Discovering MM’s Music
quote:
Originally posted by Rust:
[b]Try these on your Napster:
Trip Hop
Portishead
Massive Attack
Tricky
Bill Frisell
and Shubert’s Winterreise (I couldn’t find this tho’)
These are all groups mentioned by MM on Pat’s MM interview site.
I was curious, he’s a musician, and I had to find out what’s musically interesting to him. Not to mention, expanding my own musical horizons.
I went to a jazz music college. Learned to play “Over The Rainbow” in jazz chords and time. I never really took to it. Classical has always had a soft spot in my heart.Go, search, listen, and tell me what you think.
My take on it is “Wow, mmkay, he’s uh, really DEEP in his musical tastes. And rather trippy.”
I’m gonna hunt down all of this stuff tonight at work and have an intensive session of listening while I work. Frankly tho’ I think I’m gonna go home in a fog…this stuff is REALLY out there. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/cool.gif[/img][/b]
“Trip Hop” is not a group/musician, but rather a loosely-defined genre of (primarily) British dance music. Rather loose, slow, and, well, “trippy” dance stuff. I’d recommend out of this Tricky’s “Maxinquaye” or “Pre-Millenium Tension” or the “Nearly God” compilation he put together (which is mostly just Tricky with various lead vocalists, including Icelandic Elf Goddess Bjork), Massive Attack’s “Mezzanine” (though it’s not everybody’s favorite, it’s mine) or “Blue Lines” (which, not coincidentally features Tricky, who was an early member of the band), and Portishead’s “Dummy” (I like the second, self-titled album, but it is much weaker than the debut, a Morricone-inspired and mournful mood epic). Search for any tracks from these albums for a decent representation of these bands.
–Aleck (woohoo! MM and I like the same bands!)