Music recommended

[Daveya.]

Anything, what you listening to? I've some new gear, recommend me anything.

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[djacks42]

Broken Bells
Temperance Movement
Martin Kohlstedt
Electric Youth

Some random genres for you!

[notnowkato]

Mandrake Handshake have recently been brought to my attention.

[thegoat]

Anything, what you listening to? I've some new gear, recommend me anything.

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Ask the kids .
There’s some brilliant bands, singer/songwriters out there at the minute .

[monogroover]

Buy some '70s Herbie Hancock records.

[mr noble]

Teddy Swims

He’s got a fabulous voice and a more fabulous look.

Lots of variation in his stuff and some brilliant covers.

https://youtu.be/1el2U3f7Y18


This one is great too. Totally different style.

https://youtu.be/n6UUm96lfag

[Geralt]

Anything by

Paul Desmond
Stan Getz
Oscar Peterson
Milt Jackson

[Franky Four Fingers]

Keane…Bedshape, crank it up

[Bluemoon7]

Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God

Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface

These two albums have been in rotation heavily the past few months. Crank ‘The Silence’ up on a black mile…. Brilliant. Saw them a few months ago and one of the best live bands I have seen. From Atlanta. If you haven’t heard of them well worth a listen.

[Normunds]

Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God

Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface

These two albums have been in rotation heavily the past few months. Crank ‘The Silence’ up on a black mile…. Brilliant. Saw them a few months ago and one of the best live bands I have seen. From Atlanta. If you haven’t heard of them well worth a listen.

Absolutely!

I’ll add all them witches. Fanastic band from US. They play heavy blues and I actually listen their record at the moment.

[ac82]

Anything by Warren Zevon

Spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

[pete-r]

Are you looking to demo the capabilities of the kit rather than new music?

Nevermind by Infected Mushroom will test an amplifiers control over speakers.

Popcorn by Hot Butter will give your tweeters a real workout.

Limit to Your Love by James Blake will see how low they can go.

Black Skinhead by Kanye West is really well recorded.

The Titanic Suite by James Horner is an epic 20 minute piece.

[CardShark]

Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK.

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase.

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun.

Múm is tricky for many to 'get', BoC maybe less so - both certainly offer something a little different from the norm. Sigor Rós, and that particular album, is dreamlike.

I'm just starting out on Squarepusher, I think I could get on quite well with some of that. Bicep the same.

Camelphat, Elderbrook, Röfös Du Sol and Bob Moses have been sating my electronic/dance requirements recently.

I think that'll do for now!

[ant8519]

I highly recommend Mark Lanegan. Quite prolific and may take a bit of work getting into. 'Bubblegum' is a great place to start with him. He also did some great work with Isobel Campbell, including my favourite ever Christmas song, Time of the Season.

[CardShark]

Nevermind by Infected Mushroom will test an amplifiers control over speakers.

Popcorn by Hot Butter will give your tweeters a real workout.

Just gave the first one a spin - holly cow, that's lively. I think I'll try some more of them when I have the time.

As for the second, I have heard that in yonks!

[pete-r]

The James Blake track might hit the brown note!

On a seasonal note, try Cantate Domino version of O Helga Natt, the choral soundstage is spine tingling.

[Daveya.]

Ask the kids .
There’s some brilliant bands, singer/songwriters out there at the minute .

Simz, Del Rey, Ripa, Gaga, that sort of thing? Will check out all the suggestions being in bed with flu ( cold really )

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[Daveya.]

Are you looking to demo the capabilities of the kit rather than new music?

Nevermind by Infected Mushroom will test an amplifiers control over speakers.

Popcorn by Hot Butter will give your tweeters a real workout.

Limit to Your Love by James Blake will see how low they can go.

Black Skinhead by Kanye West is really well recorded.

The Titanic Suite by James Horner is an epic 20 minute piece.

Bit of both

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[Daveya.]

That infected mushroom cleared my blocked ears

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[Wolfie]

What were the last two or three things that you heard that you really enjoyed?

And…. What he said and;

Buy some '70s Herbie Hancock records.

He said

Anything by

Paul Desmond
Stan Getz
Oscar Peterson
Milt Jackson

Plus cannonball Adderley, ike Quebec

Or Stereolab and Broadcast

[pete-r]

Haha.

I've spent the last 30+ years going to hi-fi shows and hearing many manufacturers play the same plinky-plonky or husky voice stuff which is no real challenge.

Many demo rooms have been humbled over the years when Nora Jones has been replaced by a request to play the 'Mushroom'.... 😀

Similarly but much more tunefully, for speaker speed and ability to play what feel like dozens of instruments together, try Fibonacci by Nora En Pure and listen for the number of layers your system can resolve.

[wileeeeeey]

Here's my last.fm. Some solid, mature options and absolutely nothing to be sneered at our bullied over...

Been listening to Norah Jones and SYML the last few weeks though. Bit more refined.

I will not take any abuse over Maroon or Anti Hero by Taylor Swift. On repeat.

[Grandiloquence]

Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK.

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase.

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun.

Múm is tricky for many to 'get', BoC maybe less so - both certainly offer something a little different from the norm. Sigor Rós, and that particular album, is dreamlike.

I'm just starting out on Squarepusher, I think I could get on quite well with some of that. Bicep the same.

Camelphat, Elderbrook, Röfös Du Sol and Bob Moses have been sating my electronic/dance requirements recently.

I think that'll do for now!

You have excellent taste! Been a BoC fan for many years. Cylob and Squarepusher both excellent in the genre as is Mu-Ziq. I would say Autechre too but even I struggle to enjoy some of their stuff.

[Daveya.]

I'm really enjoying Post Malone, Dua Lipa and Dominic Fike rn

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[andyb28]

Are you looking to demo the capabilities of the kit rather than new music?

Nevermind by Infected Mushroom will test an amplifiers control over speakers.

Popcorn by Hot Butter will give your tweeters a real workout.

Limit to Your Love by James Blake will see how low they can go.

Black Skinhead by Kanye West is really well recorded.

The Titanic Suite by James Horner is an epic 20 minute piece.

Wow, this needs to be pinned somewhere. I am trying these on various bits of kit I have right now.

[pete-r]

I have a large playlist of test tracks on Kazoo but not sure if or how I can share them.

[Daveya.]

My test tracks are

Massive Attack
David Guetta
Dua Ripa ( sibilant recording)
Time Pink Floyd
Billie Eilish
Diana Krall

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[Wolfie]

You have excellent taste! Been a BoC fan for many years. Cylob and Squarepusher both excellent in the genre as is Mu-Ziq. I would say Autechre too but even I struggle to enjoy some of their stuff.

Hard normal daddy remains a favourite - Beep Street would give his speakers a work out !

[pete-r]

The entire Music Has The right To Children album puts me immediately back to post pub house parties in the 00's, playing cards or Tony Hawk until dawn. That and RJD2.

[monogroover]

You have excellent taste! Been a BoC fan for many years. Cylob and Squarepusher both excellent in the genre as is Mu-Ziq. I would say Autechre too but even I struggle to enjoy some of their stuff.

I heard a tune by Boards of Canada called Aquarius on Jazz FM a few months ago, loved it. I bought the Music Has The Right To Children album but haven't got round to listening to it yet unfortunately. Perhaps I'll take it on my next bike ride.

[misterzero]

Listen to some classic japanese noise rock
Fushitsusha
Keiji haino
Les rallies denudes
And finish off with some classic free jazz
Peter brotzmann and Albert ayler
Really test the speakers



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[adigra]

Tool - Fear Inoculum production is one of the strongest I've ever heard. Recorded at the legendary United Recording Studios, it has a sense of space between the instruments I've rarely heard in rock. You can hear every note, every little nuance. Even if you don't like the music, the album is so different to anything else done today. It's designed for high quality equipment as the dynamic range is vast.

[CardShark]

You have excellent taste! Been a BoC fan for many years. Cylob and Squarepusher both excellent in the genre as is Mu-Ziq. I would say Autechre too but even I struggle to enjoy some of their stuff.

Cheers! My mates would, to a man, describe some of the stuff I listen to as "that beep bleep tsch click white noise crap" for which I'd have to agree, except for the crap part. I haven't listened to Autechre in years, I couldn't really access it back then and found it too extreme, having said that given what I've been listening too more recently I may look upon them more favourably nowadays.

Good to see that BoC, and Music Has The Right To Children, has had a few mentions. The three albums in my first post will always be my first loves from each group though other albums are still right up there.

[Phil Lee]

For a great instrumental try From Now On by Band-Maid.

[mr noble]

I'm really enjoying Post Malone, Dua Lipa and Dominic Fike rn

I enjoy Dua Lipa too. Looking at her, mostly.


Funny that her and Rita Ora are both half English and half Albanian. I wonder if they’re related.

[alas58]

Gracey - excellent voice and lyrics.
Lorde - as above.
Bread - anything from early 70’s.👍

[Daveya.]

Gracey - excellent voice and lyrics.
Lorde - as above.
Bread - anything from early 70’s.ðŸ‘�

I like Bread, and Gallagher and Lyle and Nilsson

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[catflem]

Agadoo by black lace

[Geralt]

Not forgetting

Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred
Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back

[jeepie]

The new Beyoncé album is really good.

If you’ve time on your hands try the Sun Bear concerts by Keith Jarrett. The first disk is beautiful and it’s great music to work to.

[pugster]

few testers ...

nils lofgren - keith dont go - from live acoutstic
agnes obel - familiar - from citizen of glass
tool - lateralus
dave brubeck - take 5
jack savoretti - soldiers eyes
jeff buckley - mojo pin
kendra morris - banshee
olafur arnalds & alicesra ott - reminiscence (from the chopin project)
stone rebel - eternal starlight

if you want audio+video one of the best produced music videos ive seen is rammsteins - zeit (search on you tube for the official video and change subs to english)

[Ellietwed]

Leftfield Leftism....loud

[Groovy Greg]

Blackberry Smoke

[snowman]

Skinny Lister - Shanty Punk

Best seen live though - A candidate for best live act, I've seen.

M

[Fraz01]

Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK.

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase.

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun.

Múm is tricky for many to 'get', BoC maybe less so - both certainly offer something a little different from the norm. Sigor Rós, and that particular album, is dreamlike.

I'm just starting out on Squarepusher, I think I could get on quite well with some of that. Bicep the same.

Camelphat, Elderbrook, Röfös Du Sol and Bob Moses have been sating my electronic/dance requirements recently.

I think that'll do for now!

If you like the Sigur Rós album you may wish to check out bands like Explosions in the Sky (my favourite album of theirs being The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place) and the Japanese band Mono. Post Rock was a favourite genre of mine for a while.

Boards of Canada fans may also like 65daysofstatic. Some may find it hard to get but I do like it.

Zero 7 is always a safe bet for a chilled vibe as well.

[Daveya.]

Thanks all, new headphones arriving soon and will check apt of these out

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