What are you listening to at the moment?
- Aperiemus
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Re: What are you listening to at the moment?
One of my favorite vocal groups is Ensemble Organum from France. Two years ago they released a recording of music used by Knights Templar in the twelfth century - or a reconstruction based on manuscript from the basilica of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. I find this music most fascinating. The sound of the Ensemble Organum has this "Constantinoplian vibe", and the vocal technique and the ornamentation has more grit than most of the choral recordings of "western" sacred music. The cd "Le Chant de Templiers" can be found on spotify. Down below is a link to a youtube upload. The song has a latin text that some of us may recognize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGlhr4p5pn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGlhr4p5pn4
Re: What are you listening to at the moment?
I'm listening to MGLA's Exercises in Futility V with the lyric video. MGLA has been able to portray nihilism in the guise of black metal both musically and lyrically so well that it makes a fine black metal art I like to visit quite often to get that burst of liberating katharsis of despair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINcxA29QEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINcxA29QEE
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Re: What are you listening to at the moment?
I have given Nick Cave another chance after hearing the great song couple posts back in this threat. Still not the biggest fan but I can enjoy it.
Lately I've come back to my favourite SPK album Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers. I know most SPK fans appreciate much more their pioneer industrial/noise work, but I'm more keen to the sort of "post-industrial" music (the vein which Coil could be seen also taking part) where the soundscape become less industrial and the religious elements starts to fill the mechanical world of sound in more obvious way, allowing beauty to appear also in a more traditional sense (in contrast of the compulsiveness to allow beauty or solace only in forms of terrible anguish).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp4FrZhRyaQ
Lately I've come back to my favourite SPK album Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers. I know most SPK fans appreciate much more their pioneer industrial/noise work, but I'm more keen to the sort of "post-industrial" music (the vein which Coil could be seen also taking part) where the soundscape become less industrial and the religious elements starts to fill the mechanical world of sound in more obvious way, allowing beauty to appear also in a more traditional sense (in contrast of the compulsiveness to allow beauty or solace only in forms of terrible anguish).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp4FrZhRyaQ
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Re: What are you listening to at the moment?
I recently just found out these medieval versions of some hit songs. These songs especially are far better in these versions than in the originals.
Bad Romance - Medieval Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zpbcW ... rt_radio=1
What is Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbj4bul ... -c&index=2
Bad Romance - Medieval Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zpbcW ... rt_radio=1
What is Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbj4bul ... -c&index=2
- Polyhymnia
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I finally had some time to give this a good listen, as I've wanted to ever since you posted. I don't think I've ever heard anything that sounds quite like this. Almost a fusion of throat and gregorian chants, at least to my layman's ears.Aperiemus wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:30 pm One of my favorite vocal groups is Ensemble Organum from France. Two years ago they released a recording of music used by Knights Templar in the twelfth century - or a reconstruction based on manuscript from the basilica of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. I find this music most fascinating. The sound of the Ensemble Organum has this "Constantinoplian vibe", and the vocal technique and the ornamentation has more grit than most of the choral recordings of "western" sacred music. The cd "Le Chant de Templiers" can be found on spotify. Down below is a link to a youtube upload. The song has a latin text that some of us may recognize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGlhr4p5pn4
I'm not familiar with SPK, but I am a big Coil fan. I look forward to listening to this.Smaragd wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:11 pm Lately I've come back to my favourite SPK album Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers. I know most SPK fans appreciate much more their pioneer industrial/noise work, but I'm more keen to the sort of "post-industrial" music (the vein which Coil could be seen also taking part) where the soundscape become less industrial and the religious elements starts to fill the mechanical world of sound in more obvious way, allowing beauty to appear also in a more traditional sense (in contrast of the compulsiveness to allow beauty or solace only in forms of terrible anguish).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp4FrZhRyaQ
Hahahahahah if I click on the what is love link and it's a medieval version of Haddaway I may never recoverBoreas wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:33 pm I recently just found out these medieval versions of some hit songs. These songs especially are far better in these versions than in the originals.
Bad Romance - Medieval Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zpbcW ... rt_radio=1
What is Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbj4bul ... -c&index=2
"Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself." -Kahlil Gibran
Re: What are you listening to at the moment?
Polyhymnia wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:31 amHahahahahah if I click on the what is love link and it's a medieval version of Haddaway I may never recover.
I am also beyond repair now! Funny what compositional arrangements can do for a pop song.
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Re: What are you listening to at the moment?
These feel an appropriate addition to your SPK recommendation:
Current 93's Thunder Perfect Mind album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uid_zeWokw0
and its Nurse with Wound counterpart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRx5UEChx5g
It would appear the gnostic texts of Nag Hammadi are following me everywhere I go today.
"Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself." -Kahlil Gibran
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Re: What are you listening to at the moment?
Eurielle - City of The Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VInr-cSNNU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VInr-cSNNU
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I usually listen to classical while I write. Recently I found this, to me new, composer called Erik Satie. I very much enjoy this atmosphere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fuIMye31Gw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pP5flx6MtA
And also the Thomas Ligotti period of C93:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxZpEFJhO6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fuIMye31Gw
Not sure if you are familiar with these, but as a contract to the more noise-oriented NWW I would like to recommend this album instead:Polyhymnia wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:18 am Current 93's Thunder Perfect Mind album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uid_zeWokw0
and its Nurse with Wound counterpart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRx5UEChx5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pP5flx6MtA
And also the Thomas Ligotti period of C93:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxZpEFJhO6k
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