Music for people who like Röyksopp, I think

[petronia]

Okay, I take pity on you. Markus Acher is German, and the vocalist/lyricist for the Notwist. He's also one of the founding members of Lali Puna (though only Valerie sings AFAIK). Erlend Øye is Norwegian, and one half of Kings of Convenience. He does electronica on a solo basis, collaborating with other producers - guest vocals on the Röyksopp album, et cetera. "Poor Leno", "Remind Me", that's him. ...At this point Ced smiled at me cheerfully and said, "I have no idea who and what you're talking about," and I knew I was in trouble, as Ced actually provides me with most of my music. But, uh, bear with me. I mean, it took me an insanely long time to put all this together myself. You'd think it would've clicked earlier - how many guys named Erlend Øye could the international music scene contain? - but genre ghettoization is, plainly speaking, a curse, and the idea of KoC even knowing who Morgan Geist is let alone... yeah. といっても、悟った。It's like what Cis said a while back about alt.folk and IDM being related really (although I don't even remember if I have that right - Cis, if you didn't say it, I apologize. XD;;;): everything Erlend Øye sings on is actually the same genre. It's one thing, one intended effect, done over for different groups of people.

Kings of Convenience - Little Kids
Kings of Convenience - Little Kids (Ladytron Remix)

So comes the question, are you more down with Simon and Garfunkel or Kraftwerk? Dog person or cat person? I'm with the synths, me; I appreciate the stuff even when the beats are lacking, but I construe it as a lack.

Kings of Convenience - Cayman Island

Beautiful song, that one, off the most recent album. Yet I'm just as emotionally affected if not more by this one:

Erlend Øye with Morgan Geist - Ghost Trains

Which is, like, microhouse. And by the going mythos of muzakcrit you're just not supposed to get emowibbly over microhouse the same way as over a track with acoustic guitars in. Well... well. Bugger that for a lark. Listen to the lyrics. Why couldn't this be Leonard Cohen?

Three days in April
Three years ago
One black-eyed stranger
I learnt to know
Made all my plans stop
Shook me off track
Ten days of longing
I followed her back

For that matter, listen to the lyrics in this one: The Presets - Girl and the Sea. (They're Australian, and don't have a full-length out yet. I got this track off Robot Blair three days ago, and since then it's shot up in Winamp5's play count list like it's got booster rockets attached.)

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Sage Francis tracks, which have absolutely nothing to do with anything (it's rap), but I'm trying to post some of the music I listen to all the time and never talk about:

Sage Francis - Broken Wings
The Non-Prophets - Damage

The lyrics of the second one are... eminently quotable. XD

And a last one for the road:

Hawksley Workman - First Snow of the Year

Because it did snow, a couple of days ago. Hawksley totally nails this one, to the point where I feel like throttling him for being so damned chipper.

Comments

[angrybabble.livejournal.com]

snizzagged! except for some of the KoC songs I already had. ^^

[serendip.livejournal.com]

You know I'm a total synths whore. I think KoC is a little too indie pop for me XD We'll see how they sound synthisized. Also, going to download the Erlend Oye track for now, cos well I should be working on my examiniations for trial next week XDXDXD

[rianax.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the wondeful music.

[vonbrigthi.livejournal.com]

mm, workman. :D thankee.

[fantabulous.livejournal.com]

As always, awesome stuff! =) Thankye!

So...

[smurfmatic.livejournal.com]

I downloaded. And I'm listening.

The thing is I totally stopped any form of file-sharing for one or two months, it must be. It's sad, must be the trend with the current period of 'inspiration lacking'.

The downloading should resume with the incoming new computer... Well, I assume *that's* going to cheer me up, b/c if it doesn't, what will? :D

-Ced

[cis.livejournal.com]

cannot download obv but dude dude dude the moment I get home I am going to find my mp3 of 'release your body/ghost train' which is tobias thomas mixing together the acapella from ghost train with a track from Kaito's (that's kaito! japanese microhouse as opposed to kait0! angualr scottish indie rock or cayto! some other kind of indie rock, jesus people a little more originality in naming would not go amiss here) 'special love' (which is his prev album 'special life' reworked without beats) and is stunning kinda-ambient-but-not-at-all-really microhouse-y driving gorgeous.

Because you need to hear it.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

!!!

Apparently I do. *_*

Re: So...

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I have so much stuff for you it might be easier to stick it on CD. Except would you be more likely to listen to it if you had to run wget to gack it, I wonder? :P

[petronia.livejournal.com]

KoC, honestly speaking, is a little too indie folk for me too. ^^; (The Pitchfork reviewer guy made fun, saying that the people who heard of them through Oye's electronica work were going to write the label complaining that there was a mistake and someone left the beats off their copy. XD)

Re: So...

[smurfmatic.livejournal.com]

Either ways... I use my CD-MP3 player quite a lot recently. Might be nice to get a medley of stuff. I usually just put what I currently like, and somehow my taste doesn't change much (long streaks of liking only certain things). But a medley is "better" because it forces me to listen to a bunch of different things. However, if it were a bunch of full albums, then I would have to like them...

-Ced

[canis-m.livejournal.com]

Still downloading here and there. ^^; I like "Cayman Islands," and this is my first exposure to KoC (although I'd heard tell of them on NPR) so, bwee.

You know I heartmark synth as much as the next 80s sprog, but mostly I don't wibble to it: somehow it takes real physical instruments to wring real physical setsunasa (exception being that Lali Puna "Electric Dreams," which chokes me up for Ran reasons)--no! Strike that. Early Chara does it. Never mind. XD;

[two-if-by-sea.livejournal.com]

Snagged all your music and will see when my iTunes decides to pull them up under a random selection. *is odd like that*

Thank you! <3

(mostly I am remembering that one of the first things I ever remember about you is asking if anyone had Royksopp.)

[two-if-by-sea.livejournal.com]

*"is me asking if anyone had Royksopp and you said "Yes").

somehow I completely wrote that wrong and hit the "post" button before reading it over. *is stupid*

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I was kind of thinking of you when I titled this post. XD (Because you're one of only two people on my flist that I'm sure likes Royksopp, as opposed to "they probably would".)

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Early Chara does it for me too. But the entire Morr Music catalogue (Lali Puna et al) seems to be very good at sending me to the setsunasa place. Darn those Northern European Romantics... It might be a personal quirk, though.

More KoC for you, then! <3