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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #345 on: July 17, 2015, 06:20:24 PM »


(By request also posted in this thread.) Hekla by Jón Leifs is one of my favourite classical pieces ever for the following reasons:

It apparently holds the world record on being the loudest piece of classical music ever written.

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Percussion instruments, aside of the normal ones:

- wooden mallets + tree stumps
- anvils
- hammers
- corrugated iron sheets
- tuned rocks (= rocks in different sizes)
- sirens
- huge bells
- ship chains
- a shotgun
- a cannon or several
- most likely many more

There are of course many other awesome pieces by Jón as well, such as Geysir and Dettifoss that I would recommend. :)
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #346 on: July 17, 2015, 06:54:53 PM »
If we're talking about weird instruments, can I just remind everyone of that time Björk used an actual tesla coil in a song?


(this is the live version so you can see it in the background starting at about 1:05)

and also whatever this thing is:
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #347 on: July 17, 2015, 07:05:29 PM »
While we are on the topic of Icelanders and unusual insturments, I present chapter 3 of Hrafnagaldur Óðins featuring Sigur Rós playing a marimba made out of tuned rocks. I love this song so much.

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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #348 on: July 17, 2015, 07:15:02 PM »
Quote from: Feartheviolas on July 17, 2015, 07:05:29 PM
While we are on the topic of Icelanders and unusual insturments, I present chapter 3 of Hrafnagaldur Óðins featuring Sigur Rós playing a marimba made out of tuned rocks. I love this song so much.

OH YES THIS ONE ! :D <3 <3 <3
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #349 on: July 17, 2015, 07:16:24 PM »
Quote from: Laufey on July 17, 2015, 06:20:24 PM
It apparently holds the world record on being the loudest piece of classical music ever written.
You were definitely not wrong about it being LOUD. Wow.

Quote from: Feartheviolas on July 17, 2015, 07:05:29 PM
While we are on the topic of Icelanders and unusual insturments, I present chapter 3 of Hrafnagaldur Óðins featuring Sigur Rós playing a marimba made out of tuned rocks. I love this song so much.

That was really cute! Reminded me of like, Secret of Kells/Song of the Sea type of movies...
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #350 on: July 18, 2015, 04:20:18 PM »
Quote from: Feartheviolas on July 17, 2015, 07:05:29 PM
While we are on the topic of Icelanders and unusual insturments, I present chapter 3 of Hrafnagaldur Óðins featuring Sigur Rós playing a marimba made out of tuned rocks. I love this song so much.


Oh yes this one is so good! By the way, when will they properly release it? :P (Now some of these people are releasing new music, but still!)
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #351 on: July 18, 2015, 05:28:13 PM »
Quote from: Troposphère on July 18, 2015, 04:20:18 PM
Oh yes this one is so good! By the way, when will they properly release it? :P (Now some of these people are releasing new music, but still!)
One friend told me, while making me discovering these more or less hidden titles, that it seemed the record company wasn't hurried :-\
This one is my favorite in the project. Full of... how to explain ? Joy. A lot of joy. Like if everything was possible :)
(We're several fans of Sigur Rós here now... *Imagines a meeting before a concert : a perfect day* ^^)
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #352 on: July 18, 2015, 06:07:40 PM »
Quote from: Feartheviolas on July 14, 2015, 09:50:26 AM
Music that I listen to in Norwegian:


*Decides to listen
*Listens a bit more
*Ends up playing the whole album on repeat all day.

Do you happen to know of any more music like this perhaps?
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #353 on: July 19, 2015, 05:24:48 AM »
Quote from: Feartheviolas on July 17, 2015, 07:05:29 PM
While we are on the topic of Icelanders and unusual insturments, I present chapter 3 of Hrafnagaldur Óðins featuring Sigur Rós playing a marimba made out of tuned rocks. I love this song so much.


I can't say how extremely gorgeous this is, I'm going to listen through the whole playlist for sure! Thank you for posting.
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #354 on: July 21, 2015, 11:29:50 PM »
Quote from: Guardian G.I. on July 17, 2015, 05:43:37 PM
Also, war songs from the times of the 1991-1995 Yugoslavian bloodbath are a big guilty pleasure for me (with an emphasis on guilty - I apologize in advance to ryagami and any other possibly present folks from the Balkans)
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Really no need to apologize. :)

By the way, the song above is not exactly a war song. I mean, the text was probably written as a reaction to the events, but it's a love song. :)
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #355 on: July 22, 2015, 01:02:13 AM »
I'm a bit of metalhead... So, that being said, here's some of my favorite bands:

Borean Dusk (recently discovered these guys)


Toccata Magna (also discovered them recently)


And, sort of a guilty pleasure because they're extremely cheesy... Manowar.

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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #356 on: July 22, 2015, 04:06:38 AM »
Quote from: ryagami on July 21, 2015, 11:29:50 PM
Really no need to apologize. :)

By the way, the song above is not exactly a war song. I mean, the text was probably written as a reaction to the events, but it's a love song. :)
I chose the tamer songs for that post - there are plenty of more militant stuff on YouTube.
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #357 on: July 22, 2015, 12:33:24 PM »
Quote from: Montiv on July 17, 2015, 05:50:10 AM
I'm pretty sure I have the most unspecific and wierdest music taste of all. (But I'll be stalking this thread just to see if I'm wrong)

Challenge accepted.
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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #358 on: July 22, 2015, 02:12:07 PM »
I raise you... The Screamers (synth-punk from the 70s... Older than I am O.o).

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Re: The Music Thread
« Reply #359 on: July 22, 2015, 05:49:17 PM »
Actually, I've already heard of them.  :P
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