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Extol's "Burial". Very smooth sounding record considering its bordering on Technical Death Metal.
Decapitated's "Nihility". I don't know if drums have ever sounded more violent, tonally.
Suffocation's "Pierced From Within". Unique in that IMO that level of brutality and density has still never been matched.
Ulver's "Nattens Madrigal". Bees in a tin can.
Literally anything by Ad Nauseum.
Man, I could go on and on about this. So many metal records have one of a kind production.
Ulver's "Nattens Madrigal". Bees in a tin can.
Hilarious and accurate. And that one acoustic passage that makes you think "hey maybe there will be more like this".
At least they gave us Kveldssanger to scratch that itch. 😆
Hell yeah. And Bergtatt, "ahh, just right".
A beautifully written and produced record for sure.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
Lemon Jelly - lemonjelly ky
The Flashbulb - Opus At The End Of Everything
I've been trying to find something similar to Holly Herndon's Proto, but haven't succeeded yet.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWGJxgOf-Z3CW7tJoN9f4lzIf8CEuMgne
How is it possible that I'm the first to mention Days of Future Past?
Loving and saving this whole thread, I'll add in
Ones & Zeros, Vol. 1 - 3rdegree, not SUPER unique, but it's instrumental and commitment to they're concept album's theme of uploading your consciousness into the internet gives it a ton of charm!
Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson , very surprised I haven't seen this one in the thread, a classic weird ass prog album by the Kings of Prog themselves (IMO of course). They got a guy to do a bunch of random sounds for the album and he left to become a monk days before they started the album tour lol.
Animal Collective
Cocteau Twins: Heaven Or Las Vegas
Neil Young, Le Noise is amazing on a good system. The sub sub octave acoustic efffect is very unique.
Protomen volume I - they purposely went against arbitrary recording "laws"
Rush-2112, moving pictures
Also a rare one: Burlap to Cashmere, ,is there anybody out there. Its soooo clearly mixed. Hard to find any in depth info on this album.
This thread showed up like it was meant for me in this very moment as I'm currently laying in my sofa and blasting this on high volume and drowning in the vibe:
Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 2: Release (Real World Gold)
Haven't heard anything truly like it so I think it fits the thread.
This album has been with me since my childhood.
My mom used to house sit this crazy special house during the summers around 1998-2005 that belongs to a clay sculpture artist, my mom discovered this band there and loved this album especially.
It was mostly my mom, me (born 1990) and my little sister (born 1992) in the middle of the woods all summer break in this absolutely dream like house, it's something out of a movie really.
A lot of the house was built by the artist dude, with tons of handmade clay sculptures, mosaics, wooden details of animals and twisted tree logs built into the structure. The sides of the road through the woods to the house was filled with totem poles, human-ish figures and other sculptures.
We just enjoyed the woods and the house, made clay art and nice food, went bathing in the river and took care of the garden.
There are so many deeply connected smells, sounds, sights and feelings in me to that house, it really affected me in a great way.
I so wish I could post photos of it but I have no contact with the owner and don't want to do it without his permission.
Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance of the Moon and the Sun. It's a mix of drone, post-rock, and folk that is unlike anything I've ever heard (NSB's other albums have similarities, but this one stands out to me)
Honorable mentions:
Boris - Flood
Agalloch - Ashes against the grain
Grace Cathedral Park - In the evenings of regret
possibly Speak for Yourself by Imogen Heap but I'm not sure
Gustav holst - the planets
Makaveili - the don killuminati the 7 day theory
Madlib - beat konducta vol 5-6 in india
Scientist - rids the world of the evil curse of the vampires .
There are many more artists that come to mind with unique sounds but that have more than one album with that sound.
Literally anything by madlib
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUfQzCvWRPGdjZQR2Snca0k275TIaJ8Qh
"In kommer Gösta" is my favourite proto-progg track!
Steve Reich, music for 18 musicians
Aleks and the Drummer — May a Lightning Bolt Caress You
It no longer seems to be easily streamable anywhere online, but it's an absolutely insane EP. You needs to listen to it either on good headphones or in surround sound, and that's a fraction of the live experience. When those thunderous drums roll in and the electric organ starts wailing... shivers.
Fingathing and The Big Red Nebula Band by Fingathing. Kind of a big beat/instrumental hiphop thing, the band already has a fairly unique sound but it stands out even in their output.
Little Man by Little Dragon
Didn't see that accordion coming.
The melding of the audio and visual on a high art concept album is just chefs kiss. Everything she does is just genuine Christ she's on Twitch now and just a blast to watch. Genuine creative people are amazing to watch.
Just a few old ones...
Art of Noise - The Best Of .. but all are good
Yellow - Pocket Universe .. but also The Essential
Moloko - ?
Kosheen - Kokopelli (I think)
I'm really relieved that this thread isn't just filled with a bunch of hiphop from the last 10 years that is not actually unique at all, which is 100% what I was expecting.
Edit: this is a really fucking good thread
One that comes to mind is Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
There have been 'Math Rock' bands before and since but these guys were on another level IMO, especially the drummer.
I would also say anything by Melt Banana.
KLF - Chill Out
Astounding album. Nothing quite like it.