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I don't have any really rare gems... I guess the closest would be a copy of Amon Tobin's Out from Outwhere... Certainly not a rare album but I know I haven't seen it in anyone elses collection or seen it talked about. Great CD. Lots of interesting, skittering beats and fascinating use of samples.

I also have this copy of a cd entitled "Russian Music from Drew". My cousin, and chief fellow music-phile (though not audiophile) gave me a copy of it and said that he had gotten a copy of it from one of his friends who had gotten it from another friend who happened to study abroad in Russia. The CD was simply titled Russian music when he got it. Anyway, the music is not the greatest thing in the world. It bears a striking resemblance to a Russian version of Savage Garden or something similar. Still it has good production overall and a couple of the songs are quite good. Besides that, the singer has this ultra-high male voice that is really very strong and pure. The most compelling thing about the album, though, is the mystery behind it.

 

[Jeff Guidry]

I have several compilation CD's by experimental/ambient artists that were strictly limited edition, one-off type deals, but my favorite recording on any of these is Robert Rich's "Sunspot Cycle". Clocking in at twenty minutes, this is in my opinion the finest psychonaut/inner voyage recording ever commited to disc. Prime headphone time...

Along this vein, I also recommend Sleep Research Facility's "Nostromo" CD and the Bill Laswell/Mick Harris CD "Somnific Flux".

 

[Hirsch]

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike Scarpitti Horslips: Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part

Got that one...and all of the rest. "Dancehall Sweethearts" is a personal fave, although a bit more toward the modern side. They've just recently been re-released on CD, so I now have them on two formats

 

[FalconP]

Quote:

Originally posted by blessingx I'm gonna pick three. GOOD: Djivan Gasparian's "I Will Not Be Sad In This World". Armenian Duduk Music. Released to support the Armenian 1988 earthquake.

Great choice: plantive, woefully beautiful. Play it late in the night will make a tough guy weep.

To top it up I'll suggest two CDs of Armenian music. This one is also by Djivan Gaspayan, together with an ensemble of traditional Armenian musicians. Colourful, emotional music that often unfolds slowly.

This other one is even more extraordinary: a rare field recording of sacred choral music of Armenia, recorded in a cavernous church. Beautiful and otherworldly music, and the scale they use is quite unlike any music that I know of.

My "secret" obsession: a Japanese group called Geino Yamashirogumi. Some people here may know this group as the composer/performer of the soundtrack to the animation film Akira, but I think, apart from that, they are virtually unknown outside Japan -- which is rather strange, considering that the group is HUGE, an instutition with more than 200 members.

They have researched and recorded a great variety of ethnic music from around the world, always to an extremely high standard. Their performance of Bulgarian choral music is the best that I've heard -- even better than any groups from Bulgaria; the transparency and delicacy of the female voices are simply breathtaking.

They haven't been recording CDs recently, but they still keep a webpage (...which unfortunately is Japanese only)

I'll take a closer look at my CD shelf: I know I have more really cool stuff lurking around...

 

[Masonjar]

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeff Guidry and the Bill Laswell/Mick Harris CD "Somnific Flux".

I don't have that one, but got lot of other stuff by those two.. Divination, Painkiller, Praxis, Scorn, Material, Automaton, various Dub stuff.. etc etc..

I've had SOMNIFIC FLUX in my hands several times but never picked it up.. you never know what you're going to get with Laswell

How does it compare with Laswell's other stuff? Or is it more Scornlike?

-jar

 

[MERTON]

you must get the vagrant story ost!!!! go to gamemusic.com !!!
go there now!!!!!!!!!

 

[soundboy]

tehpressman,

You beat me to it....I not only have the HAL single with Gillian Anderson (Agent Scully on The X-Files), but also the album where it came from -- "Future: The Journey Through The Electronic Underground", a various artist album on Virgin Music.

Hmmm, let's me see what else I have that no one has....

Golden Throats - Various "Artists"?
-- William Shatner doing "Lucy In The Sky With Diamond" is such a classic.

Price's Trust 10th Anniversary Concert - Various Artists
-- Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Phil Collins, Paul McCartney, etc. at one concert.

Elvis Presley -- 24 Karat Hits! (DCC 24K Gold CD)

Tina Louise -- It's Time For Tina
-- Yes, that's Ginger.

Bill Clinton -- Bill Clinton Jam Session...The Pres Blows
-- Yes, that Bill Clinton.

Animal Logic -- self-titled debut
-- Stewart Copland (of The Police) and Stanley Clarke w/ Steve Howe (of Yes)

and most of my HK pop collection.

 

[davidcotton]

Karnataka - Delicate flame of desire.

Stunning female vocals, soaring guitar solos and lush keyboards.

www.karnataka.org

Galahad - Year Zero

 

[Jeff Guidry]

Quote:

Originally posted by Masonjar I've had SOMNIFIC FLUX in my hands several times but never picked it up.. you never know what you're going to get with Laswell How does it compare with Laswell's other stuff? Or is it more Scornlike? -jar

I uniformly despise the majority of Bill Laswell's output (the term 'hit or miss' was never more appropriate for any artist, except possibly for Mike Patton) so I wouldn't be able to tell you much about that. It has a sort of Scorn-like feel, but the soundscapes are entirely beatless, merely large dark pools of cold sound.

 

[locust star]

Quote:

Originally posted by tehpressman Arcana - Arc Of The Testimony: Beautiful jazz cd by Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Tony Williams, Nicky Skopelitis, and Pharoah Sanders. Most of it is a mix of jazz and ambient, with a few pieces with Buckethead that lean more towards fusion. It's also one of Tony Williams' last recordings.

I have this one too-its excellent. I also have the first Arcana cd-The Last Wave, which is just as good, if not better. Arcana was just a trio on this one-Williams, Derek Bailey on guitar, and Laswell on 8 string bass. Most of it is pretty intense. I read a review of it that said it almost sounds like improvised heavy metal, which sounds about right.

 

[locust star]

Quote:

Originally posted by tehpressman Arcana - Arc Of The Testimony: Beautiful jazz cd by Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Tony Williams, Nicky Skopelitis, and Pharoah Sanders. Most of it is a mix of jazz and ambient, with a few pieces with Buckethead that lean more towards fusion. It's also one of Tony Williams' last recordings.

I have this one too-its excellent. I also have the first Arcana cd-The Last Wave, which is just as good, if not better. Arcana was just a trio on this one-Williams, Derek Bailey on guitar, and Laswell on 8 string bass. Most of it is pretty intense. I read a review of it that said it almost sounds like improvised heavy metal, which sounds about right.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Ones that I've seen listed that I have:

God Machine - Scenes from the Second Storey (but you knew that)
Testu Inoue - Ambiant Otaku
Axiom Dub - Bill Laswell project including Orb track chickenville USA (I think I have that -- pretty sure, anyway)
Blue Room - cd single includes 48 minute version (I have two copies of U.F.Orb with this as the bonus disc [one of which I need to sell], does that count?)
Little Fluffy Clouds - cd single (a little too easy)
New Order - Blue Monday 12" single (I grew up during this period, so of course I have this)
Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi-Seventh star.
by the group Bis
The Normal - Warm Leatherette (b side on CD single TVOD)
Hal Feat. Gillian Anderson - Extremis (cd single): An electronic track with spoken word by Gillian Anderson (I got this with a videotape of the video -- it has nudity and Gillian Anderson, I was told, so I guess that makes me a bigger dork, although it was cool of her to try to branch out that way)
Bill Laswell/Mick Harris CD "Somnific Flux" (I'll have to look up those others that you mentioned, we seem to have similar tastes; Jar - it's not at all Scorn like, it's more like the Lull stuff and Laswell's work with Namlook, I.E. more dark-ambient)
Animal Logic -- self-titled debut (I have both their albums and Deborah Holland's first solo album after that period, I think she's done more since then)

A couple that I can think of that maybe someone else doesn't have:
Bran Van 3000 -- both albums
I got a cassette or two of a Russian artist "Lube" (Love)
I got a couple of Greek CD's whose names aren't handy, but I haven't seen anyone mention any Greek music, so...
Garden of Shadows -- both albums -- awesome, high-fidelity metal
early cassette from Rain Fell Within, quite possibly their best
Crack the Sky -- everything
Amy Arena (I forget the name of the album; very funny with music)
Coaltar of the Deepers -- I forget the name of the (short) album
New Model Army -- everything (I think)
Flash and the Pan -- most everything (first four or 5 albums, anyway)

 

[sapphiremodena]

Matthew Good - 'Avalanche' Vinyl LP (only 1000 made)

 

[Mike Scarpitti]

Quote:

Originally posted by Hirsch Got that one...and all of the rest. "Dancehall Sweethearts" is a personal fave, although a bit more toward the modern side. They've just recently been re-released on CD, so I now have them on two formats

Yes, of course I have all of them too.

 

[Masonjar]

Quote:

Originally posted by Dusty Chalk Flash and the Pan -- most everything (first four or 5 albums, anyway)

George Young's project, older brother of Angus Young of AC/DC. But I'm sure you knew that. I've always wondered what they sounded like, similar to the Easybeats?

-jar