What are you listening to right now?

misko_2083 · 2020-10-14 12:38:31

Michael Parenti The Real causes of WWII https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Lievywdoo

twoion · 2020-10-16 17:25:07

Kalafina - Snow Falling : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2chBnhrKON8

eight.bit.al · 2020-10-16 20:40:52

A voice like Kate Bush.

Phoebe Bridgers

https://open.spotify.com/album/2xECuqnv … srXZS_iz3g

8bit

hhh · 2020-10-17 23:48:25

One of my go-to tracks if I'm trying to assess an audio system, especially the speakers, speaker placement and the sound-stage. Grace Jones - Don't Cry, It's Only the Rhythm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abWFNDOM7iA

Trevor Horn doing some nice production work in 1985.

Other reference tracks for me, Robben Ford - Mystic Mile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Row83ujjXkc

Even the YouTube links for these tracks are useful. Volume level for each track is not uniform though, adjust accordingly.

Steely Dan, Aja (from the album Aja) and Gaucho (from the album Gaucho)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8WJl7INPY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GesEA9M … wa&index=4

And any track from Love Over Gold by Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJnj9og7xNU

hhh · 2020-10-18 00:46:11

I didn't mention Chesky Records, a studio that uses the purest recording techniques with minimal studio production.

https://cheskyrecords.bandcamp.com/video

Great recordings, they really showcase your stereo. You can hear it, most of the production is pre-production, specifically room choice and mic choice and placement.

My favorite recording style, without all the studio isolation booths you can really hear some music.

hhh · 2020-10-18 01:00:07

Example, Mark Whitfield - Live and Uncut, Changes for Monk and Trane (live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-81ThUW_IAk

Now argue that that is not beautifully recorded.

phuturism · 2020-10-18 01:22:03

hhh wrote:

One of my go-to tracks if I'm trying to assess an audio system, especially the speakers, speaker placement and the sound-stage. Grace Jones - Don't Cry, It's Only the Rhythm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abWFNDOM7iA

Great tracks! One of my favourite GJ tracks was always Walking in the Rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhcWeXIOZs

Recently found out it's a cover of a slightly obscure Australian band Flash and the Pan (Vanda and Young songwriting legends in Australia), I like their version as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMQkTqeSXD4

hhh · 2020-10-18 01:32:29

Robben Ford, live. He was in Miles Davis' band for a tour, I think. Anyway, an amazing guitarist...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2CTeY8LHqA

hhh · 2020-10-18 01:42:01

phuturism wrote:

Great tracks! One of my favourite GJ tracks was always Walking in the Rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhcWeXIOZs

I've posted it often, it's the definition of cool, and another great track to check your speakers with. Grace with Sly and Robbie, 1981.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbDJjjJQJ-o

One of my favorite trivia bits and track from that album (Nightclubbing) is Demolition Man, written by Sting. I guess he gave her the song and it was released on this album, and then The Police released it soon after on the album "Ghost In The Machine". There's no comparison, Grace's version blows Sting's away. It's not even close, Sly and Robbie and the rest of the band crush it.

The Police - Demolition Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB88RjZ9Gzo

Grace Jones - Demolition Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7EQPAi5rHw

hhh · 2020-10-18 16:10:24

Grace Jones - Private Live (written by Chrissie Hynde, 1980)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Life_(song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7mzAZOgkE0

glittersloth · 2020-10-18 16:30:33

https://beatsinspace.net/playlists/1063/

hhh · 2020-10-18 18:33:00

eight.bit.al wrote:

A voice like Kate Bush.
Phoebe Bridgers
https://open.spotify.com/album/2xECuqnv … srXZS_iz3g
8bit

Not sure if this the same album, but it's awesome in any case...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9-xN6dCW4

Kate Bush is still rocking, here she is in 2005 (I think)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8xk_AkeP5c

And live in 2014...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrt4y_6r3Qs

hhh · 2020-10-18 18:50:25

glittersloth wrote:

https://beatsinspace.net/playlists/1063/

I'm getting a Frank Zappa vibe from this. Sounds you've never heard before, played in a familiar style, which results in music that is uncomfortable to listen to. Nice post!

hhh · 2020-10-18 20:06:18

Also, for college radio, WERS, Emerson College radio, Boston...

http://wers.tunegenie.com/#

WZBC, Boston College radio...

https://www.wzbc.org/listen

hhh · 2020-10-21 19:40:13

I'm not a Prince fan. Prince - When the Lights Go Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRLDwZhuK-U

I am a Steel Pulse fan. Steel Pulse - Prediction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACKRAXhhMcA

glittersloth · 2020-10-22 05:48:16

https://jazzisdead.bandcamp.com/album/m … lle-jid003

hhh · 2020-10-23 23:39:30

glittersloth wrote:

https://jazzisdead.bandcamp.com/album/m … lle-jid003

The first track is almost unbearably jazzy, sir. Lies!

Another for stereo testing, DJ Shadow - Ghost Town (2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_35Uz6-BruE

hhh · 2020-10-24 00:28:02

Gorillaz with Beck - Valley of the Pagans (brand spanking new). It's familiar material, but they do do it well. Do do, I say!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWAPZ7t1s6k

Zero 7 with Lou Stone - Outline (brand new, live). I was looking for Take My Hand from the studio album which I just heard on Spotify, but I can't find it on YouTube. Anyway, this video and track are pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CofEJ6 … e=youtu.be

Chet Faker - Low (brand spanking new)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGWKZCa … rt_radio=1

Zero 7 - Swimmers. Those octave vocals are so tight, as always with Zero 7.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7R_thZ … Ts&index=2

hhh · 2020-10-24 01:09:50

I'll limit myself to one more post for tonight.

Zero 7 - Mona (live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxfm5CoyvgI

James Blake - I'll Come Too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJ5HYGIqlY

Well... that was adult contemporary.

The new Blue Oyster Cult album with some prog-rock. Box In My Head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggj8AI_Woo0

The new AC/DC single, Shot In the Dark, Familiar materila, but they do do it well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNhn1KOqq8g

ratcheer · 2020-10-24 15:12:58

Oooh, my youngest son showed me this one: The Winery Dogs - Fooled Around And Fell In Love (Unleashed in Japan)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Tvhoq … LL&index=1

Colonel Panic · 2020-10-25 20:03:06

hhh wrote:

Also, for college radio, WERS, Emerson College radio, Boston...
http://wers.tunegenie.com/#
WZBC, Boston College radio...
https://www.wzbc.org/listen

Thanks for that one! They've got an interesting selection at the moment, mostly things I haven't heard before (apart from the Police with "Can't Stand Losing You". I've just heard Francoise Hardy with a song called "La Nuit Est Sur La Ville."

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2020-10-25 20:14:55)

Dobbie03 · Yesterday 02:00:11

Colors

hhh · Yesterday 02:54:41

Prog-rock goes psychedelic. A new release, I think, Ozric Tentacles - Stripey Clouds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJRPrzfNcU

Break out your headphones, the mix on this is fantastic.

Dobbie03 · Yesterday 03:20:36

Fantômas

hhh · Yesterday 03:32:55

GoGo Penguin - Last Words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJRPrzfNcU

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