What are you listening to at the moment?

[Polyhymnia]

"Love Cats" (which was actually suppose to be a song about killing kittens, I've heard....)

Ahh!! Well that makes the whole thing take on a brand new meaning for me. I've always heard it as a love song! And yes to all the songs you mention. This whole conversation is really just making me realize even more why they're my favourite of all time. I often wondered why I was drawn to them at 15 when all my friends were listening to much different music. I feel it was definitely for a reason other than "this sounds good."

I will! The shoppe I visited had Pornography instead, and since that too was mentioned in a fond way in this conversation, I started with it & have been listening through the album maybe a dozen times by now. I really like this. Listening to it is like wading through the deserted fog-filled postmortem streets of Silent Hill, in a sort of cathartic, remembered pain.[/color]

Perfect description. I'm elated you are finding value in this album, as I have found so much over the years, myself. Haha I take in music in a very similar way. Once I'm onto something, I'm onto it until I've exhausted it in its entirety and it's committed to my memory.

[Polyhymnia]

I thought it best to post this here so as not to derail the Secret Doctrine reading group.

I suppose we can search for these different qualities of gasses and light and flame by our psycho-physical senses and imagination — hear them in music for example.

Is anyone familiar with the Atalanta Fugiens? An impressive example of multimedia for the 1600s revolving around alchemy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a6X-JUL2LE

[Smaragd]

I thought it best to post this here so as not to derail the Secret Doctrine reading group.

I suppose we can search for these different qualities of gasses and light and flame by our psycho-physical senses and imagination — hear them in music for example.

Is anyone familiar with the Atalanta Fugiens? An impressive example of multimedia for the 1600s revolving around alchemy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a6X-JUL2LE

Thank you for sharing sister, I've not seen these emblems before with the mottos. I think the bare image of the salamander I've seen somewhere separated from its context. I truly enjoyed these.

When it comes to The Cure I have tried to listen some of their albums over the years but they have barely managed to keep my full attention to the end. The first song on Pornography is great and I'm sucker for that kind of melodies. Maybe I'll give them more chances in the future. When it comes to this sort of ethereal guitar sounds of the 80s I'm more of a Cocteau Twins kind of gal.

Arvo Pärt and The Coffinshakers (two different artists ) have visited my music player quite often recently.

[Nefastos]

Is anyone familiar with the Atalanta Fugiens? An impressive example of multimedia for the 1600s revolving around alchemy.

It seems that Adam McLean, whose work I greatly appreciate, has been doing some meditative work with Atalanta Fugiens (the original alchemical masterpiece; the pictures & their mottos are all from there). This is really nice, and it would be great to see more this kind of practical, artistic work with hermetic psycho-landscape. After this it seems strange that I have never before thought to unite my love of casio melodies (e.g. old video RPG music) with its most appropriate pair, visual meditation practice of some old alchemical works. Splendid.

Arvo Pärt and The Coffinshakers

Now we are talking!!

two different artists

Darn.

[obnoxion]

The Coffinshakers

I've listened to some Coffinshakers. I really dig Psychobilly, and that led me to The Coffinshakers, too. But I'm more into the real faster punkier stuff (Mad Sin, Demented Are Go, Voodoo Zombie, Nekromantix, Horrorpops etc) than those mellow country vibes.

[Krepusculum]

I like psychobilly too but don't know too many artists so I will check The Coffinshakers, for sure any recommendations are welcome. Recently I've been listening to the weird but great Mighty Sphincter aswell as "Stridulum" by Zola Jezus. Its got that good old synth new wave vibe I really enjoy. So if you're into The Cure and Siouxsie And The Banshees it might be up your alley. Arvo Pärt is for sure one my favourite classical composers ever! Tonight will be time to revisit "Teimo" from Thomas Köner.

[Aquila]

I wonder if we have any fans of progressive rock here? Few weeks ago we listened to some Magma with two other members and for very long time progressive rock, mostly the earlier stuff, has been among my all-time favourite music. I'd say that I'm into all the classic bands like King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, Yes, Rush, you name it. Also the more obscure sub-genres are of great interest to me and bands like Magma, which I already mentioned, and other zeuhl stuff (these French pioneers invented their own language - Kobaïan - for their lyrics) and some German kraut rock like Amon Düül II, Can etc.

One of the more obscure albums that I often return to: the self-titled album of Weidorje, a group founded by two former members of Magma. If anyone's into this kind of music or wishes to hear interesting new music, still finding some strangely catchy moments every now and then when the song grows minute by minute, here's a fine track from Weidorje's album:

https://youtu.be/f8g5nn0qcEo

Something heavier and more psychedelic from the seventies, Amon Düül II - Surrounded by the Stars

https://youtu.be/L_jpcR7BuAk

[Krepusculum]

I wonder if we have any fans of progressive rock here? Few weeks ago we listened to some Magma with two other members and for very long time progressive rock, mostly the earlier stuff, has been among my all-time favourite music. I'd say that I'm into all the classic bands like King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, Yes, Rush, you name it. Also the more obscure sub-genres are of great interest to me and bands like Magma, which I already mentioned, and other zeuhl stuff (these French pioneers invented their own language - Kobaïan - for their lyrics) and some German kraut rock like Amon Düül II, Can etc.

I enjoy a lot of progressive rock and psychedelic stuff like Amon Düül II but mostly the older releases before the 80's. Never heard Magma though so I will check them. Their discography looks pretty big so any albums you could point out for starters?

Ever heard Icecross from Iceland? Great band!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmGhfxWaio&t=29s

[Smaragd]

The Coffinshakers

I've listened to some Coffinshakers. I really dig Psychobilly, and that led me to The Coffinshakers, too. But I'm more into the real faster punkier stuff (Mad Sin, Demented Are Go, Voodoo Zombie, Nekromantix, Horrorpops etc) than those mellow country vibes.

Yeah, I'm much more into that mellow side of Elvis too, but occasionally I might enjoy a song or two from The Meteors or The Mummies, the latter of which excels in live organ acrobatics.

This is really nice, and it would be great to see more this kind of practical, artistic work with hermetic psycho-landscape. After this it seems strange that I have never before thought to unite my love of casio melodies (e.g. old video RPG music) with its most appropriate pair, visual meditation practice of some old alchemical works. Splendid.

I though the pairing was oddly fitting too! Maybe it's the clumsiness of the digital instruments that sit well with the style of the (heuristic) symbolic images done by carving/etching that to some might associate to comics and such not so "high" forms of art. Or maybe it's the nostalgia of some of those computer games, that sort of carried the mystical side of our cultural heritage to us when we were younger, naturally sitting next to the images that awake something from our unconscious saying "this is important and fascinating, it reminds me of something, almost as if a memory is leaking from a previous life".

Tonight will be time to revisit "Teimo" from Thomas Köner.

I have to remember to come back to this again. A short snippet proved to be interesting.

I wonder if we have any fans of progressive rock here? Few weeks ago we listened to some Magma with two other members and for very long time progressive rock, mostly the earlier stuff, has been among my all-time favourite music.

I happened to think of Magma just couple days ago after a longer pause. Not a big prog fan, but Magma is great! Merci is my favourite album from them. Went to see them couple years ago, it was ok, but the energy levels have understandably decreased a bit from these days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_OQNptgv7g

[Benemal]

My favorite from Magma is the live album Retrospective vol 1 & 2, from 1981. This contains Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandöh and Theusz Hamtaahk. The latter was not recorded as an album and is a joyously strange piece of music.