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Sunday Soundcheck: Set 007

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 6:54 AM
This week...





Years of Rice & Salt





Nothing of Cities - 2011


Service Bell - 2009


Origin Point:
England

Sounds Like:
Post Rock, Instrumental, Folk, Experimental



This week's recommendation is a lesser-spotted post-rock/folk band based in London. Years Of Rice & Salt take a well-worn post-rock sound, and fuse it with folk sensibilities and a sparse but intelligent use of vocals and classical crescendos to create a cinematic soundtrack-esque wall of noise; it captivates over two releases but will linger in the mind for much longer.

Now, I know the discussion of music can be an emotionally charged subject for some people, but I'm not claiming that anything is better than anything else. This is no more than a soap-box for me to promote music that I enjoy; maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't. That's fine!

If you've any recommendations based on this artist, or wish to promote some music that you yourself enjoy, please do so in the comments. Maybe I'll end up enjoying something enough to feature it myself.




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Sunday Soundcheck: #007
Years of Rice & Salt
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:iconinsolitus85:
*insolitus85 Feb 9, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Finally have/made some time to actually check this. good lazy sunday music :D :D
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^arctoa Feb 9, 2013  Student Photographer
Glad you like it!
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:iconhayley--jade:
*hayley--jade Jan 14, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
:clap: Looking them up :)
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:iconarctoa:
^arctoa Jan 15, 2013  Student Photographer
If you click on the album covers here they should take you to pages where you can stream the material. ;]
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:iconhayley--jade:
*hayley--jade Jan 15, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
ahhh how awesome! :eager:
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^arctoa Jan 16, 2013  Student Photographer
It's the world of tomorrow!

:lol:
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:iconhayley--jade:
*hayley--jade Jan 16, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
haha let's make it the world of today!
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*insolitus85 Jan 14, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Folk, that sounds interesting!! I'm going to check this out when I am back home (and alone).

Also I have another one for you. I'm not sure what to make of it myself yet, but I found it at least interesting. Another electronic piece I can't really categorize: [link]
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^arctoa Jan 15, 2013  Student Photographer
Oh my, that's some off-the-wall stuff, heh. I've been recommended some of his material before but I'm sure none of it sounded anything like that, ahah; it's some sort of avant-garde nightmare dubstep. Clearly the man has been listening to too much Mr. Bungle!
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*insolitus85 Jan 15, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
It's quite different from his other work.

:rofl: @ Mr. Bungle
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