I've only ugly-cried twice so far this listen through: — Noble Dust

I haven't been digging ambient music until now - it just seemed like pleasant but thin muzak. This might change my mind... a little :)

I'd heard some of Andy Akiho's percussion music before, so I didn't dismiss this as a gimmick, and boy was this rewarding!

Andy Akiho: "Ricochet" (Ping Pong Concerto)

@180 Proof agree?

That piece blurs the line between ambient and...I don't even know. I'm a fan of ambient music, but don't blame anyone for not liking it. Ultimately I think I prefer music that flirts with ambient without being fully in the genre, which that album certainly does. I also make ambient music, though. :lol:

Don't ask me, Posty.

"Don't Give Up" (6:33) album version — 180 Proof

:up:

@Ying agree?

Interesting dude, used to play a lot at National Sawdust in NY where I used to work. I think he's untrained? He used to collab with Jefferey Zeigler formerly of Kronos Quartet.

edit: contact mics on the ping pong table, love it.

:up: Also a fan of The Quantic Soul Orchestra.

私の音楽の好みは最近少し進化しました。(My musical taste has evolved a bit lately.)

日本語を学ぶことは私にいくつかの変化をもたらしました。(Learning Japanese has made some changes to me.)


ともかく...

もう1つ、しかしもう少しジャズ。(One more, but a little more Jazz.)

今日の最後の1つ...もっと日本語を勉強しなければなりません。(Last one for today, I have to go study more Japanese.)

A revelatory interpretation:

https://erikhall.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-18-musicians-steve-reich

Also a fan of The Quantic Soul Orchestra — Noble Dust

Thanks, I hadn't heard any of that stuff. I'm always looking for new music

I want to come back as Tina Weymouth:


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日本のマスロックでの私のお気に入りのもう一つ。

私の現在のギターヒーロー。

私の現在のギターヒーロー。 — Mayor of Simpleton

My brother it's good to see you on the boards again :flower:

I'm only here to post a bit of music every now and then that I've encountered along my way of trying to learn Japanese. In truth I completely suck at both music and Japanese (likely to go well with my sucking at philosophy), but hey... I've a lot of free time.

Anyway...

This has a little 'Chili Peppers' influence. Some younger rockers from Oita, Japan. Nice to see that on occasion younger musicians can still rock. ;)

日本留学中に見つけた楽しいもの。
(Fun things I found while studying in Japan.)



ダンサー「ストロングマシンNo.2」は10歳です。わお！
(Dancer "Strong Machine No.2" is 10 years old. Wow! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Murakami )

This jam kicked off my last (brief) stint running a night club in the East Village, NYC ("Coney Island High" defunk*d). Actually, on a night off, I threw down HARD with some random dudes who'd just landed from Dublin @The White Horse Tavern (West Village, NYC) on what I very vaguely recall seemed like an endless loop of Tubthumping! :party: :party: :party: :party:

Truth is I thought it mattered
I thought that music
mattered
But does it? Bollocks
Not compared to how people matter
...
You're never gonna keep me down

"Tubthumping" (4:38)
Tubthumper, 1997
Chumbawamba

"This Is Always" / "Open The Door" (6:21)
Inside Betty Carter, 1964
writers M. Gordon & H. Warren / B. Carter
performer Betty Carter

美しくシンプルなギターリフが完璧なシューゲイザー音楽を作っていると思います。

(I think the beautiful and simple guitar riff makes for the perfect shoegaze music.)

Translated lyrics:

All the things I’ve scattered around
Because of you…
I’ll leave them here

Don’t put them in order, baby
I know they’re unpleasant
But I want them near me

Your gaze
I’ve been wearing
And the words I’ve borrowed from you

They’re all here,
They’re still here,
The truth is...

Your sugar was so sweet
I’ve been poisoned by it
But I will never say
It was your fault or such, sugar

Yes.
Thanks for the introduction.

:cool:

Love the Pink Floyd sample in this track