Another 1's: 2001, 2011 and 2021 releases

This is a tough one for me. I have heard five of these but only one is getting my vote. That triple live Magma album is the one here that really hits the spot.
The one I didn't include on my '01 list that is better than some I did was Picchio Dal Pozzo's Camere Zimmer Rooms. Is that archival?
For '11 I really like Terminal twilight by White Willow, My Brother The Wind's I Wash My Soul In A Stream Of Infinity and Brian Ellis' Quipu.
For '21 Needlepoint's Walking Up That Valley is incredible.

^ It just blows me away how different the tastes are of all of us who like adventerous music, and the quantity of such music. I would have to win the lottery to keep up properly with physical releases every year. I'm okay that I'm missing out, not being into downloads. I mean, I always say, I have enough tunes for the rest of my life without spending more money. I'm just picky these days at what I pick up.
Nice to see Delving on there, I just picked up one of theirs recently. I keep thinking I have that King Gizzard release as I have thought about picking that up many times in the past. If I was into vinyl I'm pretty sure I would own most if not all of their albums. Cashed out after KG from 2020. Cds are much harder to get for me after that one.

Voted for Kate Bush and North Sea Radio Orchestra.

Voted for

Secret Chiefs 3, Magma, Koenjihyakkei, North Sea Radio Orchestra, William D Drake, black midi, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Squid, Black Country New Road

Sorry couldn't help myself

Mellotron Storm wrote: ^ It just blows me away how different the tastes are of all of us who like adventerous music, and the quantity of such music. I would have to win the lottery to keep up properly with physical releases every year. I'm okay that I'm missing out, not being into downloads. I mean, I always say, I have enough tunes for the rest of my life without spending more money. I'm just picky these days at what I pick up. Nice to see Delving on there, I just picked up one of theirs recently. I keep thinking I have that King Gizzard release as I have thought about picking that up many times in the past. If I was into vinyl I'm pretty sure I would own most if not all of their albums. Cashed out after KG from 2020. Cds are much harder to get for me after that one.

It's cool to have as diverse a forum of music lovers as we do, and I am interested in the differences and confluences of tastes. We "mostly" all here share some interests in common (a few have had narrow very interests).

You got me back into listening to physical releases on my neglected stereo system. Thank you for that. That said, my "man cave" isn't what it was since my eldest moved back in with partner and lots of friends of theirs staying over frequently. I could scare them away with my music, but being my child plus, it seems kind of wrong.    I do value privacy and space alone but, like my brothers, my kids are highly extroverted. Anyway, still most of my listening is streaming. It;s the most convenient way to hear new-to-me things and I do like to be exposed to quite a bit of new-to-me music. But I don't "consume" nearly as much new-to-me music as, say, 20 years ago, and I can listen to the same album 20 times in a week happily if I'm really into it.

Guldbamsen wrote: [referring to Mellotron Storm's post] That’s my biggest gripe with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard; my inability to get anything of theirs after those two Microtonal albums. Sure I can buy them if I pay through the teeth for a vinyl release or maybe get a cassette instead…but I’d rather just get a simple cd I voted for Air, Aphex Twin, OPN, Squid and Black Country, New Road. Funny how most folks tend to prefer tte latter day releases of both Black Midi and BC, NR yet personally I feel none of these bands succeeded in bettering their respective debuts. Fave album in this poll is Air’s 10000 Hz masterpiece.

I adore that Air album, played it so much. It's been quite an underrated album too, I think (by me at tone time too before "properly" listening to it but after reading some negative reviews). It has a 3.31 at rateyourmusic and used to be lower. It's my most played Air album, although i was into Moon Safari and Talkie Walkie years before getting into it. My favourite BC,NR is For the First Time, and think Schlagenheim excellent.

someone_else wrote: Voted for Kate Bush and North Sea Radio Orchestra.

I really like both of those albums.

richardh wrote: Black Midi. I don't ever listen to that Kate Bush album and don't know anything else on the list.

I knew this list would be very limited in knowness commonly at the forum. I don't play that Kate Bush album in full often, but I adore "Lake Tahoe" off 50 Words for Snow. Obviously I'm someone who loves kinds of atmospheric music and that piece is oone of my very favourites by her (I loved the shorter version too when used as a promo).

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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Voted for Secret Chiefs 3, Magma, Koenjihyakkei, North Sea Radio Orchestra, William D Drake, black midi, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Squid, Black Country New Road Sorry couldn't help myself

I'm very happy when people take me up on the "or more". It's so much more satisfying than when I get comments like "None of them, here's [insert melodic rock or melodic metal work here]" which has happened to me on numerous occasions throughout the years. :)