At 9/27/14 05:44 AM, Sense-Offender wrote:
For abrasive production, Nattens Madrigal always comes to mind. It's like they covered the mics with tin cans. There's lots of good music with fuzzy recording, but I tend not to listen to much music with particularly fucked up or "kvlt" sounding production even though I have some in my collection. I seem to recall Pagan Black Act by Darkestrah being a bit hard on the ears. Ingentes Atque Decorii Vexilliferi Apokalypsis and Evoco Bestias by Fleurety as well. I would also say a Darker Shade of Evil, but it's more that Alexander Nordgaren's shrieking on that is just really fucking annoying. It actually permanently damaged his voice, putting Svein on lead vocals for following albums. I much prefer their two full lengths over all the EPs. Those are excellent. I wish they'd go back in that direction.
We've discussed Nattens Madrigal in the past, and I think we all ended up agreeing that the production wasn't helping the album. There is some well written black metal under that painful production, and I have to say that I can't really listen to the whole thing in one sitting as it gets really unpleasant really quickly.
I usually do not mind lo-fi production, like what Alcest did on their 2001 demo entitled Tristesse Hivernale. The production really makes the details hard to hear, and some could argue that it doesn't help the drums shine, but it's an aesthetic choice I can understand. But with Nattens Madrigal, the guitars and generally all high range notes we're mixed so much higher in the mix, that you can't hear anything else, and it ruins your ears if you turn the volume up to hear the bass guitar.
I'll give that Darker Shade of Evil EP by Fleurety a listen to try and hear what you mean. Maybe the other albums two.
Not a lot of rap for me now, just a tiny bit of stuff on occasion, mostly things I listened to when I was into rap (and nu-metal etc.) in my early-mid teens with a few newer exceptions. Hip hop in general, on the other hand, I listen to a good amount of trip hop and istrumental stuff, electronic/hip hop and the like.
A little hip-hop for me, like A Tribe Called Quest, T.I., Swollen Members, Loco Locass and Manu Militari (last two are Quebec hip-hop artists) and also this group that was signed by Mike Patton, dälek. They make such interesting rap, it's amazing.
Otherwise I do pretty much the same as you, I listen to some trip-hop, electronic ambient stuff with some hip-hop elements, or just music that combines rap/hip-hop to other styles. I'm not talking about the lame club music with the short hip-hop sections or nu-metal, though. These aren't mixes I've ever really liked.
