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Raban

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Your desert island album
« on: September 09, 2014, 07:38:16 PM »
You're sent to a desert island with a solar powered CD player and one album of your choice. Choose wisely!

Raban

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2014, 07:41:09 PM »
what a bullshit answer :maf

demi

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2014, 07:41:10 PM »
Mae - The Everglow
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Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2014, 07:47:23 PM »
Tycho - Dive


nudemacusers

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2014, 07:52:25 PM »
just one? eehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



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Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2014, 07:55:47 PM »
Thank you so much Atramental.

I heard a song by Tycho once in plug.dj and i've been struggling for like a year and a half to remember his/her/their name.

Thank you, seriously.
No problem.  :rejoice

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2014, 07:55:52 PM »
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
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Raban

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2014, 07:55:57 PM »
here's mine btw

chronovore

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2014, 07:56:04 PM »
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth; sadly, it's only 37 minutes long.

demi

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2014, 07:59:15 PM »
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Himu

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2014, 08:04:57 PM »
Hard choice. Either Kid A or Bitches Brew. Maybe the Other Side of Abbey Road. Maybe even Abbey Road. Here My Dear? Bob Marley's Legend? Moon Safari? Discovery? Lionel Richie's Back to Front? It's impossible to choose. Why can't they make a solar powered MP3 player?
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TakingBackSunday

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2014, 08:05:09 PM »
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demi

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2014, 08:06:18 PM »
I offere a sincere choice and assume Raban is just fishing for new music.

Then I get "Kid A"

Fuck outta here, you deserve to be on that island
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Himu

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2014, 08:07:04 PM »
Kid A is a fab album.
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2014, 08:09:52 PM »
Daft Punk - Discovery

chronovore

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2014, 08:10:31 PM »
an audiobook album full of survival information on how to subsist on and possibly leave said island

This is the best answer I've ever seen to this question.

Himu

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2014, 08:10:59 PM »
Daft Punk - Discovery

Imagine listening to one more time as you make a noose made out of tree leaves
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Kara

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2014, 08:16:32 PM »
Dismemberment Plan's Emergency & I.

nudemacusers

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2014, 08:18:05 PM »
an audiobook album full of survival information on how to subsist on and possibly leave said island

This is the best answer I've ever seen to this question.
unfortunately it will be in cantonese :sabu
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2014, 08:25:46 PM »


This is my jam.
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2014, 08:29:07 PM »
unfortunately it will be in cantonese :sabu

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #21 on: September 09, 2014, 08:35:10 PM »
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #22 on: September 09, 2014, 08:45:15 PM »
I expect an extremely long Pickles the Firecat post replying to this thread :beli

Define extremely.

I would probably take Entroducing. A lot of my favorites don't fit the right feeling of a deserted island record. Like, I don't think I would want to bring Shaking the Habitual or Silent Shout because they heavily emphasize what it is to be a part of modern society and how modern society shapes us as individuals. Maybe that would keep me grounded. But it could just as easily spark a longing to reconnect with society. Same with a lot of other records like Third or Black City. Too heavily invested in human to human connections or other things I would be missing. I'd consider Cosmogramma, Permutation, Black Up, Elements of Light, and other records in that lane for how detached they can be. Endtroducing wins out in the end though. Perfectly straddles being a record that can put me at peace and also push me through the several existential crises that would hit. Could you imagine a thunderstorm with Mutual Slump paired to it? Staring up at the Milky Way with Midnight In A Perfect World? Would be so dope.

Tycho - Dive

If you want an experience kind of close to being on a deserted island with Tycho he's going to be playing Pappy & Harriet's with Com Truise October 26th. Full band, too. Pappy & Harriet's is a super cool venue out near Joshua Tree. It's an old saloon built when Pioneertown was still a tourist attraction for people heading out to camp. Now it's pretty much the only thing for miles and miles and miles until you hit Coachella Valley. Shows are outside with a clear view of the stars. Really, really cool place. Acoustics are whatever, but the full experience is a ton to take in. Here's a couple pictures from the venue. idk where you're located but it's worth crashing at a hotel for a night for.
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Raban

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #23 on: September 09, 2014, 09:01:51 PM »
what's wrong with Kid A?  :(

also I am fishing for new music, should be obvious!

Phoenix Dark

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2014, 09:07:53 PM »
Entroducing comes to mind as well but I'd have to go with Sign O The Times.



GOAT double album candidate with party anthems, ballads, and a few sobering tracks. If I'm going to die on an island alone I might as well party.
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #25 on: September 09, 2014, 09:12:36 PM »


or



all the more fitting if that deserted island is one of the Balearic islands.
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Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2014, 09:13:08 PM »
Tycho - Dive

If you want an experience kind of close to being on a deserted island with Tycho he's going to be playing Pappy & Harriet's with Com Truise October 26th. Full band, too. Pappy & Harriet's is a super cool venue out near Joshua Tree. It's an old saloon built when Pioneertown was still a tourist attraction for people heading out to camp. Now it's pretty much the only thing for miles and miles and miles until you hit Coachella Valley. Shows are outside with a clear view of the stars. Really, really cool place. Acoustics are whatever, but the full experience is a ton to take in. Here's a couple pictures from the venue. idk where you're located but it's worth crashing at a hotel for a night for.
Sounds like a good time but I'm kinda stuck in South Carolina at the moment with a small disposable income. :tocry

Raban

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #27 on: September 09, 2014, 09:21:59 PM »
Entroducing comes to mind as well but I'd have to go with Sign O The Times.

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GOAT double album candidate with party anthems, ballads, and a few sobering tracks. If I'm going to die on an island alone I might as well party.
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nudemacusers

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #28 on: September 09, 2014, 09:23:39 PM »
what's wrong with Kid A?  :(

also I am fishing for new music, should be obvious!
you know how people label miley and co cultural tourists for taking what belonged to them? imagine how us obscure techno junkies felt  :'(

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2014, 09:41:17 PM »
Sounds like a good time but I'm kinda stuck in South Carolina at the moment with a small disposable income. :tocry

Being broke sucks, but at least Georgia has some pretty dope and unique venues when you do have a chance to get out. I'd have to imagine SC has at least one or two as well. Gorgeous area.

Phoenix Dark

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #30 on: September 09, 2014, 09:42:47 PM »
Kid A is a very good album, it's hard to hate on its best songs. But the title track will forever be wack, admit it!
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Eel O'Brian

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #31 on: September 09, 2014, 09:52:13 PM »
Boxed Set - Ella Fitzgerald Complete Song Books

Single Album - The Cole Porter Songbook: Night and Day

Double Album - KISS Alive II
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Phoenix Dark

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2014, 10:16:44 PM »
Tycho - Dive

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This is a great album but it's one of those memory albums where I remember a specific time/place. Usually albums that do that for me remind me of good, nostalgic, or some sense of longing but this album reminds me of some pretty dark shit. Great album but yea, I tend to stay away from it.
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Raban

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #33 on: September 09, 2014, 10:42:19 PM »
what's wrong with Kid A?  :(

also I am fishing for new music, should be obvious!
you know how people label miley and co cultural tourists for taking what belonged to them? imagine how us obscure techno junkies felt  :'(
I mean when I first heard the album as a teenager I wouldn't have understood you, but after going on a krautrock and techno trip in the intervening years, I can listen to the album with an even greater appreciation. I already liked Radiohead, and how they drew influence from those genres was and still is fascinating to me.

And are they really "tourists" when that album has more or less influenced all their sound going forward? I shall now remove my stanning cap.

On-topic, I'm seeing a lot of albums I've never heard of and will definitely check out. The posts I liked are the ones that are already in my library. Keep 'em coming!

Trent Dole

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #34 on: September 09, 2014, 11:07:29 PM »

Juju is best album.
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:bow Night Shift :bow2
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nudemacusers

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #35 on: September 09, 2014, 11:07:34 PM »
what's wrong with Kid A?  :(

also I am fishing for new music, should be obvious!
you know how people label miley and co cultural tourists for taking what belonged to them? imagine how us obscure techno junkies felt  :'(
I mean when I first heard the album as a teenager I wouldn't have understood you, but after going on a krautrock and techno trip in the intervening years, I can listen to the album with an even greater appreciation. I already liked Radiohead, and how they drew influence from those genres was and still is fascinating to me.

And are they really "tourists" when that album has more or less influenced all their sound going forward? I shall now remove my stanning cap.

On-topic, I'm seeing a lot of albums I've never heard of and will definitely check out. The posts I liked are the ones that are already in my library. Keep 'em coming!
i'm just fucking with ya.i never felt that way, but i remember a lot of internet angst about it back when it was released.
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Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #36 on: September 09, 2014, 11:12:59 PM »
Here's another one that is kind of a "guilty pleasure" of mine:

Lorn - Nothing Else



It's one of my main "get stuff done" albums that I listen to when I'm working late at night.
The only problem with this album is that it is somewhat dreary in tone. So I couldn't imagine listening to it all of the time if I was by myself. It would probably amplify the somberness of being alone on an island.



Edit: Hell, there's even a track called "None An Island" on it.
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Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #37 on: September 09, 2014, 11:16:29 PM »
I put "guilty pleasure" in quotes because I know some music snobs would be... uh, music snobs about it.  :lol
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Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2014, 11:34:20 PM »
Fantano did do a brief review of Lorn's "Ask The Dust" album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMZxona5az4&feature=youtu.be&t=4m6s

Eh... different strokes for different folks I guess. :yeshrug


benjipwns

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #39 on: September 09, 2014, 11:43:52 PM »
I could never be able to decide in time so I'd panic and go with this after trying to negotiate taking more than one:

(re-release so I get an extra 8 minutes)

Mae - The Everglow
I haven't listened to this in forever...so I am cuz you mentioned it.

TakingBackSunday

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #40 on: September 09, 2014, 11:44:08 PM »
Fantano is straight garbage
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2014, 11:45:24 PM »
I don't think I have ever, ever heard or seen someone say something positive about Zomby as a human being. Exclusively negative things. So I imagine a lot of industry folks who run into him let that bleed into their coverage. Other dudes get that treatment too. Maybe Lorn is one? idk anything about him as a person

Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2014, 11:46:36 PM »
I just watch Fantano's stuff for the pure fuckery that his reviews generate. :lol

Kara

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #43 on: September 10, 2014, 12:21:52 AM »
I could never be able to decide in time so I'd panic and go with this after trying to negotiate taking more than one:
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(re-release so I get an extra 8 minutes)

I listened to this album a lot in the past 2-3 months... for some reason it feels like a Mars Volta CD to me now (3-4 awesome songs, a bunch of ones I just kind of zone out to) whereas it used to blow my effin mind.

Am I post-post-hardocre? :ohhh

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No because I can still sing along with The Illusion of Safety virtually word for word. :goty2
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benjipwns

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #44 on: September 10, 2014, 12:48:37 AM »
It definitely shows hallmarks of where half the band would be going. In/Casino/Out and Vaya probably ages better, and Wiretap Scars for that matter.

I've been occasionally selecting a random band and listening to their discography (that I have at least) when doing spreadsheet work. I found myself preferring Thursday's first two when I used to worship War All The Time and A City By The Light Divided. Though that latter one is still amazing, Full Collapse got itself put on my phone for in the car.

I guess I just have a good memory because I'm remembering this Mae album demi mentioned to where I know how the next track will start as each ends.

Himu

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #45 on: September 10, 2014, 01:26:04 AM »
My fave three:










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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #46 on: September 10, 2014, 01:29:32 AM »
these hoes who can't commit to one album aren't gonna last the night :ufup
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Himu

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #47 on: September 10, 2014, 01:30:14 AM »
don't care


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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #48 on: September 10, 2014, 01:33:24 AM »
gonna use your corpse as bait
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Himu

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #49 on: September 10, 2014, 01:34:46 AM »
Do it.
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ToxicAdam

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #50 on: September 10, 2014, 06:18:49 AM »
Al Green's Greatest Hits

Brehvolution

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #51 on: September 10, 2014, 08:52:54 AM »

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #52 on: September 10, 2014, 10:01:44 AM »
Nah i mean i get it, I just don't know WHY. Lorn is one of those artists that seems to rustle Fantanoite/ top 500 albums a year nicca  jimmies pretty hard, and I've never understood why. Same with Rustie and Zomby.

po-faced dudes making cheesy tunes. :yeshrug

I'm particularly accepting of Lorn hate since he keeps throwing away half-finished bangers. Gimme another Mercy u shit :pacspit

BobFromPikeCreek

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #53 on: September 10, 2014, 11:14:13 AM »


Or some other Neil album depending on when you ask me.
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #54 on: September 10, 2014, 11:14:57 AM »
Notorius BIG: Ready to Die.
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #55 on: September 10, 2014, 02:11:58 PM »
野球

BobFromPikeCreek

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #56 on: September 10, 2014, 03:06:51 PM »
Bowie-wise, I'd probably opt for Station to Station.
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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #57 on: September 10, 2014, 04:39:58 PM »
Tycho - Dive

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Don't know why I didn't think to say this earlier, but if anyone here digs Awake you would probably also dig Grenier and Archie Pelago. Collaborative project from this year (Grenier Meets Archie Pelago). Picture an electronic base similar to Tycho but merged with jazz and chamber orchestration instead of post-rock. Some funk in there as well. Bit crisper sound, too. Less of an ambient bend to it and more direct. Very sweeping in construction. This is the opening track if you're interested.


Atramental

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Re: Your desert island album
« Reply #58 on: September 10, 2014, 04:43:58 PM »
Oooo. I like.  :whoo