Jan 13, 2008
2008 List
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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime. – W.E.B. Du Bois
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ah yes. You know you are waiting for this list. (hah!) Now let’s see how I did with my 2007 list. The short answer: not even close. I even miss predicting what I was going to post. 2007 opens with predictable enough sound, various indie rock/pop. The Arcade Fire, Feist, Spoon, Band Of Horses, Iron & Wine. I can lump them up along my Menomena prediction. Some classic rehash: Amy Winehouse, M.I.A, LCD soundsystem and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. The year ends with Radiohead, Panda Bear and bunch of electro disco. (Justice) The best new surprise sound for 2007: Burial and Battles. I did get several IDM list going. My best: Dry IDM
2008? I am shying away. I am going to compile all things I miss and general sound I want to explore instead. Melody vs. IDM, synthetic vs. acoustic, folks vs. electronica, everything fast but not terribly harsh (see list below). Find different rhythm patterns, texture and moving away from classic rock form. Plus … digging old project post-rock/math-rock/new wave. Whatever happens I am not going to post New Order, Daft Punk and Nine Inch Nails. To balance out all my weird lists I will post ‘generic’ blog favorites every so often, similar to ‘Lunch List’ but even lazier. That way I will have my sell out lists and my edgy line all covered. I’ll post basic standard rock and folks in the lazy lists. Hopefully both line will merge at the end of the year … or maybe not.
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“ 2008 List. Arbitrary Future/Jealous Lover. ”
01. Saltillo - A Necessary End
Ganglion (Suspicious, 2006)
02. Colleen - Sun Against My Eyes
Les ondes silencieuses (Leaf Spain, 2007)
03. TRS-80 – 100 miles per hour
Industry Needs Electronic Skills (TRS-80, 1999)
04. Derek Bailey – Re-Re-Re (up-mix)
Guitar, drums ‘n’ bass (Avant, 1997)
05. Venetian Snares – Senki Dala
Rossz Csillag Allat Született (Planet Mu, 2005)
06. Venetian Snares – Dollmaker
Doll Doll Doll (Hymen, 2004)
07. Tabuh Kreasi Baru – Genta Winala
Best Of Gamelan Bali P.2 ()
08. Bill Laswell vs. Submerged – Lockdown on Bridges and Tunnels
Brutal Calling (Avant Japan, 2004)
09. Rachel’s – Hearts And Drums
Selenography (Quarter Stick, 1999)
10. John Zorn – Abidan
Masada String Trio: 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 1 (Tzadik, 2004)
11. The Flashbulb – Interior, SD
Réunion (Sublight, 2005)
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see also: 2007 List, Moka’s top 12 albums 2007, Bubbachups top 10 albums 2007
rachel’s theme reminds me to krzysztof kieslowski’s film ‘blue’ soundtrack
I vaguely remember that movie. I don’t remember the soundtrack tho’.
I should create another list as a pair for this one… ‘jealous’ is such odd way to open a year.
Loving the derek bailey. Your 2008 predictions might not be as faraway as those on 2007, I’m thinking this year we could see some sort of DnB or abstract IDM important comeback and hopefully folktronica albums will be more concise than those that came out in the past 2 years… I’m starving for a meaningful folktronics album that I can overplay all summer.
I must have posted that song five times already. Guitar, drums ‘n’ bass is truly one of a kind album. I can listen to it for hours. I think it’s how the extreme repetition of drum machine is combined with free jazz.
The problem with DnB, it’s very dance floor oriented. It’s not exactly relaxing iPod material. The sound balance is for huge room with jumbo size speaker. At least all the best producers are doing it for club instead of listening.
dunno, maybe folks and electronica can merge the way soul or funk does.
TRAnsMuTAtioNs-Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, Jack DeJohnette, DJ Disk
I like the John Zorn track a lot. Not at all what I was expecting.
yeah that string trio is pretty nifty. I don’t know how many show he does doing acoustic. Most of his well known material are the hard metal jazz type.
Youtube clip.
Hi!
I’m glad you liked my pictures ;)
Thank you for linking to my flickr photostream.
I love electronical music too.
Take care,
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Éole
Being late to the DnB party I’ve been schooling myself for just a month or two trying to get a grip on it. The Derek Bailey and Laswell vs Submerged
open a new avenue to me and
I am listening to them over and over now.
ohmygod! there’s a track from bali! never knew indonesian music would be uploaded here..loved it! thankyou!