what are you listening to right now?

[1dkreally]

been listening to the tally hall (+ related) whole discography the past day or 2 after being a big fan of individual songs of theirs, currently on murders - hawaii part ii (which i already know and love)! :3

update: i am now very very hyperfixated on tally hall. i've been constantly listening to marvin's marvellous mechanical mueseum and good & evil and just a friend and miracle musical and not a trampoline and joe hawley joe hawley and yin & yang and shia lebouf live and light & night. i've been watching the tally hall internet show, i've watched up to and including episode 4 (including south by southwest 2007) and my favourite episode at the moment is episode 2, it's SO unbelievably funny i have no idea how they managed to keep straight faces filming it. this has been ongoing for a month please help X{

[nuclearblues]

here's a bit of a film history lesson for context: so up until 2010, fritz lang's 1927 expressionist masterpiece Metropolis was considered partially lost. for a silent picture, the film has an extremely long running time of 153 minutes so a lot of prints of it had custom cut jobs done. combine that with the flammability and natural degradation of nitrate film if it isn't stored in the exact right conditions, and it once had the fate of obscurity that so many silent films sadly have. Metropolis was incredibly high profile ever since its release because of its gorgeous surrealist imagery and early establishment of so many science fiction (and particularly robot fiction) tropes, so a movement to find and restore the film started gaining a lot of traction by the 1970s. enter music producer giorgio moroder, who in 1984 pieced together existing footage to create a cut of the film with a soundtrack comprised of popular contemporary rock musicians including freddie mercury, pat benatar, bonnie tyler, loverboy, jon anderson of yes, and adam ant. as a film cut, it isn't particularly accurate to the source material's story and sort of feels like a hazy and surreal extended music video. but to that aim it is a FASCINATING hazy and surreal extended music video. it also brought a lot of attention to the film preservation movement in an era where it still wasn't a primary concern for movie studios, with a lengthy forward explaining the concept of a lost film. I've been listening to the soundtrack a lot lately, it's a gorgeous and haunting cohesive piece of electronic rock opera goodness. it's so evocative of a very specific period of time I think. I'd love to get it on cassette at some point, or the film itself on VHS.

Giorgio Moroder & Various Artists - Metropolis

[Absentmind]

 

[Misanthropic Monster™]

I dunno why but for the last 5 days I can't stop listening to this on repeat;
No Vampires in Romania

I heard it a while back at the end of an episode of What We Do In The Shadows and every now and then I just get hooked on it...

It's just so... awesome!

[Audball]

Been on a big Deltron 3030 kick.

Time Keeps on Slipping is the name of this track. From 2000!

After listening to this track you can definitely hear the influence both Del The Funky Homosapien and Dan The Automator had while producing Gorillaz's 2001 self-titled album.

This whole album is incredible.

[littlesecret]

Ive been listening to this mix today. Its got some ambient and rock vibes and some really beautiful moments. It lead me to this little album which is very nice

I've also been listening to this song called Rose. The singing is perfectly off and jagged. The song feels rainy and sleepy and moody. Hope u listen to one of them  :)