[Brandon B]

I would also recommend Shpongle, or anything else produced by or with Simon Posford like Hallucinogen or Younger Brother. Shpongle is truly weird and psychedelic music, and the production is amazing on all of their albums. Great headphone music!

The Mars Volta is a prog-rock band with a unique sound.. I would highly recommend their first two albums to anyone who likes unusual rock music.

Uhmmmm what else.. Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Orb, Eat Static, and the album Bitches Brew by Miles Davis.

I listen to all sorts of weird bands, but these were the most accessible (and commercially successful) that I could come up with.. if you end up ignoring most of my list, at least try out Sphongle.

 

[nfusion770]

I haven't seen Akron Family mentioned- one of the better psych folk bands. Their self titled is excellent- very sparse, strange and addictive. I haven't really been taken by their follow-up albums like I was with the first however. I guess I'd say they are somewhere between Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear- more accessible than AC and more interesting than GB.

 

[twc5964]

Not sure if any of this material will appeal to you.None of this is progressive rock but here goes:

Innocent Mission-Black Sheep Wall
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11...eep%20wall.mp3

English Beat-Mirror
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11...%20Mix%291.mp3

Mothmen-Temptation
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11...tion%20wma.wma

The Feelies-Dancing Barefoot
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11...20Barefoot.mp3

Black Randy and Metro Squad-Marlon Brando
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/11...n%20Brando.mp3

 

[freckling]

the submarines!

songs: vote, peace and hate, modern inventions

 

[slackman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ueyteuor /img/forum/go_quote.gif i've been listening to bands such as animal collective, battles, panda bear, and such, and these are basically my favorite types of music, which i don't even know what to categorize them as... and i can never get sick of them, but does anyone else have any recommendation of music that is just crazy, unordinary, but catchy and just awesome... not something like deerhoof, which just blabbers music without any rhythm at all.... so, anyone got something to recommend? thanks

I loove weird unique music

Can happily recomend you the following:

Wendy Carlos - Beauty in the Beast
Amazon.com: Beauty in the Beast: Wendy Carlos: Music

Godspeed You Black Emperor
Amazon.com: Godspeed You Black Emperor Albums (CD, MP3, Vinyl, etc.), Related Products (DVD, Books, Apparel), Pictures, Discography, Biography, Community Discussions and more at the Godspeed You Black Emperor Store

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works II
Aphex Twin : Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect

Terry Riley
Terry Riley : Rainbow in Curved Air - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect

Autechre - LP5
Amazon.com: autechre (LP5): Autechre: Music

All very different but worth it in their own ways.

 

[AnakChan]

 
Quote:

Haruomi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo - Cochin Moon
1978 experimental electronic album by keyboardist Shuka Nishihara, and future YMO bandmates Sakamoto and Hideki Matsutake

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but thought I'd share something rare. I was desperately searching an electronic version of "Diamonds Are Forever" found on the original Sony Walkman TPS-L2 Demo cassette which I had not heard for about 30 years.
 

 
Finally found out it was done by Hideki Matsutake & K.I. Capsule and the track actually came from his own album "Digital Moon & Nazo No Mugenokai". This was re-released in 2003 as a limited edition CD. Even the CD is now somewhat rare and if one can find it, it sells for at least 2-6 times (new) to the original price but I managed to obtain one.
 

 
Other fantastic 007 cover tracks found on the album too.

 

[StefanKelevra]

I just found this, in love.

 

[Makiah S]

Linda Perhacs
 
Pyschedelic Folk
 
Fatt Matress is another I like as well,
 
although YouTube is blocked for me atm so <.< I couldn't get a chance to listen to the bands you recommended
 
and when you say Unique and Wierd I also think Chip Tunes :3

 

[RobustOrange]

Well, Gabber goat is quite strange to me.

 

[dysthanasiac]

The Caretaker (aka Leyland Kirby), An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
 
If you've ever played the video game, BioShock, it's like that, but somehow creepier.

 

[rekondita]

Bump from the archive.  New head-fier, lover of the weird music; one day I'll write a manifesto about it but until that day comes...
 
Egisto Macchi- pretty much any album will do.  Voix and Futurissimo are fav.'s

 
GR - A Reverse Age

 
Songs of Green Pheasant's self-titled
 

 

[Chulta]

Tinariwen - Tassili I think is quite different, has a very good feel and is pretty well recorded as well.
 

 
 
 

 

[Chulta]

  The Caretaker (aka Leyland Kirby), An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
 
If you've ever played the video game, BioShock, it's like that, but somehow creepier.

 
This was very cool by the way. Thank you for making my evening.

 

[Liu Junyuan]

I just gave this a whirl as well. Wow. This was outstanding. 

 

[lamode]

Third Eye - Ancient Future (1993)
 
Some tracks are upbeat. Not like techno, just uptempo electronic. Hints of trance. Other tracks are chilled and moody. "Chemical Angels" still gives me goose bumps. One of my favourite electronic albums ever.
 
http://www.discogs.com/Third-Eye-Ancient-Future/release/45075