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Old-school ɦǟƈӄɛʀ, musician/composer, pro web/game dev, founder, grammarian, writer, amateur astronaut, shirt designer.
My verbs are love, support and respect.
Joined Nov 2022
Today's heaping helping of #prog.
Here is This Winter Machine with "Broken". Matches my mood today.
Urgh.
A day late,
but still great.
(Hey! I'm a poet and
wasn't even cognizant of the fact)
Here is The Merrymakers with "April's Fool"
A few months ago, I had a discussion with friends about ambient music for concentration (in my case, for coding). My preferences for that purpose were:
- No vocals with words
- No drones (which have the opposite effect on my brain)
- Must be interesting but not intrusive
A big favorite of those in that discussion was "Apollo" by Brian Eno.
If you are of a similar opinion, check out The Vernon Spring. I smile every time he pops up on my playlist.
Today's song is NSFW (but fun)... Show more
Cloudy. Storms outside. And it's probably going to last through the night. It's OK, though. I have a great set of very moody prog and art rock to help me pass the time.
Here's Karfagen (from Ukraine) with "Faces in the Clouds"
SO HAPPY that live music is finally back in full swing after the locked-down period. Whoo-hoo!
I have four live concerts lined up over the next 2 months, making up for lost time, including Jacob Collier (stoked!) and also this band: here is "Unbreakable" by Soen.
As a general ̶r̶u̶l̶e̶ guideline, I'm not much into country music. But I do really dig steel/lap guitar, so it can be a bit of a conundrum.
Just heard a song that could be considered a gateway piece for me. 🙂 I can dig it.
Here is Katrina Cain with "New Mercedes"
It's a dreary, cold day today.
Quite a change from the 91-degrees-in-February-bang a couple of days ago, but at least back to what is 'normal'. And this gray day was coloring me in all blue.
But then this materialized from my speakers. And just like that I was warm again, recalling the luxurious beauty and visual poetry of this wonderful film.
May it do the same for you.
Once upon a time, a mystery band named Klaatu (which some people believed was really the Beatles) wrote this wonderful song in 1976. It was covered (and made a bit more famous) by The Carpenters. That version was decent, even if it now feels a bit dated.
I encourage you to listen to both of those, but this version is my favorite, with its slightly swing-funk take in the middle. Here is Unitopia with "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
And as a follow-up to "Dave's Groove", here is "The Dream".
BOP RATM.
Time to bop some heads.
Here is the Hip Horns Brass Collective with "Dave's Groove"
Had to share this again, just too good. It came up in my rotation this afternoon and I always get chills listening to it.
If you are a musician, you'll probably dig this. If you know a musician, turn them on to this guy. They'll probably thank you.
Because he's genius. And those frickin' drummers get me every time at around the 6:35 mark.
Here is Tigran Hamasysan and the Berklee Middle Eastern Fusion Ensemble playing "Drip".
Dig it.
Was listening this morning to oddities and obscurities when this wedged itself firmly into my personal meatspace.
It's "Oostend, Oostend" by Cos.
Feelin' goofy today.
Here's Sandra and Jeroen van Veen playing Erik Satie's "Trois morceaux en forme de poire: Manière de commencement. Allez modérément".
Listen to it back-to-back with "Gnossienne: No.1" and hear the vague reminiscences of the "Succession" theme.
and
https://youtu.be/5pyhBJzuixM?t=1477
/nosanitize
Good morning, CoSo!
Today's a good day for some Carbon Leaf. In reality, any day is a good day. So let me start you off.
Here is "The Boxer" by Carbon Leaf.
Every day I'm skifflin'
Here's "Up There" by Johnny Parker's Washboard Band
Another dreary day outside, but this album hit me just right for some reason. He's got a great voice for prog (though he doesn't start until around the 2 minute mark).
Here is the album "Kintsugi" by John Holden. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2SOV6pYeI&list=OLAK5uy_mr59pPPB2Zdj-4mDyfragXCKn-KEO268M&index=3
/nosanitize
Today's selection is "Electrocommunion" by Lux Terminus, with elements of jazz, prog, math and djent.
heavy coding today, so digging on some melancholic ambient/techno while i work. usually it stays in the background, but this popped up and I had to stop what i was doing and turn it up. found some greatness starting at around the 1:40 mark.
wow. not Karen Carpenter but reminds me of her luxurious contralto.
it's "No-One in the World" by Locust.
codeWhisperer
- old blog
- https://www.oldirtyhacker.com
- fight error
- https://truth.fail
- My shirts
- https://www.punnybone.com
Old-school ɦǟƈӄɛʀ, musician/composer, pro web/game dev, founder, grammarian, writer, amateur astronaut, shirt designer.
My verbs are love, support and respect.
Joined Nov 2022