Happy New Year!

You know there's a thread for just game music in the non-oddworld gaming section.

I know.

Even though this is basically just copying Burial and Aphex Twin's style at least it's not that bad.

Hypnotic.

Sometimes I forget how nearly flawless this album is.

Ooh.

Finally listened to this. Might be my new favourite Sufjan album. Too good. I love how he still manages to create a band-y sound with many arrangements solely through electronics.

So you got it for Christmas? It's amazing, right? Vesuvius is gorgeous, but this is my favourite.



Now That I'm Older is amazingly expressive, too. The first time I heard it especially washed over me with a wall of melancholy that I haven't felt since I first heard Pet Sounds last year. In one song he achieved a similar emotional peak to the entirety of one of the best albums ever made.



Impossible Soul is something else completely, but I think I already posted that somewhere in this thread. Something about going through all 25 minutes of it makes that ending so much more powerful. The "Boy we can do much more together" section is ridiculously catchy and energetic you'll spend lots of time singing it in your head. That's the one thing that really stuck after my first few listens. I still can't quite grasp what it's about, but I think that's because I get distracted by the amazing music and stop listening to the lyrics.

Yeah, I got it for Christmas. The art that comes in the album's booklet is so bizarre. Sufjan's a weird guy.


I was worried that this would sound too different from his other stuff, but it really just sounds like his regular schtick, just played through electronics. It also feels a lot more personal than Illinois or Michigan. Still getting into it, though, so I have a lot to discover; there are so many layers of sound and melodies buried in each song, so I'm looking forward to uncovering all the secrets of the Age of Adz.

I actually haven't listened to Impossible Soul yet. Heard the first couple seconds and realized that I didn't have time to listen to an entire 25 minute song, so I decided to savor it for later. Will check it out soon.

Starting to understand why everyone has been hyping this album so hard. It's fucking amazing.

Ooh this is nice.

another ambient mix ( I also included an oddworld track)

Hey OANST, do you like Beulah? They're an Elephant 6 band and I think they're awesome.

Hey, Bungle, do you like Godspeed You! Black Emperor? They're a postapocalyptic rock band and I think they're awesome.

Yeah. God Speed is great. I'm sure Bungle likes them too.

Please tell me how the uh 'Postapocalyptic rock' genre is defined.

Their first album came out after the apocalypse, right?

Only thing that comes an apocalypse is a...

proceeding with Bleep's 100 tracks 2011

Godspeed is one of my favourite bands. East Hastings is so beauitully haunting and post-apocolyptic. The album its from is one of my all time favorites.

Also OANST never answered my question, so I guess I'll take that as a no. damn.

I finally bought Centipede Hz. I liked it, but I'll need to listen to it a few more times before I can say too much. It hasn't swept me off my feet, but as a young composer I feel like there is a lot I can learn from the energy their songs have and apply that to a rage of genres.

In other news, I'm learning this for my Music Performance subject and uni audition, which will happen towards the end of next year.

I didn't like what I heard off Hz. Haven't checked out the full album yet, though.

I have no idea, what you're talking about, but here are two old beauties.

Animal Collective.

Centipede Hz is a little off putting at first. Mostly because it was recorded live in studio, and sounds like a fucking cacophony. It's really hard at first to discern what the sounds you are hearing are, and they sort of did this on purpose. While it's not my favorite album from them, it still grew on me a lot, and I like it a lot better than Merriwether.

The white noise bleeps and bloops were the idea behind the album, weren't they? The way the noise ebbs and flows out through all of the songs is amazing. Musically it's nothing spectacular, but I just get so much energy radiating from it. It's definitely not the kind of thing I'd usually buy but it's different, interesting and inspirational to me.

Merriwether was so fantastic, though. I can't see Hz topping it.

I feel as if Hz is just a giant troll agains the people who loved the poppiness of Merriwether.

Hz has soul. It has energy. It's clear to me that a great deal of passion went into it and that shows even through the musically bland parts. It's the fundamental basis of anything that makes the album good.

I might buy Merriwether and Strawberry Jam at some point, just to mix up my usual listening a bit. The Age of Adz especially has really made me want more variety from my standard rotation of albums.