from freak fighter to lamp lighter

OccultHawk · 10-03-2018, 06:06 PM

https://chiheihatakeyama.bandcamp.co...ds-in-memories

Coastal Railroads In Memories
Album by Chihei Hatakeyama

This is one of my faves of 2016. I know there’s an onus on me to say why. The drones hit a sweet spot. I like the way my brain feels when I listen to this one. There’s an ineffable rightness about it

OccultHawk · 10-04-2018, 10:49 AM

Let's Take A Trip
Album by Tall Black Guy

https://tallblackguy.bandcamp.com/al...ts-take-a-trip

Heavily and openly influenced by Eric B. & Rakim Let’s Take a Trip successfully takes the listener on a “journey into sound”. FYI, if you care to source the sample here you are:

Jazz offered American black folks everything they needed for self-liberation. It didn’t help many. White intellectuals appropriated the liberation. Psychological freedom from the trappings of oppression is ****ing right there. I’m not saying no black people took it but the minds that were freed were mostly “white not black/you might not believe it but it is like that”. As soon as hip hop had clearly placed itself as the most important artistic movement of the late 20th century it became a modern day minstrel show for suburban whites whose nuts tingled at the sounds of black on black violence. Google Spike Lee’s thoughts on it. He’s right.

Tall Black Guy refuses to be a n igger however the **** you want to spell it. He’s not the only one. Not the first; not the best- but damn good. This record is really damn good.

And I will admit this: If this was popular enough to challenge the current hip hop power structure I would be picking at it instead of celebrating it because I’m a white piece of **** and I get huffy when my balls aren’t being powdered by a generation of hip hop artists that are dying younger than ever. I’m not sure why. I’m not profiting off their “white power sneakers” or their prison time. I put my entertainment above any principle. They keep feeding me, too. If I wasn’t so sick (literally) I’d change my diet. Well, considering I probably listen to 20 jazz records per one hip hop record my diet isn’t so bad actually. It’s just that it’s going to take another full on revolution for black music to redeem itself politically. Very well-done retro vibes aren’t enough.

OccultHawk · 10-05-2018, 07:03 PM

ATGCLVLSSCAP
Studio album by Ulver

This album starts off so great. It sounds to me a lot like Metal Machine Music. Then it starts to evolve into something a little worse. By the end of it a lot ****ing worse. WTF?

**Frownland** · 10-05-2018, 09:16 PM

I vaguely remember my reaction being similar.

OccultHawk · 10-07-2018, 08:02 PM

Chrome
Album by S U R F I N G

https://ssurfing.bandcamp.com/album/chrome

18 minutes of hypnotic soundscape jams from an Australian hip hop duo. Worth a listen.

OccultHawk · 10-09-2018, 07:47 AM

Cityscapes / Landscapes
Album by The Greg Foat Group

https://thegregfoatgroup.bandcamp.co...pes-landscapes

Non-Coltranian melodic glossy jazz. Skilled musicians and fine orchestration. Accomplishes what it sets out to do. Available on Spotify if you need to collate some documents at work and don’t want to offend anybody.

OccultHawk · 10-10-2018, 09:54 AM

Kurushimi
Album by Kurushimi

https://viakurushimi.bandcamp.com/album/kurushimi

exciting dynamic electric

This is the type of jazz that makes you stronger. The AC/DC of avant garde jazz. Not because it rocks but because it ****ing crushes. Makes you feel like you’re about to win a fight. Five stars.

**Frownland** · 10-10-2018, 09:57 AM

**** yes. They've surpassed Zu as my favourite free jazz/metal/brutal prog amalgamation. New album is great too.

OccultHawk · 10-12-2018, 02:31 PM

Asphalt for Eden
Studio album by Dälek

Dälek took over six years to get this out. It’s gotten love on MB before as a top 2016 release and deservedly so. It truly successfully blends genres and has unique sound. Finding those sweet spot hitting hip hop records this far along the timeline can be frustrating. Like there’s so much stuff that’s like right there but like that’s not it. But this is just like mmmmm yummy just right. The member shuffling didn’t matter. Dälek is genius and this is a masterpiece.

**Frownland** · 10-12-2018, 03:17 PM

Great album. I was disappointed when it was first released because it wasn't as heavy as Absence, which was my favourite dalek album at the time, but when I listened to it more, the somewhat understated genius of the production grew on me. Then they returned to form on Endangered Philosophies and I was just like meh. Would've been ideal if those two releases swapped places.

10-03-2018, 06:06 PM	#641 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	https://chiheihatakeyama.bandcamp.co...ds-in-memories Coastal Railroads In Memories Album by Chihei Hatakeyama This is one of my faves of 2016. I know there’s an onus on me to say why. The drones hit a sweet spot. I like the way my brain feels when I listen to this one. There’s an ineffable rightness about it __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

10-04-2018, 10:49 AM	#642 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Let's Take A Trip Album by Tall Black Guy https://tallblackguy.bandcamp.com/al...ts-take-a-trip Heavily and openly influenced by Eric B. & Rakim Let’s Take a Trip successfully takes the listener on a “journey into sound”. FYI, if you care to source the sample here you are: Jazz offered American black folks everything they needed for self-liberation. It didn’t help many. White intellectuals appropriated the liberation. Psychological freedom from the trappings of oppression is **ing right there. I’m not saying no black people took it but the minds that were freed were mostly “white not black/you might not believe it but it is like that”. As soon as hip hop had clearly placed itself as the most important artistic movement of the late 20th century it became a modern day minstrel show for suburban whites whose nuts tingled at the sounds of black on black violence. Google Spike Lee’s thoughts on it. He’s right. Tall Black Guy refuses to be a n igger however the you want to spell it. He’s not the only one. Not the first; not the best- but damn good. This record is really damn good. And I will admit this: If this was popular enough to challenge the current hip hop power structure I would be picking at it instead of celebrating it because I’m a white piece of ** and I get huffy when my balls aren’t being powdered by a generation of hip hop artists that are dying younger than ever. I’m not sure why. I’m not profiting off their “white power sneakers” or their prison time. I put my entertainment above any principle. They keep feeding me, too. If I wasn’t so sick (literally) I’d change my diet. Well, considering I probably listen to 20 jazz records per one hip hop record my diet isn’t so bad actually. It’s just that it’s going to take another full on revolution for black music to redeem itself politically. Very well-done retro vibes aren’t enough. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

10-05-2018, 07:03 PM	#643 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	ATGCLVLSSCAP Studio album by Ulver This album starts off so great. It sounds to me a lot like Metal Machine Music. Then it starts to evolve into something a little worse. By the end of it a lot ****ing worse. WTF? __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

10-05-2018, 09:16 PM	#644 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I vaguely remember my reaction being similar. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-07-2018, 08:02 PM	#645 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Chrome Album by S U R F I N G https://ssurfing.bandcamp.com/album/chrome 18 minutes of hypnotic soundscape jams from an Australian hip hop duo. Worth a listen. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

10-09-2018, 07:47 AM	#646 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Cityscapes / Landscapes Album by The Greg Foat Group https://thegregfoatgroup.bandcamp.co...pes-landscapes Non-Coltranian melodic glossy jazz. Skilled musicians and fine orchestration. Accomplishes what it sets out to do. Available on Spotify if you need to collate some documents at work and don’t want to offend anybody. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

10-10-2018, 09:54 AM	#647 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Kurushimi Album by Kurushimi https://viakurushimi.bandcamp.com/album/kurushimi exciting dynamic electric This is the type of jazz that makes you stronger. The AC/DC of avant garde jazz. Not because it rocks but because it ****ing crushes. Makes you feel like you’re about to win a fight. Five stars. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

10-10-2018, 09:57 AM	#648 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	**** yes. They've surpassed Zu as my favourite free jazz/metal/brutal prog amalgamation. New album is great too. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-12-2018, 02:31 PM	#649 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Asphalt for Eden Studio album by Dälek Dälek took over six years to get this out. It’s gotten love on MB before as a top 2016 release and deservedly so. It truly successfully blends genres and has unique sound. Finding those sweet spot hitting hip hop records this far along the timeline can be frustrating. Like there’s so much stuff that’s like right there but like that’s not it. But this is just like mmmmm yummy just right. The member shuffling didn’t matter. Dälek is genius and this is a masterpiece. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

10-12-2018, 03:17 PM	#650 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Great album. I was disappointed when it was first released because it wasn't as heavy as Absence, which was my favourite dalek album at the time, but when I listened to it more, the somewhat understated genius of the production grew on me. Then they returned to form on Endangered Philosophies and I was just like meh. Would've been ideal if those two releases swapped places. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x