[mark6.190059]

I really like songs that groove pretty hard in an odd meter and build quite a bit, but are still pretty disciplined. Three examples are Pat Metheny’s “First Circle,” Joshua Redman’s “Streams Of Consciousness” and EST’s “Tuesday Wonderland.”

Can anyone recommend other songs that fit this description? These could come from any genre. Thanks.

 

[Morph201]

Would any of Dave Brubecks "Time" works (out, out further, etc...) qualify??

 

[NightWoundsTime]

Heard you any King Crimson? They're the master of mixed and uneven meters, and their 80's stuff does groove. Check out their album Discipline. In the same vein with a slightly more "pop" edge hit up Talking Heads' Remain in Light. For a jazzier vibe check out Bill Bruford's Earthworks project , lots of crazy time signatures thrown out there. I'd start with the Footloose & Fancy Free double live album. Bruford Levin Upper Extremeties put out a damned good live album as well, with Chris Botti of all people on a mean dissonant trumpet.

 

[mark6.190059]

Thanks for the suggestions. I do have Time Out, and Rondo A La Turk comes pretty close to what I'm looking for.

I'll check into King Crimson --reference to Stephen King's Dark Tower Series?-- and Bill Bruford as soon as I can.

Thanks guys...feel free to keep the suggestions/opinions coming. I live on this stuff.

 

[NightWoundsTime]

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Originally Posted by mark6.190059 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for the suggestions. I do have Time Out, and Rondo A La Turk comes pretty close to what I'm looking for. I'll check into King Crimson --reference to Stephen King's Dark Tower Series?-- and Bill Bruford as soon as I can. Thanks guys...feel free to keep the suggestions/opinions coming. I live on this stuff.

If so then King referenced Crimson, they've been around since '69. I too love odd time signatures so I'll try and think of some more. I haven't heard any of the tracks you listed so I might try and hear them to know better what you're looking for.

 

[mark6.190059]

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Originally Posted by NightWoundsTime /img/forum/go_quote.gif I haven't heard any of the tracks you listed so I might try and hear them to know better what you're looking for.

Go for it. There's something about these types of tunes that always stays fresh and inspiring. If you dig these, I could also try to think of some more.

 

[asmox]

Some of the following bands/albums are metallic, aggressive, and generally heavy in nature, but you did say any genre -

Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
Meshuggah - Nothing / Chaosphere
Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible
Behold... the Arctopus - Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
Dysrhythmia - Barriers and Passages
Collapsar - Collapsar
Upsilon Acrux - Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum
Sleeping People - Sleeping People
Yowie - Cryptooology
Ahleuchatistas - What You Will
Shining - Grindstone
Estradasphere - Buck Fever / Palace of Mirrors
Cab - 4
Planet X - Moonbabies / Live From Oz
Mats/Morgan Band - Live
Candiria - 300 Percent Density
Sikth - The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild / Death of a Dead Day
Pain of Salvation - Entropia / One Hour by the Concrete Lake / The Perfect Element I
Bubblemath - Such Fine Particles of the Universe
Intronaut - Void
Thinking Plague - In Extremis
Cynic - Focus
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Martyr - Warp Zone
Gorod - Leading Vision
Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot
At War With Self - Torn Between Dimensions
Canvas Solaris - Sublimation / Penumbra Diffuse
Aghora - Aghora
Atrox - Orgasm
Frantic Bleep - The Sense Apparatus
Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette / Pain Necessary to Know (extremely annoying vocals, imo)
Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa

...should please anybody who gets off on odd meters, polymetrics, or most other kinds of rhythmic abnormalities.

edit: also, x2 on King Crimson and Bruford's Earthworks.

 

[hembergler]

Peter Gabriel's Solsbury Hill is a favorite of mine.

 

[Spyro]

Without question Dave Weckl's "Transistion" release. I have listened to this cd over 100 times and it seems impossible to play along via "air drums." His sense of polyrhythms is astonishing. Dave also does about a paragraph write-up for each song in the liner notes describing what is going on. It kind of makes it more interesting to listen to. With Tom Kennedy on bass, Steve Weigart on keys and Brandon Fields on sax this is a musician's cd.

Pat Metheny Groups "5-5-7" from Letter From Home is another one.

 

[scompton]

I found this wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...e_combinations

I especially like Zappa's Keep it Greasy 21/16 and 19/16. I'm not a musician so I don't really notice time signatures, but I've read that a lot of Zappa has odd time signatures.

I've always enjoyed this video of Steve Vai describing his audition to play with Zappa. http://youtube.com/watch?v=r6cplMM3d_Q