Name musicians/bands/producers you've never heard and probably never will hear

Glacial 718

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Four Tet, some of his music is probably really good but in my mind I've built him up to be middle-of-roadness personified and I don't want to burst that bubble

realistically everyone in this thread has heard the big names in it, if you're at all plugged in you've heard Massive Attack/Mumford&Sons/Drake/etc., just perhaps not knowingly. you're still aware of the music they're producing on some level.
 

mistersloane

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And...it's not bad, is it? But why the hell is he so popular?

It's Noah Shebib, his producer, who is fucking mindblowing, coupled with clever marketing, allowing for a backstory plus "emotion". He's like Mary J Blige, that kinda marrying of genres plus human interest, which has allowed him to have "fans" in a way that artists don't really have anymore. Plus he genre-hops (Hold On, amazing) which gives people renewed interest.

But yeah I know...the "not bad" is about right. Love the production though, there's a few really good interviews with Shebib.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Oneohtrix Point Never.

This guy could make the most amazing music the world has ever heard, for all I know, but like fuck am I listening to anything made by someone with a name that stupid.

I saw Bonobo live about a decade ago and they were a huge amount of fun. I say that as someone who is by no means a d'n'b connoisseur, however.

My own list would include:

most or all jazz
Glass, Xenakis and all that avant-garde modern classical stuff
Deadmau5
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
I didn't even know Bonobo was D'N'B lol

Philip Glass is pretty good. OTOH he wrote the music for that intolerable This American Life episode recently where they turned a story about being stuck in a hotel closet into an opera for larks :BOURGOISIEGUFFAW:
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
It might have been Bonobo feat. someone else, but it was definitely a d'n'b night.

That Glass thing makes me think of R. Kelly's incomparable 'Trapped In The Closet'.
 

droid

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Never heard Mumford and sons.

Would highly recommend any live performance of Glass by a decent ensemble (EDIT - DUH, its Steve reich). Saw bang on a can do 18 musicians last year and it was mindblowingly good.

Xenaxis' percussion pieces are outstanding.

 
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rubberdingyrapids

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we need a thread just about drake. but until that happens, i just wanted to say re: that pusha t line, where he compares his "fed time and dope lines" against drakes "headlines and co-signs"... i mean, sorry, pusha, that every rapper hasnt done prison time or sold drugs! what kind of rapper could someone ever hope to be if they havent cooked coke first?
 

luka

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It's quite easy to start a thread mate you don't need to wait for one to just manifest out the aether
 

droid

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Yes please do if only to corral all this incredibly tiresome Drake nonsense into one place so I can ignore it in peace.
 

bassbeyondreason

Chtonic Fatigue Syndrome
Would highly recommend any live performance of Glass by a decent ensemble. Saw bang on a can do 18 musicians last year and it was mindblowingly good.

That's a Steve Reich piece which is, as you say, mindblowing. Always found Glass pretty lightweight and dull, especially compared to Reich...
 

CrowleyHead

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The greatest thing involving Phillip Glass will still be Bun B's RBMA Lecture where he close out with a reference to Phillip Glass being serious music, to which he followed up with "BETCHALL DINN KNOW BUN B KNEW BOUT PHILLIP GLYAASSSS." Top 10 Rap Moment.
 

CrowleyHead

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I've only heard three Squarepusher songs and what in god's name ppl.

I've heard one Boards of Canada song and that shit is a joke.

I have no desire or interest in ever listening to Stars Under The Lid or People Under The Stairs, who I always have presumed are the same group. Both sound terrible.
 

droid

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SOTL have made some lovely ambient/drone stuff:


Squarepusher has his moments:


Cant stand BOC myself either, but thats more of a pet hate.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
People Under The Stairs are extremely bland. I owned an album by them and even in my days of worshipping anything self-proclaimed 'underground' I knew that it was pretty much a dud. Used to be really into this song in particular:


(hopefully this will tempt Crowley into accidentally listening to PUTS for once in his life)
 

droid

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People Under The Stairs are extremely bland. I owned an album by them and even in my days of worshipping anything self-proclaimed 'underground' I knew that it was pretty much a dud. Used to be really into this song in particular:


(hopefully this will tempt Crowley into accidentally listening to PUTS for once in his life)

Ah, never heard them before. Thought they were some kind of rap thing. A billion miles away from STOL then.
 

Leo

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i still own the first squarepusher album, haven't listened to it for many years and may never listen to it again but it was pretty original sounding at the time.

i do still like this, though...

 

Numbers

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Prince, Beatles, Rolling stones, all of folk and punk. Too much stuff really. The hip-hop thread above as well, probably.

I don't know what it is, laziness or backwardness, but for most stuff I should try to at least have a minimum of curiosity I just can't bring up the time and energy.
 
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