anyone into The Necks or Supersilent?

very different bands from each other but I'd like to find more bands that are similar and have a sound thats somewhere between these 2,
The Necks - pulsing trance-jazz, with minimalistic tendencies yet rhythmically dense,
Supersilent - improv, ambient, noise, part electronic part live instruments, clattery jazz with focused direction--songs that start low-key and build to a loud bombardment of rhythm and sound,

stuff like this is perfect for reading, nothing more fulfilling than taking in an entire 60 minute song by The Necks! might bore some to death but for me I love that propulsive nonstop groove with slight variation,

cool man, thanks for the heads up, , I liked them so much I ordered 4, 6 and 8, and Im curious...is the 3CD 1 - 3 just as good?  I cant seem to find any DLs or samples of this monster to give me taste of how it all  sounds, 

I'd definitely like to hear a song or two from 1 - 3, if you can provide thanks!

I don't even have Townsville yet, I plan to get it soon!

I'd definitely first recommend "Chemist", as its 3 x 20 minute long songs as opposed to most of their albums which are usually one 60 min long track per CD , "Chemist" allows you to take in 3 pieces of Necky goodness at shorter intervals....I'd also say "The Boys" is also a unique album in their catalog as its a soundtrack to the Australian made movie "The Boys" (which I have yet to see), its 7 shorter songs, ...and of course if you want to go for their more standard -one song/hour long- CDs; "Drive By", Hanging Gardens" and "Aether" are all brilliant IMO,

one of these days when I have the extra scratch I want to get their massive 4CD release "Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab", (one song per CD)

avestin wrote:   Yeah, this one I saw being recommended over at Progressive Ears.com by several people but I reckoned I should listen to more of their stuff before "committing" to such a big purchase.

yup, that was exactly my battle plan when I started out with The Necks, I think I'm ready for that sucker now though,

the holding back which builds into the controlled monstrous cacophony................i love it all!!!!!

mithrandir wrote: thanks again avestine for giving me this tasty morsel of Supersilent's 1-3, Im loving it to death!  I'll definitely be buying this in the near future, I love the constant driving drum patterns woven in with the absurdist noise fabric, this really hits the spot man!

I love The Necks and especially their Sex and Aquatic albums. I have listen to them countless time as background to conversations, studying, driving etc. I don't know much about that style of music but I think 'Music for Airports' by Brian Eno has similar sound and provides the same great colourful canvas (althought it has not those wonderful crisp clash cymbals) .

hmm, is that all electronic? I usually prefer the organic feel of an actual band playing with perhaps some electronic/studio-edit accompaniment instead of it being purely mechanized....but I'll check him out, 

Just heard The Necks - Bondi Pavillion Theatre, Sydney 24 Jan 2004, great stuff!