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1. mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:55 UTC mcc

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   What I'm listening to today: "Soft", Pulp

   I'm breaking my format rules here: This song runs from 1:01:09 to 1:05:30 in the linked video (a cassette tape compilation from 1990). This seems to be the only copy of the song on the Internet. I find no other record of the band ("Pulp") existing.

   The song is about four minutes of ambient rumbling. I've spent a lot of my life listening to ambient rumbling and this is some of the best rumbling I've ever heard. It's that good.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je4HTllH7bA&t=3669s

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 20:59:56 UTC mcc

     What I'm listening to today: "Ceremonial Grade", Jon Gee

     Again, the Cosmos.

     Jon Gee shows again his skill at ambient soundscapes. This piece, based on layer and layer and layer of chaotically-phasing synth swells, has a good subtle structure to it, starting as chaotic waves of noise but at some point sort of clicking first into musical logic and then a long fadeout. I imagine a movie soundtrack, switching over at some critical moment from establishing shots to action.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fesalu9VkWU