Getting a little tired of my current musical collection, so i am in need of your help!

I'd be really grateful if you guys help me identify what i am after and recommend me any albums which relate to these genre's.

First up, i have never really listened to ANY sort of 'electronic' music...ever. Though recently i aquired 'Fat of the Land' by The Prodigy. Loved it, got the rest of their albums. Also i was given the Animatrix soundtrack as a present. Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the track 'Supermoves'. So based on the two albums (stupid, i know) what else would you reccomend for me?

Ok next thing. On Lost Dogs by Pearl Jam there are two tracks that i love, 'Gremmie Out of Control' and 'Leaving Here'. Apparently they are termed as Surfie Music. Based on that someone recommended i buy Dick Dale's Greatest Hits. Loved it. So does anyone know any other decent Surfie albums?

I used to hate the whole ska thing, but as time has went on tracks from bands like Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake and Wiseacre have been getting increased playtime. Unfortunately they are the only ska bands i have on my computer, help!

Listened to the score of Pirates of the Caribbean recently and was utterly amazed. Beautiful yet so powerful. Anyone know of any modern composers using an orchestra to perform a more intense modernized form of classical music?

Finally, Funk and Jazz. These two genre's are a complete mystery to me though i've always wanted to get into them.


Well thats it. I'd greatly appreciate if you could help me out here.

Incubus have a lot of funk rock songs. they actually play about 5-6 different rock genres :) (but they are my fav band so don't be surprised if i ramble on about them :P )

as for jazzy funk. have a listen to John Scofield's Jungle Fiction on the Uberjam album.

Check out the propellerheads album "Decksandrumsandrockandroll" and see if you can also track down the single tracks "Crash", "Back Seat Driver", "Dive!" and "Echo and Bounce" I reckon you'd like those.

The other prodigy albums are ok, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned would be the best after Fat of the Land, with Music for Jilted Generations having a couple of decent tracks and a lot of crap.

I'm not too big on electronic myself but I loved fat of the land and I also have that animatrix soundtrack you mentioned so I figured the ones above I mentioned you'd enjoy.

And for the type of classical you're after, check out hans zimmer, the batman begins sountrack, the rock soundtrack, gladiator. Also check out the kingdom of heaven soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams.

Otherwise you can always rely on movie composers by danny elfman or john williams, though they're not really the "modernized" form of classical you were asking for.

Anyone know of any modern composers using an orchestra to perform a more intense modernized form of classical music?

OMFG

Virtually everything that these movie composers use is quoted from real music. They just dumb it down so it doesn't take the slightest intellect to appreciate. Its basically 'pop classical'. More intense? If you want intense, listen to Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Chopin virtually any romantic composer. Even neo-romantic composers like Ricard Strauss, Stravinsky or Rachmaninoff, though they are also fairly avante garde and therefore probably not so appealing to people who are new to real art music.

/end musical elitism

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Vanessa-Mae modernises clasical music, is hot as f***, and also classicalises some modern music.

She doesn't "classicise" modern music. Thats impossible by definition. Also, her modernisation of classical music actually disqualifies it as 'classical' music in its definitive form. Its now pop music. She just plays all the exact same notes, perhaps a little faster than the traditional interpretation, and with an electronic beat. That puts her millenia ahead of s*** like Bond though. Also yes, she is hot :) My fiance has all her albums - makes sense seeing as she also is a hot violinist from Singapore!

One example of modernising classical music is Alicia Keys - she takes classical piano works and recreates them through the medium of a jazz/r&b fusion with fantastic results.

One example of modernising classical music is Alicia Keys - she takes classical piano works and recreates them through the medium of a jazz/r&b fusion with fantastic results.

Agreed. Alicia Keys is amazing. She has become a fairly mainstream musician but she's definetely worth a listen to if you haven't heard anything from her yet.

One of the few mainstream 'musicians' who deserved to be called a musician and actually has real talent.

there is a website that is specifically designed for what you want todo

pandora

Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?

Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.

We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.

from the site.

its the best f***ign thing for finding new music

I myself listen to a few "weird styles", or at least I'm told I'm weird for listening to them. I'm a huge fan of celtic music, Enya, Clannad, Loreena Mckennitt (not truely celtic but very similar). Traditional Japanese music also gets my vote, taiko, shamisen and shakuhachi are very soothing and I find I can loose myself to it. Another group I've come to enjoy is Gregorian, who cover modern songs in an almost traditional monkish way (every heard Metallica song by a group of monks??). Then I come back to the more "modern" styles, Rap, Heavy Metal (Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie) and a little of the main stream.

I was told once that to limit yourself to one style of music only limits yourself.

I was told once that to limit yourself to one style of music only limits yourself.

DEEP

analrot.

for electronic music, grab a few noob ministry of sound annuals and clubbers guides to get a taste for cheesy house music. find a few tracks you like then acquire other tracks from that artist. then youll gradually find the style/variation of house you like.

go the phat elektro

Thanks people! Exactly what i was after!

techno sucks

I was told once that to limit yourself to one style of music only limits yourself.

What www.news.com.au article was that?

the 'brokeback mine' story.

that pandora thing is pretty cool groydis. nice.

smashingpumpkin:

Electronic-wise, I agree with strex from the bottom of my soul. Phat electro is goin'. It usually fits into the 'Breaks' genre of electronic music, (in particular, what is refered to as 'NuBreaks', I believe).
Try looking at artists like Krafty Kuts, Plump DJs, Freq Nasty - or almost anything on the Finger Lickin' Records label.
If you've heard any club/festival sets from Kid Kenobi for example, (fairly popular Aussie DJ), he plays alot of that sort of breaky type stuff. Thick slammin beats with grimey bass lines, that's what I'm talkin about.

Classical... hmmm... if you don't enjoy, or have no interest in 'normal' classical music it seems strange that you would want some 'modern form' of classical exclusively... It seems to me that if you've quite liked some orchestral stuff you've heard, or whatever it was, you might actually be suprised at how much you may enjoy many 'traditional' classical pieces - as Aranot was kindof saying. Perhaps look at getting your hands on a popular symphony orchestra playing well known tunes/theme songs along with well known classical pieces aswell. Like I've got a whole heap of classical pieces played by the London Symphony Orchestra, But I've also got a whole heap of covers and theme songs played by them. (The full orchestral version of the Mario Brothers theme is really quite cool, hehe). So yea, you might end up finding that alot of the more 'traditional' classical stuff is far more impressive than you think.

'Funk and Jazz'... Geez... There's a pretty broad range of different sounds that can fit in there... I mean, are you after some 'funk' and also some 'jazz', seperately? Or are you after some 'funky jazz'?

I'll take a stab in the dark though. Try listening to some of the 'Pulp Fusion' compilations..... Such a well selected range of artists - I rate them. bigtime. And I guess it's what you could call 'funky jazz'. I suppose.
Also try listening to 'Herbie Handcock and the Headhunters'. Early 70's, Herbie sortof pioneered what was then called 'Fusion' - which could loosely be called funky jazz aswell i suppose.
I also have the 1998 'Return of the Headhunters' album, def. one of my fav albums, and let me tell you - it's the epitome of 'funk jazz'. The jazz genius with such a crisp modern funk feel.... maybe you're after that sort of thing.

I hate ska and I hate Pearl Jam, so I'm done.

Anyone know of any modern composers using an orchestra to perform a more intense modernized form of classical music?

maybe try..

Sigur Ros - takk.. (album)

no orchestra, but it's epic stuff. the singer sings in icelandic and plays his guitar with a cello bow. They're also backed by a string quartet. Awesomest s*** ever live.

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