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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Jul 4, 2011 15:29:50 GMT -8
I will try to refrain from making the joke, but I can't, "fucking N.A.S.A., how does it work?" Really though, I've never googled how they made it work. It's an album where everyone who is anyone in music recorded a soundbite, then someone named N.A.S.A. mixed them all together to make an album. The question remains, who the fuck is behind this? The album features David Byrne, Chali 2Na, Gift Of Gab, Chuck D, Karen O, Kanye West, George Clinton, Tom Waits, etc, etc, etc,. How does it work? Sorry I'm late to the thread, life has been non-stop lately. I'm not 100% on all of the tracks because I'm not familliar with every song, but it's usually done by aquiring the accapella/vocal tracks of the songs and then laying them down onto their own produced beats. As mentioned before, very similar to Girl Talk mash-ups but not as busy. A lot of dj's do it live by playing an accapella over top of a song at the same tempo. I really liked the album. Some songs were better than others, but it was still overall very enjoyable. For anyone else who enjoyed this album, I would also suggest looking up Fort Knox Five, Big League Chu, Smalltown DJs, Neighbour, Wax Romeo and Homebreakin Records.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jul 5, 2011 10:17:01 GMT -8
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED!! I already do a song of the week thing with some people at work and I might as well add this to my music plate as well! I will listen to the last couple of albums and fire off a review later this week. I added you to 10/9. Below is the schedule: 6/26: N.A.S.A. - Spirit of Apollo (know ID yuh) 7/3 Slint - Spiderland (cbats) 7/10 (drew) 7/17 (bradberad) 7/24 (stormypinkness) 7/31 (J-Dawg) 8/7 (lumpy) 8/14 (wompwomp) 8/21 (Comeswithasword) 8/28 (friendlyD) 9/4 (HornedGramma) 9/11 (Rustneversleeps) 9/18 (Geno) 9/25 (EMptY) 10/2 (Souly) 10/9 (blacksmile)
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Post by Blacksmile on Jul 5, 2011 10:45:39 GMT -8
Cool! Looking forward to the coming weeks. This board is a mecca for new discoveries and this is a fantastic way to pass the time.
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Post by emptyfox on Jul 5, 2011 14:49:06 GMT -8
Regarding N.A.S.A, I've only listened through once, but so far the only track that really jumps out at me is the Kanye/Santogold/Lykke Li track. The rest of it seemed sort of run of the mill, but that may change with the second and third listen.
It probably doesn't help that we listened to it while driving down the highway with the windows open. It'll get another couple listens tonight and tomorrow and then cbats' selection is up.
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Post by J-Dawg on Jul 5, 2011 16:55:21 GMT -8
The N.A.S.A. album I actually enjoyed quite a bit, which didn't surprise me given that I actually enjoy listening to Mash-ups once in a while (yes, the horror). I realize what they're doing isn't technically Mash-ups since it's all new material, but the large number of vocal samples definitely gave it that feel for me.
That said, for this type of music I tend to prefer stuff that leans towards pop as opposed to hip-hop / rap.
All in all, I thought it was an interesting and thought-provoking choice for the first album.
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Post by J-Dawg on Jul 5, 2011 16:58:09 GMT -8
I've only given Spiderland a single listen thus far, and will probably sit down and listen to it again tonight. I found the unpredictability of the tracks quite enjoyable - that aspect brought to mind several of my favorite BT songs where there are somewhat abrupt shifts in the tempo or style or instruments in use.
I think my only real criticism so far is that the tracks tended to sound very similar to me. It felt more like one longish song broken into several tracks than a set of distinct tracks assembled into an album. That may be a plus for some, but it's a minus for me.
With a couple more listens I may or may not have more to add.
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Post by Blacksmile on Jul 6, 2011 6:29:01 GMT -8
Checked out N.A.S.A over the last couple of days and found it to be quite refreshing and not at all what I was expecting. After reading about the Girl Talk/Mash-Up comparisons I thought that's what it was going to be and found it to be nothing at all like that.
I have to start by saying that while I can appreciate the art of hip hop it is not a genre I listen to all that often with the exception of a few artists that actually appeared on this album. The one thing I really liked about the album was how different each song sounded, but at 17 tracks I found it a little long and eventually tiresome.
Standout tracks for me included, "Hip Hop" (loved the old school 80's rap stylings of KRS-One and the 90's sounding beat), "Way Down" w/ RZA (who can do no wrong), "Strange Enough" (awesome to hear 'Ol Dirty's vocal delivery over Karen O's crooning), "Spacious Thoughts" (Tom Wait's deomonically possessed vocals fit nicely with Kool Keith's delivery...never thought I'd see those two names in one sentence but it worked!) and "Gifted" w/ Kanye (like the RZA he can do no wrong, unless he has the autotune in hand).
In the end, I somewhat enjoyed listening to the album, but I don't think it's something that I will seek out again, but thanks for the introduction!
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Post by know ID yuh on Jul 6, 2011 15:41:49 GMT -8
I still think comparing N.A.S.A to Girl Talk is like comparing Dr. John to Lil' John, but I digress.
I'm about to listen to Spiderland for the second time. I listen to 80% of my music at work, so if I'm busy, I don't really pay attention. It's a curse, but also can be really cool when a song hits me after the second or third listen. That's how I know it's good.
I'm happy with the selection cbats. It is an album I have never listened to, yet have heard of several times. I recognized the album art as well. I'll give my opinion after I give it a couple more spins.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jul 6, 2011 15:51:00 GMT -8
Spiderland is a record that was unanimously a favorite on several boards I've occupied over the years -- mostly eight or nine years ago or more. "College" rock from the late 80's and early 90's were a blind spot in my education for a long time just because I was too young at the time to seek out stuff like Slint, or Meat Puppets or the Replacements.
So it's been interesting for me lately to go back and dig through some of this stuff. I worked on Spiderland for a little while in my early twenties but it never really grabbed me. As a good example of either how tastes change or how music from one time can sound great in another when you find it for a second or third time, I'm enjoying it much more today than I did before. I'm really pleased to be hearing this right now; I'm gonna absorb it a little and I'll have more to say on it soon.
Thanks cbats; really, really good call there.
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Post by Cbats on Jul 6, 2011 18:28:42 GMT -8
glad to hear that at least a few of you weren't particularly familiar with it, I was afraid most people would have heard it but I guess it's still true that most people know of it/the album art but haven't really given it many listens. Fun fact about the cover art: the photo was shot by Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) who grew up with the band. Will is also on the cover of their first album but you can't really see him because he's wearing a helmet and mostly obscured by the reflectionof the cars windshield.
In case anyone is holding back negative feedback, I picked a semi-polarizing album on purpose so if you think it's utter shit please say so!
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jul 6, 2011 18:42:37 GMT -8
In case anyone is holding back negative feedback, I picked a semi-polarizing album on purpose so if you think it's utter shit please say so! I hope we can all do this for each of these albums. For God's sake, don't pretend to like something you don't. You know for sure I'll speak my mind if I don't like something and -- seriously dudes? -- the rest of you should do the same.
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Post by J-Dawg on Jul 6, 2011 19:07:19 GMT -8
I agree HG. The album I'm planning on picking is going to be interesting - I suspect some of you will love it and others will hate it. I'm curious what you all think of it. Good or Bad.
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Post by Blacksmile on Jul 6, 2011 19:26:24 GMT -8
I listened to Spiderland last night and again this afternoon and for me it was an exercise in patience. I had heard the album briefly in the past and never gave it much thought since.
While it had a couple of shining moments of heaviness I found the first three songs just meandered and went nowhere. The lyrics and vocal delivery were strange and distracting, and the music was so subtle that I thought at times there was nothing even happening. By the halfway point of "Washer" I thought for sure the album was going to bust wide open because the tension was so strong...but then it stopped, meandered for another minute or so and then peaked with a burst of blissful noise. It was frustrating because every time I thought something would happen, it didn't. Like I said, patience...this album was the ultimate musical cock tease. For me, "Good Morning, Captain" was the album highlight.
While this was not the worst thing I've heard, it just wasn't an enjoyable listening experience. Maybe I was distracted, maybe it was because I didn't listen to it in the dark, maybe I'm just to damn happy to enjoy this type of music right now...who knows...it just didn't grab me. I enjoy post-rock, but I'll take Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor over this any day!
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Post by Fig on Jul 6, 2011 19:40:28 GMT -8
What the fuck was the other board thinking when they booed this idea off the stage? Was it the Coachella boards? WAS IT?
I've gotta catch up on these albums, will post feedback later.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jul 6, 2011 20:07:57 GMT -8
What the fuck was the other board thinking when they booed this idea off the stage? Was it the Coachella boards? WAS IT? No, it was the Lollapalooza board. Long story short, it was more about overstepping the relative boundary of having less than 1,000 posts. I had been around for a long time, and did some super geek internet nerd stuff to prove my worth, but I read a lot more than I posted. They value the JWW type over there, so having "only" 400 posts lead to the 15K club calling foul when I started that thread. That board is also notorious for having high school kids who think they know everything, and extremely boring people who post 50+ times a day. It was the trolls who kept me coming back until this board blew up. They have three seriously hilarious trolls over there.
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Post by J-Dawg on Jul 6, 2011 20:11:45 GMT -8
Never checked out the Lollla boards, but the Coachella boards turned me off completely. You people are infinitely more awesome than pretty much everyone I saw posting there.
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Post by Fig on Jul 6, 2011 20:24:08 GMT -8
o/ \o
(High five!)
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Post by know ID yuh on Jul 6, 2011 20:27:13 GMT -8
Never checked out the Lollla boards, but the Coachella boards turned me off completely. You people are infinitely more awesome than pretty much everyone I saw posting there. There are some really bright and funny people on every board, people I fully respect, even on the Coachella board. There is much less riff raff here though. The average age of the regulars here is much higher than the Coach/Lolla board, and our youngsters are some of the better posters (instead of the pretentious annoying fucks). One of my favorite people online physically lives in Vancouver (BC), but internet speaking, lives on the Lolla board. I wish he hung out here.
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Post by Fig on Jul 6, 2011 20:50:41 GMT -8
Convert him! "One of us, one of us! Gooble, gobble! Gooble, gobble!"
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Post by Geoff on Jul 6, 2011 20:53:14 GMT -8
Finally listened to that Slint album, pretty good.
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