The Obscure Music Thread

[channelmaniac]

My hookup for streaming stuff is www.di.fm Trance/Dance/House/GoaPsy/etc...

RJ

[Jiggerachi]

Cool thread!

Sasha & John Digweed (2 of the best progressive artists that work together a lot)

I own, or have aquired just about anything with Sasha's name on it, & most of Digweeds stuff. I saw them at the Bronco Bowl bowl on their Delta Heavy tour back in the day & I have seen Sasha once by himself & Digweed twice, shook Digweeds hand & got a picture. They dont come to Texas very much so anytime theyre anywhere close to here, my bank account is empty.

I have been revisiting all of the old Massive Attack lately. I saw them when they were at Nokia Live 3 weeks ago, definately the best show Ive ever been to, also their first tour to come through Texas.

I have tons of underground electronic stuff...

ATB
A Guy Called Gerald
Ben Watt
BT (Saw him live twice...always an awesome show)
Daft Punk
Dieselboy(Saw him at the Red Jacket back in the day, with DJ RAP, great show!)
D Fuse (Met him backstage at the Digweed show, super nice guy, awesome set too)
DJ DARA
DJ Krush
Etro Anime
Faith Massive
Groove Armada
Hooverphonic
Hybrid
James Zabiella(Just heard of him, kind of mix of progressive trance/drum & bass, great stuff)
Jimmy Van M
John Digweed/Bedrock
Lee Burridge(Saw him with Sasha/jimmy van M at the Bronco bowl)
Massive Attack
Orbital
Plastikman
Portishead
Prodigy
Sasha (If your into electronic music, check out some of his studio stuff, he's been cranking out some absolutely amazing music lately, totally unique, the sound quality & depth is unreal)
Stéphane Pompougnac (A Frence electronic jazz DJ, great stuff)
Thievery Corporation(probably my all time favorite artists, an odd blend of jazz/reggae, with a heavy indian influence)
Zero 7
Almost everything under the Renniassance label

These are just some of my favorites, there are much more that I cant remember off hand.

As far as jazz/blues/rock/anything else is concerned, I couldnt list all of my favorites, but since growing up with musicians, you could say I like or own anything popular and respected by the 'musician' crowd...I only listen to CDs & Talk Radio, pop rock is for the birds.(with some exceptions)

[lovelyday]

yeah... if u like John Digweed, there is a compilation series you should check out called "Euro Club Hits" --
it's pretty clear that dance music is coming back around the world -- just check the recent big American hip-hop and R&B hits which are clear rip-offs of the european dance style.....
here's the direct iTunes link to the "Euro Club Hits" series.....
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...+Club+Hits+Vol+

[randy7601]

Underworld
Imogen Heap
A3 (aka Alabama3)
Wilco
Billy Blaze
Daft Punk
Temposhark

[ozone42]

Great thread!

A lot of fantastic performers named so far. I will add to the list:

MasterPlan - A new (post 2000) metal hair band, and they're great.
Porcupine Tree - Excellent progressive rock from england
Dream Theater - one of the best progressive groups ever
B'z - greatest rock duo of all time, Japanese so not well known here
Sneaker Pimps - only one album in the 90's, but great electropop
Gravity Kills - excellent industrial
(die) Pilot - fantastic folk rock out of colorado

[Billy Blaze]

Underworld
Imogen Heap
A3 (aka Alabama3)
Wilco
Billy Blaze
Daft Punk
Temposhark

Hey Alright!!! thanks for the support

here are some i like....
Danko jones
Amos Lee
Michael Hedges
The Greenskeepers

[XM_Rocks]

Pinback

Dismemberment Plan (old defunct band)

[icepenguin66]

Porcupine Tree - Excellent progressive rock from england

Dream Theater - one of the best progressive groups ever

Sneaker Pimps - only one album in the 90's, but great electropop

I have some Porcupine Tree on my hd and gotta love Dream Theater.

BTW, the Sneaker Pimps have produced 3 albums now! Becoming X, Splinter and Bloodsport with the last coming out in 2002.

[icepenguin66]

I own, or have aquired just about anything with Sasha's name on it, & most of Digweeds stuff. I saw them at the Bronco Bowl bowl on their Delta Heavy tour back in the day & I have seen Sasha once by himself & Digweed twice, shook Digweeds hand & got a picture. They dont come to Texas very much so anytime theyre anywhere close to here, my bank account is empty.

I have been revisiting all of the old Massive Attack lately. I saw them when they were at Nokia Live 3 weeks ago, definately the best show Ive ever been to, also their first tour to come through Texas.

I have tons of underground electronic stuff...

ATB
A Guy Called Gerald
Ben Watt
BT (Saw him live twice...always an awesome show)
Daft Punk
Dieselboy(Saw him at the Red Jacket back in the day, with DJ RAP, great show!)
D Fuse (Met him backstage at the Digweed show, super nice guy, awesome set too)
DJ DARA
DJ Krush
Etro Anime
Faith Massive
Groove Armada
Hooverphonic
Hybrid
James Zabiella(Just heard of him, kind of mix of progressive trance/drum & bass, great stuff)
Jimmy Van M
John Digweed/Bedrock
Lee Burridge(Saw him with Sasha/jimmy van M at the Bronco bowl)
Massive Attack
Orbital
Plastikman
Portishead
Prodigy
Sasha (If your into electronic music, check out some of his studio stuff, he's been cranking out some absolutely amazing music lately, totally unique, the sound quality & depth is unreal)
Stéphane Pompougnac (A Frence electronic jazz DJ, great stuff)
Thievery Corporation(probably my all time favorite artists, an odd blend of jazz/reggae, with a heavy indian influence)
Zero 7
Almost everything under the Renniassance label

These are just some of my favorites, there are much more that I cant remember off hand.

As far as jazz/blues/rock/anything else is concerned, I couldnt list all of my favorites, but since growing up with musicians, you could say I like or own anything popular and respected by the 'musician' crowd...I only listen to CDs & Talk Radio, pop rock is for the birds.(with some exceptions)

Oh yeah, Thievery Corporation rock!

Plastikman, some old school techno. Ferry did a great remix of Spastik.

Here's some more of my favourite artists:
*DJ Shah - balearic, mellow, tropical trance
Ferry Corsten
*Yahel - most popular Israeli dj
First State
*Astral Projection - ambient/goa/psy-trance
Eyal Barkan
*Way Out West - just incredible, a mix of all types of EDM
Agnelli & Nelson
Cass & Slide
*Conjure One - gregorian/choral/folk/electronica/rock/spiritual
Chicane
Solar Stone
Gabriel & Dresden
Fragma
*Plastic Angel - a personal trance/hard trance fav
Pulser
Rapid Eye
Ernesto vs Bastian
Svenson & Gielen
*Blank & Jones - trance/electronica/chillout/ambient
Ayla
Alex Pea
Markus Schulz - the foremost progressive trance dj right now
Paul van Dyk
*Deepsky - their new album In Silico is probably one of the best EDM cd's ever!
Front Line Assembly
*DJ Astrid - badass dj from Russia
*Leama
Leama & Moor
Ozgur Can
Cosmic Gate
*Noel Sanger - great progressive house/trance club musik
Schiller
Starecase
*Talla 2XLC - great trance, especially the older hard trance stuff
Estuera
Andy Moor
Bart Claessen - one of the best trance producers
Greyarea
Sander Kleinenberg
Micah
*DJ Cor Fijneman
Dumonde
Mirco De Govia - their album Chronoscale has been reviewed as one of the best
Phynn
*System F - Ferry Corsten's old alias, some of his best work
*Xtronica - incredible upcoming dj from Washington
skylab2000
Sapphirecut
DJ Eco
Secret Cinema
Leon Bolier
DJ Tatana
Taucher - old trance


Some Chillout/Ambient artists:
*Esmaye
*Saint Etienne
Portishead
Balligomingo
*Delerium - gregorian/choral/folk/electronica/rock/spiritual
Dead Can Dance - mediaeval/folk/rock ie: theme to Gladiator
Mandalay
Bitter:Sweet
Morcheeba
Sigur Rós
Lamb
Leigh Nash
Mazzy Star
Solar Stone
Telefon Tel Aviv


And some of my favourite artists that are not EDM:
*Adrina Thorpe
*Zoe Johnston - very unique voice
Dido
Sarah Brightman
Nicola Hitchcock
Tegan & Sara
Death Cab for Cutie
The Postal Service
The Flaming Lips
Iron & Wine - from Texas

[MadMonkey]

I have plenty of all of these...

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Darude

Sandstorm!!

Delerium
Dead Can Dance
Enigma
Blank & Jones
Cosmic Gate
Tiesto
Infected Mushroom

Tiesto is probably my favorite out of the trance crowd. Cosmic gate has a LOT of very, very good songs too.

They Might Be Giants

Istanbul (not Constantinople) was the first song I ever heard from them, and I still listen to it all the time. I had almost every album they ever made at one point.

Daft Punk
Prodigy

Fragma
Paul van Dyk

I love Alive by Fragma.

I don't talk to many people about music, so I'm not exactly sure what's "mainstream" and what's not any more.. a typical MP3 CD of mine will include heavy metal, punk, emo, pop, country, rap, techno, trance, 80's, Celtic, almost everything.

Pandora internet radio is a VERY good source of music you've probably never heard... I've found a LOT of music on there that I love.

Remember, I don't know if these are obscure or not, but I like them And I tend to be very loose with my genres because I'm tired of the stupid sub-genre thing that is getting ridiculous (thrash metal emo punk doowop).

Metal
Kamelot
Rhapsody of Fire
Nightwish
Dragonforce (not really under the radar here any more because of Guitar Hero 3)
Edguy

Electronic Pop (?)
Echo Image
Beborn Beton
Hellogoodbye
Pet Shop Boys
Covenant
Permer
Pulp
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Nitzer Ebb
Sally Shapiro
The Human League
Joy Electric

Techno/Trance
ATC
Cascada
The Riddler
Milk, Inc.
Angel CIty

Punk
Allister

Celtic (all types)
Enya (BEAUTIFUL voice)
Shane McGowan
Tempest
Flogging Molly (I have every album)
The Fenians
The Real McKenzies
Enter the Haggis
Black 47
Levellers
The Waterboys

[cam76034]

[juxt3r]

Paul van Dyk

Paul has another Dallas date in the near future. May 16th at Lizard Lounge. Anyone going??

Front Line Assembly

One of my personal favourites for sure. Played Arcadia in the late 90s...you know, before the place burned down.
Preferred the guitar-driven industrial sound pre-'Hard Wired'. Newer releases are, in large part, like a dark version of Conjure One. Guess that was obvious considering the personnel involved.

Balligomingo
Delerium

More FLA side projects. Both outstanding, though I have yet to actually find copies of any Balligomingo releases (a friend has two, though).

Dead Can Dance - mediaeval/folk/rock ie: theme to Gladiator

Remember when they had a commercial single in the mid-90s? Out of character, but a good album nonetheless!


I might as well throw in a few for grins. They aren't grouped by genre, though...
Godflesh
Skinny Puppy
Front Line Assembly
Prescott Curlywolf
Curve
Bad Religion
Big Sugar
Califone
Yo La Tengo
They Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Catherine Wheel
Galaxie 500
Foreskin 500
Warlock Pinchers
Dropkick Murphys (excellent rendition of "Fortunate Son")
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Junkie XL (either as DJ or as band w/ Rude Boy on vocals. Saw the band at Deep Ellum Live & looooved it! Saw a DJ set at Lizard Lounge a couple of years back & loved that too!)
Urban Dance Squad
Bosstones
Lagwagon
Pop Will Eat Itself
Praga Khan
Sunset Valley
Uncle Tupelo (& their offshoots, Wilco and Son Volt)

[Jeff_nc]

Not to offend you guys or anything, but...

When people see you guys in your Miatas and you're bumping all that electronic/techno, they think you're gay. People already think Miatas are sissy little girl cars and you guys aren't helping the situation at all. Might as well paint your car pink, slap a decal of a unicorn on the hood, put a disco ball in it and get a rainbow patterned license plate frame.

[MadMonkey]

Not to offend you guys or anything, but...

When people see you guys in your Miatas and you're bumping all that electronic/techno, they think you're gay. People already think Miatas are sissy little girl cars and you guys aren't helping the situation at all. Might as well paint your car pink, slap a decal of a unicorn on the hood, put a disco ball in it and get a rainbow patterned license plate frame.

And to imagine that even with all that, I still don't give a flying crap what people think about me and my car...

If you're that worried about what people think about you, you should never leave the house. Someone will always have a bad opinion of you no matter what you do.

[juxt3r]

Know where I can get one of those unicorn decals? I've been needing to replace the Hello Kitty sponsorship logos for a while anyway...

[ozone42]

Not to offend you guys or anything, but...

When people see you guys in your Miatas and you're bumping all that electronic/techno, they think you're gay. People already think Miatas are sissy little girl cars and you guys aren't helping the situation at all. Might as well paint your car pink, slap a decal of a unicorn on the hood, put a disco ball in it and get a rainbow patterned license plate frame.

If someone thinks that they're obviously a complete moron. So why would you want to spend time with them, talk with them, or even be in their general vicinity for longer than it takes to pass them?

Real people don't care what kind of car you drive unless they're into cars for fun, in which case they'll know why a miata is fun. Anyone that makes the kind of assumption you mention above is essentially a waste of air and skin.

[icepenguin66]

Not to offend you guys or anything, but...

When people see you guys in your Miatas and you're bumping all that electronic/techno, they think you're gay. People already think Miatas are sissy little girl cars and you guys aren't helping the situation at all. Might as well paint your car pink, slap a decal of a unicorn on the hood, put a disco ball in it and get a rainbow patterned license plate frame.

Hows about camo paint, a Rebel flag and a Texas Hunters sticker for ya? Would that make it better? I could care less what mainstream, ignorant Americas think about the music I listen too. I'm sure they think the same thing when I'm rolling to Bach, Ravel, or Beethoven! The only times I've ever had a negative reaction to my car is from some racist, redneck with an IQ of 40.

Suprisingly I've had more attention in my Miata than when I used to drive my friend's Viper. So, not everyone thinks of it as a gay sissy car! I was never flashed by a hot chick while crusing in his Viper, but have in my Miata!

[icepenguin66]

Paul has another Dallas date in the near future. May 16th at Lizard Lounge. Anyone going??


One of my personal favourites for sure. Played Arcadia in the late 90s...you know, before the place burned down.
Preferred the guitar-driven industrial sound pre-'Hard Wired'. Newer releases are, in large part, like a dark version of Conjure One. Guess that was obvious considering the personnel involved.


More FLA side projects. Both outstanding, though I have yet to actually find copies of any Balligomingo releases (a friend has two, though).


Remember when they had a commercial single in the mid-90s? Out of character, but a good album nonetheless!


Junkie XL

I'd love to go see PVD again but damn I have this pesky trip to Hawaii that week!

Actually they aren't side projects of FLA but current projects as they haven't done much with FLA in a long time and have become more popular as well.

Yep, Junkie XL is a badass!

[icepenguin66]

Tiesto is probably my favorite out of the trance crowd. Cosmic gate has a LOT of very, very good songs too.

Armin mixes better that Tiesto! If ya like Cosmic Gate then look up Nich Chagall, I love his new solo work...he's one half of Cosmic Gate.

I love Alive by Fragma.
I have some awesome remixes of their stuff.

Pandora internet radio is a VERY good source of music you've probably never heard... I've found a LOT of music on there that I love.
Yeah, Pandora is pretty cool. I recently found it out.

[bopeep]

....yeah -- i agree, people are basically getting sick of the same old rock/hip-hop/r&b bullsh*t..... and there is just this big upsurge from a new style coming out of Europe -- best place i've found it so far is a compilation series called 'euro club hits' on itunes -- or check this link: http://electricfilebox.com/tracks