One of my employees and I have frequent conversations about music, and he likes to pose questions that warrant a lot of thinking before responding. The next three mixes are his latest questions of me, and all have a similar theme.
What songs permanently altered your perceptions?
This is my jam. The music I enjoy the most is constantly pushing boundaries and expanding perceptions beyond what most consider normal or accessible music. Stereolab and Nurse With Wound is a match no one could have ever seen coming - this track is their homage to the German band Faust and sounds like nothing the two bands had ever done on their own. Coil are truly like nothing else out there, reinventing their own experimental sound with every release; this track is exactly like the title, beauty found in chaos (afterwards look for their track "Pre-Original Chaostrohpy" on youtube to hear the straight orchestral version). The Residents are by definition difficult music, off putting and hard to sit through - challenging listeners successfully for over 50 years. They now have a permanent installation in MOMA in New York. This track is an Indonesian Gamelan orchestra interpreting one of their earliest tracks to great success. Labradford is ambient/slow-core, and Matmos are the A-Team of glitchy electronica, this track is challenging and rewarding for the patient listener. Future Sound of London takes electronic music far beyond club/dance oriented, this whole EP is one of my favorites from them, and the first I heard and sparked much joy because I recognized most of the samples they were using. Cyclobe makes music that is almost too creepy for horror movies, this track is actually a remix of a group called People Like Us, that creates from plunderphonics; I love this track because it combines so many elements and has a 70's Italian Giallo film feel to it. Fridge is another unique group, they create their own acoustic samples, and then sequence them in spectacular fashion. A Small Good Thing, a side project from O Yuki Conjugate, they create soundtracks for imaginary movies. This track from an imagined Spaghetti Western which sparked my love of the Ambient Americana genre.
00:00 Nurse With Wound & Stereolab - Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason)
13:23 Coil - Chaostrophy
18:57 The Residents and Sekar Jaya - Santa Dog for Gamelan Orchestra
24:03 Labradford - So (Matmos Remix)
29:10 Future Sound of London - Snake Hips
37:44 People Like Us & Cyclobe - I Believe in Mirrorballs
42:18 Fridge - Harmonics
46:09 A Small Good Thing - A Mighty Stillness (remix)
photo credit: https://you.stonybrook.edu/jessicanelson/2018/04/12/altered-perception-dementia/
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