i see a lot of kids that are into some good metal here, but i dont see many that are into the other indiependant aspect of music. stuff like

 

 

 

electronic:

 

Aphex Twin

 

Brian Eno

 

DJ Shadow

 

m83

 

Ratatat

 

Slagsmalsklubben

 

 

 

post rock/instrumental:

 

A Silver Mt. Zion

 

Air

 

Esmerine

 

Explosions in the Sky

 

Gang Gang Dance

 

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

 

Kenji Kawai

 

Koji Kondo

 

Matmos

 

Mogwai

 

The Samuel Jackson Five

 

Sigur Ros

 

Set Fire To Flames

 

This Will Destroy You

 

Xiu Xiu

 

Yokko Kanno

 

 

 

experimental:

 

Acid Mothers Temple

 

Animal Collective

 

Antony & The Johnsons

 

Can

 

Circle

 

De Facto

 

Death In June

 

Gang Gang Dance

 

Mr. Bungle

 

Need New Body

 

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

 

Storsveit Nix Noltes

 

 

 

indie:

 

Arcade Fire

 

Belle & Sebastian

 

Broken Social Scene

 

The Decemberists

 

Devendra Banhart

 

Elliott Smith

 

The Flaming Lips

 

Islands

 

Man Man

 

Neutral Milk Hotel

 

 

 

random/classic:

 

The Mae Shi

 

The Manic Street Preachers

 

Donovan

 

Hot Water Music

 

The Mars Volta

 

Okkervil River

 

Paper Airplanes

 

Radiohead

 

Ryan Adams

 

Seneca

 

The Smashing Pumpkins

 

Thee More Shallows

 

Whiskeytown

 

 

 

grindcore/black metal:

 

Circle Of Dead Children

 

Cl**eater

 

Converge

 

Daughters

 

Engorged

 

F***...I'm Dead

 

Gronibard

 

Mayhem

 

Sunn 0)))

 

 

 

 

 

doubt this thread will go anywhere, but i would like to see at least a small response from some kids who like the same stuff i do

ihavent herd much of most most of those bands, but mr bungle is one of my favorite bands.

 

 

 

and im also a large mike patton fan, and hes does a lot of expirerimental stuff like in fantomas,and such....

 

 

 

(has every bungle cd)

smashing pumpkins, and radiohead are gods IMO

smashing pumpkins, and radiohead are gods IMO

 

 

 

They aren't exactly independent or experimental. Not anymore. :P

smashing pumpkins, and radiohead are gods IMO

 

 

 

They aren't exactly independent or experimental. Not anymore. :P

 

 

 

not anymore.. but they are amazing non the less..

For electronic and experimental work you might want to check out the OUMUPO series (OUvroir de MUsiques POtentielles - Workshop for potential music). The first one is by the THIRD EYE FOUNDATION (Matt Elliott). The idea for the series is based on the ideas of a bunch of old French surrealists who came up with something similar in the '60s, but then with literature (Oulipo - Ouvroir de litt̮̩̉̉rature potentielle). With their CD's comes a comic, made by an unknown but promosing artist, to guide you trough the CD's. The music of the first OUMUPO CD is quite heavy. It's not something you put on every moment of the day, or something you listen while you're at the computer. This is pure for listening to music, you'll need all your attention. Especially the first few tracks on the CD are very heavy, tragic and nostalgic tones, but oh so beautiful.

 

 

 

I got the CD in last week, and if you like experimental work you should deff. check this out. :)

 

 

 

Oh, the cover book says how the artists must work:

 

 

 

1. The potential music reservoir is the Ici d'ailleures Collection, and 0101 is its electronic division. The basic framework for each piece will therefore be sought in the Ici d'ailleures/0101 Catalogue. The composer must set out to appropriate the titles in this catalogue for himself, turning them to his advantage and adding whatever he deems necessary. All sampls must be free of copyright or communicated to the Label for copyright clearance.

 

 

 

2. A passage no shorten than thirty seconds must be chosen to appear twice on the album. This passage must play the role of a theme or slogan, be it remixed or not, and must be in harmony with the album as a whole.

 

 

 

3. The exercise must last forty-two minutes.

 

 

 

4. The end of the album must lead into the beginning thus enabling it to be listened to in a loop.

 

 

 

5. No more than two pieces form one album in the catalogue may be chosen. If the composer wishes to use a second, it must be at least two tracks distant from the first.

 

 

 

6. The composer must use the works of more than five artists on the Label.

 

 

 

7. The Composter freely chooses his own constrant and must declare what it is.

 

 

 

8. The composer will refrain from using the lyrics of Dominique Petitgand out of their musical context and will consider their use as a jingle or equivalent gimmick as a pitfall wisely to be avoided. Their use must extend to twenty seconds at the very least.

 

 

 

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I copy pasted this from the 0101 website:

 

 

 

Ici d'ailleursÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ is proud to present its OuMuPo collection.

 

Several DJ's and electronic music composers have been offered to remix the whole label catalog. But there is a twist. They have to comply with constraints issued in the Ici d'ailleurs Charter.

 

 

 

OuMuPo is the French shortname for "OUvroir de MUsiques Potentielles", i.e. Workshop for Potential Musics. It is one of the many artistic movements derived from surrealist Raymond Queneau and FranÃÆÃâÃâçois le Lionnais' 1960 OuLiPo (Workshop for Potential Literatures). At the time they aimed at putting together words and letters and following new rules to compose new works. This principle has inspired a lot of creators, especially in music, but also in comic strips. That's how OuBaPo was born in 1992 (Workshop for Potential Comics, BA stands for the French "bandes dessinÃÆÃâÃâées") with such illustrators as Jean-Christophe Menu, Etienne LÃÆÃâÃâécroart, Jochen Gerner, FranÃÆÃâÃâçois Ayroles, Anne Baraou, Gilles Ciment, Thierry Groensteen, Killoffer, Lewis Trondheim ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ

 

 

 

Ici d'ailleursÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ is fond of OuBaPo and combination of styles. That's why they have asked one of the OuBaPo movement leader, Jean-Christophe Menu, to join the project and be in charge of its graphic aspects. He is a founder member of l'Association, an independent publishing society which gave a fresh impetus to French comic strips. And the result is a totally new 16 pages comic book which comes along on top of each OuMuPo album, each time drawn by a different cartoonist. Again, these comics are ruled by a Charter to spice up the game.

 

 

 

Still to come, such great names as The Third Eye Foundation, Rubin Steiner, DJ Hide, DJ Krush ... will be confronted with Ici d'ailleurs' rules of the game, for exciting Oumupo albums!

 

Neither DVDs nor hybrid CDs here, but a carefully produced boxed set, for a true original adventure: fun, experiments and a creative competitive spirit.

 

 

 

http://www.oumupo.com/ :)

Indie isn't an 'out' style of music. Everyone does it now because that's what's fashionable.

I'd say DJ Shadow is pretty common now, to be honest *looks at 02 adverts*

im not saying most of that music is "out there" but i wasnt going to name stuff like merzbow, boris, melt banana, vashti bunyan, etc. because the topics on this page are about bands like blink 182 and stuff

 

 

 

but yeah im a huge mike patton fan and disco voltante is an epic cd.

 

fantomas and faith no more are also favorites, but his new project peeping tom is too poppy for me

 

 

 

and im quite aware of DJ Shadows popularity. He was famous when endtroducing came out, and im sure you, as well as i, are looking forward to his new cd

 

 

 

radiohead and the smashing pumpkins are bands that have changed many peoples lives with their music and have made a huge impact on what music should inspire. they are innovators.

 

 

 

and as for what killa_badger said, the indie you are talking about is the garbage like clap your hands say yeah, suijan stevens or what have you.

 

the "cool" indie scene is whatever pitchfork media says is good.

 

 

 

ask any indie kid that listens to it to be cool about noise or krautrock and they wont know what it means. so dont assume i mean one thing when i say another

and im quite aware of DJ Shadows popularity. He was famous when endtroducing came out, and im sure you, as well as i, are looking forward to his new cd

 

Yeah totally. Do you happen to know of a date?

I like Aphex Twin and The Mars Volta from your list.

and im quite aware of DJ Shadows popularity. He was famous when endtroducing came out, and im sure you, as well as i, are looking forward to his new cd

 

Yeah totally. Do you happen to know of a date?

 

 

 

The only thing i know is its called "The Outsider" and its supposed to be taking a risky step in a new direction.

 

2 singles from the cd have been released that i believe you can find on his site, but i dont know a date for it yet

I like Aphex Twin and The Mars Volta from your list.

 

 

 

thats cool. richard d james makes some really complex and amazing loops/sequences. his new cd chosen lords is a little sketchy though, but thats because its redone old songs

 

 

 

and the mars volta at one point in time used to be my favorite band. very complex, very deep. the new cd amputechture should blow everyone out of the water, and they are opening for RHCP in a month or so, so thats going to boost their popularity out of the water

The Mars Volta would be even better if the guitar played would learn some more theory. He does alot of cool chromatic and dissonant stuff, with a bit more knowledge he could go alot further and do it alot better.

I LOVE GY!BE, ASMZ, Set Fire To Flames, and all their bands. They're really good guys too, from what I've heard. (And girls..)

wow thats cool to hear! im listening to f#a#oo right now actually.

 

they are some amazing musicians

I'm on dredg at the moment...nicest voice ever. Apart from the guy from Raein. And Yage...

i used to really like dredg but when i saw them last halloween, i realized how boring they are live.

 

they get boring, in my opinion

The Mars Volta have been my favorite band since I first heard them shortly after the release of frances the mute.

 

 

 

As far as indie music goes- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Elliott Smith, The Decemberists, and Arcade Fire. Are my favorites from that list.

 

 

 

I actually only recently started listening to Elliott Smith he's pretty amazing. My friend gave me and okkervil river cd on my ipod but I havent gotten around to it.

 

 

 

My two friends that pretty much introduced me to that sort of music both say that their favorite band is Wilco. I've heard a bunch of their songs but for some reason I find them really boring. You might want to check them out though, chances are you'll like them.

i used to really like dredg but when i saw them last halloween, i realized how boring they are live.

 

they get boring, in my opinion

 

 

 

Can see what you're saying there, but just to chill out and relax, you can't beat a bit of dredg. Their first EP's prety quick, actually.