The Obscure Music Thread

[black roadster]

Share some names of your favorite non-mainstream bands.

I just got hooked on to Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust?

Very funky. Kind of a cross between the 70s twang found in some Beastie Boys tracks with a Lucious Jackson kind of vocals.

[tailchaser]

Growling Old Men
Pat McGee Band
Anna Nalick

All, I suppose, are probable mainstream-ish, but you've not heard of them, so I'm sure they count. Right?

[black roadster]

Growling Old Men
Pat McGee Band
Anna Nalick

All, I suppose, are probable mainstream-ish, but you've not heard of them, so I'm sure they count. Right?

Actually my wife want's Anna Nalick's CD. Ah hem... I'll bring you a blank CD Wednesday.

[blackzx3_13]

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Monty are I
Flee the Seen
Sullivan
Lorene Drive
Chasing Victory

I love little punk/emo bands that nobody has heard of. I've seen all these people out here.

[Titus]

Ummm... Panda Attack?

[blackzx3_13]

Ummm... Panda Attack?

Sure, why not?

[channelmaniac]

Dance/Trance:
Ian Van Dahl
Darude
PPK
Paffendorf

Blues:
Henderson & Jones

[Treibenschnell]

Anna Nalick

You know, if you read that quickly, in a glance, like I did, it says a whole different thing...

[black roadster]

Ummm... Panda Attack?

Here you go...

[icepenguin66]

Cool thread!

Morcheeba's pretty cool, love the track Public Displays of Affection. black roadster You'd probably like the following then:
Saint Etienne
Lamb
Portishead

Experimental Gothic Folk ambient whatever genre:
Delerium my all time favourite artist
Conjure One
Dead Can Dance (did soundtrack to Baraka and work on Gladiator and Ali soundtracks)
Mediaeval Baebes
Enigma (you've probably heard his works on many soundtracks, etc.)
Deep Forest
Front Line Assembly

Sigur Rós (cool ambient, chillout group from Iceland; have songs on Vanilla Sky soundtrack, CSI, and some other films)

Trance & Chillout
Laurent Véronnez (aka L-Vee, Fire & Ice, Airwave, Lolo, Altitude, Cape Town, Green Martian, Meridian, Planisphere, Skyline, Yamakasi) my favorite electronic musik producer...and most of the names he's released records under

Gabriel & Dresden (badass progressive trance/house dj's and producers; do a lot of cool remixes of classic rock and oldies etc. They played a badass remix of Pink Floyd - The Wall and an REM song the other night at the Lizard Lounge for a rare Dallas apperance!)
Blank & Jones
Cosmic Gate
Way Out West
Tiesto (aka Allure, Kamaya Painters, Alibi, Major League, Clear View, Vimana, Gouryella, Hammock Brothers; reining world's best DJ & incredible producer)
Armin van Buuren (aka Rising Star, Perpetuous Dreamer, Alibi, Major League; top 5 DJ in world & great producer)
Sasha & John Digweed (2 of the best progressive artists that work together a lot)
Ferry Corsten (aka System F, Moonman, Vimana, Gouryella; another top 5 dj)
Solar Stone
Chicane
Markus Schulz

Okay, some of you are probably looking at all those alias' and are like,"WTF mate?" Not sure why but a lot of electronic musik producers use different alias' for certian "projects" that they release a record under. Sometimes many records released under a name and sometimes just one!

Israeli psy-trance/ambient/weird shit (kinda like trance or techno with metal guitars often mixed in...pretty cool)
Yahel (another of my favourites)
Astral Projection
Infected Mushroom
Eyal Barkan

[Majik]

DJ Assault - Ass & Titties

[Nexus Flux]

Experimental Gothic Folk ....... Barkan

Going along these lines you might also like:
Kosheen (slow mellow kinda like Delerium)
Hybrid (a little more ambient than Delerilum)

Lately I have been listening to:
Saul Wiliams (spoken word hip-hop)
Faithless (trancy club)

Other bands you guys probably haven't heard of:
Myphix (small rock/metal band from Killeen, TX)
Red Team Go (small punk band from Killeen, TX)
Dieselboy (not the punk band, Damien plays drum and bass)

Music we have in common:
Delerium
Enigma
Deep Forest
Front Line Assembly
Gabriel & Dresden
Tiesto (have a DVD of him playing a solo show in Berlin)
Sasha & John Digweed (the Northern Exposure albums rock)
Infected Mushroom


I'll probably add some more bands/artists throught the day as I think of them.

[Magma]

Mr. Bungle, headed by the former lead of faith no more, really out there

[icepenguin66]

Going along these lines you might also like:
Kosheen (slow mellow kinda like Delerium)
Hybrid (a little more ambient than Delerilum)

Lately I have been listening to:
Saul Wiliams (spoken word hip-hop)
Faithless (trancy club)

Other bands you guys probably haven't heard of:
Myphix (small rock/metal band from Killeen, TX)
Red Team Go (small punk band from Killeen, TX)
Dieselboy (not the punk band, Damien plays drum and bass)

Music we have in common:
Delerium
Enigma
Deep Forest
Front Line Assembly
Gabriel & Dresden
Tiesto (have a DVD of him playing a solo show in Berlin)
Sasha & John Digweed (the Northern Exposure albums rock) hell yeah!
Infected Mushroom


I'll probably add some more bands/artists throught the day as I think of them.

Ya, I could go on for days trying to list all the EDM musik I love! Pretty cool, you're the first I've meet who even knows who Delerium, Deep Forest or Front Line Assembly let alone listens to them! I see you didn't include Conjure One in the list of musik we share; you should check them out, its the solo project of Rhys Fulber from Delerium and Front Line Assembly.

What year is that Tiesto dvd? I don't have and have not seen any of the dvds of the good sets from Europe. I did get to hang out with him in New Orleans after a set for say 20 min and have an uber-rare record signed! I may have to borrow that or come watch it sometime.

So did you make it to the Lizard Lounge this past Friday to see Gabriel & Dresden? You missed out if ya didn't. Got a quick chat with Josh Gabriel and got him to play Wave 3! (his first signed production from say 10yrs ago that got him discovered)

Also, check out Yahel and Astral Projection if you like Infected Mushroom... they've also done work together before.

Deep Dish is a great mellow, club/disco/dance artist many would like. Was listening to them earlier today.

[icepenguin66]

Dieselboy (not the punk band, Damien plays drum and bass)

Wait, there's a punk band by the same name?

Oh yeah some awesome local rock bands:
Josh Goode Band (I believe these guys were up for some big award or something)
Miser
Auto Escape
Minority (15-16 yr olds but they kick ass, drummer played probably the best drum solo I've heard and I've been to some nice concerts like Summer Sanitarium and Edgefests!)

[black roadster]

Pretty cool, you're the first I've meet who even knows who Delerium, Deep Forest or Front Line Assembly let alone listens to them!

You've met me.

I listen to Delerium, Deep Forrest, and Enigma. I haven't hear Front Line Assembly but I'm sure I'd like them. I tend to refer to it as World Music as it has a global sound. Sounds form all different cultures.

That stuff is good music when getting frisky...

[Nexus Flux]

Wait, there's a punk band by the same name?

The punk band is actually Diesel Boy.

[Nexus Flux]

That stuff is good music when getting frisky...

As far as getting frisky goes, a nice CD is Crystal Method "Vegas".


Oh Gatecrasher came to mind. The "Latitude & Longitude" album is pretty nice.

And yes I did miss Gabriel & Dresden , but I did go to Lizard Lounge to see Freaky Flow a couple of months back. And I usually go there for the Planet of the Drums concerts to see Dieselboy, Dara, and AK1200.

[redmenace]

I like a lot of stuff, but I hate Hot Chip. Maybe one of you can explain it to me.

[mia-t]

I got hooked on KEXP.org out in Seattle. Great commercial free listerner powered station.

As far as bands go...

Jason Webley http://www.myspace.com/jasonwebley
They Might Be Giants
Mountain Goats