#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Ocean of Sound (Virgin, 1996)
Alt Rock / Krautrock / Gamelan / Ambient / Classical / Dub / Exotica / IDM / Free Improv / Fusion / Experimental / Field Recording
Various – Ocean of Sound (Virgin, 1996)
Alt Rock / Krautrock / Gamelan / Ambient / Classical / Dub / Exotica / IDM / Free Improv / Fusion / Experimental / Field Recording
December 20, 2024 at 11:11 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Ocean of Sound (Virgin, 1996)
Alt Rock / Krautrock / Gamelan / Ambient / Classical / Dub / Exotica / IDM / Free Improv / Fusion / Experimental / Field Recording
Various – Ocean of Sound (Virgin, 1996)
Alt Rock / Krautrock / Gamelan / Ambient / Classical / Dub / Exotica / IDM / Free Improv / Fusion / Experimental / Field Recording
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Tropicália (A Brazilian Revolution In Sound) (Soul Jazz, 2005)
Tropicalia / Psychedelic Rock / MPB
Various – Tropicália (A Brazilian Revolution In Sound) (Soul Jazz, 2005)
Tropicalia / Psychedelic Rock / MPB
December 22, 2024 at 10:48 AM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Tropicália (A Brazilian Revolution In Sound) (Soul Jazz, 2005)
Tropicalia / Psychedelic Rock / MPB
Various – Tropicália (A Brazilian Revolution In Sound) (Soul Jazz, 2005)
Tropicalia / Psychedelic Rock / MPB
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions (!K7, 1998)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Drum & Bossa / Dub
An all-timer chill-out double album of K&D remixes. An astounding compilation and/or mix CD.
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions (!K7, 1998)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Drum & Bossa / Dub
An all-timer chill-out double album of K&D remixes. An astounding compilation and/or mix CD.
December 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions (!K7, 1998)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Drum & Bossa / Dub
An all-timer chill-out double album of K&D remixes. An astounding compilation and/or mix CD.
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions (!K7, 1998)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Drum & Bossa / Dub
An all-timer chill-out double album of K&D remixes. An astounding compilation and/or mix CD.
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste 😋
Various – Ninja Cuts: Funkjazztical Tricknology (Ninja Tune, 1995)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Future Jazz
Various – Ninja Cuts: Funkjazztical Tricknology (Ninja Tune, 1995)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Future Jazz
December 23, 2024 at 3:59 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste 😋
Various – Ninja Cuts: Funkjazztical Tricknology (Ninja Tune, 1995)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Future Jazz
Various – Ninja Cuts: Funkjazztical Tricknology (Ninja Tune, 1995)
Trip Hop / Downtempo / Future Jazz
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Kirk Degiorgio & Ian O'Brien – The Soul Of Science (Obsessive, 2000)
Future Jazz / Downtempo / Broken Beats / Jazz-Funk / Psychadelic Funk / Fusion
Kirk Degiorgio & Ian O'Brien – The Soul Of Science (Obsessive, 2000)
Future Jazz / Downtempo / Broken Beats / Jazz-Funk / Psychadelic Funk / Fusion
December 22, 2024 at 7:44 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Kirk Degiorgio & Ian O'Brien – The Soul Of Science (Obsessive, 2000)
Future Jazz / Downtempo / Broken Beats / Jazz-Funk / Psychadelic Funk / Fusion
Kirk Degiorgio & Ian O'Brien – The Soul Of Science (Obsessive, 2000)
Future Jazz / Downtempo / Broken Beats / Jazz-Funk / Psychadelic Funk / Fusion
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste in music.
Various – The Rough Guide to West African Music (World Music Network, 1995)
Folk / Soukous / Desert Blues / Afro-Cuban
Various – The Rough Guide to West African Music (World Music Network, 1995)
Folk / Soukous / Desert Blues / Afro-Cuban
December 21, 2024 at 11:33 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste in music.
Various – The Rough Guide to West African Music (World Music Network, 1995)
Folk / Soukous / Desert Blues / Afro-Cuban
Various – The Rough Guide to West African Music (World Music Network, 1995)
Folk / Soukous / Desert Blues / Afro-Cuban
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Opera Gala! (Decca, 1992)
Opera
Feat. Pavarotti, Freni, Domingo, Björling, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Sutherland, etc.
Various – Opera Gala! (Decca, 1992)
Opera
Feat. Pavarotti, Freni, Domingo, Björling, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Sutherland, etc.
December 19, 2024 at 7:58 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Opera Gala! (Decca, 1992)
Opera
Feat. Pavarotti, Freni, Domingo, Björling, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Sutherland, etc.
Various – Opera Gala! (Decca, 1992)
Opera
Feat. Pavarotti, Freni, Domingo, Björling, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Sutherland, etc.
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Deep Heat '89 (Telstar, 1989)
House / Hip-House / Acid House / Techno
Hard to choose between this and Deep Heat 3.
Various – Deep Heat '89 (Telstar, 1989)
House / Hip-House / Acid House / Techno
Hard to choose between this and Deep Heat 3.
December 19, 2024 at 8:12 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Deep Heat '89 (Telstar, 1989)
House / Hip-House / Acid House / Techno
Hard to choose between this and Deep Heat 3.
Various – Deep Heat '89 (Telstar, 1989)
House / Hip-House / Acid House / Techno
Hard to choose between this and Deep Heat 3.
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – The Harder They Come (Island, 1972)
Reggae / Rocksteady
Had all the songs on a tape as a kid. Had no idea who the artists were till much later, but I knew all the songs!
Various – The Harder They Come (Island, 1972)
Reggae / Rocksteady
Had all the songs on a tape as a kid. Had no idea who the artists were till much later, but I knew all the songs!
December 19, 2024 at 8:04 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – The Harder They Come (Island, 1972)
Reggae / Rocksteady
Had all the songs on a tape as a kid. Had no idea who the artists were till much later, but I knew all the songs!
Various – The Harder They Come (Island, 1972)
Reggae / Rocksteady
Had all the songs on a tape as a kid. Had no idea who the artists were till much later, but I knew all the songs!
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Brasil: Escola Do Jazz (Straight No Chaser Magazine, 1994)
Bossa Nova / Samba / MPB
Selected by Gilles Peterson & Paul Bradshaw. Released in Japan.
Various – Brasil: Escola Do Jazz (Straight No Chaser Magazine, 1994)
Bossa Nova / Samba / MPB
Selected by Gilles Peterson & Paul Bradshaw. Released in Japan.
December 28, 2024 at 10:19 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Brasil: Escola Do Jazz (Straight No Chaser Magazine, 1994)
Bossa Nova / Samba / MPB
Selected by Gilles Peterson & Paul Bradshaw. Released in Japan.
Various – Brasil: Escola Do Jazz (Straight No Chaser Magazine, 1994)
Bossa Nova / Samba / MPB
Selected by Gilles Peterson & Paul Bradshaw. Released in Japan.
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Mixing It (Chill Out Label, 1994)
Electronic / Jazz / Field Recording / Free Jazz / Ambient / Avant Garde Classical / Experimental / World / Folk
Various – Mixing It (Chill Out Label, 1994)
Electronic / Jazz / Field Recording / Free Jazz / Ambient / Avant Garde Classical / Experimental / World / Folk
December 28, 2024 at 9:41 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Mixing It (Chill Out Label, 1994)
Electronic / Jazz / Field Recording / Free Jazz / Ambient / Avant Garde Classical / Experimental / World / Folk
Various – Mixing It (Chill Out Label, 1994)
Electronic / Jazz / Field Recording / Free Jazz / Ambient / Avant Garde Classical / Experimental / World / Folk
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Artificial Intelligence II (Warp, 1994)
Ambient / Electronic / IDM
Feat. Autechre, Speedy J, Richard H Kirk, Seefeel, Kenny Larkin, Black Dog, Aphex Twin, Global Communications (as Link), etc.
Various – Artificial Intelligence II (Warp, 1994)
Ambient / Electronic / IDM
Feat. Autechre, Speedy J, Richard H Kirk, Seefeel, Kenny Larkin, Black Dog, Aphex Twin, Global Communications (as Link), etc.
December 19, 2024 at 8:32 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
Various – Artificial Intelligence II (Warp, 1994)
Ambient / Electronic / IDM
Feat. Autechre, Speedy J, Richard H Kirk, Seefeel, Kenny Larkin, Black Dog, Aphex Twin, Global Communications (as Link), etc.
Various – Artificial Intelligence II (Warp, 1994)
Ambient / Electronic / IDM
Feat. Autechre, Speedy J, Richard H Kirk, Seefeel, Kenny Larkin, Black Dog, Aphex Twin, Global Communications (as Link), etc.
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
Tales of The Mbira [2003]
Shona music from Zimbabwe.
Example track: Max Mapfumo & Doripo Crew - Mutserendende
youtu.be/fin51LU7n-8?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
Tales of The Mbira [2003]
Shona music from Zimbabwe.
Example track: Max Mapfumo & Doripo Crew - Mutserendende
youtu.be/fin51LU7n-8?...
December 23, 2024 at 11:59 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
Tales of The Mbira [2003]
Shona music from Zimbabwe.
Example track: Max Mapfumo & Doripo Crew - Mutserendende
youtu.be/fin51LU7n-8?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
Tales of The Mbira [2003]
Shona music from Zimbabwe.
Example track: Max Mapfumo & Doripo Crew - Mutserendende
youtu.be/fin51LU7n-8?...
Music Twitter/Bsky accounts are all about albums... but I've loved so many compilation albums I think I'll give them a bit of attention.
I'll post #20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste. Join in if you want.
I will probably skip DJ mixes and single-artist CDs, just to make it easier to choose.
I'll post #20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste. Join in if you want.
I will probably skip DJ mixes and single-artist CDs, just to make it easier to choose.
December 19, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Music Twitter/Bsky accounts are all about albums... but I've loved so many compilation albums I think I'll give them a bit of attention.
I'll post #20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste. Join in if you want.
I will probably skip DJ mixes and single-artist CDs, just to make it easier to choose.
I'll post #20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste. Join in if you want.
I will probably skip DJ mixes and single-artist CDs, just to make it easier to choose.
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Music Of South-East & East Asia (JVC, 1996)
World / Gamelan / Throat Singing / Asian Folk
Various – Music Of South-East & East Asia (JVC, 1996)
World / Gamelan / Throat Singing / Asian Folk
December 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Music Of South-East & East Asia (JVC, 1996)
World / Gamelan / Throat Singing / Asian Folk
Various – Music Of South-East & East Asia (JVC, 1996)
World / Gamelan / Throat Singing / Asian Folk
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Survival 2000 (The Total Record Company, 1994)
Electronic / Techno / Ambient / Dub
Drum Club, System 7, Orbital, Meat Beat Manifesto, etc. Up there with 'Trance Europe Express' series.
Various – Survival 2000 (The Total Record Company, 1994)
Electronic / Techno / Ambient / Dub
Drum Club, System 7, Orbital, Meat Beat Manifesto, etc. Up there with 'Trance Europe Express' series.
December 28, 2024 at 10:07 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste
Various – Survival 2000 (The Total Record Company, 1994)
Electronic / Techno / Ambient / Dub
Drum Club, System 7, Orbital, Meat Beat Manifesto, etc. Up there with 'Trance Europe Express' series.
Various – Survival 2000 (The Total Record Company, 1994)
Electronic / Techno / Ambient / Dub
Drum Club, System 7, Orbital, Meat Beat Manifesto, etc. Up there with 'Trance Europe Express' series.
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
Between Heaven And Earth - Traditional Gamelan Music Of Bali [1999]
As far from Western music as it's possible to get, and all the better for it!
Example track: Gamelan Jegog Werdi Sentana – Tabuh Gegenderan
youtu.be/W2NQMBq5YWc?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
Between Heaven And Earth - Traditional Gamelan Music Of Bali [1999]
As far from Western music as it's possible to get, and all the better for it!
Example track: Gamelan Jegog Werdi Sentana – Tabuh Gegenderan
youtu.be/W2NQMBq5YWc?...
December 21, 2024 at 11:54 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
Between Heaven And Earth - Traditional Gamelan Music Of Bali [1999]
As far from Western music as it's possible to get, and all the better for it!
Example track: Gamelan Jegog Werdi Sentana – Tabuh Gegenderan
youtu.be/W2NQMBq5YWc?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
Between Heaven And Earth - Traditional Gamelan Music Of Bali [1999]
As far from Western music as it's possible to get, and all the better for it!
Example track: Gamelan Jegog Werdi Sentana – Tabuh Gegenderan
youtu.be/W2NQMBq5YWc?...
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits [2019]
Released in celebration of Tom Waits' 70th birthday.
Example track: Time - Rosanne Cash
youtu.be/36vHcERWMj0?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits [2019]
Released in celebration of Tom Waits' 70th birthday.
Example track: Time - Rosanne Cash
youtu.be/36vHcERWMj0?...
Time
YouTube video by Rosanne Cash - Topic
youtu.be
December 26, 2024 at 10:18 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits [2019]
Released in celebration of Tom Waits' 70th birthday.
Example track: Time - Rosanne Cash
youtu.be/36vHcERWMj0?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits [2019]
Released in celebration of Tom Waits' 70th birthday.
Example track: Time - Rosanne Cash
youtu.be/36vHcERWMj0?...
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 7
Camelspotting [1999]
Late 90's songs from the Middle East.
Example track: Dania - Yalla Ya Habibi
youtu.be/1AOro81NaJw?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 7
Camelspotting [1999]
Late 90's songs from the Middle East.
Example track: Dania - Yalla Ya Habibi
youtu.be/1AOro81NaJw?...
December 26, 2024 at 9:02 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 7
Camelspotting [1999]
Late 90's songs from the Middle East.
Example track: Dania - Yalla Ya Habibi
youtu.be/1AOro81NaJw?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 7
Camelspotting [1999]
Late 90's songs from the Middle East.
Example track: Dania - Yalla Ya Habibi
youtu.be/1AOro81NaJw?...
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
Hospital Mixtape: Etherwood [2014]
An excellent introduction to Liquid Drum n Bass, including a couple of tracks by Etherwood himself.
Example track: Etherwood - Falling Out Of Consciousness (VIP)
youtu.be/gvJJd82S40k?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
Hospital Mixtape: Etherwood [2014]
An excellent introduction to Liquid Drum n Bass, including a couple of tracks by Etherwood himself.
Example track: Etherwood - Falling Out Of Consciousness (VIP)
youtu.be/gvJJd82S40k?...
Falling Out Of Consciousness (feat. Georgia Yates, Bev Lee Harling) (VIP)
YouTube video by Etherwood - Topic
youtu.be
December 22, 2024 at 8:07 PM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
Hospital Mixtape: Etherwood [2014]
An excellent introduction to Liquid Drum n Bass, including a couple of tracks by Etherwood himself.
Example track: Etherwood - Falling Out Of Consciousness (VIP)
youtu.be/gvJJd82S40k?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
Hospital Mixtape: Etherwood [2014]
An excellent introduction to Liquid Drum n Bass, including a couple of tracks by Etherwood himself.
Example track: Etherwood - Falling Out Of Consciousness (VIP)
youtu.be/gvJJd82S40k?...
#20CompilationAlbums
#MusicChallenge
Day 19
Women In Turkish Electronic Music [2024]
Wide mix of modern experimental electronic music. Click through to the YouTube description for a link to the whole album on BandCamp.
Example Track: Gülce Özen Gürkan - Sonata
youtu.be/BN3fJciAnRA?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 19
Women In Turkish Electronic Music [2024]
Wide mix of modern experimental electronic music. Click through to the YouTube description for a link to the whole album on BandCamp.
Example Track: Gülce Özen Gürkan - Sonata
youtu.be/BN3fJciAnRA?...
January 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#20CompilationAlbums
#MusicChallenge
Day 19
Women In Turkish Electronic Music [2024]
Wide mix of modern experimental electronic music. Click through to the YouTube description for a link to the whole album on BandCamp.
Example Track: Gülce Özen Gürkan - Sonata
youtu.be/BN3fJciAnRA?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 19
Women In Turkish Electronic Music [2024]
Wide mix of modern experimental electronic music. Click through to the YouTube description for a link to the whole album on BandCamp.
Example Track: Gülce Özen Gürkan - Sonata
youtu.be/BN3fJciAnRA?...
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 20
Virus 100 [1992]
The album that introduced punks to hip-hop!
Example track: Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - California Uber Alles
youtu.be/7jvZuR-k4gs?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 20
Virus 100 [1992]
The album that introduced punks to hip-hop!
Example track: Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - California Uber Alles
youtu.be/7jvZuR-k4gs?...
January 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 20
Virus 100 [1992]
The album that introduced punks to hip-hop!
Example track: Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - California Uber Alles
youtu.be/7jvZuR-k4gs?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 20
Virus 100 [1992]
The album that introduced punks to hip-hop!
Example track: Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - California Uber Alles
youtu.be/7jvZuR-k4gs?...
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 17
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) [2000]
bleep, wibble - this is where it all started!
Example track: Richard Maxfield - Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterfiles Encountered Over The Ocean)
youtu.be/EuYYBwFjChU?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 17
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) [2000]
bleep, wibble - this is where it all started!
Example track: Richard Maxfield - Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterfiles Encountered Over The Ocean)
youtu.be/EuYYBwFjChU?...
January 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 17
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) [2000]
bleep, wibble - this is where it all started!
Example track: Richard Maxfield - Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterfiles Encountered Over The Ocean)
youtu.be/EuYYBwFjChU?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 17
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) [2000]
bleep, wibble - this is where it all started!
Example track: Richard Maxfield - Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterfiles Encountered Over The Ocean)
youtu.be/EuYYBwFjChU?...
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 14
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics [1995]
A great introduction to Bluegrass.
Example track: The Stanley Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
youtu.be/Byyh9QdHAls?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 14
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics [1995]
A great introduction to Bluegrass.
Example track: The Stanley Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
youtu.be/Byyh9QdHAls?...
January 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 14
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics [1995]
A great introduction to Bluegrass.
Example track: The Stanley Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
youtu.be/Byyh9QdHAls?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 14
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics [1995]
A great introduction to Bluegrass.
Example track: The Stanley Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
youtu.be/Byyh9QdHAls?...
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 16
Jak Punk To Punk [1987]
Punk rock from Poland, on a government record label.
Example track: Armia – Na Ulice
youtu.be/YWnGrllOax4?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 16
Jak Punk To Punk [1987]
Punk rock from Poland, on a government record label.
Example track: Armia – Na Ulice
youtu.be/YWnGrllOax4?...
January 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#20CompilationAlbums that shaped my taste.
#MusicChallenge
Day 16
Jak Punk To Punk [1987]
Punk rock from Poland, on a government record label.
Example track: Armia – Na Ulice
youtu.be/YWnGrllOax4?...
#MusicChallenge
Day 16
Jak Punk To Punk [1987]
Punk rock from Poland, on a government record label.
Example track: Armia – Na Ulice
youtu.be/YWnGrllOax4?...