I love odd music, Post your oddest!

[goraman]

I like strange music,try to shock me.
I bet the AOS members could really turn me one to some new tunes.:eek:

[Rare Bird]

You got a day spare :lol:

[Beechwoods]

I love stuff by micro-noise artists Ryoji Ikeda. Here's some thing he did with Nicolai Carsten. It's from a live performance:

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And another one which is a bit more funky.

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I've got plenty of this minimalist electronic stuff. The ultra low and ultra high frequencies make for an interesting system workout :)

Here's a link to an interesting article about Ikeda's album 'Matrix' which came in two parts. 'Matrix For Headphones' and 'Matrix For Rooms' - Matrix for Rooms is amazing because he uses phase effects and harmonics to give the listener a different perception of the rhythm and melodies depending on where you are in relation to the speakers.

[Barry]

You want odd? Well here goes:


Classical

Karlheinz Stockhausen, ‘Stimmung für 6 Volkalistern’, Collegium Vocale Köln Esemble an der Rheinischen Musikschule, 1969, Deutsche Grammophon 2543 003.

Karlheinz Stockhausen, ‘Aus den Sieben Tagen’, 1973, Deutsche Grammophon 2561 298.

Anything by György Ligeti:

Musica Ricercata (1951-3) No.1, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Sony SK 62308.

Continuum (1968), Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord), Wergo WER 6905-2.

Three pieces for two pianos (1976) No. 1 and 2, Fredrick Ullen (pianos),BIS BIS-CD-1684.

Study No. 1 (Harmonies-1967), Zsigmond Szathmary (organ), Sony SK 62307.

Piano Etudes (Book 1-1985), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Sony SK 62308.

Sonata for solo viola (1991-4), Nobuko Imai, BIS BIS-CD-1379/1380.

String Quartet No. 2 (1968), La Salle Quartet, DG 474 327-2.

Chamber Concerto (1965-70), Ensemble die Reihe, Wein, Friedrich Cerha (cond.), Wergo WER 6903-2.

Horn Trio, Saschko Gawriloff (violin), Herman Bauman (horn), Eckart Besch (piano), Wergo WER 6905-2.

Poem Symphonique for 100 Metronomes (1962), Francoise Terrious, Sony SK 62310.

Lontano (1967), Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (cond.), DG 429 260-2.

Melodien (1971), Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw, Teldec 8573-83953-2.

San Francisco Polyphony (1973-4), Berlin Philharmonic, Jonathon Nott (cond.), Teldec 8573-88261-2.

Piano Concerto, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Asko Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.), Teldec 8573-83953-3.

Car Horn Prelude (Le Grand Macabre 1974-7, revised 1996), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond.), Sony SK 62312.

Nouvelles Adventures (1962-5), Phyllis Bryn-Julsons (soprano), Rose Taylor (contralto), Omar Ebrahmim (baritone), Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond.), Sony SK 62311.

Clocks and Clouds (1973), Cappella Amsterdam, Asko Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.), Teldec 8573-87631-2.

Lux Aeterna (1966), London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards (cond.), Sony SK 62305.

Requiem (1963-5), Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (cond.), Wergo 60045-50.

Suspect that most, if not all, are now only available on CD. Some of the Wergo recordings used to be available on vinyl, for example:

Adventures - Nouvelles Adventures, Atmospheres, Volumena, Wergo WER 60022.

‘Canto Gregoriano, Coros de monjies del Monasterio Bendictino de Santo Domingo de Silos’, 1973 and 1981 EMI CMS 5 65217 2. Gregorian chant by the monks of the Bendictine monastety of Santa Domingo des Silos. Not odd, but different. Very relaxing but 2CD's worth is far too much.

Morton Subotnic, ‘Silver Apples of the Moon, for electronic music synthesiser’. 1973, Nonesuch H-71174. Electronic music of the ‘bleeps and bloops’ school.

Terry Riley, ‘In C’, 1971, CBS 64565. (Come to think of it almost anything by Terry Riley is interesting.)


Jazz

Carmel, ‘The Drum is Everything’, 1984, London SH 8555. Not exactly odd, but different; drums bass and vocals.

Alice Coltrane, ‘Hunting Ashram Monastery’, 1979, ABC Impulse AS 9185. Piano and string harp, bass and drums.

Alice Coltrane, ‘Universal Consciousness’, 1971, ABC Impulse AS 9210.

Paul Horn ‘Inside', 1971, CBS Epic EPC 65201. Solo flute played inside the dome of the Taj Mahal. Not exactly jazz, more meditative.

Anything by Robert Wyatt, though not exactly jazz or anything you can pigeon hole – it’s just quirky and definitely odd.


World

Kinichi Nakanoshima, ‘Koto and Flute’, 1969, Liberty LBL 83082. Music for Japanese koto, flute, oboe and shamisen.

‘Flute and Gamelan of West Java’, National University group of Jakarta, directed by Suryabrata, 1978, Tangent TGS 137.

‘Javanese Court Gamelan’, 1971, Electra Nonesuch H-72044.

‘Music from Thailand and Laos , Recorded by David Fanshaw, 1997, ARC music EUCD 1425.

‘Les Traditions Rituelles des Bonpos Tibétians', 1983, Harmonia Mundi Ocora 558622. (HR 52) Religious chants of the monks of Sangye Tenzin Jongdong monastery, practioners of Bon, a pre-buddhist belief system of eastern Tibet.

‘Tibet, Musique et theatre poulaires', 1982. Harmonia Mundi Ocora OCR 62 (HM 57). Tibetan popular music and music to accompany Tibetan popular theatre.

'Musique sacrée de Tibet', performed by the lamas of Nyingmapa Centre Nepal. 1999,Air Mail Music SA 141098.

Alain Presencer, ‘The Singing Bowls of Tibet', 1981 Saydisc SDL 326. Traditional music performed on conch horn, metal bowls, gong and bells.

Yungchen Lhamo, ‘Coming Home’, 1998, Realworld CDRW 72. Modern popular music involving the demanding technique of ‘throat singing’.

Yat-Kha and Huun-Huur Tu, ‘The Spirit of the Steppes – throat singing from Tuva and beyond', 2000, Nascente NSCD 058.

Sainkho, ‘Out of Tuva’, 1993, Cramworld CRAW6. Mongolian electro-pop.

‘Birmanie’ (Burma), 1998, Air Mail Music SA 141026. Traditional music of Burma.

‘The Drummers of Burundi’, 1992, Realworld RWMCD1.

‘Heart of the Forest – the music of the Bakka forest people of southeast Cameroon’, 1993 Rykodisc HNCD 1378. Vocal singing with earth bow, water drums and stringed instruments: aita, limbindi and ngombi.


Odds and Ends

‘Weihnachtliche Spieluhren Musik aus Siegrfrieds machanischem Musickkabinertt in rüdesheim am rhein’, Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett SMMK 04, 1986. Recordings of music boxes and perforated metal disc music machines.

Charle Dodge ‘Music from the Earth’s Magnetic Field’, 1970, Nonesuch. Realized at the Columbia University Computer Center, this piece is built from directly translating a record of the magnetic changes (Kp indices) for planet Earth in 1961. 8 values a day are read from graphic charts that look so much like music, they are popularly known as Julius Bartel's "musical diagrams".

Anna Lockwood, ‘The Glass World of Anna Lockwood’, 1997, Nonsequitur What Next WN 0021. Anna Lockwood plays unconventional instruments made of glass.

Regards

[Beechwoods]

Wow Barry! Looks like a treasure trove of stuff to check out there. I have a few of them... 'In C', 'Stimmung'.

Charles Dodge ‘Music from the Earth’s Magnetic Field’ reminds me of a disc I have called 'Printing With Magnetic Inks' by Stahlgren & Ferguson, on Hot Air. This builds sound textures and rhythms from the sounds of magnetic inks as used on cheques, the magnetic inks being read by the sorters in automated clearing houses (!). It's interesting stuff, a little 3" CD single. There's a review here: http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3906%3Astahlgren-a-ferguson-qprinting-with-magnetic-inksq&catid=13%3Aalbums-and-singles&Itemid=1

[Stratmangler]

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[John]

Not really odd but quite dark
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[Beechwoods]

This should keep you busy:

http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/index.shtml

This was a project collecting 365 daily portions of 'outsider' music, with background notes and so on. There is fantastic stuff here, from odd genres like Fijiian Surf Music to found tapes of people singing their own songs, to the unsung 'Moondog' type characters who lived on the fringes and still found ways to record their stuff, school choirs, odd cover versions, industrial demo releases... fascinating stuff, and well worth checking out every single day!

[slipperyjim]

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[The Grand Wazoo]

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........you could also take a look here:
http://www.weirdomusic.com/

or here:
http://www.weirdmusic.net/

or:
http://www.oddmusic.com/

http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/

[Alex_UK]

I started a similar thread a while back - asking for "quirky" tracks - maybe quirky = odd? http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3795&highlight=quirky

Here's an odd one anyway:

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[Beechwoods]

They want to do what with a dog in a dark alley?! :eek:

[Jonboy]

Modified toy orchestra

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[Rare Bird]

Zweistein: Trip - flip out - meditation

[jonners]

Make your own odd recording: Take a recording of crickets chirping and slow it down using Audacity or whatever. The result can sound uncannily like a choir of human voices: http://insearchofsimplicity.com/2010/02/10/gods-cricket-choir/

[goraman]

You want odd? Well here goes:


Classical

Karlheinz Stockhausen, ‘Stimmung für 6 Volkalistern’, Collegium Vocale Köln Esemble an der Rheinischen Musikschule, 1969, Deutsche Grammophon 2543 003.

Karlheinz Stockhausen, ‘Aus den Sieben Tagen’, 1973, Deutsche Grammophon 2561 298.

Anything by György Ligeti:

Musica Ricercata (1951-3) No.1, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Sony SK 62308.

Continuum (1968), Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord), Wergo WER 6905-2.

Three pieces for two pianos (1976) No. 1 and 2, Fredrick Ullen (pianos),BIS BIS-CD-1684.

Study No. 1 (Harmonies-1967), Zsigmond Szathmary (organ), Sony SK 62307.

Piano Etudes (Book 1-1985), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Sony SK 62308.

Sonata for solo viola (1991-4), Nobuko Imai, BIS BIS-CD-1379/1380.

String Quartet No. 2 (1968), La Salle Quartet, DG 474 327-2.

Chamber Concerto (1965-70), Ensemble die Reihe, Wein, Friedrich Cerha (cond.), Wergo WER 6903-2.

Horn Trio, Saschko Gawriloff (violin), Herman Bauman (horn), Eckart Besch (piano), Wergo WER 6905-2.

Poem Symphonique for 100 Metronomes (1962), Francoise Terrious, Sony SK 62310.

Lontano (1967), Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (cond.), DG 429 260-2.

Melodien (1971), Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw, Teldec 8573-83953-2.

San Francisco Polyphony (1973-4), Berlin Philharmonic, Jonathon Nott (cond.), Teldec 8573-88261-2.

Piano Concerto, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Asko Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.), Teldec 8573-83953-3.

Car Horn Prelude (Le Grand Macabre 1974-7, revised 1996), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond.), Sony SK 62312.

Nouvelles Adventures (1962-5), Phyllis Bryn-Julsons (soprano), Rose Taylor (contralto), Omar Ebrahmim (baritone), Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond.), Sony SK 62311.

Clocks and Clouds (1973), Cappella Amsterdam, Asko Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.), Teldec 8573-87631-2.

Lux Aeterna (1966), London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards (cond.), Sony SK 62305.

Requiem (1963-5), Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (cond.), Wergo 60045-50.

Suspect that most, if not all, are now only available on CD. Some of the Wergo recordings used to be available on vinyl, for example:

Adventures - Nouvelles Adventures, Atmospheres, Volumena, Wergo WER 60022.

‘Canto Gregoriano, Coros de monjies del Monasterio Bendictino de Santo Domingo de Silos’, 1973 and 1981 EMI CMS 5 65217 2. Gregorian chant by the monks of the Bendictine monastety of Santa Domingo des Silos. Not odd, but different. Very relaxing but 2CD's worth is far too much.

Morton Subotnic, ‘Silver Apples of the Moon, for electronic music synthesiser’. 1973, Nonesuch H-71174. Electronic music of the ‘bleeps and bloops’ school.

Terry Riley, ‘In C’, 1971, CBS 64565. (Come to think of it almost anything by Terry Riley is interesting.)


Jazz

Carmel, ‘The Drum is Everything’, 1984, London SH 8555. Not exactly odd, but different; drums bass and vocals.

Alice Coltrane, ‘Hunting Ashram Monastery’, 1979, ABC Impulse AS 9185. Piano and string harp, bass and drums.

Alice Coltrane, ‘Universal Consciousness’, 1971, ABC Impulse AS 9210.

Paul Horn ‘Inside', 1971, CBS Epic EPC 65201. Solo flute played inside the dome of the Taj Mahal. Not exactly jazz, more meditative.

Anything by Robert Wyatt, though not exactly jazz or anything you can pigeon hole – it’s just quirky and definitely odd.


World

Kinichi Nakanoshima, ‘Koto and Flute’, 1969, Liberty LBL 83082. Music for Japanese koto, flute, oboe and shamisen.

‘Flute and Gamelan of West Java’, National University group of Jakarta, directed by Suryabrata, 1978, Tangent TGS 137.

‘Javanese Court Gamelan’, 1971, Electra Nonesuch H-72044.

‘Music from Thailand and Laos , Recorded by David Fanshaw, 1997, ARC music EUCD 1425.

‘Les Traditions Rituelles des Bonpos Tibétians', 1983, Harmonia Mundi Ocora 558622. (HR 52) Religious chants of the monks of Sangye Tenzin Jongdong monastery, practioners of Bon, a pre-buddhist belief system of eastern Tibet.

‘Tibet, Musique et theatre poulaires', 1982. Harmonia Mundi Ocora OCR 62 (HM 57). Tibetan popular music and music to accompany Tibetan popular theatre.

'Musique sacrée de Tibet', performed by the lamas of Nyingmapa Centre Nepal. 1999,Air Mail Music SA 141098.

Alain Presencer, ‘The Singing Bowls of Tibet', 1981 Saydisc SDL 326. Traditional music performed on conch horn, metal bowls, gong and bells.

Yungchen Lhamo, ‘Coming Home’, 1998, Realworld CDRW 72. Modern popular music involving the demanding technique of ‘throat singing’.

Yat-Kha and Huun-Huur Tu, ‘The Spirit of the Steppes – throat singing from Tuva and beyond', 2000, Nascente NSCD 058.

Sainkho, ‘Out of Tuva’, 1993, Cramworld CRAW6. Mongolian electro-pop.

‘Birmanie’ (Burma), 1998, Air Mail Music SA 141026. Traditional music of Burma.

‘The Drummers of Burundi’, 1992, Realworld RWMCD1.

‘Heart of the Forest – the music of the Bakka forest people of southeast Cameroon’, 1993 Rykodisc HNCD 1378. Vocal singing with earth bow, water drums and stringed instruments: aita, limbindi and ngombi.


Odds and Ends

‘Weihnachtliche Spieluhren Musik aus Siegrfrieds machanischem Musickkabinertt in rüdesheim am rhein’, Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett SMMK 04, 1986. Recordings of music boxes and perforated metal disc music machines.

Charle Dodge ‘Music from the Earth’s Magnetic Field’, 1970, Nonesuch. Realized at the Columbia University Computer Center, this piece is built from directly translating a record of the magnetic changes (Kp indices) for planet Earth in 1961. 8 values a day are read from graphic charts that look so much like music, they are popularly known as Julius Bartel's "musical diagrams".

Anna Lockwood, ‘The Glass World of Anna Lockwood’, 1997, Nonsequitur What Next WN 0021. Anna Lockwood plays unconventional instruments made of glass.

Regards
WOW! You must be the best typest ever,And your knolage of classical music is to be applauded.Thank you,I will check to see if some I picked out are still in print.

[Barry]

Hello Jeff,

Thanks for the note of appreciation. If we expand your requirements of 'odd' to 'interesting', and if you like "world" music then I can recommend:

Anything by Ali Farka Toure, eg: 'Radio Mali'; 'Savane', 2006, World Circuit WCD075; (with Toumani Diabaté) In the Heart of the Moon, 2005, World Circuit WCD 072. Ali Farka Toure is Malian guitarist and Toumani Diabate plays the kora (a harp like instrument).

Ismaël Lo : 'Dabah', 2001, Wrasse 043; 'Sénégal', 2006, Wrasse 183. Music from Mali and Senegal.

Egberto Gismonti and Nana Vascocelos, 'Duas Vozes', 1985, ECM 823 640-2. Brazilian instrumentalists, playing percussion and vocal effects.

Kahled, 'Sara', 1996, Wrasse 154. Algerian folk singer.

Ballaké, Sissoko, 'Déli', 2000,Discques Label Bleu LBLC 2576. Another West African kora player.

Orchestra Baobab: 'Specialists in All Styles', 2002, World Circuit WCD 064 and 'Pirates Choice'. A constantly changing collection of West African performers including Youssou N'Dour.

'Mali & Guinea - kora kings and griot minstrals', Rough Guide CD, 2000, RGNET 1048 CD. A collection of music from Malia and Guinea.

Amadou & Mariam, 'Dimanche À Bamako', 2004, Because/Allother/Radio Bemba 3099952. Blind Malian husband and wife duo.

'Big Red - A Musical Journey Through Madegascar', 1999, Nascente NSCD 053.

Tarika, 'Son Egal', 1997, Xenophile XENO 4042. Malagasy pop group.

The History of Township Music, 2001, Wrasse 029. A collection of South African township kwela, 1944 - 1981.

Alpha Beta Gamelan, 'New Gamelan Music', 2000, ABCD 6. Don't be put off by the dreadful punning name of this group - they play 'modern' Javanese gamelan with some quirky lyrics.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 'Mustt Mustt', 1990, Realworld 0777 7862212 3. Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan is a world respected master of Qawwali - the devotional music of the Sufi sect of Islam.

Though not world music, I can also recommend more or less anything by The Penguin Café Orchestra, e.g. 'Music from the Penguin Café', 1976, Virgin EG EEGCD 27.

Finally most titles on the ECM label are worth investigating (if you have the time - the catalogue is vast), and so to is the work of The Kronos Quartet.

That about exhausts my recommendations. I have heard all of them as well as those mentioned in my previous post and do own copies of most of them, so can recommend from experience.

Regards