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Hell Of Minimal
Borondir:
--- Quote from: greenMonkey on 09 Oct 2006, 20:35 ---Minimalism: Arvo Part, Reich, Glass.
Sludge: Pelican (the track 'Drought' from Australasis especially)
Post-Rock: Slint, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tortoise (if this is where you want to put Tortoise)
Slint is at the moment my favorite of the post-rock groups. Spiderland is probably some of the most fiecely emotional and poetic music I have heard.
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Hells yes on the Pelican and Arvo Part.
I really love the so-called "holy" minimilast style that Part and a few of his peers have been doing. Combining modern minimilast techniques with a
liturgical and sacred music inspiration ends up being really cool. I've sung a few Part pieces in choirs, and its always a thrill,
though the long lines can be a bit taxing at times. John Tavener is another great holy minimilast, the male vocal ensemble Chanticleer has some
brilliant recordings of his work. Apparently he has now progressed from being a Greek Orthodox convert to being a Hindu seeker.
Also, Khanate, Sunn 0))), and Cult of Luna meet my approval, but I don't have anything useful to say about them.
salada:
my cat is an alien!
seriously.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: salada on 10 Oct 2006, 02:03 ---i would like to like sludge-type stuff? a friend borrowed me a sunn album but i haven't really been able to enjoy it for some reason.
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This may be because Sunn aren't actually very good. Earth did it a lot better, try them on for size. With sludge I always think of Iron Monkey and Corrupted as being pretty key, you really can't go wrong with the second Iron Monkey album Our Problem.
El Opium:
--- Quote from: La Creme on 13 Oct 2006, 22:51 ---Skullflower are drone now?
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I would personally say they're mostly sludge with some drone tendencies if I was trying to be specific, but there's some pure drone stuff on their mid-nineties releases with the best example being the track "Smoke Jaguar" off of the Obsidian Shaking Codex album, but whatever is happening it's nice to see someone else on the board get into Skullflower.
Der Turm, der Leute frass:
hmmm... the new "Bohren & der Club of Gore" album "Geisterfaust".....most minimalistic and slow darkjazz ever...if they would be a little bit slower, they'd move backwards.
Sunn O))) of course are also a hell of minimal (but cooooool) ....don't forget that there's a severe risk of spontaneous uncontrolled defecation if you listen to their "music" at maximum volume? :wink:
bands like pelican, Jesu, Cult of Luna usw. rule of course , no questions, theyre just great
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