albums lost to the dunes of time

Oh boy, Right now I'm dealing with some things right now and I'm gonna declare another hiatus-thing. I'll start posting around early November and I'll come back at December where (hopefully) I'll post weekly. Anyway, onto the review thingy:

THE DOPEMAN SHOW is a label showcase of what Otherman records has to offer. The art is cute. I like it. The album cover feels like what I'm gonna listen to. The album is fine itself. I like the minimalism of some the songs and I like how some of the songs are like their own little worlds. Why am I talking about this album?

The album is not on youtube.

Discogs is a cool website for the documentation of music albums. The problem is when I find an album I really want to hear that isn't even accessible on the internet.

Some are accessed through a paywall.

Some are just lost media.

Speaking of lost media, there's this label called XROGER that is a label dedicated to hardcore and Experimental music. 

I really like this label's music. It's just gabber with personality. I like it. The label is also pretty ahead of their time with the album covers. This cover was made in 1998 and the loli in this cover looks like something you'd see in a 2014 era anime.

 Japanese nerdcore is seriously something... doujin circles are also made for music. I already have been talking about IOSYS which is a label dedicated to Touhou music and hardcore. Can't believe the people who provide the album covers and the information about each of them don't post any of the music online. This stuff is so rare too. If you want to experience these albums you must've had to go to a store in japan in 1998, know what album you're getting into, and kept that album in good condition. Pretty ironic that a web-based music label doesn't have much of their work on the internet. The only stuff I could find was a mix that FOXYUN(an artist from the label) did on mixcloud. 

But that is all just D-tier obscurity...

Doujin circles are groups that make music independently and like everything, they all have time limits... 

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Noki-room!

Noki-room was a doujin circle that started around the early 2000s and disbanded around 2002-ish. How do I know? Just using the wayback machine. The thing is that the links got scarce and led me to nothing. So I did what any normal person does and did a google search. Here's what it got me:

These images are all taken from some japanese shopping websites. These images are just a select few btw. The website has a discography button... let's see where it takes us:

Their last album known album release... Let's go to one of the albums and see what happens when I download it...

Ok... what if I run it through the VLC player?

Starfleet.ac? That's weird. What if I put that through the Wayback machine?

Oh, I'm guessing this Starfleet is a distributor-type thing? This just led me to nothing. I guess that was the end of my trip. This is seriously lost media. Man, I hate that lost media can be incredibly specific...

Overall kids, ARCHIVE YOUR MEDIA OR ELSE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH HARD AND TEDIOUS SEARCHES TO FIND A TRASH COPY OF A DRAGONBALL Z DUB.

GOODBYE!

Links to the albums mentioned:

THE DOPEMAN SHOW

Cycheouts - メガ道楽専用

Mamiana - Nearest Jungle

XROGER-STAR FOURTH

The website I was talking about

the discography button

my head hurts

 So I'm a normal person who likes music. I'm curious about music and the many different styles/subgenres it brings and that's normal. Music can do things to you. It can DO things to you. Once you got that bandcamp account made, nothing is really the same...

This was the genre that gave a headache: Gabber.

Gabber is a genre that was originally formed by the Dutch and it's basically fast house music on drugs. This is literally the type of music that plays in funny and goofy memes like this. You obviously might know this meme and It's pretty funny... The chaotic noises of the songs playing are pretty much what makes the video standout. 

Gabber is just choas, that's all it is... Until, I found out that the genre it came from was hardcore...

 The album cover you're looking at looks pretty nice and I'd like to say that this probably created some obscure aesthetic movement that is barely even on the internet anymore but let's just move on. So, there's a group called: High Speed Music Team Sharpnel and they made it, distributed it and I'm talking about it.

 Man, these album covers are hitting hard for me. But why this music? I thought it was gonna sound like some IOSYS-type album with harnonius production and futuristic synths, BUT NO! I GET NOTHING (; ;) 

As a music listener, I can understand the difficulty of making a song/album...but when it comes to the music sounding like listening to house music next to a wind turbine I can't really process it(sorry). The thing is... I can't turn my head away from this album... The album art is always something to come back to... 

I mean sheesh! Does it look like something to look away from? How about breakcore?

 Nero's day at disneyland is the name amen breaks next to loud noises are the group's game. Fun fact: The album cover shown here is a depiction of an actual Mickey mouse gas mask. Yes. This is real.

 Describing the group's music is basically the same as describing breakcore [and even the other genres I mentioned] as a whole: Utter choas. Just look up any of the albums you see here and you'll see why.

Bye!

shhh

 Time to open up a soda bottle early for this one... Gonna tell you a little thing... Because the year is soon gonna be over, I thought: "How about I share my favorite albums of the year so far" then I thought:"Nah,how about the vibes I get from songs/albums"..... And the rest is history.

Music can take you to different places and sometimes they can really take you back. I remember listening to It's by Charles Hamilton for the first time and MAN! OH BOY! I was taken into a picture of NYC in the sunset and the melancholy energy of a good day for many of the people living in the city.

 The places music can take you can vary from time, style, and the image that the music is trying to bring you.

 

Y'know a city vibe that brings music to my ears? The Fly as pie remix for Passin' me by. Imagine making a masterpiece a masterpiece... This is that good. I seriously recommend this gem of track.

Jungle ain't dead. The Underground scene is still active and a good example of this is Coco Bryce...

His song: Blue Tile Lounge has those d r u m s ! It's so perfect! Whole thing reminds me of the sea and the many mysteries that have yet to be explored. Reminds of my first time on those NYC boats (I think last month or this month, I forgot) and the breeze of the wind as you go to the top of the boat. It was a pretty great experience bumping the Microphone Mathematics 12" on the ride.This Tune has the power to take anyone back and it shows.

 So I remember watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi at an AMC. The year was 2017 and... The movie was fine and it left me on a cliffhanger as my mother and her friends were talking about the movie they just saw. Why am I talking about a memory I had about being in a cold parking lot? Logic filled that sense of nostalgia up for me and I love it.

In 2015, Logic made an album about space and It's sure a standout of his discography. Songs like Lord Willin, Like Woah, City of Stars, Never Been, and Upgrade give that nostalgic feeling to me. This album is great and I'd absolutely recommend it if you like spaced-themed rap albums.

 Sonic Mega Collection is a compilation of an assortment of different Sonic games and why did I choose this in particular?
THE EXTRAS MENU MUSIC IS TOO BEAUTIFUL TO EVEN BE IN A GAME COMPILATION IT SHOULD BE IN A MUESUEM.

This piece of BGM gives you a feeling of stumbling across a thing you fondly remember as you reminisce on the fun you had with that particular thing. It's absolutely beautiful to listen to and zone out to.

I also stumbled across this comment about the theme that I think you would like...

 Overall, this song is probably what the theme for nostalgia would probably be（ ; ; ）

 This song is just a reminder that Tom and Jerry are Goated. If you don't know what I'm talking about it's their debut song: "The One Reason''. This song is just perfect with those notes, drums, and a fast yet, groovy pace. 4hero are the types of artists break the boundaries that even artists of their own genre try to do and that is making a scenario... Seriously, go check out 4hero's stuff it's so beautiful.

Easy by Childish Gambino... Unpopular Opinion: Bino's early material is at least worth remembering. I actually enjoy Sick Boi and Poindexter and I think they are good mixtapes. Why am I saying this? Mainly, because of his song: "Easy". The synths and drums are great and Donald's wheezy vocals help carry the song (for me). Anyway, I'm not saying that his early songs are his best but they should be remembered. Because the Internet is still a great album though.

So how do I end this off? I dunno maybe...Uh.... Overall, music can take us into different places and as we grow up and mature, we'll have these songs take us back to that time and place. Have a nice day! Bye...