Cool music to vape to, you know the tunes that move you

[Tweek]

 

[nopartofme]

Steven Wilson's new album came out two weeks ago. After over two decades, he still does not disappoint. This is the guy behind the recent official surround sound remixes of King Crimson, Jethro Tull, ELP, and Caravan. For his latest work, he chose to record everything live in studio as a band, which he had never done before. To help him accomplish this with the sound he wanted, he successfully hired Alan Parsons to work as recording engineer, which Parsons hadn't done since moving toward writing, production, and performance in the mid 70s. The band that Steven Wilson put together to play his music is made up of stellar musicians, including keyboardist Adam Holzman who toured as part of Miles Davis's band in the 80s.

The result is stunning. I want to share a few songs here, but I strongly, emphatically recommend checking out the whole album, start to finish. It also really shines if you give it the benefit of a pure sound format, great speakers, and surround sound if you have it. The experience is rewarding. SW sold me on the amazing art that is audio production.

The album is presented as a collection of six short stories involving ghosts, in the tradition of early 19th century literature which employed ghosts as a metaphor for the potent combination of human regret and mortality, in other words using ghosts as a literary device to highlight emotion rather than as a spooky scare tactic.

I could write about this guy's music for hours, really… I'll spare everyone that and just say thank you for the indulgence if you read this far, and enjoy the music!

Check this out for something quiet and powerful:

And this for something with more energy!

 

[Tweek]

 

[crawdad]

a couple ambient/chill from Ott, had a real nice sess to this recently

 

[Tweek]

 

[rcflo]

 

[Tweek]

Bowie at his rawest.

 

[JDSupreme]

great vid and song

 

[xer0]

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

Yep.

Mmhmm.

 

[paytonpenn]

The song is amazing, the video is phenomenal

 

[Bob Loblaw]

 

[Tweek]

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

Shane MacGowan & Friends covering Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put A Spell On You."

-feat. Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Bobby Gillespie, Glen Matlock, Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones, Paloma Faith, Eliza Doolittle.

 

[Tweek]

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

Tweek, it seems like one of those vids is slightly different from the rest....

But I can't quite put my finger on it!

That Skrillex song is cool.

 

[CountVapeula]

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

The heavy heavy monster sound!

...bet you haven't heard it in a while...

 

[Stu]

Good 'ol 10cc

 

[Tweek]

Tweek, it seems like one of those vids is slightly different from the rest....

But I can't quite put my finger on it!

That Skrillex song is cool.

Yeah, I pretty much just post my playlist at any given moment. It never really follows any rhyme or reason

 

[Bob Loblaw]

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

A little Sunday morning tune to get your toes tapping... so to speak.

 

[Steele Concept]

Hey guys... If you like indie folk style these guys rock! I've been listening to their album quite a bit lately, make me smile.

 

[elevation]

I have been on a break from the herb for about 2 weeks now, but that does not stop me from listening to weed related music. (And being on FC ) I love this one.

 

[Kian]

Faxed Head. about as ghetto as you can get, with some genuinely masterful production.
This is all a joke, obvously, but there is some serious talent behind the album.