Both of these are pleasant enough and would make nice background music while you were doing something else, but my mornings are either no music and quiet (80%) or some sort of wake-me-up-get-me-crackin music, usually jazz, funk, disco, or some sort of heppy-peppy pop.

 

Oliver Koletzki - This Is Leisure

I like this one best of the three.  I like the groove of this and the build up,  1:09 very effective transition..that little orchestral hit is so cool.  I like the percussion section that starts around 1:42 and I think the "hi hi" lyric fits well.  I wish they had just continued as they had been going, but they decided to take it down for a  re-build around 2:19...'sOK, and makes it much more effective when the vocals come back in, but I also wish they had just continued with the "hi hi " bit...there is something disconcerting about the "This is Leisure" lyric.  Too bad they didn't sing something in German or even a synthetic group of words and make the whole thing a tad more mysterious.

For me, it's a keeper though, thanks :)

[Joeguy 941]

On 2/16/2022 at 4:42 AM, babyofRosemarysbaby said:

I specifically loved that performance because of the dulcimer and Norwegian wood because of the sitar. Besides havin a thing for quirky instruments, I love how nimble energetic they can sound without taking any space from the vocals. Glad to see you're so into Joni. I just got deeper into her music a couple of months ago and am growing to like it more the more I listen.

I see the connection now with these songs....I didn't put the tie-in together before. 

One of the things I like about Joni is that I don't like all her music.  To me that is the mark of a real artist not just someone making a living.  Also, I like different portions of her body of work in different times in my life.   If I don't like it now, I figure I'll learn why it's brilliant later when I understand it better.

 

El cantante tímido (Episodio 5) - Cuentos de invierno - Indio Solari

Nice.  I know it's not really the point of the music, but  I really love the video.   First couple of listens I didn't really pay much attention to it and thought it was just a fill for the obligatory video portion, but it is really pretty cool.  You can see exactly what this guy is thinking as he plays.  It's a natural dance.  It's the foot equivalent of sticking your tongue out as you work on something difficult with your hands.  Someone was very clever to film this.

 

Diego Lorenzini - Motor Psico (Los Redondos)

Oh this is brilliant!  So tasty and smooth!  The video is quite nice, but I find it distracting from the smoothness of the song.  I only have enough brain cells left to pay attention to one distinct set at a time and the interesting video makes me watch it instead of living the music.  I was completely taken off guard by the "Englishman In New York" section the first time I heard the tune.  In subsequent listenings it makes for nifty anticipation as the song unfolds...brilliant, just brilliant.

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer

Other than Kiedis's rather disturbing haircut, it's quite good.

 

LUMP - Phantom Limb

Like it a lot, but still digesting.   It sounds like she has a big smile while singing...the Beatles were famous for that.  Smooth, very smooth and some tasty understated trumpet and flute work.  And the guitar sounds are great.  Having the liner notes being part of the lyrics is interesting if not sincerely odd.

 

I went to Lump's channel and found this...I guess it's more their top 40 hopeful since they have several remixes of it.   It seems to have more commercial potential.  I like it.  They seem to like furry suits...hummmm.

LUMP - Curse of the Contemporary

 

Edited February 21, 2022 by Joeguy

[Joeguy 941]

On 2/20/2022 at 7:24 AM, babyofRosemarysbaby said:

Līgo mentioned

The whole Baltian spiritual/traditional movement is pretty curious. I heard that latvians were the last pagans in Europe (not fact checking that). I've researched Romuva a little bit and there is somewhat of a split between new-age stuff and people genuinly interested in their ancestry and their traditions (not mutually exclusive).

Tautumeitas are pretty pop with their coreographies and production, which is alrigh, but maybe not super folk. I like how they're bringing visibility to Baltian folk music and Raganu Nakts is a strong point, a very enjoyable song.

 

I've been listening to this woman, Priscilla Hernandez. She is an Instagram witch and is unashamedly trying to connect with nature, but I like some of her songs, espesially this one.

 

I've had alot of difficulty finding psych rock I like. Alot of it is just too long and grueling to listen for listening's sake and not really my choise of background music for anything.  This was strong though. Got me feeling that feeling off falling where the song goes on so seemlessly that the time just passess by,

 

This is a local band that has some good tracks.

 

 

Priscilla Hernandez Līgo (Traditional Latvian song for Summer)

Nice.  The arrangement sure makes a difference in the feel of the song....light years.  But they both seem to convey a spring/summery feel.   I guess the videos help with that a lot, but the music does fit well after the vid tells you what to key on.

Huminoita - 07 - Itä-Tuira Skyline

Pretty good.  I do see exactly what you mean about psychedelic/prog rock...it takes a lot of patience to cull out a few gems here and there.  A little bit of of this genre goes a long way.  It typically can become tedious very quickly and much of it sounds similar.  To be honest I only listened to Itä-Tuira Skyline a couple of times so it hasn't attached itself to my brain yet.  I do like what they did with the video...psychedelic on the cheap with slow blurring and subtle image tilting...kinda funny (in a good way).

 

Isaac Delusion ☀ Midnight Sun      ...(further thoughts)

OK, it got me.  I found this humming in my mind a few times already.  It really sneaks up on you.  I wasn't immediately taken with it but now it's on it's way to ear worm status.  I have always been a sucker for a larghetto melody over a punchy groove.  Something about the long notes in contrast to a driving rhythm penetrates deep for me.  I think the drone-ish feel and repeated lyric also lend to the feel that this song is rolling or moving along.  It would make a good addition to the "road trip mix tape"...if we still had tapes...OK, "road trip playlist"...better.

• I just went back to listen again after I wrote this.  I find the video distracting...it fits for the most part, but I think the song more effective on its own.

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2022 by Joeguy

[Dopamine 2,161]

@NikmanGT just replace the chorus with:

21 minutes ago, NikmanGT said:

_{Yes yes, my bad,}too much tanki in my head

 

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[Joeguy 941]

16 hours ago, Marekos1111 said:

Training Day

 

Nice...smooth...got that awesome Two Feet bass tone.  Crave it.

 

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Joeguy

[Joeguy 941]

Stunning, just stunning.  The old gods of music live again!  Jonah Nilsson, Henrik Linder, and Aron Mellergard have all matured musically in the last few years. They were astounding before and have now become gods in their own right.  

Previously, when this thread was very active, I posted a couple of songs by Dirty Loops...and the posts went over like a lead brick....not even a like.  And their music was excellent.  But now they've progressed beyond what even I expected...and I expected very very big things from these guys.

This is a glorious gift to be able to hear and see music of this caliber.  We are incredibly lucky to live in a time were we all have access like we do.  It's actually kind of unbelievable when you look back through the history of musical performance.  It's very easy to be appreciative when you look at the relatively short time music has even been able to be recorded....maybe 100 years, and semi-decent fidelity didn't happen until the 1950s.  And now we have YouTube.  YT's fidelity is utter trash by audiophile standards, but it's still very acceptable and better than most audio from the 50s and even into the 60s.

The amount and diversity of music available today is just mind boggling and the best part of it all is the music can stand on it's own...anyone can post on YT,  The big music companies can't control what we listen to as effectively as they could in the very recent past.  

Wow, text wall...I do babble on.  Anyway, please give this seven and a half minutes of your time.  The piece has several style and feel changes throughout.  If the initial 40 second intro doesn't hit you, just bear with it and do the full video.  It all builds on itself and morphs...it's not a pablum soaked piece of middle of the road, easily and cheaply produced fluff like so much of today's contemporary music.

 

Dirty Loops - Work Sh*t Out

 

 

 

[babyofRosemarysbaby 256]

On 2/21/2022 at 9:51 AM, Joeguy said:

About Diego Lorenzini - Motor Psico (Los Redondos) and LUMP - Curse of the Contemporary

So happy you liked Motor Psico, Yep, the englishman part is pretty weird, to me that's a big part of enjoying Diego's music, it's humorous and he somehow pulls out element's I just wouldn't expect to work.

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This was propably one of my most listened songs last year, it's just so effortless and fit's perfectly with my typical happy walking mood and I don't recall ever skipping it... It's obviously not quite as subtle or layered as the previous, but another thing I like about Diego is that he tries stuff out without having to make the Mona Lisa everytime... just experimenting with concepts and outlines.

 

On LUMP I still can't super get into their other stuff, but I do agree with you on her having that kind of a joyful voice. I'll listen to some of her solo stuff I quick wikipediad that shes's concidered a folk-singer and I do have a weak spot for that. Quite cool to be able to find stuff in real time and discuss/post it. I was thinking we could do like a exploring a country/genre type a thing and share how we found stuff and the best bits... what'd you think?

On 2/23/2022 at 5:13 AM, Joeguy said:

About videos

I see a trend with you and the videos. I don't really watch the vids most of the time either, even though I usually enjoy them. For me the trick is to not look for anything but just watch... kind of like when dreaming, you just go with it, if you start looking at details or rationalizing it breaks the magic... but idk could be something else for you?

10 hours ago, Joeguy said:

Dirty Loops - Work Sh*t Out

I think this kind of music takes a certain ear. I personally don't have that much musical expertiese and thus complexity and details in execution are often lost on me. To draw a paralell, I'd concider myself a good chess player, and when I watch say a 5 minute game my eye catches a lot of motives and I understand when I see a special play. Kinda what you were saying with Joni, where not liking it is often just not getting it.

Not to make it sound like I got nothing from the song, but I gotta admit it did take a few listens and sitting up straight. I mean the virtuosity is undeniable and espesially with the video it's wild to see how zoned in they can get. The level of excitement and tension they can stretch out for almost 8 minutes is astounding... and something only a swede could actually be feeling.

I checked some of their other stuff because I figured it'd challenges my sedate/less-is-more listening habits... I did overall end up enjoying the songs, but they're not going on my casual potato-peeling playlists yet that's for sure :D.

That playlist consisting of stuff like:

 

[2shots2kills 2,364]

I hope you guys already know about Nightwish. I'll post some live performances later on with Floor Jansen. (the third and last Singer)

 

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On 2/24/2022 at 8:45 PM, 2shots2kills said:

I hope you guys already know about Nightwish. I'll post some live performances later on with Floor Jansen. (the third and last Singer)

 

I sure know Nightwish, not these songs though, thanks for sharing!

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any Queen fans here?

 

[2shots2kills 2,364]

On 2/26/2022 at 1:24 PM, frederik123456 said:

I sure know Nightwish, not these songs though, thanks for sharing!

Curious, those are classic Nightwish songs, perhaps you know them by their more recent works? (Endless Forms Most Beautiful or Human Nature)

By the way, here are more songs, with their third singer (and hopefully last, because I love Floor)

 

obligatory Ghost Love Score Live 2013 that everybody knows at this point

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The Poet and The Pendulum

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and The Greatest Show on Earth

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[Dopamine 2,161]

10 hours ago, 2shots2kills said:

Curious, those are classic Nightwish songs, perhaps you know them by their more recent works? (Endless Forms Most Beautiful or Human Nature)

By the way, here are more songs, with their third singer (and hopefully last, because I love Floor)

 

obligatory Ghost Love Score Live 2013 that everybody knows at this point

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The Poet and The Pendulum

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and The Greatest Show on Earth

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I cannot say nightwish is my all time favourite band, but I really like some of their songs. I already knew Ghost love score, but none of the others that you sent.

I like Last ride of the day, Islander, while your lips are still red (these come to my mind atm)

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[2shots2kills 2,364]

Ah yes, good old Ghost, I loved the look of Papa Emeritus II 

 

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1 minute ago, 2shots2kills said:

Ah yes, good old Ghost, I loved the look of Papa Emeritus II 

 

Papa emeritus II was my favourite.

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My youth. When music was about protest.

 

Edited March 3, 2022 by hotchybotchy

[babyofRosemarysbaby 256]

@Joeguy

1 week? Not to be pushy, but I was eager for discussions. You know I already quit due to the slow pace and lack of connection here. I only came back to talk to you.

Anyway, I get it. I'm sure you got other stuff to think about and do, I just hope your not ghosting, you were going so heavy on the posts before. 

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On 3/3/2022 at 9:59 PM, babyofRosemarysbaby said:

 

Thanks for reminding me Crumb existed.

 

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On 3/7/2022 at 4:20 PM, hotchybotchy said:

 

Man, how do you even find this stuff?? 

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19 hours ago, frederik123456 said:

Man, how do you even find this stuff?? 

The two last post's, I have the album from both groups. Exploited is troops of tomorrow album, and the second is a group called "Tribe called Red". I have a wide and varied music taste, and youtube has loads of stuff. If you want more Native american, Oliva Tailfeathers is a one to luck for :), or buffy saint marie...Im also old . Some of the records I have, if not on you tube, I also upload..   Like this one>>>>