“First up: two hundred and four hours of chanting.”
February 16, 2016 11:27 PM Subscribe
Ever since August of 2013, first Laurent Fintoni (“And This One Time…”) and then Miles Bowe (“Pay What You Want”) have traveled to the farthest reaches of Bandcamp to find its best content (at least, by the slightly outré lights of FACT Magazine). While twenty-six of the releases have disappeared, more than one hundred remain. They are linked within, for your sampling pleasure. (Not included: “It made quite a splish” by The Fish Was Delish)
(Albums are listed as “artist • album (month/year) • tags”, and are sorted by artist, release date, and title. With the exception of donald trump, I only included tags shared by at least two records on the list. Because bands apply their own tags, they may be ironic.)
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//orangenoise • //A Journey to the Heart of Matter (9/2012) • psychedelic, punk, rock, rock n roll, shoegaze
100% • ✦✧ (3/2015) • kids
52 Commercial Road • Communion (11/2013) • bass, electronic, experimental, folk, jazz, post rock, post rock instrumental, psychedelic, rock, soundtrack
74 Miles Away • Gear Change (5/2013) • beats, boogie, broken beats, funk, jazz
7even Recordings • 7even Releases III (4/2014) • bass music, dub, dubstep, electronic, experimental electronic, house, techno
???-??? • クラウド移動 (11/2013) • bass, electronic, future
A PREGNANT LIGHT • All Saints' Day (11/2015) • avant garde, black metal, experimental metal, hardcore, metal, punk
AFTA-1 • Toy Machines (7/2028) • electronic, experimental
ASSIMILATION • THE ALPHA QUADRANT (1/2016) • electronic
Ahkatari • TJD004 (10/2014) • electronica, hip hop, jazz, world
Alaclair Ensemble • Les maigres blancs d'Amérique du Noir (5/2013) • hip-hop/rap, postrigodon
Alsarah & The Nubatones • Silt Remixed (10/2014), Silt (3/2014) • dance, dub, electronic, hip hop, house, world
Amanar • Tumastin (2/2016) • africa, african, ethnomusicology, folk, global, world
Amp Fiddler • Basementality 2 (1/2014) • funk, soul
Anderson .Paak • Cover Art (11/2013) • alternative, alternative hip-hop, funk, hip hop, pop, r&b, r&b/soul, rap, soul
Anonymous • EP.3 (7/2014) • bass, dancehall, dnb, drum & bass, drum and bass, electronic, experimental electronic, footwork, jungle, reggae, trap
Aoki_Desu • Ep Three (11/2013)
Ash Koosha • GUUD (6/2015) • soundtrack
Attack • Retreat (9/2011) • devotional
A—rp • opaco (4/2013) • ambient, electronica, experimental, idm, techno, textural
BILLY SPRAYZ • OXI LEAN (4/2006) • devotional
BLLUDD RELATIONS • BLLUDD RELATIONS (LP) (6/2013) • diy, electronic, jazz
Bantum • Legion (7/2013), Legion (10/2012) • alternative, ambient electronic, chillwave, classical, electro, electroacoustic, electronic, idm, instrumental, post rock
Ben Varian • Part of the Y'all (7/2015) • electronic, experimental, minneapolis, pop, rock n roll
Black Milk • Synth Or Soul (4/2013) • electronic, funk, hip-hop, hip-hop/rap, instrumental, rap, soul, synth
Blind Music • EP.7 (10/2015) • bass, dnb, drum & bass, electronic, experimental electronic, jungle
Bluermutt • When I'm Not (12/2006) • electronic
Boreal Network • Itasca Road Trip (4/2015) • ambient, beat, drone, electronic, experimental, folk, illuminated paths, noise, pepsi, pop, sample, vaporwave
Brian • Paths We Take (7/2015) • electronic, experimental
CHARLES TREES • Our Life (12/2015) • detroit, electronic, house
Cain • FG002: 'Mora EP' (9/2013) • bass, broken beats, electronic, electronic music
Chico Dub • Hy Brazil Vol 2: New Experimental Music From Brazil 2013 (5/2013), Hy Brazil Vol 5: New Experimental Music From Brazil 2014 (6/2014), Hy Brazil Vol 9: (More) Fresh Electronic Music From Brazil 2015 (10/2015) • advanced, ambient, avant-garde, drone, electronic, experimental, future, glitch, idm, industrial, lo-fi
Coco Bryce • The Lover (6/2014) • electronic
DIBIA$E • PROgressions (9/2013) • electronic, experiemental, footwork, hip hop, hip-hop/rap, soulful
DJ Olive • BALM (12/2012) • bass music, electronic, electronic music, meditation, minimal
DJ Slammeister • Super Slam Bros. IV (4/2015) • experimental
DJ Woody & Clicktrax • Vødüm EP (1/2014) • electronic, experimental hip-hop, hip hop, hip-hop/rap
Danny Scrilla • Monolith EP (10/2014) • bass, drum & bass, dub, dubstep, electronic
Deon Taylor • Handling Business (5/2015) • soundtrack
Dewi Yull w/Manthaus • Kina Baru Kau Rasa, Kau Bukan Dirimu - Kroncong Klasik (12/2015) • world
Dimlite • Abscission (6/2012) • soundtrack
Dolphins Into The Future - Lieven Martens Moana • "Songs Of Gold, Incandescent" (6/2015) • classical
Donnacha Costello • Stay Perfectly Still (9/2015) • ambient, buchla, drone, electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, modular
Drumset Music Works - Twiz the Beat Pro, Jaisu & Beatnick Dee • FEE FI FO FUM (10/2014) • doom metal, hip hop, hip-hop/rap
Dub Store Records • Dub Store Records Sampler Volume One (name your price) (9/2014) • dancehall, dub, jamaica, reggae
Dym quell Holo • 001: Ball (11/2014), 002: Ball Appendix (11/2014) • alternative, normal
ENA • Binaural (11/2014) • ambient electronic, drum and bass, electronic
EUGLOSSINE • COMPLEX PLAYGROUND (2/2015) • experimental, leftfield, pop, smooth jazz
EYELINER • BUY NOW (6/2015) • boogie, electronic, experimental, funk, new age, vaporwave
Eartheater • Metalepsis (2/2015), RIP Chrysalis (10/2015) • ambient, drone, eartheater, electronic, experimental, folk, fractal, new york, noise, pop, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, synth, zones
Egadz • Matterhorn: Colormata (Full Version) (6/2014) • beats, electronic
Ehnahre • Douve (1/2016) • death, doom, metal
El Mahdy Jr. • RAÏ DUBS (1/2014), The Spirit of Fucked Up Places (11/2014) • bass, dub, electronic, experimental electronic, psychedelic, west coast
Eman X Vlooper • XXL (9/2014) • hip-hop. rap, hip-hop/rap, postrigodon
Erica Eso • 2019 (10/2015) • electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental pop
Feral • Haymaker EP (11/2013) • club, electronic
Fujako • Soul Buzz (8/2014), Exobell (11/2014) • black saturn, clipping, contemporary classical, death grips, dub, electronic music, experimental, hip hop, improvised music, noise, shabazz palaces
Geesus Host • Geesus Host remixes EP #1 (9/2013) • bass, bass music, electronica, future beats, grime, hip-hop/rap, instrumental beats, uk hip hop, wonky
George Clanton • 100% Electronica (9/2015) • brooklyn, chillwave, electronic, futurepop, lo-fi, richmond, vaporwave, virginia
Georgia Anne Muldrow • VWETO (12/2010) • ambient, beats, experimental, funk, hip-hop. rap, hip-hop/rap, instrumental, instrumental hip-hop, rap, soul
Ghost • A Tale of Life in VI Parts (3/2012) • beats, electronica, future beats, hip-hop/rap, instrumental, instrumental beats, instrumental hip-hop, soundtrack, uk hip hop, wonky
Good Willsmith • Snake Person Generation (7/2015) • ambient, drone, electronic, experimental, improv, noise, psychedelic
Guerilla Toss • Flood Dosed (10/2015) • electronic, funk, noise rock, punk
HARCO PRONT • Jibberish (9/2003) • ambient, broken beats, downtempo, electronic
Herrmutt Lobby • Midi + Demi (5/2014) • electronic, jazz, unrezt
Hoarfrost/Jedność/Jenot • Katowice (4/2014) • electronica, experimental, noise
Holly Waxwing • Peach Winks (6/2015) • electronic, footwork, house, pop, vaporwave
Huess • 14:76 (6/2014) • ambient, bass, hip hop, hip-hop/rap, instrumental hip-hop, wonky
Hykuu • Keep Dreaming EP (4/2015) • beats, club, electronic, hip-hop, nocturnal, trap
ILLingsworth • KARATE-RELATED DEATHS (8/2014) • alternative hip-hop, beats, detroit, hip hop, hip-hop/rap, instrumental hip-hop, instrumentals, japan, rap, synth
Iman Omari • Samadhi EP (6/2014)
(Albums are listed as “artist • album (month/year) • tags”, and are sorted by artist, release date, and title. With the exception of donald trump, I only included tags shared by at least two records on the list. Because bands apply their own tags, they may be ironic.)
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//orangenoise • //A Journey to the Heart of Matter (9/2012) • psychedelic, punk, rock, rock n roll, shoegaze
100% • ✦✧ (3/2015) • kids
52 Commercial Road • Communion (11/2013) • bass, electronic, experimental, folk, jazz, post rock, post rock instrumental, psychedelic, rock, soundtrack
74 Miles Away • Gear Change (5/2013) • beats, boogie, broken beats, funk, jazz
7even Recordings • 7even Releases III (4/2014) • bass music, dub, dubstep, electronic, experimental electronic, house, techno
???-??? • クラウド移動 (11/2013) • bass, electronic, future
A PREGNANT LIGHT • All Saints' Day (11/2015) • avant garde, black metal, experimental metal, hardcore, metal, punk
AFTA-1 • Toy Machines (7/2028) • electronic, experimental
ASSIMILATION • THE ALPHA QUADRANT (1/2016) • electronic
Ahkatari • TJD004 (10/2014) • electronica, hip hop, jazz, world
Alaclair Ensemble • Les maigres blancs d'Amérique du Noir (5/2013) • hip-hop/rap, postrigodon
Alsarah & The Nubatones • Silt Remixed (10/2014), Silt (3/2014) • dance, dub, electronic, hip hop, house, world
Amanar • Tumastin (2/2016) • africa, african, ethnomusicology, folk, global, world
Amp Fiddler • Basementality 2 (1/2014) • funk, soul
Anderson .Paak • Cover Art (11/2013) • alternative, alternative hip-hop, funk, hip hop, pop, r&b, r&b/soul, rap, soul
Anonymous • EP.3 (7/2014) • bass, dancehall, dnb, drum & bass, drum and bass, electronic, experimental electronic, footwork, jungle, reggae, trap
Aoki_Desu • Ep Three (11/2013)
Ash Koosha • GUUD (6/2015) • soundtrack
Attack • Retreat (9/2011) • devotional
A—rp • opaco (4/2013) • ambient, electronica, experimental, idm, techno, textural
BILLY SPRAYZ • OXI LEAN (4/2006) • devotional
BLLUDD RELATIONS • BLLUDD RELATIONS (LP) (6/2013) • diy, electronic, jazz
Bantum • Legion (7/2013), Legion (10/2012) • alternative, ambient electronic, chillwave, classical, electro, electroacoustic, electronic, idm, instrumental, post rock
Ben Varian • Part of the Y'all (7/2015) • electronic, experimental, minneapolis, pop, rock n roll
Black Milk • Synth Or Soul (4/2013) • electronic, funk, hip-hop, hip-hop/rap, instrumental, rap, soul, synth
Blind Music • EP.7 (10/2015) • bass, dnb, drum & bass, electronic, experimental electronic, jungle
Bluermutt • When I'm Not (12/2006) • electronic
Boreal Network • Itasca Road Trip (4/2015) • ambient, beat, drone, electronic, experimental, folk, illuminated paths, noise, pepsi, pop, sample, vaporwave
Brian • Paths We Take (7/2015) • electronic, experimental
CHARLES TREES • Our Life (12/2015) • detroit, electronic, house
Cain • FG002: 'Mora EP' (9/2013) • bass, broken beats, electronic, electronic music
Chico Dub • Hy Brazil Vol 2: New Experimental Music From Brazil 2013 (5/2013), Hy Brazil Vol 5: New Experimental Music From Brazil 2014 (6/2014), Hy Brazil Vol 9: (More) Fresh Electronic Music From Brazil 2015 (10/2015) • advanced, ambient, avant-garde, drone, electronic, experimental, future, glitch, idm, industrial, lo-fi
Coco Bryce • The Lover (6/2014) • electronic
DIBIA$E • PROgressions (9/2013) • electronic, experiemental, footwork, hip hop, hip-hop/rap, soulful
DJ Olive • BALM (12/2012) • bass music, electronic, electronic music, meditation, minimal
DJ Slammeister • Super Slam Bros. IV (4/2015) • experimental
DJ Woody & Clicktrax • Vødüm EP (1/2014) • electronic, experimental hip-hop, hip hop, hip-hop/rap
Danny Scrilla • Monolith EP (10/2014) • bass, drum & bass, dub, dubstep, electronic
Deon Taylor • Handling Business (5/2015) • soundtrack
Dewi Yull w/Manthaus • Kina Baru Kau Rasa, Kau Bukan Dirimu - Kroncong Klasik (12/2015) • world
Dimlite • Abscission (6/2012) • soundtrack
Dolphins Into The Future - Lieven Martens Moana • "Songs Of Gold, Incandescent" (6/2015) • classical
Donnacha Costello • Stay Perfectly Still (9/2015) • ambient, buchla, drone, electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, modular
Drumset Music Works - Twiz the Beat Pro, Jaisu & Beatnick Dee • FEE FI FO FUM (10/2014) • doom metal, hip hop, hip-hop/rap
Dub Store Records • Dub Store Records Sampler Volume One (name your price) (9/2014) • dancehall, dub, jamaica, reggae
Dym quell Holo • 001: Ball (11/2014), 002: Ball Appendix (11/2014) • alternative, normal
ENA • Binaural (11/2014) • ambient electronic, drum and bass, electronic
EUGLOSSINE • COMPLEX PLAYGROUND (2/2015) • experimental, leftfield, pop, smooth jazz
EYELINER • BUY NOW (6/2015) • boogie, electronic, experimental, funk, new age, vaporwave
Eartheater • Metalepsis (2/2015), RIP Chrysalis (10/2015) • ambient, drone, eartheater, electronic, experimental, folk, fractal, new york, noise, pop, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, synth, zones
Egadz • Matterhorn: Colormata (Full Version) (6/2014) • beats, electronic
Ehnahre • Douve (1/2016) • death, doom, metal
El Mahdy Jr. • RAÏ DUBS (1/2014), The Spirit of Fucked Up Places (11/2014) • bass, dub, electronic, experimental electronic, psychedelic, west coast
Eman X Vlooper • XXL (9/2014) • hip-hop. rap, hip-hop/rap, postrigodon
Erica Eso • 2019 (10/2015) • electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental pop
Feral • Haymaker EP (11/2013) • club, electronic
Fujako • Soul Buzz (8/2014), Exobell (11/2014) • black saturn, clipping, contemporary classical, death grips, dub, electronic music, experimental, hip hop, improvised music, noise, shabazz palaces
Geesus Host • Geesus Host remixes EP #1 (9/2013) • bass, bass music, electronica, future beats, grime, hip-hop/rap, instrumental beats, uk hip hop, wonky
George Clanton • 100% Electronica (9/2015) • brooklyn, chillwave, electronic, futurepop, lo-fi, richmond, vaporwave, virginia
Georgia Anne Muldrow • VWETO (12/2010) • ambient, beats, experimental, funk, hip-hop. rap, hip-hop/rap, instrumental, instrumental hip-hop, rap, soul
Ghost • A Tale of Life in VI Parts (3/2012) • beats, electronica, future beats, hip-hop/rap, instrumental, instrumental beats, instrumental hip-hop, soundtrack, uk hip hop, wonky
Good Willsmith • Snake Person Generation (7/2015) • ambient, drone, electronic, experimental, improv, noise, psychedelic
Guerilla Toss • Flood Dosed (10/2015) • electronic, funk, noise rock, punk
HARCO PRONT • Jibberish (9/2003) • ambient, broken beats, downtempo, electronic
Herrmutt Lobby • Midi + Demi (5/2014) • electronic, jazz, unrezt
Hoarfrost/Jedność/Jenot • Katowice (4/2014) • electronica, experimental, noise
Holly Waxwing • Peach Winks (6/2015) • electronic, footwork, house, pop, vaporwave
Huess • 14:76 (6/2014) • ambient, bass, hip hop, hip-hop/rap, instrumental hip-hop, wonky
Hykuu • Keep Dreaming EP (4/2015) • beats, club, electronic, hip-hop, nocturnal, trap
ILLingsworth • KARATE-RELATED DEATHS (8/2014) • alternative hip-hop, beats, detroit, hip hop, hip-hop/rap, instrumental hip-hop, instrumentals, japan, rap, synth
Iman Omari • Samadhi EP (6/2014)
I can vouch for a few of these:
George Clanton's 100% Electronica is pure 80s pop filtered through the last 30 years of music compression and production.
Holly Waxwing is fantastically deconstructed songs.
Macintosh Plus is a seminal vaporwave release (if such a thing is possible).
チェスマスタ is deep dream music, maybe generated by an artificial intelligence?
I did a project like this a few years back.
posted by sleeping bear at 12:20 AM on February 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
George Clanton's 100% Electronica is pure 80s pop filtered through the last 30 years of music compression and production.
Holly Waxwing is fantastically deconstructed songs.
Macintosh Plus is a seminal vaporwave release (if such a thing is possible).
チェスマスタ is deep dream music, maybe generated by an artificial intelligence?
I did a project like this a few years back.
posted by sleeping bear at 12:20 AM on February 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
Thanks for this! Been checking Fact's best of Bandcamp releases lists from time to time and found some excellent stuff.
Not only Bandcamp in general, but even some labels' catalogues - for example, Dream Catalogue's - are in themselves already overwhelming to go through. But Dream does have death's dynamic shroud.wmv which is a personal favorite right now. Especially this. Don't usually go for vapor that easily, but this feels quite different and more exciting.
posted by sapagan at 1:27 AM on February 17, 2016
Not only Bandcamp in general, but even some labels' catalogues - for example, Dream Catalogue's - are in themselves already overwhelming to go through. But Dream does have death's dynamic shroud.wmv which is a personal favorite right now. Especially this. Don't usually go for vapor that easily, but this feels quite different and more exciting.
posted by sapagan at 1:27 AM on February 17, 2016
Super post! I'm going to enjoy getting stuck into some of these today.
I really, really love bandcamp. I think it's a mixture of the really great (but mostly not mainstream) music on there and the fact you know that the band aren't being screwed over. Plus they make discovering music really easy.
The only downside of getting the bulk of my music from bandcamp is that nobody else will ever have heard of it. I think that's starting to change somewhat - more well known artists (presumably those who aren't tied up in a mess of complicated record contracts) are starting to move to the platform.
Hopefully they manage that transition while staying true to their roots. It would be a shame for the platform to be bought out by a big record company or end up aggressively pursuing profits to the detriment of its original ethos.
posted by leo_r at 1:58 AM on February 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
I really, really love bandcamp. I think it's a mixture of the really great (but mostly not mainstream) music on there and the fact you know that the band aren't being screwed over. Plus they make discovering music really easy.
The only downside of getting the bulk of my music from bandcamp is that nobody else will ever have heard of it. I think that's starting to change somewhat - more well known artists (presumably those who aren't tied up in a mess of complicated record contracts) are starting to move to the platform.
Hopefully they manage that transition while staying true to their roots. It would be a shame for the platform to be bought out by a big record company or end up aggressively pursuing profits to the detriment of its original ethos.
posted by leo_r at 1:58 AM on February 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Bandcamp was the first place I put my music, but I've never really looked at what's in there. I've got this bookmarked and will delve into it when I retire in June. Thanks.
posted by kozad at 6:06 AM on February 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by kozad at 6:06 AM on February 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
Couldn't wait for December eh? Great post.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 7:08 AM on February 17, 2016
posted by Potomac Avenue at 7:08 AM on February 17, 2016
Thanks Strong Sad! And Going to Maine! This is amazing I hope no one sends a search party while I'm going through this.
posted by 1adam12 at 7:51 AM on February 17, 2016
posted by 1adam12 at 7:51 AM on February 17, 2016
I did a project like this a few years back.
I was sad when that project ended.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:36 AM on February 17, 2016
I was sad when that project ended.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:36 AM on February 17, 2016
While this is cool and all, isn't this post just a scrape of FACT's content?
posted by scruss at 10:02 AM on February 17, 2016
posted by scruss at 10:02 AM on February 17, 2016
While this is cool and all, isn't this post just a scrape of FACT's content?
Well, technically it's a scrape-and-sort of Bandcamp’s content, as curated by FACT over two years, placed into an easy-navigable list. But, yup, that’s it. I do agree that the merits of such a post are interesting - if I’d made a website for this same list, it would go into projects. But then, that could be true of any post on the site. And I’ve certainly done lists of things before. It’s just that this particular list was tool-assisted rather than hand-curated by searching Youtube repeatedly.
posted by Going To Maine at 10:14 AM on February 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
Well, technically it's a scrape-and-sort of Bandcamp’s content, as curated by FACT over two years, placed into an easy-navigable list. But, yup, that’s it. I do agree that the merits of such a post are interesting - if I’d made a website for this same list, it would go into projects. But then, that could be true of any post on the site. And I’ve certainly done lists of things before. It’s just that this particular list was tool-assisted rather than hand-curated by searching Youtube repeatedly.
posted by Going To Maine at 10:14 AM on February 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
just sent this over to laurent and his reaction was "lol how did you find this?"
these features were such a great way to learn about music.
ash koosha signed to ninja tune earlier this year.
anderson .paak (featured in 2013!) went on to work with dr. dre and release an album that i've enjoyed A LOT.
wandl put out one of my favorite remixes of (mefi's own ;)) gucci mane. link here.
(the scrape code is cool, too! killer job, GTM!)
posted by raihan_ at 2:34 PM on February 17, 2016
these features were such a great way to learn about music.
ash koosha signed to ninja tune earlier this year.
anderson .paak (featured in 2013!) went on to work with dr. dre and release an album that i've enjoyed A LOT.
wandl put out one of my favorite remixes of (mefi's own ;)) gucci mane. link here.
(the scrape code is cool, too! killer job, GTM!)
posted by raihan_ at 2:34 PM on February 17, 2016
You can't forget the *astoundingly* prolific (approaching 40 releases, most full albums) BLVCK CEILING, a post-witch hell-trap drag-mix extravaganza. Some favorites of mine.
posted by FatherDagon at 4:14 PM on February 17, 2016
posted by FatherDagon at 4:14 PM on February 17, 2016
I love Bandcamp so much.
Some of my favourite albums from B-camp:
Bombino, Agadez Tuargeg/Mali tunes.
The Haggis Horns Hot damn, great funk
Floex, zorya, originally linked here. Classical meets Plaid, great stuff. Originally discovered via mefi.
The Oh Hellos country folk, really love it and they are taking off now.
J-Live, SPTA, old school hip hop.
David Kuchherrman The Path of the Metal Turtle, ambient pan and metal percussion.
Ariya Afrobeat Arkestra self-titled cool afro-funk.
The Infamous Stringdusters, We'll do it live, country folk bluegrass.
Some things I find frustrating with bandcamp - 1) the tags are shit, people don't bother to tag their shit properly, it's either overly broad (you call this folk?) or too specific ("post-dynamic-jungle-glitch-Estonian-chill-piano-glockenspiel-zithers") I hate it when tags fall down the the edm rabbit hole.
2) because it's mostly amateurs of one level or another, it can be very modish, I find. And some genres are dominated by wan imitators, e.g bad J Dilla hip hop, or I dunno what the word is like glitchy, trebly electronica in edm. Can be frustrating to weed out the really solid, professional, interesting stuff sometimes.
But when you find gold, you really find good stuff.
There's so much on there.
posted by smoke at 4:34 PM on February 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Some of my favourite albums from B-camp:
Bombino, Agadez Tuargeg/Mali tunes.
The Haggis Horns Hot damn, great funk
Floex, zorya, originally linked here. Classical meets Plaid, great stuff. Originally discovered via mefi.
The Oh Hellos country folk, really love it and they are taking off now.
J-Live, SPTA, old school hip hop.
David Kuchherrman The Path of the Metal Turtle, ambient pan and metal percussion.
Ariya Afrobeat Arkestra self-titled cool afro-funk.
The Infamous Stringdusters, We'll do it live, country folk bluegrass.
Some things I find frustrating with bandcamp - 1) the tags are shit, people don't bother to tag their shit properly, it's either overly broad (you call this folk?) or too specific ("post-dynamic-jungle-glitch-Estonian-chill-piano-glockenspiel-zithers") I hate it when tags fall down the the edm rabbit hole.
2) because it's mostly amateurs of one level or another, it can be very modish, I find. And some genres are dominated by wan imitators, e.g bad J Dilla hip hop, or I dunno what the word is like glitchy, trebly electronica in edm. Can be frustrating to weed out the really solid, professional, interesting stuff sometimes.
But when you find gold, you really find good stuff.
There's so much on there.
posted by smoke at 4:34 PM on February 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
(Token reminder that you can add your Bandcamp fan page to your profile for easy location with the Social Explorer.)
posted by Going To Maine at 4:43 PM on February 17, 2016
posted by Going To Maine at 4:43 PM on February 17, 2016
I love Bandcamp, but it is a problem sorting through things. I guess the problem with curated lists is you have to have the same taste as the curator. I’ve worked my way through a fair number of these and find them too same-y, and mostly not what I’m looking for. Lots of 80’s influenced amateur sounding stuff.
posted by bongo_x at 6:04 PM on February 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by bongo_x at 6:04 PM on February 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
Cool, thanks. Though your list only seems to cover bands whose names start with letters up to I...
posted by klausness at 4:57 PM on February 21, 2016
posted by klausness at 4:57 PM on February 21, 2016
Cool, thanks. Though your list only seems to cover bands whose names start with letters up to I...
AAAGH! It's been shrunk! This probably happened when some of the duplicate entires got purged. I’ll email the mods...
posted by Going To Maine at 6:56 PM on February 21, 2016
AAAGH! It's been shrunk! This probably happened when some of the duplicate entires got purged. I’ll email the mods...
posted by Going To Maine at 6:56 PM on February 21, 2016
Well, the mods have spoken - they don’t want to make substantial changes to the thread this late in the game. As such, I've regenerated the list, made some custom fixes to the alphabetization, and posted it to the github page: list.md
posted by Going To Maine at 9:36 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Going To Maine at 9:36 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
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