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Whose an artist you really like but don't listen too much? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I get into abstract niches and not really artists per say. It kinda evolves with time but I don't really go backwards in meaningful ways. It feels like the music of my chapter in life.

Right now, I'm exploring how classical *is* metal in raw acoustic analog. The motivation is rather recent. It started with this YT upload, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcCsp91ymGk

Sam uses an analog synthesiser setup that is rather remarkable in ways I can't quite place yet. He has lots of good under appreciated stuff, beyond classical too.

I have been listening to a bunch of similar stuff to that link out of a curiosity about why exactly it has such a strong appeal to me versus other similar compositions. I'm not typically into techno or house music in particular. I have built some oscillators and several audio circuits, effects, and amps. I also have some audio synthesiser chips for breadboarding with classic 8-bit computers. I think the main thing that makes Sam's stuff so appealing is the voiced complexity of so many independent channels brought together, but I am still not entirely sure. I really like the layers of complexity and shifts in tempo. His stuff is worth listening to at maximum resolution with some decent headphones to pick up on it... I don't know, I kinda see a version of myself in the things Sam does in uploads and his broader interests too. I'm probably most driven by a desire to build a large analog synthesiser to explore compositions like the one linked, but that is still a very hazy potential chapter of my book for another day at the edge of my awareness.

So in a way I'm just starting a chapter and therefore listening to someone I have not listened to much but like at the moment.