- This topic has 14 replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 10 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Hey, I'm new here. I bought Behind the Sun on a whim on vinyl a while back and have fallen in love. I have heard the last Roadworks album too now, but wondered where I should start with checking out the rest of Motorpsycho's immense back catalogue, especially as I am on a limited budget! I was gutted to miss the show in London last night, I gather from the thread on here that it was pretty special.
If it helps, I like jazz/improv and heavy riff based stuff more than, say, straighter pop-tinged songs.
Looking forward to delving in. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give. I know picking good albums is incredibly subjective, but sitting looking at the whole discography is quite daunting!
Norwegian metal, very heavy, dark: Lobotomizer, Soothe.
The find themselves era, spans from metal to pop to prog etc: Demon Box, Timothy's Monster.
Indie- or "alternative"-rock (?): Blissard (first album very well produced).
A little more experimental: Angels And Demons At Play.
Considered holy grail, masterpiece and very psychedelic: Trust Us.
70s pop-phase, beautiful production: Let Them Eat Cake and Phanerothyme.
"Outtakes" from LTEC but completely different, means hard-rocking, straight-forward stuff: Barracuda EP.
Jazz, impro: In The Fishtank.
Redefinition after drummer Gebhardt left the band (Bent plays drums on that one): Black Hole / Blank Canvas (double-album, some gems on there).
Prog-rock influenced from now on, with new drummer Kenneth: Little Lucid Moments, then Heavy Metal Fruit with some more catchier songs too while having producer in the background.
Anniversary album, vinyl only, recorded at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio: Child Of The Future.
Prog-rock throughout, conceptional double-album with Stale Storlokken, very well produced and vision greatly transformed into music with lotsa strings and horns and organ etc: The Death Defying Unicorn.
Still Life With Eggplant, still very proggy I guess quicklier recorded, Hell saga starts on this one.
After your description my advice would be:
Go an get you The Death Defying Unicorn (hard stuff at first listen, but give it a few spins at a whole), Heavy Metal Fruit (heavy riffs and impro) and to get an insight (at least a small one) to Motorpsycho in the nineties also catch Trust Us and/or Angels and Daemons at play for the very first beginning. You won't regret!
Unicorn, Trust Us and AADAP are available at Stickman-records.de for round about 15 Euros each on vinyl. For Heavy Metal Fruit on vinyl check ebay or discogs (or your local record dealer?).
For riff based improv stuff, try Little Lucid Moments, Heavy Metal Fruit or Trust Us.
If you want it jazzy, try in the Fishtank or Roadwork 2. That last one is VERY experimental.
Considering your likings, I also suggest both Heavy Metal Fruit and The Death Defying Unicorn, then you might look out for Little Lucid Moments and Still Life with Eggplant. But do give their brilliant classic albums Demon Box and Timothy's Monster a spin.
Honestly, everything is worth listening too.
But I'd also recommend Heavy Metal Fruit, Angels and Daemons at Play given your preferences and then just in any order you like. Daniel has given a good overview (he did miss "Its a Love Cult", which is a 70s pop/rock album with some slow ballads and some nice short rockers as well as the Tussler albums, which are alternative country)Since you're on a budget, listen to them on Spotify first to check them out and then decide what you buy. Vinyls are usually very nicely done packaging-wise, but the CDs aren't bad either.
If you are in the UK send me a message, keen to chat with UK Psychonauts. Twitter @loxymusic Facebook Simon Loxham (you'll know which one!)
I actuallt made a Spotify-playlist some time ago for a friend who also wanted to start with the band: this one
Think it covers all the different sides of the band pretty well
You should try see them live. They have released some very fine music over the years but their live performances are so much better than anything else on this planet…
Thanks so much everyone. I'm working my way through. Can anyone suggest cost-effective places to buy CDs from? Is Stickman the best place?
Simon, I found you on Twitter
Stickman is their own label so it's definitely the place to shop. Or Rune Grammofon who they're associated with. Support idealism.
there's an article about "vortex surfer" and its story in the new issue of the german music mag "intro".
its also available online: http://www.intro.de/kuenstler/interviews/23075120/mein-song-und-seine-geschichte-motorpsycho-vortex-surfer
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.