en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices N3croyeti's Last.fm Journal http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal The Last.fm journal for N3croyeti. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. "FAR SUPERIOR TO THE FILTHY ELECTRIC GUITAR" - A massive list of classical music I want to listen to. http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2008/03/30/64zdw_%22far_superior_to_the_filthy_electric_guitar%22_-_a_massive_list_of_classical_music_i_want_to_listen_to. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:57:59 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2008/03/30/64zdw_%22far_superior_to_the_filthy_electric_guitar%22_-_a_massive_list_of_classical_music_i_want_to_listen_to.

Mainly entry level garbage since, as you can tell from my charts, I'm not awfully knowledgeable about classical music. I've only really grown an appreciation of it recently.

Isaac Albéniz - Leyenda (aka Asturias)
Isaac Albéniz - Malagena
Johann Sebastian Bach - The Art of Fugue
Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)
Johann Sebastian Bach - St. John Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach - St. Matthew Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio
Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 1
Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 2
Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Georges Bizet - Carmen
Johann Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Johann Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Johann Brahms - Hungarian Dances
Frederic Chopin - Noctures
Claude Debussy
Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
Phillip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Phillip Glass - Satyagraha
Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites
Edvard Grieg - Sigurd Jorsalfar
Lou Harrison - Suite for Violin with String Orchestra
Lou Harrison - Suite for Cello & Piano
Lou Harrison - Suite for Cello & Harp
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 34
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 94
Gustav Holst - The Planets Suite
Alan Hovhaness - Prelude & Quadruple Fugue
Alan Hovhaness - "Mt. St. Helens" Symphony
Alan Hovhaness - "Spirits of Trees" Soanata for Harp & Guitar
Franz Liszt
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 25
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 38
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 39
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 41
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Barber of Saville"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "The Magic Flute"
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Niccolo Paganini
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa
Arvo Part - Passio
Arvo Part - Alina
Arvo Part - Kanon Pokajanen
Arvo Part - Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme"
Giacomo Puccini - "Madam Butterfly"
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
Steve Reich - Music for a Large Ensemble
Ottorino Respighi - Pines of Rome
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
Terry Riley - In C
Camille Saint-saens - Danse Macabre
Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 8
Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 9
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
Dmitri Shostakovich - Jazz Suites No. 1 and 2
Jean Sibelius
Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast
Igor Stravinsky - Firebird
Igor Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 9
Giuseppe Verdi - "Tosca"
Giuseppe Verdi - "Aida"
Giuseppe Verdi - "Rigoletto"
Richard Wagner - any Overtures.
Ralph Vaughn Williams - English Folk Song Suite
Ralph Vaughn Williams - The Lark Ascending

Also refer to gwalla's essential classical music post here.]]> A lulzy "Top 10 albums of 2004" I found in my old blog. http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2008/03/11/64z4k_a_lulzy_%22top_10_albums_of_2004%22_i_found_in_my_old_blog. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:39:03 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2008/03/11/64z4k_a_lulzy_%22top_10_albums_of_2004%22_i_found_in_my_old_blog. Holy shitting penis. I can't believe I used to listen to shit like this not too long ago *facepalm*. I'm posting them here because a) I'm going to delete that blog soon and need to preserve this and b) for the lulz.

Here's the blog entry in its entirety:

Top 10 albums of 2004

Thought I would give this a shot...I will probably miss something out but...here goes:

10. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

9. Brian Wilson - Smile

8. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

7. The Killers - Hot Fuss

6. Razorlight - Up All Night

5. The Libertines - The Libertines

4. The Zutons - Who Killed...The Zutons

3. Hope of the States - The Lost Riots

2. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

1. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Honourable Mentions

Morrissey - You Are The Quarry

Snow Patrol - Final Straw

Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

Interpol - Antics

Ordinary Boys - Over The Counter Culture


Shine On....

Jonny. "Lets make 2005 as good as 2004."







.....Jesus FUCKING Christ.

As an extra added bonus, here's the top 10 albums of 2005 list as well. It's not as lulzy though, I think my taste in music was ever so slightly improving.

Top 10 Albums of 2005

I'm a little late, but shall take a crack at it anyway to carry on the tradition. I'm bound to miss something out but...here goes:

10. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

9. Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation

8. Opeth - Ghost Reveries

7. Dream Theater - Octavarium

6. John Petrucci - Suspended Animation

5. Sigur Ros - Takk...

4. The Decemberists - Picaresque

3. Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel The Illinoise

2. The Mars Volta [Pink Zeppelin?] - Frances The Mute

1. The Arcade Fire - Funeral (*)

Honourable Mentions

Belle and Sebastian - Push Barman to Open Old Wounds

The Arcade Fire - The Arcade Fire EP

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better...

Cryptopsy - Once Was Not

Coldplay - X & Y


Shine On....

Jonny. "Lets make 2006 as good as 2005."]]> A gathering for all recently recommended music. http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2008/01/20/64yx0_a_gathering_for_all_recently_recommended_music. Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:33:54 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2008/01/20/64yx0_a_gathering_for_all_recently_recommended_music. If you're reading this... Recommend some more!

And I'm fully aware some of the genre headings are dodgy. I'll fix it some other time.


Ambient (Including Post-Rock, Shoegaze and Noise Music)
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
Byla - Byla
Curve - Come Clean
Daturah - Daturah
Destroyalldreamers - Wish I Was All In Flames
Duster - Contemporary Movement
Fear Falls Burning - He Spoke in Dead Tongues
Gastr Del Sol - Camofleur
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
Merzbow - 1930
Russian Circles - Enter
SIANspheric - The Sound Of The Colour Of The Sun
Slint - Spiderland
Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet
The World On Higher Downs - Land Patterns

Electronic
Bong-Ra - I Am The God of Hellfire
Christ. - Blue Shift Emissions
Efterklang - Parades
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Imaginations
High Contrast - True Colours
Klute - The Emperor's New Clothes
London Elektricity - Power Ballads
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

Hip-Hop
4hero - Play With The Changes
Buck 65 - Situation/ Porch
Hieroglyphics - Full Circle
Lamb - Lamb
Leak Bros. - Waterworld
Madlib - Shades of Blue
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Pharoahe Monche - Desire
Prodigy - Return of the Mac
Quasimoto - Further adventures of Lord Quas
Sage Francis - Personal Journeys
Sensational - Loaded with Power
Themselves - Them

Jazz
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
Kyoto Jazz Massive - Spirit of The Sun
Nuspirit Helsinki - Nuspirit Helsinki

Metal
Augury - Concealed
The Black Mages - The Black Mages
Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Dissection - The Somberlain
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
Hieronymus Bosch - Artificial Emotions
Night in Gales
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage d'Hiver
Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients
Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe
Tiamat - Prey
Virgin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte

Punk (Including Hardcore, Ska and more)
Amphetameanies - Pandamonium
Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
Fugazi - Repeater+3
These Arms Are Snakes - Easter

Rock (Including prog, noise etc)
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Gazpacho - Night
The God Machine - Scenes From The Second Storey
Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot
Hum - Downward Is Heavenward
jezus lizard - Goat
Minus the Bear - Menos El Oso
Rapeman - Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
Sebadoh - Bakesale
Sylvan - Posthumous Silence]]> Bands/Artists I wish were higher up in my charts, but probably never will be because of impossibly long track lengths or lack of material. http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/12/01/64yqh_bandsartists_i_wish_were_higher_up_in_my_charts%2C_but_probably_never_will_be_because_of_impossibly_long_track_lengths_or_lack_of_material. Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:01:06 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/12/01/64yqh_bandsartists_i_wish_were_higher_up_in_my_charts%2C_but_probably_never_will_be_because_of_impossibly_long_track_lengths_or_lack_of_material. Godspeed You! Black Emperor (long songs!!!)
Mike Oldfield (long songs!!!)
Minsk (two short albums)
Facedowninshit (two short albums and some rarities)
John Scofield & Pat Metheny (only released one album)
Sunn O))) (DDDDRRRROOOONNNNEEEEE)
Strangers Die Everyday (one album)
Cynic (one album)
Control Denied (one album)
OM (looooong~)

tl;dr version: BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW]]> Stuff I NEED To Check Out http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/11/08/64ynj_stuff_i_need_to_check_out_ Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:04:53 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/11/08/64ynj_stuff_i_need_to_check_out_ Hydrahead Records

Anticon collective

Definitive Jux

Elephant Six Records

Genres:

Breakcore/Glitch/IDM
Folk Metal
French House
Horror Punk
Psychobilly
Shoegaze
Trip-Hop]]> Albums to get. http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/05/02/64ylc_albums_to_get. Wed, 2 May 2007 22:56:33 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/05/02/64ylc_albums_to_get. (either recommendations from threads or MAC or just something I've been meaning to get. For personal use, but feel free to add some more :))

Curve - Come Clean
Tiamat - Prey
Gustav Holst - The Planets
The God Machine - Scenes From The Second Storey
The Black Mages - The Black Mages
The Black Mages - The Black Mages II - The Skies Above
Tujiko Noriko - From Tokyo To Naiagara
Melt-Banana - Cell-Scape
Pain of Salvation's The Perfect Element, Part I;
Augury's Concealed;
Edge of Sanity's Crimson II;
or Spiral Architect's A Sceptic's Universe
Gastr Del Sol - Camofleur
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Merzbow - 1930
Masonna]]> Scottish Music Scene http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/03/17/64ybn_scottish_music_scene Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:09:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/03/17/64ybn_scottish_music_scene Inspired by my first listen of the excellent Aereogramme, I am compiling this journal so that others can embrace the brilliant music made in my homeland.

Here follows an A-Z selection of some contemporary artists that I feel is currently making us amongst the forerunners in modern music today:

Aereogramme - One of the best post-rock/prog-rock bands going around.
Arab Strap - Indie rock from Falkirk, now sadly split up :(
Belle and Sebastian - So called "twee pop" indie band, they are pretty much one of the most influential bands in the past decade or so..... Sounds a bit like the Smiths I suppose.
Biffy Clyro - An AltRock band, just released a new single and a new album coming soon which is GUARANTEED to be huge. You heard it here first.
Boards of Canada - An electronic ambient/IDM duo. One of the best and well known of such genre at the moment. VERY soothing stuff.
Camera Obscura - A glaswegian indie pop band. Was supported by the late John Peel a few years before his death.
Dogs Die in Hot Cars - AltRock similar to Biffy Clyro and Franz Ferdinand, was sadly overlooked because of those two giants.
Franz Ferdinand - Worldwide famous Glaswegian indie band with a fond liking for Russian art.
The Fratellis - Very famous indie band, just won best breakthrough act at the brits.
Idlewild - A unique indie band, also newly released a new album. Good singer.
The Jesus and Mary Chain - A post-punkish/alt-rockish band that helped create "Shoegazing" along with the excellent My Bloody Valentine.
Mogwai - One of the most influential Post-Rock bands alongside Tortoise and Slint, although Mogwai are the masters of producing soft-loud-soft-loud dynamics in their music unlike those two.
Primal Scream - Have endured two decades of the popular music scene with consistantly good releases, and recently won "The Godlike Genius" award by the NME.
The Proclaimers - No introduction necessary.
The Retrosexuals - Glaswegian Synth-Rock. Have an excellent song called Blood in their Eyes you can download from their last.fm page
Shitdisco - Not actually sure what they are.... dance punk? Either way, this Glaswegian band are nice and unique to listen to... should be HUGE in a few years time if you ask me.
Snow Patrol - No Introduction Necessary....are headlining T in The Park this year.
Travis - New album coming out soon. Have one of the coolest music videos ever (Turn)
The Vaselines - One of the main influences of Nirvana. Cobain covered two of their songs on UINW.
The View

Leave a comment if you have something to say, notice any glaring omissions, or wish to recommend more Scottish music :) I always love new stuff.

Disclaimer: I know I probably got some of the genres wrong, and I missed out a few key bands, (Aztec Camera, The Exploited, etc) but still... It's not like this is comprehensive or anything. (It didn't take long to write anyway)

For interest, my current top 5:

My Top 5:

5. Boards of Canada
4. Franz Ferdinand
3. Idlewild
2. Belle and Sebastian
1. Mogwai
Honourary Mention: Eurythmics
Wooden Spoon Award: Runrig]]> My Past Weekly Top Artists http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/02/21/64xyy_my_past_weekly_top_artists Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:56:38 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/N3croyeti/journal/2007/02/21/64xyy_my_past_weekly_top_artists Neutral Milk Hotel - 17
Primus - 2
The Smiths - 48
The Smiths - 10
Naked City - 21
Neutral Milk Hotel - 14
Shiro Sagisu - 42
Primus - 11
Primus - 31
Pink Floyd/Opeth - 29
The Doors - 75
Tool - 36
Burzum - 9
Rush - 43
Death - 47
Incubus - 28
Incubus - 107
Incubus - 51
Pink Floyd - 64
Bjork - 43
Manic Street Preachers/Neutral Milk Hotel - 31
Death - 58
Pink Floyd - 27
Atheist - 59
Yes - 39
Mr. Bungle - 43
Pink Floyd - 96
Frank Zappa - 51
Death - 205]]>