9 Amazing Albums
Each of these works greatly influence my approach to sound design, composition, and orchestration. My music would not sound the same without them!
1. Endtroducing by DJ Shadow
Collage sampling that flips pre-existing material into wholly original and evolving soundscapes.
The manifestation of a broken, introspective man's escapade into abstraction; a linguistic approach to production complimented by Brian Eno's studio mastery.
Technical mastery over cutting edge contemporary technology hyper-polishes a stoic reinterpretation of Weimar-era New Objectivity and Retrofuturism into the “roboticization” of the “human” consumer post-World War II. A distinctive and conscious transformation of Germanic identity after the Nazis irreparably tainted pre-WWII German art.
An aggressive, uncompromising interpretation of musique concrete, punk's DIY attitude, and industrial soundscapes with a radical sermonic devotion to the revolutionary funk of James Brown and Sly Stone.
An avant-garde fusion of almost every artistic process possible with found sounds, dark drones, nightmarish & unpredictable sound design, and general disarray.
Contains some of the most complicated rhythmic arrangements put to record, beautiful neo-classical piano pieces, and electro-acoustic experiments reminiscent of John Cage's best work. A dramatic record hyper-aware of even the most minute compositional variations to create beauty in chaos.
Intricate vocal harmonies and "post-rock n roll" orchestrations elevate Brian Wilson's radical take on doo wop, Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, and classical harmonic excursions into a profound, delicate interpretation of pop music and teenage sensibilities.
