Don't know about you lot... but if I listen to too much electronic music (especially if only in one genre), I feel crusty... like I need to break out and reset myself.
Now obviously any classical or jazz recording will do that within seconds...
...but out of curiosity, what Pop/Rock/Rap bands help break you out of whatever derivative funk you might be in and reset yourself?
I know it is a hard question to narrow down, but for me I would probably say...
- Jane's Addiction
- Mr. Bungle
- Public Enemy
Almost anything I need to feel is usually well-covered by those 3...
You?
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:45 am
by Astral
Rob Dougans' Clubbed To Death. Hits the reset button nicely.
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:46 am
by Basic A
Primus / Les Claypool
The Grateful Dead
The Toasters
The whole damn Marley family.
Anything Oi!/Punk related...
Hiphop count as electronic? Old school esat coast, some newer stuff, some newer uk stuff like sway n shit...
Sooo much more then just electronica though, you have too, uh?
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:50 am
by abZ
I don't think there is anything specific for me. I turn to 70s rock a lot tho. Maybe some Steely
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:56 am
by Motorway to Roswell
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Jimi Hendrix
Caravan
My Bloody Valentine
Elliott Smith
Spacemen 3
Eels
Sun Ra
A lot of other stuff too but these are the first that spring to mind.
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:03 am
by meer
i only listen to yelle, ladytron and boy crisis.
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:07 am
by ninjadog
Ween
Mix Master Mike
Aphex Twin
Misfits
Plastikman
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:24 am
by shortinos
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:27 am
by collige
Any go-go band
UGK
Three Six Mafia
The Distillers
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:32 am
by Mad_EP
ninjadog wrote:Ween
Aphex Twin
Plastikman
kinda missing the point when I am talking about getting away from electronic artists...
hehe/
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:33 am
by Sharmaji
nick drake.
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:44 am
by Dub_Fiend
Umm... Usually one of these bands;
Oceansize
Reuben
Sigur Ros
Biffy Clyro (the older stuff)
And then if I wanna chill then I'll probs whack on some Liquid D'nB, my mix of choice is normally Hospital Mix Vol. 5, the one mixed by London Elektricity... deep stuff
Dub Fiend
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:46 am
by macc
Wayne Shorter
Andrew Hill
Alan Shorter's 'Orgasm'
Jimi Hendrix
James Brown
Miles Davis of course
Slint
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:55 am
by Wrigzilla
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Beatles
Skinnyman
Sonic Youth
King Crimson
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:23 am
by legend4ry
Beth Gibbon's "Out Of Season" (such a beautiful album plus all the loud hisses and production mistakes make it perfect!)
Other mentions..
The Cure - A Forest (single)
Babyshambles - Down in Albion (album)
Anything by Joy Division.
Lots of brit pop/indie and post-punk in general.
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:48 am
by ruckus49
legend4ry wrote:
The Cure - A Forest (single)
Re: what's your fail-safe?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:17 am
by DEMZ
Love a bit of prog rock/metal
-Tool
-A perfect Circle
-Something with weird time sigs like messhuggah
-Coltrane
-Thelonious Monk
-Benny Greb
-MILES DAVIS
i guess like a lot of people here the overwhelming majority of the music that i listen to is electronic. if i need a break from that i listen to some hardcore punk, my bloody valentine, nirvana, or hip-hop as it's probably my favourite genre even though i don't listen to enough of it anymore.
