hehe,me too.ur favourite albums?

Tachikoma: What I meant by musically literate would be having some musical background.

chyen: Don't get me started on post-rock. Mogwai is a great band, however I do feel that MONO bests Mogwai. If you've only heard of Mogwai, well, time to put your musical tastebuds into deeper post-rock creativity. MONO is a japanese post-rock quartet and they are absolutely amazing. Don't be swayed by the lighter renditions of "Explosions in the Sky", they do post-rock fairly well, but not near as eargasmic as MONO's genius work.

Recommended first listens:
The Flame Beyond the Cold Mountain
L'Ameria
Karelia (Opus 2)

auronthas: Understandable that genre is plenty to do with taste. I will not go into genre bashing because it's not correct for me to do that. Moreover, like I said, it is a very flammable subject. You wouldn't like my recommendations one bit.

Anyway, my favourite album from Miles would be the 2nd CD from his 1970 The Cellar Door Sessions CD Box Set, it's dated 17th December 1970, oddly coinciding with my birthdate (17 Dec). It's as serious as jazz can get. If you want something lighter you may want to start with Kind of Blue, which appeals to everyones palate.

I have yet to find my favourite 'Trane album. I do like Monk better than 'Trane. Different instruments, I know.. Preference there you have it, I'm already being a hypocrite to my own comments.

-WS

Rhythm & Romance

Thanks for recommendation, will get some music preview from cduniverse.

Btw, have you heard Greg Chako with singapore jazz band and Brad Mehldau Trio latest released CD?

This is one of the best album from Kenny G.

hideaki tokunaga is nice also. anyone heard of it?

auronthas: you would hardly get to 'preview' anything from the start. The tracks are more than 10 minutes long and it only gets complex about 5 minutes in.

Anyway, if you wish to purchase, the Boxset is about 80+ USD. I found it miraculously on CD Universe.

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6938847

Mofonyx: I do know the tracks are long, but at least CD universe offers music samples for listening.

Well, i found Miles Davis - The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Box Set) is sold only USD 60+ at tower.com.


http://www.tower.com/details/details.cfm?wapi=105908854

Thanks and cheers.

I recently had a hard rock kick.. so these were some of the bands I liked :

- Thousand Foot Krutch
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Soilwork
- Demon Hunter

I also really like gothic trance/ industrial :

- Assemblage 23 = amazing grp.. love all their albums


I'll list out more later

auronthas: Be aware that spending that much money on a box of genius work may not be your cup of tea. I do hope you enjoy it though.

Despite my high regards for the cellar door sessions, I seldom have time to sit down and listen to the whole thing.

Another album for recommendation:
Madeleine Peyroux- Careless Love

She is a female jazz vocalist,hope u all enjoy the songs.

This post has been edited by scy320: May 22 2008, 12:08 AM

Chillout, downtempo, electronica & breakbeat

Vaiz: Downtempo you say? I'm a big Zero7 fan as well. Do you have a lot of downtempo to push my way besides the regular: Lamb, Portishead, Massive Attack, Mylo, Kascade, etc?

Also, I've been following the Ministry of Sound Chillout Sessions series because they are the only compilation I actually buy.

Did you know that trip-hop (stuff of Massive Attack and the like) originated from Bristol UK? That's where I am now!

I seem to find myself in all genre discussions here.

Gregory Hoskins - Never a Stranger Kiss
From album "Alone in the Mayor's House... almost"

NOt much of a instrument....but i like this kinda music now.....dunno what kind of music is that.....

Yea, i said downtempo. Id just started into downtempo and chillout for few months only im still a newbie though. You mean you getting bored of Portishead, Kaskade? They're simply amazing... However, why dont you try Late Night Alumni?

Theres a lot of MoS Chillout Sessions series, dont know which one to start first... LoL



This post has been edited by Vaiz: May 23 2008, 12:20 AM

Well I can't find -enough- Kascade, Portishead, Massive Attack on Usenet

I do have all of Zero 7 and Lamb's work.

For those who love latin jazz-Pink Martini can be your choice.

Indeed, you can't miss Pink Martini, different genres from latin, lounge music,jazz also different languages (spanish, japanese, english, etc.). I have all three ablums.

My girlfriend recommends me Enya, and I say her song is just astonishing! I heard her song before, but never know who sang them. It makes me hallucinating, feels afloat. Wonderful lyrics, melodious music. Its just heavenly. Song that I loved is Only Time and Orinoco Flow

Fastball, wait till u heard 1 of their songs

Foo Fighters, RHCP, Goo2 Dolls, Metallica, Nirvana...