[Moshe]

My Favourite 2017 Albums

‎1. Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane ‎Turiyasangitananda
‎2. Zu – Jhator
‎3. Bardo Pond - Under The Pines
‎4. Thurston Moore - Rock n Roll Consciousness
‎5. Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions
‎6. Kevin Morby - City Music
‎7. Circuit des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo
‎8. Esmerine - Mechanics Of Dominion
‎9. Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
‎10. The Necks – Unfold
‎11. Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder
‎12. Loss - Horizonless
‎13. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
‎14. Richard Dawson - Peasant
‎15. Ka Baird - Sapropelic Pycnic
‎16. Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim
‎17. Avec Le Soleil Sortant De Sa Bouche - Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much
‎18. Irreversible Entanglements - Irreversible Entanglements1‎
‎19. Ariel Pink - Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
‎20. Zen Mother - I Was Made to Be Like Her
‎21. Slowdive - Slowdive
‎22. James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits
‎23. Amir ElSaffar & Rivers Of Sound - Not Two
‎24. William Basinski - A Shadow In Time
‎25. Woods - Love is Love
‎26. Daniel O’Sullivan - Veld
‎27. Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star/Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
‎28. Julia Holter – In the Same Room
‎29. All Them Witches - Sleeping Through The War
‎30. Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
‎31. The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody
‎32. Peter Brötzmann and Heather Leigh - Sex Tape
‎33. Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
‎34. Wooden Wand – Clipper Ship
‎35. GAS - Narkopop
‎36. Astrïd & Rachel Grimes - Through the Sparkle
‎37. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - Crooked Calypso
‎38. Sly & the Family Drone / Dead Neanderthals - Molar Wrench
‎39. Beck - Colors
‎40. Charlemagne Palestine & Grumbling Fur Time Machine Orchestra - Omminggg and ‎Schlomminggg
‎41. The Body & Full of Hell - Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light
‎42. Curanderos - Curanderos
‎43. Electric Wizard - Wizard Bloody Wizard
‎44. Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now
‎45. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
‎46. Floating Points – Reflections – Mojave Desert
‎47. Chastity Belt - I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
‎48. Those Who Walk Away - The Infected Mass
‎49. Wacław Zimpel/Jakub Ziołek - Zimpel/Ziołek
‎50. Brooklyn Raga Massive - Coltrane Raga Tribute
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[Moshe]

and my favourite concerts


‎60. Phurpa - Off Festival, Katowice
‎59. Noura Mint Seymali - Off Festival, Katowice
‎58. Royal Trux - Off Festival, Katowice
‎57. Kwadrofonik and Artur Rojek - Off Festival, Katowice*‎
‎56. Föllakzoid - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
‎55. Tezeta Ensemble, Beit Romano, Tel Aviv
‎54. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Off Festival, Katowice
‎53. Feist - Off Festival, Katowice
‎52. Julianna Barwick - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎
‎51. Ben Frost - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎50. Mario Batkovic - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎49. Greg Fox - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎48. Princess Nokia - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎47. Weyes Blood - Eventim Apollo, London
‎46. Maya Dunitz, Beit Romano, Tel Aviv
‎45. Talib Kweli - - Off Festival, Katowice
‎44. Shabaka & The Ancestors - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎
‎43. Pissed Jeans - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎42. Sun Ra Arkestra - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎
‎41. Beak> - Off Festival, Katowice
‎40. Sun Kil Moon - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎39. Laibach - Reading 3, Tel Aviv
‎. Jane Weaver - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎‏38‏
‎37. Holy Fuck - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
‎36. Protomartyr - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎35. Devin Townsend - Barby, Tel Aviv
‎34. The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers performs The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane 34. ‎Turiyasangitananda - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎33. Tears for Fears - Menora Arena, Tel Aviv
‎32. Matana Roberts - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎31. Sheer Mag - Off Festival, Katowice
‎30. Pretenders - Menora Arena, Tel Aviv
‎29. Shabazz Palaces- Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎28. Grandaddy - Barby, Tel Aviv
‎27. Dillinger Escape Plan- Barby, Tel Aviv
‎26. Prurient - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎25. Linda Sharrock - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎24. Moor Mother - Off Festival, Katowice
‎23. Big | Brave - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎22. Swans - Off Festival, Katowice*‎
‎21. Kevin Morby - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎20. Weyes Blood - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎19. Michael Gira - Off Festival, Katowice
‎18. Moon Dou - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎17. Pixies - Caesarea Amphitheater, Caesarea
‎16. Shellac - Off Festival, Katowice
‎15. Boris - Off Festival, Katowice
‎14. Circuit des Yeux - Off Festival, Katowice
‎13. This Is Not This Heat - Off Festival, Katowice
‎12. James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎11. Richard Dawson - Off Festival, Katowice
‎10. Thurston Moore Group - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎9. Ken Vandermark Quartet - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
‎8. The Men - Off Festival, Katowice
‎7. The Ex - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht ‎
‎6. Dark Buddha Rising - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎5. Thurston Moore Group – 100 Club, London‎
‎4. Wrekmeister Harmonies - Off Festival, Katowice
‎3. Anna von Hausswolff - Off Festival, Katowice
‎2. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Menora Arena, Tel Aviv
‎1. PJ Harvey - Off Festival, Katowice

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Moshe

‎21. Slowdive - Slowdive‎

I didn't know their "comeback" album was self-titled — even that is an MBV ripoff.

[Savage Clone]

Having seen them both "in the day," Slowdive were hands down the Superior live Act.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Having seen them both "in the day," Slowdive were hands down the Superior live Act.

Whaaaaaat? Seriously?

[Savage Clone]

In my experience at least, yes. And Ride's first US tour killed them all, despite what they became. Same for Verve circa 92/93. All were quite a bit better live than MBV then, at least the shows I saw.

[d.sound]

there are still many records i didn't get a chance to hear.

favorites sorta best to least best, lps and eps mixed together:


jim o'rourke - steamroom 32
biosphere - the petrified forest
jan st. werner - spectric acid
teresa winter - untitled death
richard youngs - this is not a lament
colleen - a flame my love, a frequency
kassel jaeger & jim o'rourke - wakes on cerulean
peaking lights - the fifth state of consciousness
laurel halo - dust
yelle - ici & maintenant
ellen allien - nost
jim o'rourke - steamroom 35
kaitlyn aurelia smith - the kid
tim heidecker - too dumb for suicide: trump songs
golden retriever - rotations
bardo pond - under the pines
visible cloaks - lex
félicia atkinson - hand in hand
kelly lee owens - kelly lee owens
konrad sprenger - stack music
wolf eyes - strange days II
mount eerie - a crow looked at me
tarawangsawelas - wanci
cicely irvine - excavations
benoît poulard - lignin poise
no ufos - nu for rs lp
colin stetson - all this i do for glory
fever ray - plunge
zola jesus - okovi
ahnnu - special forces
lea bertucci - all that is solid melts into the air
growing - disorder
kars-lis clover - grafts
sarah davachi - all my circles run


specific songs
clairo - sure, there's pretty girl, but flaming hot cheetos live shows way more talent.
colin stetson - the rain like curses. even another step up from all this i do for glory.
yelle - ici & maintenant (voyou remix) this versus the original is a great example of remixing as an important art.
twice - i likey. a masterpiece in scientifically engineered pop.


live experiences
these are all in columbus because i don't like to travel.

rafael toral & ryan jewell. i want to explain. i hate the use the phrase "you had to be there", but i guess i just did. i've been a fan of rafael toral's for 17 years, so it was a dream to finally see him (and say hi!). ryan jewell is one of the most talented and innovative performers i have ever witnessed.

mike shiflet - at COSI planetarium: 360 psychedelic visuals, surround sounds, phenomenal composition(?)/performance. i was not on drugs of any kind, but i did float above my body for a moment.

BAND - i had been given a few hints about what i would witness, and i smiled and thought it jolly and preposterous. then i saw them setting up the curtains and lights and... more and more, furniture? i don't wan't to spoil it for the uninitiated, i'll just say, ferocious attack of sound, a baby doll dress of a kind, microphones and tapes, something involving an IV catheter, and aluminum baseball bats.

[greenlight]

in no order. there is probably some stuff missing on the list.

Lussuria - Standstill
Sleaford Mods - English Tapas
Jass - Weightless
Odatropica - Baile Bucanero
Dopplereffekt - Cellurar Automatga
Xordox - Neospection
Regis - The Master Side
Japan Blues Sells His Record Collection
Equiknoxx - Colon Man
UnicaZurn - Transpandorem
Obbatuké - Manana 001
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Book Of Sound
Pancrace - Pancrace
Tarawangsawelas - Wanci
Porter Ricks - Anguilla Electrica
Karen Gwyer - Rembo
Lieve Martens Moana - Three Amazonian Essays
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Async
Gas - Narkopop
Sarah Davachi - All My Circles Run
Prurient - Rainbow Mirror
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Ambient Black Magik
Rafael Irisarri - The Shameless Years
bvdub - Heartless
Lawrence English - Cruel Optimism
Hans Zimmer - Blade Runner 2049 OST
Thurston Moore Band - RnR Consiousness
Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim
Spectre Folk - Vol. 4

[greenlight]

thanks very much for lists guys! realy appreciate it! there is plenty stuff I missed from your lists, so cheers! especially new Ulver, Bardo Pond, Jim O Rourke, Biosphere.

Moshe that live list is something insane.

I see Slowdive, but No Jesus And Mery Chain on the lists?

[Moshe]

Originally Posted by greenlight

I see Slowdive, but No Jesus And Mery Chain on the lists?

Thanks. Not enough time for J&MC

[greenlight]

Originally Posted by d.sound

mike shiflet - at COSI planetarium: 360 psychedelic visuals, surround sounds, phenomenal composition(?)/performance. i was not on drugs of any kind, but i did float above my body for a moment.

man, what is Mike up to these days? from his Insta I see he moved to a new place, started building a nice studio, getting into modular and climbs a lot. I like some of his stuff. would love to see him live.

[greenlight]

yeah, Big Brave were amazing live. espec. doing their drone ambient stuff with guitar feedback. def. surprise for me this year. I checked their stuff after, but it was not as intense as seeing them live. recording of their set I did from Le Guess Who, where they participated in 12 hrs. drone thing turned out brilliant.

Prurient live was also great to see.

Sarah Davachi too (glad that after missing to make a recording of her gig in Vienna I managed to record her gig in Utrecht, which turned out to be a brilliant recording too. yeah 2 times for me this year. she is from Canada, so it was lovely to see her traveling Europe so intensively last year).

Thurston Moore live with the band + impro after long-ish time...da best.

Pissed Jeans + Protomartyr - so refreshing to hear and see a propper punk/rock show after long-ish time.

not as many gigs last year as I would wish, but it could be worse. few more memorable gigs from the top of my head right now. My Cat Is An Alien, Andrea Belfi, Wolf Eyes, Lawrence English, Okkyung Lee, Kara Lis Coverdale, Lee Ranaldo, have to mention _slavo_´s Casi Cada Minuto, he is always good live, oh yeah I really enjoyed The Ex live surprisingly, Sun Kil Moon...

then there were gigs where I was not sure what to think of them + pretentious + at times cool at times horrid. + funny, like f. e. Ben Frost, Shabazz Palaces, Princess Nokia, Visible Cloaks and few more...

pissed off I have missed GAS live (clashed with Thurston Moore / Hans Bennik) and maybe William Basinsky too (still haven´t heard his last album).

[d.sound]

Originally Posted by greenlight

man, what is Mike up to these days? from his Insta I see he moved to a new place, started building a nice studio, getting into modular and climbs a lot. I like some of his stuff. would love to see him live.

i actually don't know him personally. i assumed he still lived in columbus? last i saw was in spring. he improv'd with an analog synth with jen powers on dulcimer. he also mastered a record for vinyl for brian werstler and eoin bell-games.
that planetarium show was one of the best things i've ever seen. there is a 360 video group that meets there. i keep meaning to make something for it.

[greenlight]

how could i forgot THALASSA - Bonds Of Prosperity! collab. between William Fowlers Collins and Aaron B. Turner (Sumac/Isis) on Sige records. one of my favs. last year.

which also reminds me i completly forgot about Svarte Greiner's release from last year, which i have to check out.

[greenlight]

Originally Posted by d.sound

i actually don't know him personally. i assumed he still lived in columbus? last i saw was in spring. he improv'd with an analog synth with jen powers on dulcimer. he also mastered a record for vinyl for brian werstler and eoin bell-games.
that planetarium show was one of the best things i've ever seen. there is a 360 video group that meets there. i keep meaning to make something for it.

i think he still resides in Columbus, just moved to a different location. thanks for the tip, i will have a look on that 360 group.

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by greenlight

have to mention _slavo_´s Casi Cada Minuto, he is always good live,

haha, don't exaggerate, I tend to suck balls most of the time when I play live . But thanks, you're probably my most loyal concert attendee

[greenlight]

Originally Posted by _slavo_

haha, don't exaggerate, I tend to suck balls most of the time when I play live . But thanks, you're probably my most loyal concert attendee

no need to be humble there. your live gigs are opposite of yr. definition suck balls most of the time . seriously.

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by greenlight

no need to be humble there. your live gigs are opposite of yr. definition suck balls most of the time . seriously.

OK mate, I believe you.

Btw, I have my eyes on this little beast, check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT8g2N3tRAg

[greenlight]

Originally Posted by _slavo_

OK mate, I believe you.

Btw, I have my eyes on this little beast, check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT8g2N3tRAg

wow. wtf is that? great for recording continuous drone. haven't read the comments below yet. is this all internal effects or it is running via some external effect. hold on...

1; long delay (capable of near infinite feedback looping)
2; tight, notated granular delay
3; huge plate reverb
4; shimmering reverb
5; distortion and multi-filter
6; pitch delay
7; stutter glitch
Alter 2 has the following effects:
1; analog delay
2; reverb with infinite capture and lp + hp filters
3; choral reverb
4; palindrome reverse delay - backward/forward repeat
5; time stretch
6; pitch shift (notated semi-tones
7; time stretch glitch

nice. pricey as fuck..

but man, that nano garden...half cheaper...

[d.sound]

Originally Posted by greenlight

i think he still resides in Columbus, just moved to a different location. thanks for the tip, i will have a look on that 360 group.

other planetariums in the country have 360 video groups as well. COSI's is called domelab. do you live in ohio or where? wondering how you know of shiflet but haven't seen him play.