I decided instead of giving you guys another playlist, I'd give you a few full albums from some of my favourite bands I did not get a chance to talk about. I want you to enjoy them, download them and hopefully purchase them. Enjoy.
Considering the amount of music I want to show and the amount I am rediscovering plus the responses to my previous play lists, I decided to make another one.
This time a DAYTIME one.
I will be posting two more playlists this weekend so you have a nice collection.
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Note: The last song is nothing like the others, and is absolutely great.
Kerretta
has always been one of those bands that if I had to define a specific genre for
them, I would have certain difficulty. They take elements of post-rock,post-metaland small elements ofsludge-metalwith a dark tone. This is one of those
bands where genres are irrelevant, you just need to listen. To be honest,
genres can be an unfair way to judge any band but that is topic that can be
debated until the end of time.
I have always used Kerretta as my
warm-up to study band because the music would actively get my brain thinking
and active. In some cases I would play Kerretta after a nap or waking up in the morning. With
catchy hooks, the brain has something to latch onto with a particular flow;
this is probably the catchiest artist I will post about. I would usually use
Kerretta in connection to Emancipator while groups such as Massive Attack and God is an Astronaut have replaced Emancipator at times depending on the
assignment. Kerretta is one of the band my father told me about, and man am I
happy about that; made 4th year easier to get through.
Well school starts back up tomorrow so to celebrate(?), here is another YouTube playlist of late night listening
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Artists: From Monument to Masses, Order of the British Empire, Portico Quartet, Max Richter, Tim Hecker, Saltillo, Nosaj Thing, 65daysofstatic, John Talabot, Bathyscape, Little People and Giles Corey.
If you were to look at my last.fm (listed
above), only P.O.S. (Hip-Hop) and Dance Gavin Dance (Post-Hardcore) would trump
God is an Astronaut in terms of plays. God is an Astronaut has so many plays
because the band can give you do many different sounds. Most of them are built
on a foundation of soundscapes that sound out of this world and visual to go
with that. I have never seen them live but those who have rave about their
ability to but as stunning visually as they are musically
My favourite release of there is All is
violent, all is bright which is also their most critically acclaimed album. It
include Remembrance Day an awesome that just sounds like it was made to explain
visuals in space. The slow start and
strong build-up leads to an epic conclusion thst must be checked out.
This is night drive music. Night drive
music is wind-down to the point of relaxation but still awareness. I feel like
God I an Astronaut can make any student need. Their recent stuff is a little
less relaxing than their earlier stuff but I could see if someone views their
stuff opposite I do. Either way check out the band and please enjoy.
Below are full streams of THREE albums. Please enjoy. I know I have.
I will be the first to admit Dark Ambient
is not for everyone. Dark Ambient is a
self-explanatory genre as it is a type of Ambient music that is meant to have
an ominous and ark tone about it’s sound. In some cases this can mean a
slightly less creepy form of Halloween music; and I don’t mean the Monster Mash.
The band I specifically love from this
genre is Bohren & der Club of Gore. And especially their album Black Earth,
the mixing of some brass instruments along piano and drums is as relaxing as
many of the bands already posted. You can also check the playlist I made that
included their song Maximum Black.
What adds to the instruments is the creepy
ambience that sounds the beautiful instrumental arrangements. The album actual
feels like it is a soundtrack to a movie about a Thriller. As a student I think
you can best use this as a homework album to move you along as you work through
whatever the problems you have are. I would probably lean towards math as
specific subject it’d be best for but I have used it to work on surveys as well
as essays.
Time to pay tribute to a Hip-Hop Legend. J Dilla, James Dewitt Yancey, passed away 7 years ago on February 10th. He passed away 3 days after releasing the critically acclaimed instrumental hip-hop album Donuts. Whereas This Will Destroy You got me into ambient music, J Dilla revived my love for music in general. How so many simple samples create such beauty is awe inspiring.
Yancey made the album in a hospital bed before he passed away. Artists I would enjoy after listening to J Dilla who have different styles became so much more enjoyable because of the knowledge I believed I gained from J Dilla. Artists such as Killer Mike, POS, El-P, and Atmosphere are among the many that were the next step for my music development J Dilla paved the way for.
It is a shame I cannot find a YouTube full album for Donuts, but this album is worth the purchase. Below are a few of my favourite songs on the album.
I mean we’ve heard the phrase going out on top. J Dilla did.
To end the week I thought I'd give you guys a list of some of my favourite late night songs. These are ones I have been listening to recently.
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Side note: I used to work on Victoria Avenue (down the street a bit), so this view is quite common of a summer night.
Artists: Massive Attack, Kerretta, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Consider the Thief, God is an Astronaut, DJ Shadow, American Dollar, Burial, SBTRKT, Flying Lotus, Deaf Center, Nick Arundel
Rediscovery is a beautiful thing. Massive Attack's Mezzanine (pronunciation) used to occupy a
much smaller part of my defined and appreciated music library than it
does now. Once I developed a
more ambient and atmospheric aspect to my music listening
patterns, Massive Attack went from middle tier to god tier. Most of the albums I
will post are vocal free or minimal at best; Massive Attack is an
exception.
The opening act, Angel, is one of my top 5 favourite all-time songs. It is the perfect trip-hop/downtempo song.I think Amy Hansen
explains why I believe this. Also, any reference toSnatchis a great reason to listen to Massive
Attack. The third track Teardrop is also quite familiar to television fans.
For students this
album is incredible for winding down either before or after a big
test. I would drive through the town of Niagara Falls at night blasting this
album. The album also forced me to focus and essentially drown out irrelevant noises.This album is best at night and the vocals are why. Deep and dark, almost creepy and it is perfect this way.
I hope you love it as much as I do.
Below is the full
album with track listing (and time when song begins on video)
1 - Angel (0:00)
2 - Risingson (6:19)
3 - Teardrop (11:17)
4 - Inertia Creeps (16:47)
5 - Exchange (22:44)
6 - Dissolved Girl (26:58)
7 - Man Next Door (33:04)
8 - Black Milk (39:00)
9 - Mezzanine (45:18)
10 - Group Four (51:17)
11 - (Exchange) (59:29)
A specific band, song or artist can signify a
change in their music taste. In my case it comes at a specific time. Around
2008 a friend of mine introduced me to This Will Destroy You.
I expected something loud and abrasive; instead This
Will Destroy You’s Young Mountain is calm and I felt the embrace of the music.
The band’s sound creates an ambiance of constant contemplation, an eternal
reflection.
But always calm.
As a student I always used This Will Destroy You
as my go-to exam-studying band. Specific moments of each song allowed me to
retain specific information that when I would play the album on the way to
school, I would actually remember much of the educational content.
Certain riffs and drumming patterns allowed me
to easily remember my studying material.
I did use TWDY more as an essay-studying band than a short answer, multiple-choice
types. Sometimes the sounds allowed me to explore abstract thoughts, thoughts
beneficial for a university exam essay. The album's finale can work as your essays
conclusion, to the point and effective. It was always a game of fitting my conclusion
into the last part of the album.
Below I have found and posted This Will Destroy
You album Young Mountain.
Track listing
1 - Quiet - 0:04
2 - The World is Our _______ - 4:56
3 - I Believe in Your Victory - 12:04
4 - Grandfather Clock - 18:38
5 - Happiness: We're All in it Together - 21:20
6 - There are some Remedies worse than the disease - 29:53
Audio Ambrosia is a blog dedicated to
helping music fans learn about new bands I believe are extraordinary at relaxing
the mind. This is not the music you find that is only duck sounds on a lake
type relaxing music. These are bands from different ambient like genres that
have allowed me to become a more relaxed and musically educated individual. I used many of these bands to calm me during
exams and stressful job interviews. In
many cases, these artists forced me to grow up and learn not all music needs to
fit into a particular mould.
I will provide specific experiences in
which a certain band helped me relax the mind and guide me through four years
of university and another educational expedition of post-graduate studies. Each week I will try to combine an experience
with a band hoping either you see the bond I did, or see something different.
Time of day and season is important to my listening practices so take that into
consideration. To start I will provide you a taste of what is to come with my
first entry, the band that started it all for me, This Will Destroy You.
