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There is no obligation to continue drafting to 75 rounds if you cannot come up with acts to draft. Likewise, you are under no obligation to use any or all of your UDFAs.
Just permaskip yourself and circle back around when UDFAs or voting begins depending on what you're interested in skipping.
Last draft there was a discussion about going to 100 with no UDFAs. 75 with UDFAs seemed a compromise and nobody voiced concerns about it before we started drafting.
What people mean is that this draft has been slacking and people only checking in to pick and then leave again for the past month and it's no fun constantly waiting an hour, two hours or ya know.. the full 12 in between picks.
What people mean is that this draft has been slacking and people only checking in to pick and then leave again for the past month and it's no fun constantly waiting an hour, two hours or ya know.. the full 12 in between picks.
I’m guilty of this and I’m terribly sorry. I’ve been actually doing really well with comedy. Between working, comedy, and time with my son I’m much less available than I have been previous drafts. I’m truly sorry about that.
What people mean is that this draft has been slacking and people only checking in to pick and then leave again for the past month and it's no fun constantly waiting an hour, two hours or ya know.. the full 12 in between picks.
I’m guilty of this and I’m terribly sorry. I’ve been actually doing really well with comedy. Between working, comedy, and time with my son I’m much less available than I have been previous drafts. I’m truly sorry about that.
No worries man, wasn't directed at you or anybody else. Everybody has stuff to do. It's just a general sentiment I've gotten over the past few weeks in the draft.
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
I’m guilty of this and I’m terribly sorry. I’ve been actually doing really well with comedy. Between working, comedy, and time with my son I’m much less available than I have been previous drafts. I’m truly sorry about that.
No worries man, wasn't directed at you or anybody else. Everybody has stuff to do. It's just a general sentiment I've gotten over the past few weeks in the draft.
no I feel that. I didn’t think you were. I honestly would let somebody else take over if that wouldn’t screw things up so bad. I have just been going non stop lately and this has taken a bit of a back seat.
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
The Velvet Underground | Madonna | Aretha Franklin Aphex Twin | Erykah Badu | Brian Eno | Arctic Monkeys | Sia John Mayer | Sufjan Stevens | The XX | PJ Harvey | Solange Squarepusher | Mazzy Star | Flying Lotus | Nicolás Jaar & Group Have A Nice Life performing "Deathconsciousness" | Joanna Newsom Sunn O))) | Nina Kraviz | Slint performing "Spiderland" | Charli XCX Grouper | Helena Hauff | Weyes Blood
The Velvet Underground | Madonna | Aretha Franklin Aphex Twin | Erykah Badu | Brian Eno | Arctic Monkeys | Sia John Mayer | Sufjan Stevens | The XX | PJ Harvey | Solange Squarepusher | Mazzy Star | Flying Lotus | Nicolás Jaar & Group Have A Nice Life performing "Deathconsciousness" | Joanna Newsom Sunn O))) | Nina Kraviz | Slint performing "Spiderland" | Charli XCX
Here I’ll start some discussion. What type of music is that? Can you link a favorite song of yours? I’ve never heard of them and if I’m completely ignorant of them I probably won’t vote for them. Help me help you
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Grouper (Liz Harris) has got to be one of my favorite ambient musicians right now. She put out a rather okay to great album this year under her moniker Nivhek, but as Grouper she made one of my favorite ambient records ever called: A I A: Alien Observer. It's a record you can put on and fall asleep to, it's so mesmerizing, soft, eerie and angelic. Favorite song of the record;
Weyes Blood aka Natalie Merling probably made my AotY this year with Titanic Rising, an art pop record that litteraly plays like a movie in my head when I put it on. Favorite track probably should be Movies of the album, though it's full of amazing songs really.
Lastly, there's Helena Hauff who's been making waves in the techno scene since just very recently I feel like. Her BBC Essential Mix really shows her skill in selecting and mixing tracks, she can really go with a rather old school detroit mix or play really hard acid techno. She's versatile and fresh behind the decks and shows via releases like Qualm and Descreet Desires that she's also a great producer. I think the mix I linked or the two records I talked about are two great starting points for her. Don't know her that well enough to have a favorite track tho, but there ya go.
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Bing they just got caught in my message and I was really talking about your most recent pick but this works as well as I’ve honestly never heard of any of these artists either so thank you. I appreciate your response and will give them all a listen
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Grouper (Liz Harris) has got to be one of my favorite ambient musicians right now. She put out a rather okay to great album this year under her moniker Nivhek, but as Grouper she made one of my favorite ambient records ever called: A I A: Alien Observer. It's a record you can put on and fall asleep to, it's so mesmerizing, soft, eerie and angelic. Favorite song of the record;
Weyes Blood aka Natalie Merling probably made my AotY this year with Titanic Rising, an art pop record that litteraly plays like a movie in my head when I put it on. Favorite track probably should be Movies of the album, though it's full of amazing songs really.
Lastly, there's Helena Hauff who's been making waves in the techno scene since just very recently I feel like. Her BBC Essential Mix really shows her skill in selecting and mixing tracks, she can really go with a rather old school detroit mix or play really hard acid techno. She's versatile and fresh behind the decks and shows via releases like Qualm and Descreet Desires that she's also a great producer. I think the mix I linked or the two records I talked about are two great starting points for her. Don't know her that well enough to have a favorite track tho, but there ya go.
Alright. Easily standout of the group was weyes blood. Flipped through a few songs on the album and had I stuck with movies I probably wouldn’t want to go back to it honestly. Preferred the sound of a song like wild time. Hopefully there’s more like that. Grouper I could see putting on in that very specific situation of about to go to sleep, lights out, just need something to slowly drift out to. Helena Hauff there wasn’t anything wrong with but I feel like you could replace her name over the songs with any other 100 random djs and I’d never be able to tell the difference so I guess there wasn’t anything particularly right with it either.
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Bing they just got caught in my message and I was really talking about your most recent pick but this works as well as I’ve honestly never heard of any of these artists either so thank you. I appreciate your response and will give them all a listen
Aha yes, I thought you picked the bottom ones so I just started with those haha
Deathconsciousness is a cult classic like American Football's first LP (that was honestly the first record that came to mind to compare it with). It's sombre yet melancholic and gives me a kind of grey-ish vibe. It's one of those albums that you can only listen to in it's entirety I think. It's a very telling but also lengthy album, but in the end.. It's all worth it. It touches post rock, ambient, shoegaze and post-punk esthetics and I love how genre bending it is.
The 7 minute long opener is soothing and calm, it's like a warm welcome blanket with just one guitar section and a light drone in the background (until ofcourse the distorted vocals start to gain strength and interlude that insanely catchy post punk bass of Bloodhail). Can you smell the 80's already? As the synths keep spinning and Barrett's vocals keep swirling around your ears (which continues on The Big Gloom that has a tad more noise attached to it). Another highlight is sitting right in the middle; Who Would Leave Out Their Son out in the Sun? which just makes my heart so heavy, it's sooo.. tragic almost. It's hard to describe but you get the jist once you listen to the entire thing.. And after that.. We get noise, shoegaze-y distorted guitars are roaring over weeping beeping noises.
Then the second half which is just as amazing as the first half (the final 3 tracks really hit home, by god). Waiting for is just a fucking punk song, but it's so distorted and washed away.. It becomes something else almost even though it stays pitch black and loud and agressive asf. Holy Fucking Shit: 40,000 feels almost like a depressed Damon Albarn song with those playful beeps and the vocals that are sung through some dead distorted microphone and I fucking love it.
Idk, that's about it. You really gotta listen to it yourself if you got the time because it's an amazing record.
edit: Earthmover is probably my favorite song on the album
Alright. Easily standout of the group was weyes blood. Flipped through a few songs on the album and had I stuck with movies I probably wouldn’t want to go back to it honestly. Preferred the sound of a song like wild time. Hopefully there’s more like that. Grouper I could see putting on in that very specific situation of about to go to sleep, lights out, just need something to slowly drift out to. Helena Hauff there wasn’t anything wrong with but I feel like you could replace her name over the songs with any other 100 random djs and I’d never be able to tell the difference so I guess there wasn’t anything particularly right with it either.
It's been a while since I've listened to Grouper myself tho, so it's not weird. It's music you put on on certain occasions and the one you described is certainly one of those.
re Helena Hauff; then you gotta listen to more mixes cause you'll easily tell the difference, though I understand your point of view. I just think she's great and one of the best new faces in the electronic field.
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Bing I think with music like hers while enjoyable it’s hard for me to visually follow. I can watch her work for days but if I don’t understand how the things she’s doing correlated to the music I’m hearing I’m left disinterested and that connection between myself the music and performer is lost. I guess that’s just my own ignorance with the equipment they use though
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
mardude what kind of genres do you like/prefer to listen to in general, and are there any names that you would like to underline from your picks so far (with some suggestions)?
Fred like most everyone here my tastes vary pretty heavily but my bread and butter would be metal with an emphasis on the more bluesy stoner side/psychedelic and classic rock/ jam/ hip hop and the huge catch all of 90s alt. I’m just fairly ignorant to electronic although I love artists like flying lotus/justice. Honestly my first dive into the genre was through pretty lights while in college. I feel like my lineup isn’t full of any obscure acts like others so I’m sure most people are familiar with majority of them. I do feel like some might think the clash is a weaker number 1 but I don’t. The genre blending and influences they pulled from reggae and putting that into their hard nose punk approach went on to influence a lot of my later listening and most of my favorite bands. I was actually listening to some pulp today and pencil skirt has to be one of the sleaziest sexiest songs ever. They way he sings about being the reason for this woman’s infidelity makes me need a shower I feel so dirty
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
There is no obligation to continue drafting to 75 rounds if you cannot come up with acts to draft. Likewise, you are under no obligation to use any or all of your UDFAs.
Just permaskip yourself and circle back around when UDFAs or voting begins depending on what you're interested in skipping.
Last draft there was a discussion about going to 100 with no UDFAs. 75 with UDFAs seemed a compromise and nobody voiced concerns about it before we started drafting.
Cant wait to stop drafting and then wait three weeks for voting to start
I guess I just really like the idea of posting a song or video with your pick that way you’re really highlighting something you like from the artist and giving those that might not be familiar an easy way to get acquainted
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know you realize that life goes fast - It's hard to make the good things last-you realize the sun doesn't go down - It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round