Taowolf51
Headphoneus Supremus
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I'm listening to all of Flashbulb's most "popular" tracks on spotify right now just to get a feel of his music. Enjoying it immensely in the process of course. Anything else you think pairs well with the HD800?
The best music to pair with the HD800 is music you like! But if you want I can share a couple people that make music that impresses me with the HD800's.
Yosi Horikawa (which I may have mentioned earlier) makes some incredibly lifelike surreal music made with recordings of random noises. His music is excellent when you're looking for a nice sonic massage.
Bubbles and Letter are excellent songs of his. His songs are also excellent at portraying space.
Floex (Tomáš Dvořák) makes some very interesting music with a very different sound compared to many other artists. He's from the Czech Republic and was the composer for games like the Samrost series and Machinarium. His work is as unique sonically as those games are visually (and that's a hell of a complement). Zorya, Machinarium OST, and Samrost 3 Pre-Remixes are great albums on Spotify. Samrost 3 just came out recently, but the OST hasn't made it to Spotify yet. But, you can listen to it on Bandcamp, it's pretty damn awesome:
http://store.floex.cz/album/samorost-3-soundtrack
Moving to something a little less out there, The Punch Brothers are a Bluegrass band that sound excellent on the HD800's. I think their album "The Phosphorescent Blues" is their best sonically. But, I also recommend the songs "New York City", "Kid A" (a really awesome cover of Radiohead's Kid A, but with bluegrass instruments, really interesting to listen to, and sounds awesome on the HD800's), and "Another New World" (a song that tells a very sad story, probably my favorite of all of their songs).
If you really want to push that subbass, Submotion Orchestra is pretty awesome. They're kind of a mix of Jazz, soul, and electronic, and the ability to reproduce subbass is an absolute must when listening to these guys.
Savant makes music that's very inspired by old chiptune, but technically isn't chiptune. His music is very fast, tight, and snappy, which is obviously reproduced excellently by the HD800's. Each of his albums are fairly different and have a different musical theme, so sample around to get an idea of what his music is like. His latest stuff (everything in 2016) isn't that great IMO, but some people like it.
Going back into the territory of sonic experiments, Amon Tobin's album ISAM is pretty damn interesting sounding. Great detail and variety, and some nice texture. Turn off the lights, close your eyes, and listen to "Night Swim", it's creepy as all hell.
Mombasa by 2 Cellos is pretty sweet too.
And back to something more grounded, Ray LaMontagne's voice is like a nice rye whiskey. Smooth, but with a bit of spice to keep it interesting. I love this guy's voice.