Deep-tech house with an ambient vibe. Soothing and conveying energy at the same time. Great for work.
Oliver Koletzki – The Arc Of Tension
Joe Rogan Experience #1342 – John Carmack
This was the first Joe Rogan Experience I watched just because catching John Carmack’s name, and this is a blast. I’ll probably check out some more of Joe’s stuff, but Carmack in particular is unreal. He’s insanely intelligent and super entertaining to listen to how he just knows about everything. He’s somewhat like Forrest Gump in a sense that as I listen to the stories it seems like he just happened to be there at every occasion something serious shit was going down in history and related to technology.
On another note, listening to him makes me think about how different he and John Romero are. On the surface it seems like Carmack is way more successful rolling with these billionare technologists, making fortunes, working on stuff shaping the future, while Romero has relocated to Ireland to a small-mid sized city running a similarly small-mid sized game development studio of his own. But I feel like truth is, Carmack is driven by this almost inhuman motivation all about technology and not really caring for much beyond that, which is completely fine, but not superior in any way over Romero who is more like a true artist, and I love him and his work so much for that. Both have my utmost respect and are heros forever, but two completely different kind of fish.
Monolink - Amniotic
I find this record enchanting. That nice kind of electronic music in the footsteps of all the wonderful creations by Moderat or Kiasmos. It has a lot of emotions but I don’t feel any cheesyness about it, it’s well crafted music, nicely put words, feels authentic to me. And especially the track Sirens, that’s a massive head and heart trip with goosebumps.
Sampa The Great – Birds And The BEE9
Neo-soul, hiphop, world music. Full of positive energies.
Lingua Ignota – Caligula
Similar effect like before. When the album is over it’s like realizing not having taken a deep breath since it has started. It’s like opressing bodily functions. Heavy. Drone metal opera.
Drab Majesty – Modern Mirror
This album is so not interesting. Just wanted to make a note here: I don’t feel this to be a goth album at all, it’s way more of a new wave (sometimes future pop) dressed as goth. Probably that’s the very reason I don’t like it. Under this darkwave look I don’t feel any real content and value. There’s also this trend of new goth music incorporating a heavy influence from synthwave. Sometimes I like it, in this case I don’t. I compare this record to everything by Cigarettes After Sex. *smirk
Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman
This album is part hilarious and part fascinating. Work It is something I cannot not re-listen any number of times, it is like a caricature of a motivational speech but it actually does feel motivating. And The Tunnel is creepy like hell, it’s like an audio version of a horror movie and not in a sense that there are horroresque soundtrack elements in it but the atmosphere and words hit nails under my nails. Overall the whole record is that great kind of avantgarde with minimal wave synth sounds where the words deliver meaning even if they sound dadaist at times. It’s artsy but works.
DJ Yoda – Homecooking
Very laidback, very smooth, very relaxing, very laying around on a terrace in summer. Hiphop and Jazz and soul and funk.
Brandt Brauer Frick – Echo
That jazz techno, on the level I expected. Apparently acoustic techno is a thing on last.fm and the top artist is Brandt Brauer Frick. (The second one is Dawn of Midi, so now I’m intrigued.)
Plaid – Polymer
This is a wonderful record. My love for Plaid was strong in the late ’90s and early ’00s, in the era of their classics and when everything was abount IDM. The journey they took after had interesting moments but it was different. And different is good, at least they didn’t try to repeat themselves and either fail or succeed but in a boring way. But now, this album is like the thing I’ve been waiting for: it has everything I love about them and still sounds new and fresh. This is my favorite kind of nostalgia experience: something that feels like what I remember but actually being a totally refurbished and improved version of that memory. Right now this is my favorite Plaid album, and it feels so great to think that. Random note: wrapping up this list of tracks with Praze gives me goosebumps.