[AudioGurl]

Which songs make your headphones give you goose bumps, eargasm a or just a WOW?

I am building my music collection and I'm sure I'll find more here on these forums

 

[CashNotCredit]

The entire Royksopp Melody AM album. The entire album is very well engineered/produced/mastered and is conceptually brilliant.

 

[erikfreedom]

bonnie the cat by the band porcupine tree. it is my benchmark song when i test headphones toward a purchase.
 

 

[dolor]

 

[RushNerd]

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bonnie the cat by the band porcupine tree. it is my benchmark song when i test headphones toward a purchase.
 

Good taste my friend. The A-side of the album is also a plethora of sonic textures and moods for headphones to chew on. Time flies is just remarkable.
 
For me it's early 80's Rush

 

[CashNotCredit]

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For me it's early 80's Rush

Is it, now? I totally wouldn't have expected that out of you. 

 

[dolor]

oh and this song too from the swedish band kent

 

[RushNerd]

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Is it, now? I totally wouldn't have expected that out of you. 

I guess my tastes speak for itself don't they?

 

[CashNotCredit]

Older music (from 2005>) tends to be mixed and mastered better than it's newer counterparts. Here's a link to a good article on why.

Some new albums that have surprised me are the new Ed Sheeran album, +, and Janelle Monae's the ArchAndroid. They don't have much dynamic range compression.

 

[CashNotCredit]

By the way, OP, you are a brave soul for having Beats in your avatar. Surprised you haven't been decimated yet.

 

[AudioGurl]

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By the way, OP, you are a brave soul for having Beats in your avatar. Surprised you haven't been decimated yet.

A gift from my sister. Mainly for gym use so I dont care if they get a little sweaty lol
 
 
Can someone recommend some good electronic music?

 

[CashNotCredit]

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Can someone recommend some good electronic music?

Daft Punk- Discovery
Royksopp- Melody AM
Etienne de Crecy- Tempovision
Basement Jaxx-Rooty
Moby- Play
Cassius- 1999

It's all a bit older/more mellow, but great albums (and can all be had for dirt cheap used on Amazon.)

 

[RushNerd]

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A gift from my sister. Mainly for gym use so I dont care if they get a little sweaty lol
 
 
Can someone recommend some good electronic music?

Aphex Twin and never look back.

 

[Radioking59]

Muddy Waters'  Folk Singer HDAD DVD audio. This thing is unbelievable.  It's like having Muddy, Buddy Guy and Willie Dixon sitting right next to you. You can hear the slide hit every fret. This is truly a demonstration quality disc.

 

[TJ Elite]

Here are "some" songs that belong in either the eargasm, goose bumps or the WOW category. It might seem long, but believe me, this is the severely shortened version. I've highlighted some of the songs with bold lettering to designate songs that I recommend definitely checking out. Most of those aren't too obscure but a couple of them might be a bit difficult to find.

 

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I've linked some of the song names to videos on YouTube.

 

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aran - Synesthesia
Arcade Fire - In the Backseat
Agalloch - Black Lake Niðstång
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Free for All
Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel
ATOLS - EDEN
AVTechNO! - Haruame. (yuyoyuppe Remix) | ORANGE NEL | tear feat. Hatsune Miku | ZOU+ (millstones Remix) | 1N5T×ENCRYPTION/D
Babuchan - LOLOLOL
Bad Dudes - Castle Rock
Bear McCreary - Storming New Caprica
Björk - Jóga
The Black Mages - KURAYAMINOKUMO
Boris - Feedbacker | Naki Kyoku
Buckethead - Population Override
Burzum - Jesu Død
Charles Mingus - Better Git It in Your Soul | E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
Charlie Winston - Soundtrack to Falling in Love
Chisu - Lähtö
Clean Tears - Artificial Rainbow | Beyond the Waves
Deep Purple - Child in Time [Made in Japan]
Diana Krall - Devil May Care [Live in Paris]
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Esbjörn Svensson Trio - The Unstable Table & The Infamous Fable
Faunts - M4 Part II
Freezepop - Swimming Pool
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - East Hastings | Static
Guns n' Roses - There Was a Time
Hiromi - Dancando no Paraiso
Hiroyuki ODA - Day Break (Nhato Remix) | Thirty
HSP - The Endless Love | Incarnation | Plug Out | Unfragment
Jeff Beck - Angel (Footsteps) [Performing This Week… Live at Ronnie Scott's]
Jeff Buckley - So Real
JevanniP - Sparkler
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things | Wise One
John Frusciante - One More of Me
John Zeroness - As You Were by My Side
Keith Jarrett - Part I [The Köln Concert]
Kenji Kawai - The Ballade of Puppets: The Ghost Awaits in the World Beyond
Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen - Kalma
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - I Want Love (Studio Mix)
Mastodon - The Czar
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
The National - Squalor Victoria
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm
Nhato - Asuka
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let the Bells Ring
Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
Owen Pallett - The Great Elsewhere
Patricia Barber - Nardis
Pearl Jam - Black
Petri Alanko - Mirror Peak
Pink Floyd - High Hopes | Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)
Portico Quartet - Paper Scissors Stone
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place | Sit down. Stand up. (Snakes & Ladders.)
RIKKI - Suteki da ne
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Foc [Live in Japan]
Sigur Rós - Ný batterí
SOSOSO (Tsukui Kazuhito) - Mind Flower
Starsailor - Way to Fall
Steve Vai - For the Love of God
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Tom Kerstens - Dead Space
Toraboruta - Luna ~Sea Fairy~
uniMemo - Ibuki -Append ver.-
VOCALOTUS - A Song of Morning Glory feat. Megurine Luka
Wonderful★opportunity! - First Virus Resistance_ Washing Chapter