Help needed with new music

[Effem]

I'm currently up a blind alley with regards to any new musical purchases.

I am currently leaning more and more towards instrumental music and without realising it am shying away from anything with lyrics. No, I don't have any idea why, but I get more pleasure from fast melodic music than listening to banal vocals. I am into Roger Waters at the moment - until he opens his gob.

I have an awful lot of CDs that have ONE decent track and yearn for some music I can listen to end to end without resorting to the skip track button!

I was going to say I have a penchant for electronica, but, there is so much out there that is repetitive drivel with no composer or performer skills involved. Jazz funk I like, provided it is performed well of course.

I have tried asking folks a few times what floats there boat, but that may not necessarily float mine. A good example is Sphongle which was raved about by a mate, but after a couple of plays it has been in the rack ever since.

Some good ideas please :)

[Rare Bird]

Hi Frank
Well this is the place to watch, watch carefully tho cos some members play some right old ''Bull poo'' (Dave R tought me that wurd) :lolsign:

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10&page=501

[Covenant]

Porcupine Tree

[Beechwoods]

Ozric Tentacles

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Check out Steve Reich's stuff as well:

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[The Vinyl Adventure]

Get spotify, type in stuff you like then click related artists... I'm listening to a cd I bought based on doing that right now!

[Effem]

Ozric Tentacles is a good call, I have one of their albums and I really enjoy it.

Will check out spotify

[DSJR]

With many Ozric albums, if you have one, you have 'em all (a bit like modern TeeDee IMO), but the snippets of the later ones I've heard have progressed a bit I think.

System 7's "Mirror System" CD is very pleasant and can be played regularly I found.

Spotify, as Hamish suggested, is the place I reckon... saves you buying loads of bull-poo :D

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Napster has an even better related artist feature in fact... It's just a bi shit otherwise...
The other way is to search on hmv or amazon or whatever and look at the "people who bought that also bought this" section but that can be highly hit and miss ime

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Oh, and buy Four Tet 'rounds' ... I know I'm always banging on about it... But I bloody love it and I think everyone should own a copy!

[John]

Also worth doing the same with Last FM

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Yeah, and I find shazzam on my phone really good for those times you hear a song in a shop or on tv you like the sound of but don't know what it is!

[Beechwoods]

Oh, and buy Four Tet 'rounds' ... I know I'm always banging on about it... But I bloody love it and I think everyone should own a copy!

I got mine when it came out -- great album, I have to agree :)

His stuff as 'Fridge' is a bit more post-rock but also worth checking out.

[Alex_UK]

Not sure when you say "new music" if you mean that literally, or if you mean new to you? Well, here's an album to try on Spotify that scores on both (Minimal lyrics, mainly instrumental, so fits that bill, but may not be your thing) - let me know if you like it, and I'll manually scrobble you from there! :)

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61GCYvrChQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Alex_UK]

Oh, and buy Four Tet 'rounds' ... I know I'm always banging on about it... But I bloody love it and I think everyone should own a copy!

Sorry for the off topic meander - this arrived today, thanks for the tip, Hamish. Loving the huge soundstage on track 6 (Unspoken) - it's MASSIVE - how do they do that?

How are you getting on Frank, with some of the suggestions/Spotify?

[magiccarpetride]

I'm currently up a blind alley with regards to any new musical purchases.

I am currently leaning more and more towards instrumental music and without realising it am shying away from anything with lyrics. No, I don't have any idea why, but I get more pleasure from fast melodic music than listening to banal vocals. I am into Roger Waters at the moment - until he opens his gob.

I have an awful lot of CDs that have ONE decent track and yearn for some music I can listen to end to end without resorting to the skip track button!

I was going to say I have a penchant for electronica, but, there is so much out there that is repetitive drivel with no composer or performer skills involved. Jazz funk I like, provided it is performed well of course.

I have tried asking folks a few times what floats there boat, but that may not necessarily float mine. A good example is Sphongle which was raved about by a mate, but after a couple of plays it has been in the rack ever since.

Some good ideas please :)

Boards of Canada? Not new, but good.