Hello - I came over here on 45 rpm audiophile's recommendation. This is really great - I never heard of a lot of these artists. Thank you for all the love and attention that you put into making this video. I can only imagine that it took a lot of time especially to pick out which parts of such amazing albums to play.
Thanks for watching, glad you find stuff of interest here! It takes indeed time, but that’s the only way I know. Next year should be easier, since I’ve had more time to do the work already. 2021 is so far quite a different beast, the COVID influence is massive
Who needs coffee on a Sunday morning when you have Duma. I dig it. Also the Vatican Shadow sounded really interesting. I have more to explore here. Thanks Stunty.
Thanks so much for all the effort you put into making such an interesting video.. Just started subscribing to your excellent channel.. Best wishes from London England
Thanks for the kind words, really! It is hard work, but rarely feels so. I've played many times in London, a huge influence obviously, iincludingfor a lot of the music featured in this video. Looking forward to your thaughts in the future ^^
_Extraordinary selection!_ Merci beaucoup. Un très beau palmarès. Et je vais probablement me procurer... j'oserais dire... 24 albums (?!) sur votre sélection de 30. Les seuls titres que je possède déjà sont le Grischa Lichtenberger et le William Basinski. Joyeux anniversaire pour votre 1ère année sur YT et bien hâte de découvrir la suite.
Wow, glad this was so effective with you. I try to be very critical and not fall back to fan reflexes, to give those lists a modicum of meaning, and lasting potential. Let me know which you end up getting and what you end up thinking, if you get a chance.
I did get the Autechre when it came out. Really enjoy that record. The Philip Sollmann sounds great. Very much up my alley. The Max de Wardener LP sounds interesting too. Will watch this in two parts.
Really glad you’re finding stuff to your liking here, and hope there’ll be more. I almost always forget to include Autechre, even when they deserve it, because they’re so close to me it almost feels indecent, I cannot claim as much critical distance with them as with anything else. They are my very first musical obsession, and still are amongst the top 3, even 28 years later.
Well, this isn’t a video meant to showcase the sound quality of those records, but the exceptional or challenging music contained. It’s mostly on the avant-garde side of things, but not exclusively. You know better if that might be of interest to you 😉
thanks for adding the discogs list-- it will help digest this over time as it deserves. i picked up the woods a while back, need to spend more time with it-- Lee on the cello stood out. the bellows is beautiful, just ordered. the watson i've spun a few times-- love it by itself or playing concurrently with other records.
@@HerrTelef It is the extreme in the digital aesthetic of sound, in a way. Even if Gabor Laszar takes it even further. I like contrast, which is a huge part of why I like that.
Once again, a treasure trove. Thanks for sharing. At your recommendation I pursued Malcolm Pardon' s Hello Death LP ( lucky to get a copy through Boomkat) love it! Been playing it every night. Also, you might be interested, Marco Shuttle has a new album up for preorder ... sounds promising. Bleep has sound clips.
I saw that, he can be hit or miss, but I'm indeed curious about it! Glad you got the Pardon LP, and hope you'll find stuff to your liking again here ^^
This is a great list. The Gabor Lazar track you played (Excite) might have been the highlight 2020. I also loved Faten Kanaan's Mythology of Circles. It's so weird ... some of the tracks almost sound medieval to my ears. I kind of wish the Halfie was an ep instead of an album. It's got blissful moments in the beginning, but I find the energy lags towards the end. I'm really curious to see what Anushka Chkheidze comes up with next. There were also some great electronic releases in 2019. I'd put Mikron's Severerance album and Juneunit's debut on that list. Lastly, you're totally correct on the Autechre hip hop comment: They always mention Mantronix in interviews when citing musical influences.
I’m 100% with you on Halfie. I only think the good is great, and deserves the attention. I also find the same qualities you do in Faten’s album. And yes Gabor killed it there, post club wise! So far 2021 is looking very good as well, but very different.
Just caught this now Stunty, you look older and wiser now 😁 I was trying to find that excellent sounding Vatican Shadow (GREAT name, isn't it!) with George Bush on the cover, but I don't see it in their Discogs discography. U Da Man Bro! 👍 (BTW, still lov'n that Archie Shepp Live!)
Hallo stunty what an awsome Stack of goodies for the year 2020.even i Was a little shocked when you mentioned that you have listened to thousands of New records in this year and how can you manage these amount.this year of pandemic i would say changed a lot for myself because i only dig for records in the wild and i refuse to Do Onlineshopping. While the times of lockdown it was sometimes quiet difficult to enter recordshops.the shopowners didnt order that much New stuff. So it stayed for only 2 records for me this time, Bob Dylan rough and rowdyways ,and the orb abolition of the royal familia. The ones you showed wich i liked most Wasthe Vatikan shadow,Utopia strong with a Genius Steve Davis,drew mcdowell ,Danny hyde with electric sweeper,matsumoto,and of course the hilary woods Album.i need to check Out these and probably once will find them.
Bodi, I believe that if you nowadays want to keep track of the less obvious releases and brand new artists, if you wish to get those on wax, there’s no way around online. You might think that is unfortunate, but I think that if not for online shopping, the majority of those releases wouldn’t be available around you locally anyways. So I consider it a plus, rather than regression. Local record stores make a living with second hand releases anyways.
@@StuntrockConfusion yeah thanks for your reply and i really understand your Point of view on it.lets discuss why i am different.as i told already that iam a little bit older and socialized in record buying in the seventies and eighties in my Town there were plenty recordshops in the neighbour cities same same never it happened any shortage of records you could buy whatever Album you were looking for.maybe in middle of the eighties the record industry started a big propaganda to sell CDs and slowly but surly more and more records disappeard and replaced by CD in the Shops.at beginning of the nineties i travelled india and asia specially phillipines Malaysia and Indonesia. Being away for a year work for a year at home and travelling again and so on again till1997 i was⁰ coming home permanent. But the times had changed for example Telephon cell disappeard and everbody runs with their mobile phones in the Hand.but you may still remember my list of the nineties records i bought than and showed to you.well since than many recordshops were gone tooand luckely for me Cargo records Opened in my street and i probably became a Kind of number one customer. Since my very early record buying Habitus for me always stand clear the route is the goal ,when you enter the Shop you never knows.the result it gives me more Kicks when i later have bring the ones i found in the wild and spin on my turntable.for me its too easy to get every record via Internet.maybe betting with someone for weeks and days just abouta piece of plastic. For me its the same if i want to find a woman via Internet i say no i like the route is the goal.do and go Out and meet and this is more satisfying. When it become back to normality there will b plenty fleamarkets record fairs Yard sales around my Area.i can not complain about the quality and quantity of that i can find in the wild for example the vizöntö lp just for 5 euro or the flavien Berger because of you i have found.in the wild and so on.sometimes i feel that records needed their time until we can meet eachother and then fully enjoy every moment but this can als the other way round that i am Not yet ready to explore.also sometimes i See records they have quite worth lots of money i just leave them if i dont like them other fortuneseeker can more enjoy.i dont want to spend my time by Selling.records online. I want to relax my.live and Listen music as much i can.stunty you know what?i am 45 RPM audiophile Michael neighbour he just lives around 30 km from my Place and iam every saturday in his City Düsseldorf helping an 85 year old friendto sell records in a markethallfleamarket .records for Not more then 5 Euro and i do it just for pleasure without Payment and specially for the ones who dont have that much money and cant afford Originals to get like zappa Beatles led Zeppelin and Lots of mainstream stuff.this fleamarked is almost non commercial and the Money my friend Bernhard earns he direct reinvest in buying used records again so every saturday he brings about 150 second Hand .this keeps the old man busy and Structured to do Something with his live after pensioned, even he Not collecting records. Btw this year 2021i managed to buy 3 New records. Nick cave carnage Daniel lanois heavy Sun And my favorite for so long mary lattimore-silver ladders Sorry for Texted you probably too much But i have already a couple of beer intus Salut until then bodi
I was going to ask for an entire list of the records but now I see the Discogs link. Was going to ask if you ever compile your favorite reissue / archival and now I see that you are planning that. You got it covered. And now I am attached to your Discogs profile look out! So many of these are new to me for sure. I remember you showing Duma before and that was pretty incredible. I did listen to Hilary Woods when it came out but that was at the forefront of the pandemic so it got lost for me ultimately. I will probably order a copy of that from our distributor, it is so good. I believe HHY & The Kampala Unit was from Uganda you said? That was very nice. Faten Kanaan also piqued my interest, Bellows as well. All very interesting and much of it I don't look into. Staying on top of new music is a challenge always. Thanks for helping there.
Dom, My life is aimed at anticipating your desires and wishes. I really hope you ar asexual. Yes, that Hilary Woods LP is just sheer brilliance in substance and execution. I'm surprised it didn't get more hype. Staying on top of new music is indeed very difficult, or at least very time consuming, but also so rewarding, making choices when no one has yet told you what to think about it. I'll be the happy sacrificional lamb ^^
@@StuntrockConfusion Glad to hear that, I aim to reciprocate. I didn't see anyone talk of the Woods LP. Probably because it came out in March 2020. With new music there's just so much coming on a daily basis. The question can be which filter, who better yet, which person / publication you are listening to. Even better yet is if you can seek on your own and make your own decisions. Glad we have you out there doing the work!
@@seekingathread exactly, I could be Fox Mulder, trust no one, but it’s probably more an affair of foremost trusting myself, my experience, the networks and systems I’ve created, and always trying to find reasons to dismiss stuff that initially appeals to my ears, until I run out of reasons, and still feel the music. It probably sounds pretentious, put that way, but when it comes to brand new releases, it’s so easy to be looking for the familiar, when we should imho do the opposite. I’m sure I fall for the traps every now and then anyways 😅 be sending you wantlist of US stuff shortly, and always appreciate the semi philosophical exchanges with you, about music searching and collecting!
Hey Stunty, great review of 2020, excellent music with so much new stuff, perfect soundtrack for today's inventory! I will dive into a few of these, cheers /Janne
Great concept, great aesthetics, superior personal and tech team, and tons of subjective and successful choices. Even if I tried, there was no going around this getting too choice. But I do hope you found other choices of interest in that selection ^^
thoroughly enjoyed this. picked up the following per your recommendation Drew McDowall's album, it also has Robert Aiki on it, who is amazing, love his Lichens albums; and Phillip Sollmann, which I knew nothing about, but it sounds awesome, so I went for it. thanks again
Amos, Robert Lowe is indeed one of the few modern masters of modular synthesis imho. Glad you dug the Sollmann, it seem to have struck a chord with many. Maybe you’ll end up enjoying more from that list 😅
Nice selections Stunty… not heard of any of those artists. The NHH track really grabbed me. Also the Blakey(?) track. Must check them out. Wondered if you ever came across a U.K. radio show (on BBC radio 3) called “Mixing It”? About 1990 - 2007. The only mainstream radio here that showcased experimental music. Was fantastic…
I can’t say I did. I used to listen and rev cord John Peel on Monday early mornings on AM radio in the early 90ies, but that’s the extent of my uk radio listening. Glad you found stuff to your liking, by all means tell me more, if there is more ^^
@@StuntrockConfusion I’ve just found a bunch of “Mixing It” shows on UA-cam… the presenters were both musicians, one is a TV composer nowadays. I discovered artists like Harry Partch & John Oswald (Plunderphonics) through that show. A lot of the music on there was in parallel to what Wire magazine featured. Jackie O / NWW etc.. They lost their R3 slot and moved to Resonance FM for a while. Used to be one of the musical highlights of my week.
@@Ed-Topo-108 I was once a guest on Resonance Fm, 25 years ago, playing some Michel Portal on Johnny Trunk’s show, fun times ^^ I’ll look those shows up, thanks for the tip!
28 minutes in (approx) la mere de la mer (sic)...is superb Stunti.....reminds me of experiencing ERASERHEAD in the old Valhalla cinema in 1977......I myself would appear in a silent 16mm film and be on the big screen in the very same cinema in 1996 as part of the TROPFEST film festival.....silent and black and white....though I wish you could have provided the soundtrack!!
Out- bloody-rageous, talk about defecating on the 10 year rule of silence after an Lp's release before offering even a brief, tentative, hopeful opinion. Happy Anniversary, despite this travesty, if nothing else you do have what is probably the best record room in the VC, by some distance!
@@StuntrockConfusion I'm serious, 10 years is a fine rule. Many vinyls start off with -acheter oui, c'est beau- then 10 years later are a- j'étais un idiot d'avoir acheté ce bruit. You tickled my gonads with that subliminal kenyan noise, need to look into that one a little! In 10 years I'll let you know its merits or lack of.
@@miketomlin6040 You still always live in the present, Mike _ the joy and inspiration I get now from something I'll despise tomorrow, it's still a positive, most of the time.
@@StuntrockConfusion Putting your own ''joy and inspiration'' before a rule, a golden rule!, I know is sanctioned by the Gods as a/I invented it and b/Almost no one agrees with it. I love you Stunters but sometimes your anarchic joie de vivre raises concerns as to your reverence for the concept of reverence.
H Woods’ Birthmarks just arrived. It’s phenomenal, lack of a better word. Don’t know much of your 30 except the Basinski, but understand why it’s your #1. Hope she and baby are doing fine. The music is too dark, intense and hopeless for a pregnant woman! Best regards to her and baby. Thanks again!!
Chris Watson, à part Cabaret Voltaire bien entendu, j'ai in skeud avec KK Null et un avec Z'EV si ma mémoire ne me joue pas des tours.... Excellent. En revanche, je ne connais pas celui dont tu parles qui semble récent.
@@StuntrockConfusionBased on your top 30/2020 video I managed to get only my 1st Basinski (Lamentations) in my local store. I played it, love it and want more, that’s why I asked, as he made quite a lot of records. I’ll probably order online H Woods, F Kanaan, Lafawndah....etc.
First tim I ever saw Thirwell was in a short movie from a RIchard Kern VHS compilation I had bought, because of a Cop Shoot Cop unreleased video. In that murky short movie, Jim was fisting Lydia Lunch, but my young and innocent self didn't understand what I was seeing. Sadly, my dad did, which resulted in a very unpleasant talk about perversion and my downward spiral...
Well, because it’s aim is not to make hip-hop anymore, or certainly not only that. It’s pretty obvious to me, but I guess it’s debatable. I listen to Autechre as I listen to lotsa jazz.
Yes! If you were aware of it, difficult to ignore how special that release was. Now we’ll see if it holds up as more than an odd surprise. Thoughts on the rest of the list?
I finished your retrospective and will say you definitely have my attention. The great majority of these releases aren’t/weren’t even close to being on my radar until now. One of many highlights is the Lyra Pramuk - I will order that straightaway. Thanks for your manic enthusiasm collecting music, and your desire to share your favorites.
Here’s my rather rudimentary in comparison top 12 from 2020 (no particular order): En Attendant Ana - Julliet Sunwatchers - Oh Yeah? X - Alphabetland Bill Nace - Both Run The Jewels - RTJ4 Duma - Duma Obnox - Savage Raygun Tashi Dorji - Stateless Felicia Atkinson - Everything Evaporate Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl - Artlessly Falling
@@paulspanbauer4125 I’ll check the ones I don’t know, or don’t remember. Atkinson did underwhelm me, though. I find it a little too surface, great sense of aesthetics, but I don’t really thing there’s a strong reason for this to be. Her label tends to be ace, though.
@@StuntrockConfusion you are very welcome! I like music lovers who listen to very different kinds of music. There´s so much to discover in the world of sounds, so many talented artist outside there, so many ideas, to much for one life and life is to short for bad music. I´d listen (and now while I´m writing) to Hilary Woods. Very, very good album. I had "Through the dark, love" the whole day in my head - very catchy. So thanks for your list and recommendations. The only other vinyl I own of your list is Drew McDowell "Agalma". His best solo album so far. And the Autechre "Sign" (the first one). Its a must have.
Hello - I came over here on 45 rpm audiophile's recommendation. This is really great - I never heard of a lot of these artists. Thank you for all the love and attention that you put into making this video. I can only imagine that it took a lot of time especially to pick out which parts of such amazing albums to play.
Thanks for watching, glad you find stuff of interest here! It takes indeed time, but that’s the only way I know. Next year should be easier, since I’ve had more time to do the work already. 2021 is so far quite a different beast, the COVID influence is massive
Who needs coffee on a Sunday morning when you have Duma. I dig it. Also the Vatican Shadow sounded really interesting. I have more to explore here. Thanks Stunty.
I hope you do, and keep sharing your thoughts, always appreciate your hindsights!
Thanks so much for all the effort you put into making such an interesting video.. Just started subscribing to your excellent channel.. Best wishes from London England
Thanks for the kind words, really! It is hard work, but rarely feels so. I've played many times in London, a huge influence obviously, iincludingfor a lot of the music featured in this video. Looking forward to your thaughts in the future ^^
Interesting to watch this 2 years later.. Still holds and that is what counts.
_Extraordinary selection!_ Merci beaucoup. Un très beau palmarès. Et je vais probablement me procurer... j'oserais dire... 24 albums (?!) sur votre sélection de 30. Les seuls titres que je possède déjà sont le Grischa Lichtenberger et le William Basinski. Joyeux anniversaire pour votre 1ère année sur YT et bien hâte de découvrir la suite.
Wow, glad this was so effective with you. I try to be very critical and not fall back to fan reflexes, to give those lists a modicum of meaning, and lasting potential. Let me know which you end up getting and what you end up thinking, if you get a chance.
I think Dominik Fernow will Care Stunti :-)
I did get the Autechre when it came out. Really enjoy that record. The Philip Sollmann sounds great. Very much up my alley. The Max de Wardener LP sounds interesting too. Will watch this in two parts.
Really glad you’re finding stuff to your liking here, and hope there’ll be more. I almost always forget to include Autechre, even when they deserve it, because they’re so close to me it almost feels indecent, I cannot claim as much critical distance with them as with anything else. They are my very first musical obsession, and still are amongst the top 3, even 28 years later.
Came over here on 45 rpm audiophile's recommendation... Who doesn't play music on the background... Will stay here for a while then...
Well, this isn’t a video meant to showcase the sound quality of those records, but the exceptional or challenging music contained. It’s mostly on the avant-garde side of things, but not exclusively. You know better if that might be of interest to you 😉
thanks for adding the discogs list-- it will help digest this over time as it deserves. i picked up the woods a while back, need to spend more time with it-- Lee on the cello stood out. the bellows is beautiful, just ordered. the watson i've spun a few times-- love it by itself or playing concurrently with other records.
The Watson may IMHO be his most accomplished.
Autechre ... Post Hip Hop have to think about that one ...hmmmm
90% of Autechre tracks are rooted in hip hop/electro-hip hop
@@StuntrockConfusion
Post Hip Hop....okay that discribe it.
For me it is the most anorganic sound.
@@HerrTelef It is the extreme in the digital aesthetic of sound, in a way. Even if Gabor Laszar takes it even further. I like contrast, which is a huge part of why I like that.
.. thoughts 2 years later?
Once again, a treasure trove. Thanks for sharing. At your recommendation I pursued Malcolm Pardon' s Hello Death LP ( lucky to get a copy through Boomkat) love it! Been playing it every night. Also, you might be interested, Marco Shuttle has a new album up for preorder ... sounds promising. Bleep has sound clips.
I saw that, he can be hit or miss, but I'm indeed curious about it! Glad you got the Pardon LP, and hope you'll find stuff to your liking again here ^^
This is a great list. The Gabor Lazar track you played (Excite) might have been the highlight 2020. I also loved Faten Kanaan's Mythology of Circles. It's so weird ... some of the tracks almost sound medieval to my ears. I kind of wish the Halfie was an ep instead of an album. It's got blissful moments in the beginning, but I find the energy lags towards the end. I'm really curious to see what Anushka Chkheidze comes up with next. There were also some great electronic releases in 2019. I'd put Mikron's Severerance album and Juneunit's debut on that list. Lastly, you're totally correct on the Autechre hip hop comment: They always mention Mantronix in interviews when citing musical influences.
I’m 100% with you on Halfie. I only think the good is great, and deserves the attention. I also find the same qualities you do in Faten’s album. And yes Gabor killed it there, post club wise! So far 2021 is looking very good as well, but very different.
Just caught this now Stunty, you look older and wiser now 😁 I was trying to find that excellent sounding Vatican Shadow (GREAT name, isn't it!) with George Bush on the cover, but I don't see it in their Discogs discography. U Da Man Bro! 👍 (BTW, still lov'n that Archie Shepp Live!)
Look for the Vatican Shadow in the Single section, I think 😉
@@StuntrockConfusion Thank you!
Hallo stunty what an awsome Stack of goodies for the year 2020.even i Was a little shocked when you mentioned that you have listened to thousands of New records in this year and how can you manage these amount.this year of pandemic i would say changed a lot for myself because i only dig for records in the wild and i refuse to Do Onlineshopping. While the times of lockdown it was sometimes quiet difficult to enter recordshops.the shopowners didnt order that much New stuff. So it stayed for only 2 records for me this time, Bob Dylan rough and rowdyways ,and the orb abolition of the royal familia.
The ones you showed wich i liked most
Wasthe Vatikan shadow,Utopia strong with a Genius Steve Davis,drew mcdowell ,Danny hyde with electric sweeper,matsumoto,and of course the hilary woods Album.i need to check Out these and probably once will find them.
Bodi, I believe that if you nowadays want to keep track of the less obvious releases and brand new artists, if you wish to get those on wax, there’s no way around online. You might think that is unfortunate, but I think that if not for online shopping, the majority of those releases wouldn’t be available around you locally anyways. So I consider it a plus, rather than regression. Local record stores make a living with second hand releases anyways.
Really glad you found some of those to your liking though, and I hope we get a chance to further discuss this ☺️
@@StuntrockConfusion yeah thanks for your reply and i really understand your Point of view on it.lets discuss why i am different.as i told already that iam a little bit older and socialized in record buying in the seventies and eighties in my Town there were plenty recordshops in the neighbour cities same same never it happened any shortage of records you could buy whatever Album you were looking for.maybe in middle of the eighties the record industry started a big propaganda to sell CDs and slowly but surly more and more records disappeard and replaced by CD in the Shops.at beginning of the nineties i travelled india and asia specially phillipines Malaysia and Indonesia. Being away for a year work for a year at home and travelling again and so on again till1997 i was⁰ coming home permanent. But the times had changed for example Telephon cell disappeard and everbody runs with their mobile phones in the Hand.but you may still remember my list of the nineties records i bought than and showed to you.well since than many recordshops were gone tooand luckely for me Cargo records Opened in my street and i probably became a Kind of number one customer.
Since my very early record buying Habitus for me always stand clear the route is the goal ,when you enter the Shop you never knows.the result it gives me more Kicks when i later have bring the ones i found in the wild and spin on my turntable.for me its too easy to get every record via Internet.maybe betting with someone for weeks and days just abouta piece of plastic. For me its the same if i want to find a woman via Internet i say no i like the route is the goal.do and go Out and meet and this is more satisfying.
When it become back to normality there will b plenty fleamarkets record fairs Yard sales around my Area.i can not complain about the quality and quantity of that i can find in the wild for example the vizöntö lp just for 5 euro or the flavien Berger because of you i have found.in the wild and so on.sometimes i feel that records needed their time until we can meet eachother and then fully enjoy every moment but this can als the other way round that i am Not yet ready to explore.also sometimes i See records they have quite worth lots of money i just leave them if i dont like them other fortuneseeker can more enjoy.i dont want to spend my time by Selling.records online. I want to relax my.live and Listen music as much i can.stunty you know what?i am 45 RPM audiophile Michael neighbour he just lives around 30 km from my Place and iam every saturday in his City Düsseldorf helping an 85 year old friendto sell records in a markethallfleamarket .records for Not more then 5 Euro and i do it just for pleasure without Payment and specially for the ones who dont have that much money and cant afford Originals to get like zappa Beatles led Zeppelin and Lots of mainstream stuff.this fleamarked is almost non commercial and the Money my friend Bernhard earns he direct reinvest in buying used records again so every saturday he brings about 150 second Hand .this keeps the old man busy and Structured to do Something with his live after pensioned, even he Not collecting records.
Btw this year 2021i managed to buy 3 New records.
Nick cave carnage
Daniel lanois heavy Sun
And my favorite for so long mary lattimore-silver ladders
Sorry for Texted you probably too much
But i have already a couple of beer intus
Salut until then bodi
I was going to ask for an entire list of the records but now I see the Discogs link. Was going to ask if you ever compile your favorite reissue / archival and now I see that you are planning that. You got it covered. And now I am attached to your Discogs profile look out! So many of these are new to me for sure. I remember you showing Duma before and that was pretty incredible. I did listen to Hilary Woods when it came out but that was at the forefront of the pandemic so it got lost for me ultimately. I will probably order a copy of that from our distributor, it is so good. I believe HHY & The Kampala Unit was from Uganda you said? That was very nice. Faten Kanaan also piqued my interest, Bellows as well. All very interesting and much of it I don't look into. Staying on top of new music is a challenge always. Thanks for helping there.
Dom, My life is aimed at anticipating your desires and wishes. I really hope you ar asexual.
Yes, that Hilary Woods LP is just sheer brilliance in substance and execution. I'm surprised it didn't get more hype. Staying on top of new music is indeed very difficult, or at least very time consuming, but also so rewarding, making choices when no one has yet told you what to think about it. I'll be the happy sacrificional lamb ^^
@@StuntrockConfusion Glad to hear that, I aim to reciprocate. I didn't see anyone talk of the Woods LP. Probably because it came out in March 2020. With new music there's just so much coming on a daily basis. The question can be which filter, who better yet, which person / publication you are listening to. Even better yet is if you can seek on your own and make your own decisions. Glad we have you out there doing the work!
@@seekingathread exactly, I could be Fox Mulder, trust no one, but it’s probably more an affair of foremost trusting myself, my experience, the networks and systems I’ve created, and always trying to find reasons to dismiss stuff that initially appeals to my ears, until I run out of reasons, and still feel the music. It probably sounds pretentious, put that way, but when it comes to brand new releases, it’s so easy to be looking for the familiar, when we should imho do the opposite. I’m sure I fall for the traps every now and then anyways 😅 be sending you wantlist of US stuff shortly, and always appreciate the semi philosophical exchanges with you, about music searching and collecting!
this IS a good batch....I will enjoy dipping into this vid over the next few days
So, where did the dipping take you, dearest David? ^^
@@StuntrockConfusion gurgle,sputter,gasp...I have just resurfaced Stunti and shall dive further into the depths when the tides allow!
I"m really liking this first track Stunty!
It's a grower. It sets a mood and manages to keep it alive for a while, doing very little. Not for everyday, but still, pretty damn effective.
Hey Stunty, great review of 2020, excellent music with so much new stuff, perfect soundtrack for today's inventory! I will dive into a few of these, cheers /Janne
Hej Janne, kil du gaillard det, ska vi Gräva tillsammans snart igen?
@@StuntrockConfusion Absolut, vad sägs om Lördag, funkar det?
@@popsandclicks ring mig ;)
I enjoyed the video.. some real amazing sounds
Thanks John, all credit to the artists, though! Anything that picked your ears enough so you’d get the record?
Awesome review! And thanks for raising the profile of Hilary Woods. Birthmarks is a remarkable album.
Great concept, great aesthetics, superior personal and tech team, and tons of subjective and successful choices. Even if I tried, there was no going around this getting too choice. But I do hope you found other choices of interest in that selection ^^
Glad to see / hear One Hundred Seven by Jay Glass Dubs. Such an amazing and amtospheric track with trance'y vocal sample.
It is, Nightmare, is. Hope you found some unknowns to your liking here ^^
thoroughly enjoyed this. picked up the following per your recommendation Drew McDowall's album, it also has Robert Aiki on it, who is amazing, love his Lichens albums; and Phillip Sollmann, which I knew nothing about, but it sounds awesome, so I went for it. thanks again
Amos, Robert Lowe is indeed one of the few modern masters of modular synthesis imho. Glad you dug the Sollmann, it seem to have struck a chord with many. Maybe you’ll end up enjoying more from that list 😅
Ah oui, j'ai beaucoup aimé cet Autechre!
Nice selections Stunty… not heard of any of those artists. The NHH track really grabbed me. Also the Blakey(?) track. Must check them out.
Wondered if you ever came across a U.K. radio show (on BBC radio 3) called “Mixing It”? About 1990 - 2007. The only mainstream radio here that showcased experimental music. Was fantastic…
I can’t say I did. I used to listen and rev cord John Peel on Monday early mornings on AM radio in the early 90ies, but that’s the extent of my uk radio listening. Glad you found stuff to your liking, by all means tell me more, if there is more ^^
@@StuntrockConfusion I’ve just found a bunch of “Mixing It” shows on UA-cam… the presenters were both musicians, one is a TV composer nowadays. I discovered artists like Harry Partch & John Oswald (Plunderphonics) through that show. A lot of the music on there was in parallel to what Wire magazine featured. Jackie O / NWW etc..
They lost their R3 slot and moved to Resonance FM for a while. Used to be one of the musical highlights of my week.
@@Ed-Topo-108 I was once a guest on Resonance Fm, 25 years ago, playing some Michel Portal on Johnny Trunk’s show, fun times ^^
I’ll look those shows up, thanks for the tip!
28 minutes in (approx) la mere de la mer (sic)...is superb Stunti.....reminds me of experiencing ERASERHEAD in the old Valhalla cinema in 1977......I myself would appear in a silent 16mm film and be on the big screen in the very same cinema in 1996 as part of the TROPFEST film festival.....silent and black and white....though I wish you could have provided the soundtrack!!
I once did the soundtrack for a movie, David, it almost got rejected, deemed too dark, before the director stepped in and saved it ^^
Out- bloody-rageous, talk about defecating on the 10 year rule of silence after an Lp's release before offering even a brief, tentative, hopeful opinion. Happy Anniversary, despite this travesty, if nothing else you do have what is probably the best record room in the VC, by some distance!
Letting the time lords down is indeed the biggest offense there is
@@StuntrockConfusion I'm serious, 10 years is a fine rule. Many vinyls start off with -acheter oui, c'est beau- then 10 years later are a- j'étais un idiot d'avoir acheté ce bruit. You tickled my gonads with that subliminal kenyan noise, need to look into that one a little! In 10 years I'll let you know its merits or lack of.
@@miketomlin6040 You still always live in the present, Mike _ the joy and inspiration I get now from something I'll despise tomorrow, it's still a positive, most of the time.
@@StuntrockConfusion Putting your own ''joy and inspiration'' before a rule, a golden rule!, I know is sanctioned by the Gods as a/I invented it and b/Almost no one agrees with it. I love you Stunters but sometimes your anarchic joie de vivre raises concerns as to your reverence for the concept of reverence.
H Woods’ Birthmarks just arrived. It’s phenomenal, lack of a better word. Don’t know much of your 30 except the Basinski, but understand why it’s your #1.
Hope she and baby are doing fine. The music is too dark, intense and hopeless for a pregnant woman! Best regards to her and baby.
Thanks again!!
Glad it lives up to the hype I created 😅 now maybe try a few other from the list? ☺️
Chris Watson, à part Cabaret Voltaire bien entendu, j'ai in skeud avec KK Null et un avec Z'EV si ma mémoire ne me joue pas des tours.... Excellent. En revanche, je ne connais pas celui dont tu parles qui semble récent.
Bah, comme l’indique le titre de la vidéo, en fait 😁 honnêtement, je connais bien sa discographie, et je pense que c’est son meilleur disque
@@StuntrockConfusion Ah oui, le titre de la vidéo.... Houlà là, que je suis fatigué....
Great video, Bravo! You said W Basinski's Lamentations was among his top 3 albums? Could you let me know the other two? Many thanks!
Well, outside of The Disintegration Loops, I would say my other two faves would be Shortwavemusic and On Time Out Of Time. Maybe also Melancholia.
@@StuntrockConfusion Thanks for your advice!
@@davidchan2960 No problem- What are yours?
@@StuntrockConfusionBased on your top 30/2020 video I managed to get only my 1st Basinski (Lamentations) in my local store. I played it, love it and want more, that’s why I asked, as he made quite a lot of records. I’ll probably order online H Woods, F Kanaan, Lafawndah....etc.
that band from central africa is interesting....reminds me of FOETUS INTERUPTUS (Jim Thirwell)
First tim I ever saw Thirwell was in a short movie from a RIchard Kern VHS compilation I had bought, because of a Cop Shoot Cop unreleased video. In that murky short movie, Jim was fisting Lydia Lunch, but my young and innocent self didn't understand what I was seeing. Sadly, my dad did, which resulted in a very unpleasant talk about perversion and my downward spiral...
@@StuntrockConfusion Holy Shit!!!!
How can something be post Hip Hop when Hip Hop is still mutating and evolving and very much an alive and relevant thing?
Well, because it’s aim is not to make hip-hop anymore, or certainly not only that. It’s pretty obvious to me, but I guess it’s debatable. I listen to Autechre as I listen to lotsa jazz.
Bonjour ✌ 🎸
Jeffery, your french has improved so much since the last word ^^
Duma were on my 2020 list as well!
Yes! If you were aware of it, difficult to ignore how special that release was. Now we’ll see if it holds up as more than an odd surprise. Thoughts on the rest of the list?
I will finish the video tonight and share my thoughts. There’s already some adds to my want list through the first ten or so.
I finished your retrospective and will say you definitely have my attention. The great majority of these releases aren’t/weren’t even close to being on my radar until now. One of many highlights is the Lyra Pramuk - I will order that straightaway. Thanks for your manic enthusiasm collecting music, and your desire to share your favorites.
Here’s my rather rudimentary in comparison top 12 from 2020 (no particular order): En Attendant Ana - Julliet
Sunwatchers - Oh Yeah?
X - Alphabetland
Bill Nace - Both
Run The Jewels - RTJ4
Duma - Duma
Obnox - Savage Raygun
Tashi Dorji - Stateless
Felicia Atkinson - Everything Evaporate
Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders
Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown
Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl - Artlessly Falling
@@paulspanbauer4125 I’ll check the ones I don’t know, or don’t remember. Atkinson did underwhelm me, though. I find it a little too surface, great sense of aesthetics, but I don’t really thing there’s a strong reason for this to be. Her label tends to be ace, though.
This vid and your list makes me definitely poor!
If this is true, it'll make you rich in all sorts of other ways!
@@StuntrockConfusion
I was moving a couple of weeks ago, so there is actually less money for music.
But I like your taste of music!
@@HerrTelef thank you for letting me know there’s a point in sharing it, then ^^
@@StuntrockConfusion
you are very welcome!
I like music lovers who listen to very different kinds of music. There´s so much to discover in the world of sounds, so many talented artist outside there, so many ideas, to much for one life and life is to short for bad music.
I´d listen (and now while I´m writing) to Hilary Woods. Very, very good album. I had "Through the dark, love" the whole day in my head - very catchy. So thanks for your list and recommendations.
The only other vinyl I own of your list is Drew McDowell "Agalma". His best solo album so far.
And the Autechre "Sign" (the first one). Its a must have.