The Beginner's Guide to...

CanwllCorfe · 03-30-2011, 03:56 PM

The Beginner's guide to... Trash Electro

The last time I had posted a comp with this kind of Electro, I had some more aggressive material along with some that was more accessible. That aggressive stoof is now established and even has its own name: Trash Electro! This time there's more of that, kind of like a celebration of greatness, but I had to mix it up a bit and include some tracks from other genres (like commercial Electro), because too much of one thing is never good. It's all about variety.

01) Redial - Venom
02) Skanek - Generation
03) Noize Generation - Monster (Dumme Jungs Remix)
04) Konovalov - Crackers
05) The Boomzers - WTF!
06) Uppermost - Dood
07) HAEZER - Black (La Musique d'Ordinateur Remix)
08) The Mastertrons - Stick Man (Monophonique Remix)
09) The Subs - The Face of the Planet (Gtronic Remix)
10) HAEZER - James Bond (Sapphire Remix)
11) DJ Antention - My Body Surrender
12) Dirty Politics - Chick Habit
13) Trashing Teenagers - Whiplash
14) Uppermost - Biscuit Factory
15) GSUS - Molotov
16) HAEZER ft. Label - Warfare (Trashing Teenagers Remix)
17) Dem Slackers - Swagger (Clouds Remix)
18) Konovalov - Drop Drop Drops
19) Feed Me - Jodie
20) F.O.O.L. - Reborn (Redial Remix)

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Zer0 · 04-12-2011, 05:44 AM

Presenting

A Beginner's Guide To

Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura was formed in Glasgow in 1996 by Tracyanne Campbell, John Henderson and Gavin Dunbar. In the 15 years since they have released one mini-album Rare UK Bird (1999) and four studio albums, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (2001), Underachievers Please Try Harder (2003), Let's Get Out Of This Country (2006) and My Maudlin Career (2009) along with a scattering of singles and EPs. The band have gone from strength to strength with each album building in confidence and songwriting and building up a dedicated fanbase along the way. The band are a little too often compared to fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian, a comparison the band are tired of, but like B&S they are greatly influenced by 60's pop melodies and they transport the listener back to simpler musical times. Frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell's lyrics often deal with the pain and heartbreak of relationships and her deeply personal lyrics and sweet, shy, down-to-earth nature has made her an unlikely cult idol with fans. Camera Obscura have an incredibly consistent discography, including some killer b-sides, and anyone who investigates more will be greatly rewarded.

French Navy (My Maudlin Career)
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken (Let's Get Out Of This Country)
Keep It Clean (Underachievers Please Try Harder)
The Sweetest Thing (My Maudlin Career)
Teenager (Underachievers Please Try Harder)
Eighties Fan (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi)
San Francisco Song (Keep It Clean single)
Let's Get Out Of This Country (Let's Get Out Of This Country)
Let Me Go Home (Underachievers Please Try Harder)
My Maudlin Career (My Maudlin Career)
Double Feature (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi)
Razzle Dazzle Rose (Let's Get Out Of This Country)

I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your SCENE

debaserr · 05-07-2011, 06:54 PM

a beginner's guide to Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle are among my favorite rock bands, though labeling them with any genre is a precarious venture.

I was making another personal mix CD so I figured I'd share it. Some of the files I personally edited to remove atmospheric interludes that annoy me(all from S/T album). Also, I removed half of Carry Stress In The Jaw because it's crap.

All files were transcoded from FLAC to MP3 V0(LAME). I also embedded artwork and included a m3u playlist. Enjoy!

Quote Unquote
Slowly Growing Deaf
Squeeze Me Macaroni
Carousel
Stubb (a Dub)
My Ass Is on Fire
The Girls of Porn
Dead Goon

Carry Stress In The Jaw

Sweet Charity
None Of Them Knew They Were Robots
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Ars Moriendi
Goodbye Sober Day

DL

dankrsta · 05-13-2011, 03:18 PM

SYNTHEZA
a guide through minimal synth...(and synth punk)

Analog synths, drum machines, distant vocals, bare stripped down aesthetic, hypnotically catchy...that's pretty much Minimal Synth. It was the underground cousin of synth-pop, but without all the embellishments of commercialism. Instead, minimal synth had a raw DIY attitude, more like a synthy, electronic version of punk and post-punk. Beside this outwardly differences, there was one internal, the most important difference. Both, mainstream synth-pop and minimal synth shared common influences, the most obvious being Kraftwerk and their futuristic vision of Man Machines. The mainstream synth hysteria embraced it optimistically, creating a kind of futuristic utopia. At the same time, I would rather describe many minimal synth music as a rather dystopian Man vs Machine. This tension can be felt in the often bleak sound, desperate almost relentless repetition and other times in deep seeded melancholy, although it might seem cheery on the outside. Hey, I just described Joy Division

This compilation is pretty big. It has 35 songs, all by different artists. (I actually had to cut it a bit). The opening track belongs to none other than Suicide, the most celebrated band on this comp and with a good reason. They were one of the first to apply this bare, minimal electronic sound on punk aesthetic. Many bands here have been long forgotten, but some of them have managed to gain a cult status (like The Screamers). A lot of them were short lived with only one album, or just an EP, but all are equally interesting. This whole minimal synth phenomenon lasted from the late 70s to the early 80s, dying down by the mid 80s, so none of this new synth revival can be found on this compilation. Beside USA and UK, minimal synth was especially flourishing in Europe (France, Germany and especially in Belgium and Netherlands). I tried to cover all this.

Variety was important for this big compilation to be enjoyable all the way through. That's why I spiced it up with different synth sounds, be it synth-punk at the start of the comp, then more general minimal synth sound in the middle, then a broader sound which can be called "minimal wave", some experimental tendencies (close to industrial), and minimal electronic in the end.

TRACKLIST:

Suicide - "Ghost Rider" (Suicide, 1977)
The Normal - "T.V.O.D." (T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette, 1978)
The Screamers - "122 Hours of Fear" (Demos 1977-78)
Nervous Gender - "People Like You" (Music From Hell, 1981)
Hit Parade - "Here's What You Find In Any Prison" (Bad News, 1982)
The Cardboards - "Electrical Generator" (Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, 1981)
Crash Course In Science - "Cardboard Lamb" (Signals From Pier Thirteen, 1981)
Xex - "You Think" (Group Xex, 1980)
Dark Day - "Arp's Carpet" (Exterminating Angel, 1980)
Radio Free Europe - "It Likes You" (It Likes You 7'', 1980)
Mekanik Kommando - "White Soldier" (It Would Be Quiet In The Woods If Only A Few Birds Sing, 1981)
The Units - "Digital Stimulation" (Digital Stimulation, 1980)
Futurisk - "Split Second" (Player Piano, 1982)
Experimental Products - "The Addict" (Prototype, 1982)
Ceramic Hello - "Climatic Nouveaux" (The Absence of a Canary, 1981)
Ensemble Pittoresque - "The Art of Being" (For This Is Past, 1983)
Anti-Matter - "Industrial City" (Industrial City 7'', 1981)
Absolute Body Control - "Is There an Exit" (Is There an Exit 7'', 1981)
Enzo Kreft - "Beauty Queen" (Me Is, 1983)
Solid Space - "A Darkness In My Soul" (Space Museum, 1982)
Shoc Corridor - "On Reflection" (Experiments in Incest, 1983)
Thomas Leer & Robert Rental - "Attack Decay" (The Bridge, 1979)
Chris & Cosey - "This Is Me" (Heartbeat, 1981)
Tara Cross - "Desperate" (Limelight, 1985)
Pyrolator - "It Always Rains In Wuppertal" (Inland, 1979)
Pseudo Code - "The Brightness Of Love And Illusion" (Europa, 1982)
Duet Emmo - "Or So It Seems" (Or So It Seems, 1983)
Dome - "Airmail" (1 & 2, 1980)
Der Plan - "Gefdhrliche Clowns (Manisch-Idiotisch)" (Geri Reig, 1980)
Bene Gesserit - "Existentialisme" (A High, Happy, Perverse And Cynical Cry Of Joy, 1985)
Minimal Man - "You Are" (The Shroud Of, 1981)
impLOG - "Holland Tunnel Dive" (Holland Tunnel Dive 12", 1980)
Ike Yard - "M. Kurtz" (Ike Yard, 1982)
Martin Rev - "Nineteen 86" (Martin Rev, 1979)
Monoton - "Dancing&singing" (Monotonprodukt, 1982)

enjoy

(192 k/s; 200 mb)

BastardofYoung · 05-13-2011, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eric generic

a beginner's guide to Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle are among my favorite rock bands, though labeling them with any genre is a precarious venture.

I was making another personal mix CD so I figured I'd share it. Some of the files I personally edited to remove atmospheric interludes that annoy me(all from S/T album). Also, I removed half of Carry Stress In The Jaw because it's crap.

All files were transcoded from FLAC to MP3 V0(LAME). I also embedded artwork and included a m3u playlist. Enjoy!

Quote Unquote
Slowly Growing Deaf
Squeeze Me Macaroni
Carousel
Stubb (a Dub)
My Ass Is on Fire
The Girls of Porn
Dead Goon

Carry Stress In The Jaw

Sweet Charity
None Of Them Knew They Were Robots
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Ars Moriendi
Goodbye Sober Day

DL

why edit them? want people to hear them the way they are i think.

Plus you forgot "Desert Search for Techno Allah", "Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz" and "Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy". Not to mention stuff from the early days.

debaserr · 05-13-2011, 04:08 PM

if they want to hear them unedited they can acquire it via youtube or purchase. or, you could put the effort into making your own compilation. I edited them because my goal was a personal mix cd first and this second.

it seems like I get about twice as many people bitching about my compilations as people thanking me for them.

BastardofYoung · 05-13-2011, 04:14 PM

I am not bitching. Just think could of added more and retained the weirdness Bungle is known for (Patton in general) cause that is part of the music. I do not know, can't tell much from your last.fm, just appears like maybe you are not a fan of the really experimental and noise stuff I guess.

Good comp for people who may not know them, but could of used a more to get people more hooked in.

I am a Patton fan, so I will always think anything looks incomplete haha.

debaserr · 05-13-2011, 04:17 PM

feel free to up a competing compilation!

my goal was to include my favorite songs by the band, not necessarily showcase their whole range of work.

the thread is called beginner's guide to... my only hope is that it sparks some interest in them.

PS: my last.fm has 50 plays.

TockTockTock · 05-18-2011, 06:38 PM

So far, dankrsta's minimal synth compilation is excellent.

Blarobbarg · 05-21-2011, 09:40 AM

Downloaded the Mr. Bungle and Minimal Synth mictapes. Looking forward to listening.

03-30-2011, 03:56 PM	#971 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	The Beginner's guide to... Trash Electro The last time I had posted a comp with this kind of Electro, I had some more aggressive material along with some that was more accessible. That aggressive stoof is now established and even has its own name: Trash Electro! This time there's more of that, kind of like a celebration of greatness, but I had to mix it up a bit and include some tracks from other genres (like commercial Electro), because too much of one thing is never good. It's all about variety. 01) Redial - Venom 02) Skanek - Generation 03) Noize Generation - Monster (Dumme Jungs Remix) 04) Konovalov - Crackers 05) The Boomzers - WTF! 06) Uppermost - Dood 07) HAEZER - Black (La Musique d'Ordinateur Remix) 08) The Mastertrons - Stick Man (Monophonique Remix) 09) The Subs - The Face of the Planet (Gtronic Remix) 10) HAEZER - James Bond (Sapphire Remix) 11) DJ Antention - My Body Surrender 12) Dirty Politics - Chick Habit 13) Trashing Teenagers - Whiplash 14) Uppermost - Biscuit Factory 15) GSUS - Molotov 16) HAEZER ft. Label - Warfare (Trashing Teenagers Remix) 17) Dem Slackers - Swagger (Clouds Remix) 18) Konovalov - Drop Drop Drops 19) Feed Me - Jodie 20) F.O.O.L. - Reborn (Redial Remix) Download __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

04-12-2011, 05:44 AM	#972 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	Presenting A Beginner's Guide To Camera Obscura Camera Obscura was formed in Glasgow in 1996 by Tracyanne Campbell, John Henderson and Gavin Dunbar. In the 15 years since they have released one mini-album Rare UK Bird (1999) and four studio albums, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (2001), Underachievers Please Try Harder (2003), Let's Get Out Of This Country (2006) and My Maudlin Career (2009) along with a scattering of singles and EPs. The band have gone from strength to strength with each album building in confidence and songwriting and building up a dedicated fanbase along the way. The band are a little too often compared to fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian, a comparison the band are tired of, but like B&S they are greatly influenced by 60's pop melodies and they transport the listener back to simpler musical times. Frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell's lyrics often deal with the pain and heartbreak of relationships and her deeply personal lyrics and sweet, shy, down-to-earth nature has made her an unlikely cult idol with fans. Camera Obscura have an incredibly consistent discography, including some killer b-sides, and anyone who investigates more will be greatly rewarded. French Navy (My Maudlin Career) Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken (Let's Get Out Of This Country) Keep It Clean (Underachievers Please Try Harder) The Sweetest Thing (My Maudlin Career) Teenager (Underachievers Please Try Harder) Eighties Fan (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi) San Francisco Song (Keep It Clean single) Let's Get Out Of This Country (Let's Get Out Of This Country) Let Me Go Home (Underachievers Please Try Harder) My Maudlin Career (My Maudlin Career) Double Feature (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi) Razzle Dazzle Rose (Let's Get Out Of This Country) I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your SCENE __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

05-07-2011, 06:54 PM	#973 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	a beginner's guide to Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle are among my favorite rock bands, though labeling them with any genre is a precarious venture. I was making another personal mix CD so I figured I'd share it. Some of the files I personally edited to remove atmospheric interludes that annoy me(all from S/T album). Also, I removed half of Carry Stress In The Jaw because it's crap. All files were transcoded from FLAC to MP3 V0(LAME). I also embedded artwork and included a m3u playlist. Enjoy! Quote Unquote Slowly Growing Deaf Squeeze Me Macaroni Carousel Stubb (a Dub) My Ass Is on Fire The Girls of Porn Dead Goon Carry Stress In The Jaw Sweet Charity None Of Them Knew They Were Robots The Air-Conditioned Nightmare Ars Moriendi Goodbye Sober Day DL __________________ Last.FM Last edited by debaserr; 05-07-2011 at 07:01 PM.

05-13-2011, 03:18 PM	#974 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	SYNTHEZA a guide through minimal synth...(and synth punk) Analog synths, drum machines, distant vocals, bare stripped down aesthetic, hypnotically catchy...that's pretty much Minimal Synth. It was the underground cousin of synth-pop, but without all the embellishments of commercialism. Instead, minimal synth had a raw DIY attitude, more like a synthy, electronic version of punk and post-punk. Beside this outwardly differences, there was one internal, the most important difference. Both, mainstream synth-pop and minimal synth shared common influences, the most obvious being Kraftwerk and their futuristic vision of Man Machines. The mainstream synth hysteria embraced it optimistically, creating a kind of futuristic utopia. At the same time, I would rather describe many minimal synth music as a rather dystopian Man vs Machine. This tension can be felt in the often bleak sound, desperate almost relentless repetition and other times in deep seeded melancholy, although it might seem cheery on the outside. Hey, I just described Joy Division This compilation is pretty big. It has 35 songs, all by different artists. (I actually had to cut it a bit). The opening track belongs to none other than Suicide, the most celebrated band on this comp and with a good reason. They were one of the first to apply this bare, minimal electronic sound on punk aesthetic. Many bands here have been long forgotten, but some of them have managed to gain a cult status (like The Screamers). A lot of them were short lived with only one album, or just an EP, but all are equally interesting. This whole minimal synth phenomenon lasted from the late 70s to the early 80s, dying down by the mid 80s, so none of this new synth revival can be found on this compilation. Beside USA and UK, minimal synth was especially flourishing in Europe (France, Germany and especially in Belgium and Netherlands). I tried to cover all this. Variety was important for this big compilation to be enjoyable all the way through. That's why I spiced it up with different synth sounds, be it synth-punk at the start of the comp, then more general minimal synth sound in the middle, then a broader sound which can be called "minimal wave", some experimental tendencies (close to industrial), and minimal electronic in the end. TRACKLIST: Suicide - "Ghost Rider" (Suicide, 1977) The Normal - "T.V.O.D." (T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette, 1978) The Screamers - "122 Hours of Fear" (Demos 1977-78) Nervous Gender - "People Like You" (Music From Hell, 1981) Hit Parade - "Here's What You Find In Any Prison" (Bad News, 1982) The Cardboards - "Electrical Generator" (Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, 1981) Crash Course In Science - "Cardboard Lamb" (Signals From Pier Thirteen, 1981) Xex - "You Think" (Group Xex, 1980) Dark Day - "Arp's Carpet" (Exterminating Angel, 1980) Radio Free Europe - "It Likes You" (It Likes You 7'', 1980) Mekanik Kommando - "White Soldier" (It Would Be Quiet In The Woods If Only A Few Birds Sing, 1981) The Units - "Digital Stimulation" (Digital Stimulation, 1980) Futurisk - "Split Second" (Player Piano, 1982) Experimental Products - "The Addict" (Prototype, 1982) Ceramic Hello - "Climatic Nouveaux" (The Absence of a Canary, 1981) Ensemble Pittoresque - "The Art of Being" (For This Is Past, 1983) Anti-Matter - "Industrial City" (Industrial City 7'', 1981) Absolute Body Control - "Is There an Exit" (Is There an Exit 7'', 1981) Enzo Kreft - "Beauty Queen" (Me Is, 1983) Solid Space - "A Darkness In My Soul" (Space Museum, 1982) Shoc Corridor - "On Reflection" (Experiments in Incest, 1983) Thomas Leer & Robert Rental - "Attack Decay" (The Bridge, 1979) Chris & Cosey - "This Is Me" (Heartbeat, 1981) Tara Cross - "Desperate" (Limelight, 1985) Pyrolator - "It Always Rains In Wuppertal" (Inland, 1979) Pseudo Code - "The Brightness Of Love And Illusion" (Europa, 1982) Duet Emmo - "Or So It Seems" (Or So It Seems, 1983) Dome - "Airmail" (1 & 2, 1980) Der Plan - "Gefdhrliche Clowns (Manisch-Idiotisch)" (Geri Reig, 1980) Bene Gesserit - "Existentialisme" (A High, Happy, Perverse And Cynical Cry Of Joy, 1985) Minimal Man - "You Are" (The Shroud Of, 1981) impLOG - "Holland Tunnel Dive" (Holland Tunnel Dive 12", 1980) Ike Yard - "M. Kurtz" (Ike Yard, 1982) Martin Rev - "Nineteen 86" (Martin Rev, 1979) Monoton - "Dancing&singing" (Monotonprodukt, 1982) enjoy (192 k/s; 200 mb) __________________ Last.fm

05-13-2011, 04:08 PM	#976 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	if they want to hear them unedited they can acquire it via youtube or purchase. or, you could put the effort into making your own compilation. I edited them because my goal was a personal mix cd first and this second. it seems like I get about twice as many people bitching about my compilations as people thanking me for them. __________________ Last.FM Last edited by debaserr; 05-13-2011 at 04:13 PM.

05-13-2011, 04:14 PM	#977 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	I am not bitching. Just think could of added more and retained the weirdness Bungle is known for (Patton in general) cause that is part of the music. I do not know, can't tell much from your last.fm, just appears like maybe you are not a fan of the really experimental and noise stuff I guess. Good comp for people who may not know them, but could of used a more to get people more hooked in. I am a Patton fan, so I will always think anything looks incomplete haha. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

05-13-2011, 04:17 PM	#978 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	feel free to up a competing compilation! my goal was to include my favorite songs by the band, not necessarily showcase their whole range of work. the thread is called beginner's guide to... my only hope is that it sparks some interest in them. PS: my last.fm has 50 plays. __________________ Last.FM

05-18-2011, 06:38 PM	#979 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	So far, dankrsta's minimal synth compilation is excellent.

05-21-2011, 09:40 AM	#980 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	Downloaded the Mr. Bungle and Minimal Synth mictapes. Looking forward to listening.