share your music recommendations!

[fablefound]

hellooooo, melonland!

first of all, can't wait to deep dive on some of the stuff mentioned here--i love going down musical rabbitholes.

second of all, i scrounged together some recs of my own. specifically, i went through my rateyourmusic page and looked for any non-anglosphere/j-pop options. here's what i got...

ahmed malek - algerian composer. he's on my "instrumentals to read/write to" playlist. 

hailu mergia - ethiopian jazz artist. dude's got a large body of work and also features heavily in my reading/writing instrumentals playlist. really quite delightful.

faye wong - lovely dreamy mandopop to check out if you haven't already...

memory drawers - i genuinely don't even recall how i found these guys, but they're a lovely manila-based band doing great indie pop-rock stuff.

grace jones - probably the biggest name i'm mentioning here and yes one squarely in the anglosphere but!! i like her stuff!!! british-jamaican legend who was also a mode and actress. started in disco and then became a new wave legend.

[infinitysnapz]

mooostly just Things I Like, but here's a few:

Underworld - Cups

will recommend underworld at probably every given opportunity. i've always liked their abstract lyrics, and their interesting processing techniques. there's a good 30 years worth of music to pick from. this particular track is chillout material (until the sudden change around 8 mins lol)


Mezzoforte - Early Autumn

early 1980s icelandic jazz fusion! easy listening, good fun


Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure

1970s electronic music by pioneering band Tangerine Dream. mostly ambient soundscapes, but there's also a fair bit of rock-iness too

[chamodon]

rubs my grubby lil hands together.. sorry this is gonna be a lotta metal LOL

• nightwish - finnish symphonic/orchestral metal. i rec listening to human ii nature or dark passion play depending on what you like ( human ii nature is more symphonic and dark passion play is heavier instrumentally! )
• bloodywood - indian nu/folk metal. my fav album of theirs is rakshak!
• abhi the nomad - indian alt hip-hop. his 'catharsis' ep is my fav!!
• powerwolf - german power metal. affectionately referred to as 'werewolf metal'. highly rec the sacrament of sin!
• creepy nuts - japanese hip-hop. legion is awesome. you might know them from dandadan's opening or mashle's opening!!
• gojira - french heavy metal. any of their albums are a solid choice for a first listen tbh. they rule

hope u enjoy!!! ur thread is giving me things to listen to as well :3 let's all find new music.. together... *holds my paw out*

[asahelix]

I must admit, my music taste is kinda surface level all things considered lol. Here's a few bands and a song from each that I really enjoy. Maybe you can see how crazy my taste in music is even if it's kinda boring lmfao.

Re-Hash - Gorillaz

Ágætis byrjun - Sigur Rós

Heresy - Nine Inch Nails

Disintegration - The Cure

Disorder - Joy Division

One Foot In Front Of The Other - Bone Symphony

Milk & Cereal - G. Love & Special Sauce

Interpol - Evil

Burgundy Years (Remix) - Joy Electric

Global Chaos - KT, HEX (don't watch if you're photosensitive.)

Can Can World - Makkeroni

Pick Up the Phone - The Notwist

Jocko Homo - DEVO

Even Flow - Pearl Jam

Clark Gable - The Postal Service

Silver - Echo & the Bunnymen

Friends Of P. - The Rentals

Wild Sex (In The Working Class) - Oingo Boingo

Send Me on My Way - Rusted Root

Angel Of Death - Slayer

Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

ちょこっとLOVE - プッチモニ

Space Dog - Sana

I2I - Tevin Campbell, Rosie Gaines

Eyepennies - Sparklehorse

The Flower Called Nowhere - Stereolab

Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols

REM - Losing My Religion

Lay Me Down - The Mock Turtles

Nookie - Limp Bizkit

I'd Like Your Hair Long - HUM

Besides stuff like this, I also listen to a lot of video game and tracker music. Here's examples of both combined:

Yehat - Star Control 2 OST

Autonomous - Bejeweled OST

Level 1 - Gadget Twins (Unreleased Amiga Game) OST

I urge anyone reading this to PLEASE check out tracker music as a whole. It's an incredible art form.

I also hope that these suggestions reaches SOMEONE and broadens their musical horizons just a bit!!!

[MrsMoe]

Gonna do something a bit weird and share one song that represents every type of music that I listen to:

Lullaby - The Cure:

Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsommar Fires - Cocteau Twins:

Time - Pink Floyd:

Every Day is Exactly The Same - Nine Inch Nails:

O'Children - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:

People II: The Reckoning - AJJ:

Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo: