Contretemps

Soft Power, a sample-based LP, out for free via Bandcamp on February 3rd.

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Out this week on Bandcamp Friday: the 3rd LP by Contretemps, Soft Power. The record is entirely sampled-based, composed from hundreds of snippets by #Low, #Broadcast, #GastrDelSol, #MouseOnMars, #JohnCage, #Bjork, #FlamingLips, #Autechre and many more.

https://t.co/iwFioIUmgG

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@ecto_fun Wait, Mouthbreather is about Britt Walford?

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@Whenchewsofret The album "Home" by Caspar Brotzmann is essential.

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@Whenchewsofret Other bands to check out:

Zeni Geva
Godflesh
Cable Regime
Health
Chat Pile
Brise Glace
Yona Kit
Caspar Brotzmann Massaker
Melt Banana
Butthole Surfers

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@web3queen__ The Vanishing. The Dutch version from 1988.

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@ghostly Me, at college in 1999, 45 minutes away from Champaign-Urbana (twin brother enrolled at U of I), simultaneously obsessing over Am Football's debut & Ae's Tri Rep.

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@YourFriendTina If you love :Z-F's Mohnomishe, then Norsch is a similarly-styled gem. My favorite of theirs is Assault & Mirage. I actually think it's a lost masterpiece of ambient music.

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@Gun_Is_Son Here for that *ZF* album. Assault & Mirage is my go-to, but Shouting is up there.

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@frozenreeds coming back around to this--since people have been talking a lot about Ae in the last month, here's the opener to the 33 1/3 book proposal I wrote a few years back:

https://t.co/ZGFhAnvddA

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@frozenreeds hadn't realized people were going crazy over that. Saw them at the Chicago stop. It was a PUNISHING set.

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@solexyoghurt why do i only get to choose between quarstice versions?

(I pick Untilted)

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@funkentechno Really happy they reissued it on LP--picked it up right away. Disappointed that they didn't include the original cover art. It was kind of a perfect visual for the mid-'90s era of early internet digitization.

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@funkentechno Re-Entry is just amazing, and so few people know about it. I've had the CD since 1997-ish, and have played it more than just about any instrumental electronic album I own, save for a few Autechre & Coil recordings.

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Coil
Backwards

the essential bridge between “Love’s Secret Domain” and the “Musick To Play In The Dark”, 1992-1996

https://t.co/v6e15yM6Uc

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@evanstreb @Steven_Hyden Sex and Candy is terrible.

Flagapole Sitta is actually a good song.

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@_motherslug I love sugar way more than I ever loved Husker Du. As good as Copper Blue is, File Under Easy Listening is also a total gem.

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@_motherslug Blur were always the better band.

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@qveeraskvlt It's weird territory, and lots of those artists deserve the acclaim they receive despite not being the first. There's plenty of room left to explore...

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@qveeraskvlt A little reductive, but you're onto something.

Not Mingus, but Davis--specifically the way that Davis found a way to triangulate early jazz with Hendrix and Stockhausen. Can did this a few years after Davis, then Talk Talk, then Tortoise, then Radiohead.