Ableton Forum

the feedback control/ overdubbing function is what is killing me. i still find live the most amazing software i've ever experienced, but it does not have the immediacy that i crave.

new stuff:
prefuse '73
tussle
fourtet
the bad plus
luke vibert
fcs north
j-zone

old standbys:

nels cline
charlie haden
stanley clarke
velvet underground
minutemen
hank williams
herbie

This is a good tread, it's getting hard to find out about stuff you've not heard before in this country, with the godawful british TV and radio. I've recently been inspired by people like:
Boards of canada
Four Tet
Pole
Lamb
Goldfrapp
Autecre
Aphex Twin (R James is a Cornish Boy)
Funkstorung
Plaid
Flanger

Muslimgauze
Ming & Fs
Anticon
cLOUDDEAD
Quench/Funckarma
Ripp-Off Artist
Valve
Brothomstates

There's a great independant radio station that broadcasts from London called "Resonance FM". You can only get it on the air in the London area but they stream to the net so you can listen anywhere. http://www.resonancefm.com/
I've only recently been "tuning in" but they play some mental stuff! All sorts of music, spoken, uncatagorisable arty stuff, experimental electronica, new unsigned artits. Have a listen, it's a good place to discover new stuff. They've even pressed limited compilations to vinyl and are selling them in Tate Modern!

cool thread, take the tech talk down a notch....lately i've been listening to:

air - talkie walkie
lali puna - various albums
notwist - neon golden (classic...going to see them next week)
and always anything off morr music, the label is perfectly consistent...

mb.

tjwett? herbie the car ? ( guessing u meant hancock :O )

newstuff:

ladytron
jimmy edgar
portishead
aphex
squarepusher
boards of canada
luke vibert
DMX Krew (ED DMX)
Bjork (cant believe none of u have said her name yet)
Nine Inch Nails
Amon Tobin

oldstuff:

kraftwerk
depeche mode
velvet underground
roy ayers
Curtis Mayfield
Gil Scott Heron

nice, Roy Ayers and Kraftwerk...some more old school:

Weather Report
Jaco Pastorius
Ramsey Lewis
Stuff
Billy Cobham
Return to Forever
Grant Green
Monty Alexander

Ryan

Elvis Costello has everything, really. New A Perfect Circle is kick arse as well. And the Clash's London Calling is the still the best album of rhythmic music ever recorded, anywhere and anyhow.

Earthtone9 have a special place in my heart as well. Pretty soon, their logo might have a special place on my body, if I can find a tatto artist that'll do it for less than 30 quid (I didn't know these things were that expensive!)

Also there's quite a bit of good stuff going on in North Africa and the middle east - if you compare the chart music (Nawal al-Zoughbi!) going on down there to what we have here... well... makes me wanna cry! For something a bit different (not chart-ish at all), Natacha Atlas' Halim and Rachid Taha's Made in Medina are great albums.

-Paws

earthtone9 great bad they split now which sux soo sososososo much but they were amazing saw them live so many times.

jorge ben
bob james
herbie hancock
john coltrane
matthew herbert
thelonious monk

danger mouse and jemini
gang starr
pete rock
krs-one

mf doom
prince paul
rjd2

harmonic 33
john tejada
kompakt (the label)
luomo

built to spill
postal service
sigur ros

tenacious d

and so on...

jimi hendrix
pink floyd (the live at pompei dvd is jaw dropping)
led zepplin
the cure (trilogy kicks some serious ass as well)
bauhaus
peter murphy (dust is a groundbreaking album)
joy division
motley crue
guns and roses
massive attack
curtis mayfield
bt
smashing pumpkins
nebula (a new band definently worth checking out)
radiohead
coldplay
theivery corperation
bob marley
the beatles
tangerine dream
prince
deep dish
kid rock (just kidding)

awesome mix of stuff everyone is listening to. good to know everyone here has got some good taste. pleasantly surprised to see lots of good jazz and hip hop too. kewl thread. oh, and i need to add one to my list:

the new Tortoise record is simply AMAZING!!! i got to hear it a bit early, i think it's due for release in April. i've said too much. i must go.

Oh yeah, I forgot about tortoise! I didn't know there was a new album. great band.

hmm... I usually just say 'good music', and everybody has their own interpretation.

So, :
-Severed Heads http://www.sevcom.com
-Los Straightjackets http://www.straitjackets.com/
-Pigface and friends http://www.invisiblerecords.com/
-Subconscious releases (Cevin Key from Skinny Puppy, etc.)
http://www.subconsciousstudios.com/
-Link Wray http://www.fullcirclepros.com/link/
-Panacea http://www.kriegimklub.de/
-Negativland http://www.negativland.com/
-Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (you really gotta see the show!)
http://www.slideshowplayers.com/
-The Residents http://www.residents.com/
-Foetus http://www.foetus.org/
-the Orb http://www.theorb.com/

How's that for variety!