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Re: The M/F thread - '08a reboot! Still with no requests!
Unibang3r:
Ok so I know that there is no requests but i srsly cant find the soundtrack to Everthing is Illuminated. Will up some Ulrich Schnauss for you guys
here's a stupid review from rusty lime
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There was a time when accomplished musicians used the electronic frontier as a means to hone their already perfected craft. A means to compliment the music rather than dominate it. Few bands have achieved this successfully; ELO, The Cars, New Order, Tangerine Dream, Thomas Dolby, Radiohead and Air to name a few. Some have even managed to achieve success as fully electronic collectives, such as Depeche Mode, Art of Noise, Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, and more recently Underworld and The Chemical Brothers.
Unfortunately a large majority of electronic bands over sample and try to be too much like each other, or they conform to standard formulas to simulate commercial success. The problem of course being that commercial success does not guarantee staying power. The Depeche Modes and New Orders of electronic music have been around for more than 20 years and will probably be around for another 20 simply because they choose to ignore the formula. These are the bands that earn our respect.
So where does Ulrich Schnauss fit into all of this? Amazingly, still wet behind the ears in his early 20's, German born and bred Schnauss has managed to produce an album that sounds as if were produced by an older, more accomplished musician.
For lack of a better analgogy, imagine Brian Eno on steroids with a touch of Jarre and you have Schnauss's masterpiece "A Strangely Isolated Place". Eight tracks of ear candy bliss and creative sound scapes.
Opening with the soulful "Gone Forever", a multi layered sequence of Eno-esque synths and bass, Schnauss eases us on our engaging electronic musical journey.
"On My Own" is possibly the landmark track of the album and the most likely contender to expose Schnauss to an audience other than the underground electronic lover. If there was ever a soundtrack that conjured up visions of zooming about the galaxy in a spacecraft, this is it.
"Letter from home" hints of an Art of Noise influence only ever so slightly, but not enough to distract you from its own rightful elegance.
The remaining 5 tracks, Monday - Paracetamol, Clear Day, Blumenthal, In All the Wrong Places and Strangely Isolated Place are all unique in their simplistic beauty and purity.
After only a few listens to A Strangely Isolated Place it is clear Schnauss is nothing short of a musical genius, who will no doubt inspire present and future musicians to come.
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For all the TL;DRs out there ITS FUCKING AMAZING. If you like dreampop or shoegaze at all you will love the Schnauss.
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Jrod:
ok guys this is killing me i really want to download some sweet sweet tunes but i dont want my university to track my computer HOW CAN I DO THIS
i mean, would they even be able to tell that what i'm downloading is a zip file from a file hosting site that contains music as opposed to anything that is legal and non-copyrighted? this is what i get for not understanding computers =[
Catacombs:
I giving you all two albums, both very different from each other.
The first is Liam Finn's debut I'll Be Lightning. I quite like it a lot. The AMG review is a bit lengthy, but they compare him a bit to Elliot Smith (who i don't know anything about so i don't know if thats a good thing or not).
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(The second link is a couple bonus tracks/b-sides off I'll Be Lightning)
The second album is Fight With Tools by Flobots. The vocal delivery is essentially rap, but the instruments used range from guitars to horns to mandolins to strings. They're socially/politically driven.
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I HIGHLY recommend both albums.
Catacombs:
Some fun-facts on the two albums i uploaded:
The song "I can ride my bike with no handlebars..." that was pretty popular on American rock radio stations a few months back is by Flobots.
Liam Finn plays all the instruments on that album. I saw him open for Eddie Vedder last month and he used a lot of different loop machines to play. He'd start with a drum beat, then stand up and play the bass line on his guitar, then switch to the guitar riff. It was pretty cool to watch.
godinpants:
--- Quote from: squawk on 14 Sep 2008, 14:31 ---why is it private :(
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I think thats because i didnt sign up to mediaf!re perhaps?
I fixed the link to redirect to my hosting.
--- Quote from: plyphon on 14 Sep 2008, 09:58 ---You sir.
Are pro.
*tips hat*
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Why thankyou.
--- Quote from: Jrod on 14 Sep 2008, 18:52 ---uni-business
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Exploiting free high speed internet is all part of university. They dont particularly care what you are downloading. i have a friend who sits around torrenting 3 gig of anime a day.
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