0 1: tortoise
Millions of people living now will never die?
(adventure jockey, 1996)
This album was born in the music quagmire after the peak of Kurt's American rock and British rock. The first track of the album Djed spans 20 minutes, just like krautrock*, dub and electronica? There is also indie rock stew, but the notes and beats are just right. The super-high starting point of "Millions Live Now and Never Die" marks the musical style of this era with a backswing, and it is no exaggeration for Tortoise, the band that created this album, to call them post-rock superstars.
If you haven't heard of this album, the cover of the following album should be more recognizable at the pop level, the single "I face the hillside"? It is also more in line with the so-called "mass aesthetics."
* Crowe Trocke? A proper term invented by British music critics generally refers to a progressive rock band that jumped out of Germany in the 1970s and was different from the British and American styles.
02: Dead end
China Gate
(f Sister Lying, 1995)
Dead end is a band from Boston, USA. In the early days of its birth, there was basically no music similar to its style in the United States, which also led to the fact that Dead End is still seriously underestimated. The album "The Gate of China" expands the imagination of sound to a higher level on the basis of the pure Clautlock style. It has both a space rock style with strong sense of space and a single full of noise, which makes listeners feel washed by the heartless notes falling from the sky. The Madonna of Cannibals is one of them. It is a single full of screams and animal sounds, but it is different from the next one ... "Lost in the mattress ..." The two songs are seamlessly connected, and the turning point of noise is staggering.
Cul de Sac, a cold and classic band, needs to be re-evaluated from the perspective of influence and music level.
03: Pullman
Curves and garbage dumps
(Cashier, 1998)
This album is basically turtle's former guitarist? Ken brown? Playing DADGAD* with his friends in Chicago attic studio brings together their ten-year fascination with all the country, soundtracks and instrumental music. Over the years, Pullman's first album (ignoring their other works) has been interpreted as a quiet miracle, and the sound in his ear is more heartbreaking and warmer than the autumn bonfire.
*DADGAD is a guitar tuning method related to Celtic music.
04: Bark psychosis
hexadecimal
(Caroline, 1994)
The term "post-rock" was coined by writer James Walcott in the 1970s to describe the abstruse musical forms in Todd Derungren's songs. Simon reynolds * accurately used the word post-rock for the first time to describe this Hex album, which is now widely regarded as the origin of post-rock music. Hex album, even if it seems a little rough in today's music form, who made it put on the coat of back-shaking origin? From this point of view alone, bark psychosis is famous enough in history. Don't forget that the average age of the members of bark psychosis who set this record at that time was only 22 years old.
The basic composition of the backswing has been reflected in the Hex album. The noise wave produced by guitar, soft but angular theme and bright atmosphere, this Hex published by 1994 must be an antique record in the field of backswing.
Todd Derungren: American legendary all-around musician.
Simon reynolds: British music journalist and critic.
05: Quiet
Kingdom of the Spiders
(explosive, 199 1)
This band called Slint is full of beautiful notes of Gothic in the southern United States. After its establishment, it was imitated by groups of mathematical rock bands. They released the album Spiderland at 199 1, which is different from any record released by the band so far. Slint did not tour after Spiderland was released, and there were no interviews, photos or video clips about this record in the world. Despite this, the fame of this album has been rising, and it can sell thousands of copies every year for several years after its release, which is why Land of the Spiders still maintains an indelible mystery in the hearts of fans.
Land of Spiders is also considered as a groundbreaking album. Its dark syncopated rhythm, sparse guitar sound lines and unforgettable themes make people sigh, and even many fans and critics think that this is the first truly post-rock album.
06: Rat Parade
Bem-Vader Vontade
(Fat Cat, 2005)
The Mouse Parade is actually the pseudonym of adam pearce, a native of new york. He plays drums for Vortex, Little Felix, Dylan, HiM and Múm, and is also the manager of independent label Bubble Core. Like his music, he also exudes a rigorous and gentle atmosphere. Although he keeps a low profile, his creativity is quite amazing. Since 1998, he has accumulated seven solo albums under the pseudonym of Mouse Parade.
In this Bem-Vinda Vontade album, back-shaking, electronics, jazz, self-appreciation, gentle hollow guitar, tinkling xylophone, lyre, vibraphone, layers of jumping melodies are unique, with raindrops of drums interspersed with elegant broken beats. But surprisingly, this groundbreaking band is firmly anti-technology, and even the tracks in the album are recorded in real time with microphones.
07: Be sure to say and think.
Except EP
(resonance, 1999)
Do Make Say Think 1997 first showed this album in Toronto, and it was officially released in 1999. In this album, the band's space rock style and large and small playing sounds are really enjoyable. People have a syncopated rhythm of intracranial climax, guitar immersed in reverberation, occasional trumpet and saturated synthetic sound, which are endless. At the same time, there is a sense of fracture driven by punk rock guitar in Beyond EP. If I were to describe this record, I would say that it is a pack of cigarettes for the soul.
*Do Make Say Think official website: domakesaythink.com
* BesideEP only released one version of vinyl at 1999, and there has been no reprint since then.
08: Refrigerator
Seven and twelve
(Output, 1998)
If refrigerators can get more publicity resources in the early days, their influence today will be far-reaching. This band combines back-rocking and electronic playing modes, but it is not as pure as Trotoise. They incorporated more indescribable musical elements into their music.
The duration of the first track in the album is 15 minutes, and the rhythm is monotonous and repetitive. Angle ferraged has dense rhythm points and repeated bass. Even if other elements are added to the track, it does not cause any interference to the repeated theme. This combination of dynamic and static and strange songs may disappoint you, but in the next "Geili", the dull and strange atmosphere is swept away. This is a song with a buzzing analog synthesizer sound and live drums. Play the third song? Astrozero, things get interesting. More live instruments and naughty notes give the record a real soul. If you deliberately filter out these beating and random sounds, you will suspect that you are listening to Mogwai.
09: I wish you a safe journey, Black Emperor!
F#A#∞ A #∞number
(Constellation, 1997)
Hei Di rarely shows up, and his whereabouts are hard to find, but he has an incredible stage performance, which makes people have an intracranial climax. Although f#a# ∞ (infinity)? It may be an album with less political influence, but it is absolutely awe-inspiring. The creepy train whistle, the repeated but increasingly strong sound waves and the unpredictable notes in the track make you feel as if you are not listening to music, but lying on the track, listening carefully to the stories of passengers on the train 100 km away from you.
In addition, to appreciate this album, you must be patient and endure painful notes in order to usher in a short-lived beauty.
Rachel's
Lunar astrology
(Four-point bar, 1999)
Rachel's is an American chamber music band founded in 199 1 At first, Rachel's solo group was just a former guitarist Jason Noble of Raton, but later violinist christian frederick Sen and pianist Rachel Grimes had a magical musical chemistry with Jason.
Two classical instrumentalists strongly influenced Rachel's band works by classical music. In addition, the band was deeply inspired by minimalist music at the end of the 20th century, and most of the works can find the shadow of minimalist music. Although the three initial members formed the core of the band, they still kept the characteristics of different musicians to the greatest extent in recording and live. You can hear a series of strings (including viola and cello) combined with piano, guitar, electric bass guitar and drum, and even mixed a large orchestra bass drum in their performance.
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