From Peter Hollo Sent Tue, Jul 20th 1999, 03:16
From Peter Hollo Sent Tue, Jul 20th 1999, 03:16
Well, I know it's a bit late but I've JUST gotten back from overseas so here's a few Raven suggestions for cool non-idm stuff currently rocking my world: 1) John Zorn and Tzadik-label type "Radical Jewish Culture". Other groups include: Masada/Bar Kokhba (John Zorn really); Dave Krakauer and Klezmer Madness; Naftule's Dream/Shirim; Uri Caine, especially the Primal Light CD on Winter & Winter; Dave Douglas (principally for "Charms of the Night Sky, on Winter & Winter); Hasidic New Wave; Klezmatics; ...and the list could go on so I'll leave it at that smattering... 2) Tom Waits; 3) Pop Will Eat Itself; 4) Massive Attack; 5) Bratsch, a French gypsy hot club/klezmer group; 6) Nick Cave - especially earlier stuff; 7) Some (other) Australian bands worth mentioning: Not Drowning Waving/My Friend the Chocolate Cake; The Clouds; the Triffids; the Whitlams; etc etc etc.... 8) How about some classical composers: Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Schubert (chamber music), and on and on... [Speaking of Debussy, what does everyone think of the new Art of Noise album? It's so cheesy I feel like I ought to hate it but I just can't - I've listened to it so much since I got the promo in London, and I love it...] 9) And of other pop/rock artists, notable are: Beastie Boys; Bjork (fuck off Wells *grin*); Tori Amos; The Pixies; They Might Be Giants; early/mid Depeche Mode; early/mid Cure; The Smiths; Sisters of Mercy; etc... Ahem I'd better stop there I think! btw, I consider Ninja Tune etc to be part of idm, and even perhaps drum'n'bass along the lines of Arcon 2 and Dom & Roland, who I think are both brilliant.... I also consider the more experimental electronic stuff like Mego (especially Fennesz, Farmers Manual and General Magic), Matmos and Lesser and so on to be idm. Sorry, I haven't read most of the responses to this post yet, so I hope there's not too much redundancy. -- Peter Hollo xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx http://www.fourplay.com.au/me.html FourPlay - Eclectic Electric String Quartet http://www.fourplay.com.au Raven: experimental electronic http://www.fourplay.com.au/sound.html "Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and your brain cells dance" -Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag.