see, I think it's the fact that after my older brother exposed me to Kiss and The Beatles at a very young age, then we both progressed by listening to Dr. Demento's radio show religiously, that planted a quirky seed (apart from hearing Venom for the first time in '85, a fucking revelation, but my brother didn't get it)
I just got a Captain Beefheart best of from the library, but does anyone else have any fucked up shit they can refer me to? Necro lounge singers, xylophone blastmort, Striborg-y religious music, stupid symphonies, rediculoid drek.
I know you have some fucked up shit. The more unpublished the better (but I WILL wanna trade CD-R shit. Step up to the plate).
- Albert Ayler: awesome avant-garde jazz saxophonist...once describing himself he said, "If 'Trane was the father and Pharoah was the son, then I was the Holy Ghost." fucking crazy ass shit.
- Art Ensemble of Chicago - more avant-garde jazz. every instrument imaginable played.
- Oxbow: not that obscure but yeah, weird.
- Also not obscure but nevertheless sweet are Sonic Youth's self-released EPs, SYR 1-3 (Anagrama, Slaapkamers Met Slagroom, and Invito Al Cielo), all feedback-heavy explorations that Geffen would never agree to release. the 4th SYR release is worth checking out as well. 2 discs of them covering everyone from John Cage to Yoko Ono. very weird indeed.
- that reminds me also to suggest John Cage. a truly genius composer...years before the invention of the synthesizer, he was in the forefront in the exploration of electric and electronic sound sources, using oscillators, turntables, and amplification to musical ends. He pioneered the use of graphic notation and, in employing chance operations to determine musical parameters, was the leading light for the classical avant-garde of the 20th century.
- lastly, just watch this guy and write down some of the names he mentions
Jeffrey Lewis - The Complete History of Punk Rock and Its Development on the Lower East Side (1950-1975)
"- that reminds me also to suggest John Cage. a truly genius composer...years before the invention of the synthesizer, he was in the forefront in the exploration of electric and electronic sound sources, using oscillators, turntables, and amplification to musical ends. He pioneered the use of graphic notation and, in employing chance operations to determine musical parameters, was the leading light for the classical avant-garde of the 20th century."
He was also participating in Martial Arts competitions while performing his famous move "the nut-cruncher"
"- that reminds me also to suggest John Cage. a truly genius composer...years before the invention of the synthesizer, he was in the forefront in the exploration of electric and electronic sound sources, using oscillators, turntables, and amplification to musical ends. He pioneered the use of graphic notation and, in employing chance operations to determine musical parameters, was the leading light for the classical avant-garde of the 20th century."
He was also participating in Martial Arts competitions while performing his famous move "the nut-cruncher"
LOL
post by BSV at Feb 29,2008 12:35pm
check out the latest Alcest, nothing that strange but something unlike anything else in my collection.
post by W3 nli at Feb 29,2008 12:37pm
post by Karma-Enema at Feb 29,2008 12:42pm
dog fashion disco and polkadot cadaver if your a mr bungle fan
Hell, any of the Mike Patton solo stuff. Try the one where he just recorded his own voice in different hotel rooms.
if you hate people its the best thing ever
post by aril at Feb 29,2008 1:53pm
There's a Russian band called Rakoth that's pretty weird. They have an album called Jabberworks (something like that - can't remember, it's been a while) that's really interesting avantgarde BM.
HERE ARE MY PICKS FOR WEIRD BANDS :
BLOOD AXIS
YELLO
ANGELS OF VENICE
Corvus Corax
Rondellus
post by infect sli sli sli at Feb 29,2008 2:15pm
weirdest thing ive gotten lately is benighted leams, ferly centsms (yes thats how its spelled) weird ass drum machine bm, with really intricate structures, sounds random as hell at first but after a few listens you "get it"
also if you like weirdness, check out some cyber/gore/grind like gynophagia, SMES (dude from LDOH's solo thing), the secret life, cyborgasm, etc.
post by burnsy nli at Feb 29,2008 2:22pm
Check out songs in the key of z. it seems like a compilation of people in mental institutions writing songs. some of the weirdest shit to ever reverberate my ear drums.
post by HeavensJail_nli at Feb 29,2008 2:28pm
This looks like something you might want to check out: http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/ . I ran into it while looking for info on Blacklight Braille; I'll put their In A Dark Garden record and maybe some other stuff up after work.
post by thegreatspaldino at Feb 29,2008 2:29pm edited Feb 29,2008 2:30pm
Peter Gabriel era Genesis has definitely got some crazy tunes, Prog rock at its finest IMO. Selling England by the Pound is a must have album.
post by fuck logging in at Feb 29,2008 6:02pm
Acid Mothers Temple.
The Residents.
post by ancient master at Feb 29,2008 8:04pm
kulgrinda
trial of the bow
sangre cavallum
stormfagel
ash ra tempel
exit 13
golgatha
flower travellin band
garmarna
Ghost
Uaral - Lamentos a Poema Muerto (Chile)