what's your fail-safe?

[komanderkin]

the wall by pink floyd.

[stereotactic]

Man I feel the same actually, especially of late... I've been trying to listen to some different stuff, but the dubstep keeps pulling me back in! I now have a 3 CD classical compilation on constant rotation in the car... Anyway, non-electronic listening includes:

Band of Horses
Nirvana
Kings of Leon
Husky Rescue
Cinematic Orchestra
Ghost (everyone should own Freedom of Thought)
Ludovico Einauldi
Thomas Newman
Johann Johannsson

I know there are a few classical musicians in there, but they deserve the mention

I also listen to a load of trip hop and electronica i.e. Jon Hopkins, Trentmoller, Apparat etc. In hitting the reset button, Orbital for me are peerless. But that's electronic, and so not on topic so much!

[Dayn]

Aesop rock
Nightmares on wax
and lots of trip hop

[nowaysj]

Maybe some Steely

Get the fuck off my wave length bro. You're starting to scare me.

[s i c k b o y]

pisschrist

[Mad_EP]

btw isn't hip-hop electronic music?

I know what you mean..

I just kept them separate for this thread cos when I OD on electronic, hiphop seems to helps me reset (and tbh, vice versa... when I listen to a ton of hiphop, it is equally nice to throw on some electronic to balance it out).


This thread has worked out nicely - a lot of great reminders of things I haven't listened to in ages!

[jobbanaught]

Medeski, Martin & Wood
John Scofield

[wayoftheworld]

fela kuti/antibalas

shellac

konono no 1

but more than anything, listening intently to the sounds of the world around me.

[The Phantom Banger]

nick drake.

[nitz]

Fast car -Tracy Chapman !!

[Blue Patterns]

fela
k. frimpong
s.e. rogie
black moon
dennis brown
arkeologists
madlib
pete rock

[dblth1nk]

Grand Buffet~!

[tathagata]

Battle of Mice
Joanna Newsom
Discordance Axis
Edan
MF Doom
Esbjorn Svenson Trio

All guaranteed rut-breakers for me

[k_k]

Richard walters
Lightspeed champion
alexisonfire (first album is the greatest musical work ever created )

[narcissus]

but more than anything, listening intently to the sounds of the world around me.

+1

honestly, the sounds of nature, people, the city, etc.. influence me just as much as the music i hear.

[narcissus]

btw isn't hip-hop electronic music?

yup, but don't tell mainstream america that... they'll start to not like it

[djake]

but more than anything, listening intently to the sounds of the world around me.

+1

honestly, the sounds of nature, people, the city, etc.. influence me just as much as the music i hear.

i take my dog for a walk, sit down along the way for 10mins roll a ciggy, and just sit there and listen while i smoke.

[s i c k b o y]

PISS CHRIST!

[Lurka]

Converge
at the drive in
melt banana these are all fail safes for me.

but if i need some ideas/inspiration i will listen to some modern classical, berio normally does it for me!

[FSTZ]

nick drake.

Slint

I'd like to add

CAN
TheNoTwist
MF Doom
Seaweed
Praxis
Material
the Refused