TTLG Music People: I crave new music. Help me.

duckman on 19/4/2006 at 05:22

I found this site:
hype.non-standard.net
Which I found to be quite good for finding new music. Particularly I liked Arctic Monkeys, Pretty Dirty Things, and the Kooks. The site takes songs from people's blogs and posts them, but many mainstream songs aren't on because the record labels demand them to be taken off. Enjoy.

Tonamel on 19/4/2006 at 06:13

Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer

Oh and Tonamel: is the Lux Aeterna mentioned above the same piece that features in Requiem for a Dream?

I haven't seen Requiem for a Dream (I know, I know...), but the internet tells me that that one is by (http://www.archive.org/details/clintmansellWinterLuxAeterna) Clint Mansell.

You can hear clips of the Lauridsen one (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000006OF1/103-8600487-9489466?v=glance&n=5174) here. Wait... That CD has Dirait-on and O Magnum Mysterium, too? I'm going to have to pick that one up.

Aja on 19/4/2006 at 06:15

O Magnum Mysterium was my favourite of the early music we studied (it was by Gabrieli, and used a horn section, though Google shows several other authors?). Anything in that vein would be welcome as well.

Tonamel on 19/4/2006 at 06:29

Well, pieces like O Magnum Mysterium and Lux Aeterna are named after the text that they use, which are standards in the Catholic repertoire. Any Mass you see, be it by Bach, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Bernstein, whomever, will all have a Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Angus Dei, in that order. They're just standard texts.

O magnum mysterium is a Christmas text, and Lux Aeterna is a lesser known form of the Requiem Mass.

Aja on 19/4/2006 at 06:37

Cause I love you guys so much, here's another file (don't worry, this CD is published by Sony :laff: ):

(http://www.ualberta.ca/~letersky/Gabrieli_O_Magnum_Mysterium.ogg) Gabrieli - O Magnum Mysterium

OnionBob on 19/4/2006 at 09:06

Quote Posted by Ajare

Wagner is 30 seconds of brilliance, followed by 15 minutes of tedium. Rinse & repeat.

Read all about it, here.

Inline Image:

http://www.tetracorp.net/images/leechomatic/0306804379.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

posting a pic in Commchat, I'm going to hell

Oh, and to answer the OP, I recommend a bit of Scarlatti, if you're into underground piano sonatas.

There can't be a book that's really called that. Seriously

Ajare on 19/4/2006 at 09:22

Quote Posted by OnionBob

There can't be a book that's really called that. Seriously

(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306804379/104-0845240-5434330?v=glance&n=283155) "Never have I seen 'The Ring' better penetrated."

As an aside, I remembered this thanks to a wonderful book I have which is called 'Bizarre Books', and simply lists loads of crazy book titles and authors. Make sure you pick up 'Scouts In Bondage', 'Build Your Own Hindenberg' & 'Making It In Leather', while you're at it. Or anything by renowned Polish author Eugeniusz Dalek.

Kolya on 19/4/2006 at 09:53

Build your own Hindenburg sounds pretty interesting.

ignatios on 19/4/2006 at 10:03

hahaha I thought that book title was a joke too.

I rather like Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, but I haven't listened to enough of him to recommend a best place to start. But at least I'm name-dropping :cool:

I also see that no one has mentioned Dmitri Shostakovich yet! GET ON IT. Symphonies #3, #7, #10, and #13 are favourites, though I really do love them all. Also his string quartets (particularly #8 gives me chills), operas, and if nothing else, find his 24 Preludes and Fugues.

Particularly if Kieth Jarrett plays them.

Para?noid on 19/4/2006 at 10:28

Quote Posted by Tonamel

I haven't seen Requiem for a Dream (I know, I know...), but the internet tells me that that one is by (http://www.archive.org/details/clintmansellWinterLuxAeterna) Clint Mansell.

Clint Mansell did everything of the RfaD soundtrack. The performers are himself and The Kronos Quartet.

Aja:

First off, don't worry about Zappa. He's like Weird Al Yankovich in the respect that only sysadmins, some punks and prog rock fans actually think his music is anything other than a big, stupid gimmick. Not serious enough. It won't do. Guess who else is not serious enough? The Bloodhound Gang. Test Icicles! Bargain bin here we come!

I don't really listen to much 'classical' music, but I really enjoyed Philip Glass' <i>Solo Piano</i> album, which is variations on a theme called 'Metamorphosis'. In fact, I remixed Metamorphosis 1 a looong time ago.

ERIK MOTHERFUCKING SATIE