Posts by redbear12

Steven Newman50 said:There's a character limit when you first set up a poll, but you can always go back and edit it once it's live. We good now?

Yeah. 🎉

That’s just the album title I suggested, not the whole thing.

Did someone accidentally leave out the full title, or is there some kind of limit—like only being allowed 10 emojis per post—that kept the entire name from fitting?

The whole album is led by Jordi Savall. If you haven't noticed, I'm totally hyping him up here! 🎉

Amanda Lopez50 said:Honestly, this isn't just beautiful—it’s like listening to a soundtrack for an early Denis Villeneuve film (just way more traditional, obviously)😍

Case in point: my absolute favorite from The Godfather, his best movie, hands down. 🙂
Denis Villeneuve is Armenian, of course, but he was born in Egypt and grew up in Canada.

When I put this music on, I feel like I'm totally alone at night in some massive, remote desert. 😍

It’s gorgeous, sure, but there’s this raw edge to it. It forces you to actually sit with yourself. There's nothing out there except you and the sand.

Gerald Jackson48 said:You could've thrown more candidates into the Album of the Week mix then. I actually held back my vote this time, thinking if we ended up in a tie, it might shake things up and pull more people into the thread.

I cast my vote yesterday right around 20 minutes before midnight. Last one in. It was basically a coin toss whether my vote would even count, but I threw it in anyway. Didn't want to let luck make me look like a cheat. 🙂

Sure, I could've played it that way, but that feels like such a cheap move. Look, I know, it’s just a stupid poll. I was the last one to vote, but I wasn't trying to be tactical about it. Honestly, I tried being calculated once before, but it didn't work out. 🙂

I didn't have any real intention of voting, but I figured I'd just give my support to the underdog and then go listen to everything.

Truth is, it didn't even cross my mind that more albums might make the cut.

Anyway, I don't mean for this to sound like I'm patting myself on the back. 🙈

Steven Newman50 said:it's barely picking up my votes at all. This server is totally glitching out on me this round.

That whole thing is an unexplored classic to me, and honestly, the possibility you brought up in your intro is just a side note. 😛

But yeah, anyway, now we're just sitting here waiting for Sade. 🙂

If I had been playing dirty, there was no way Sade would've won.🙂🙂

Sade. Yeah, I know her. Great vocals. Honestly, might even be my favorite of all these releases. It’s got this whole nocturnal vibe to it. I was on the fence about giving her a spin, but one song by Fear totally sealed the deal.

Lovage. Pretty sure I’ve caught one of their tracks before. Some kind of trip-hop thing. Something's missing for me, though—way too much talking on the album.

San Salvador. Listening to this stuff always triggers these weird associations. It starts off feeling like folk, then moves into medieval territory, then Renaissance, then tribal, then maybe something African... it feels like a modern take on medieval secular music—you know, like pop music from the Middle Ages meant for dancing at a carnival or something. It’s got this cool indie energy. Overall, really interesting and definitely something fresh to me.

The Sound. Man, I grew up on Joy Division, so now everything in this style sounds similar or just heavily influenced by them. It’s okay, but it doesn't quite grab me. It’s the kind of album you don't necessarily put on just for the hell of it, but if someone handed it to me, I'd give it a fair shake and listen through.

igra staklen perla 👍

Die Krupps, Third Ear band, San Salvador, igra staklen perla—I really want to sit down and dive into those full albums. Sade was right on the edge, and one track was all it took to push me over.

I’ve said this before. It’s one thing when I grab an album and actually sit down to listen—assuming it isn't some genre I can't wrap my head around, like black metal—and try to make sense of it. Sometimes an album doesn't click right away, but then I grow to love it later, or if I were grading it, I might need to spin it a few times, maybe even dozens of times, before I land on a final score.
But that’s not what we’re doing here. This is just a quick glance at the tracks, more of a gut reaction than anything deep.

I "listened" to the first six, and honestly, there are a couple in there I could see spinning on occasion.

I find die Krupps pretty interesting. I can definitely see myself cranking this kind of stuff during the summer.
Interpartysystem follows a similar path to the previous album (die Krupps!), and you can tell the modern influences are there—it's got that early 2000s Linkin Park pop-punk vibe.
The Brdys... man, talk about country. A solid little album, though it all starts sounding a bit much to me—again, keep in mind this is just a superficial listen.
Explosions in the Sky is like watching a band play classical music on rock instruments, if that makes sense. That’s post-rock for you. The thing with these albums is they don't chase that pop effect; you have to listen to the whole thing as a unit. Maybe it just didn't hit for me, or maybe I was just a bit distracted.
Vuco feels like a rock version of Zlatko Pejaković. I expected something a bit more hard rock, but it made me think of those classic lines... "every night around midnight."😵
Third Ear band is a totally different beast. It feels more grounded, though I don't know if the album eventually settles into a more standard groove. For me, though, the vibe is cool. I love throwing on albums like this, lying back, closing my eyes, and just letting the music take me wherever it wants to go.

Steven Newman50 said:For some reason, my votes aren't registering. Seriously. 😁 Whatever. If everyone else is good to go, the poll's gonna run just fine. If we end up missing some numbers, we’ll just do a manual count later. No big deal. 😁

So, apparently my suggestion was actually solid, yet here we go with all this drama. Look, I know how this works. Nothing happens by accident. 😬

Yeah, I caught that too. It’s totally bugged. It shows 3 votes as 2, and 4 votes as 3. Just broken.

Make sure you're first on the list next time and put Victor on 🙂

He and San Salvador are my latest musical obsessions 😍

Dennis Martin6 said:That’s just the sound of colonizers, not the locals 😁

Baroque music from South America 🙏

Lisa Davis46 said:redbear12, this album is absolute perfection. again!

Thanks. Glad you're feeling it. I'm actually thinking about doing a whole Jordi Savall series next. 🙂

That’s actually the 11th album. Not sure what the rules are on that one right now.

I've officially kicked off my album season again, so I'll be stepping back from this later.

I love scrolling through Spotify just to see how people are ranking. There’s something low-key awesome about catching an artist when they have fewer than a hundred listeners. 🙂

Krupps 66,555
Interpartysystem 78,240
The Byrds 2,001,043
Explosions in the Sky 524,354
Vuco 17,411/Siniša Vuco 4,101
Third Ear band 2,536
Sade 4,227,717
Lovage 75,824
Out of this whole list, I'll only call out Jordin Savall 385,877
San Salvador 10,638 (Honestly, these guys are killing it—totally chill vibes!)

I'm definitely spinning San Salvador on Spotify just so they can count me as one more listener. 🎉

Accidentally clicked on San Salvador. Look, I don't consider myself a total slob, and hopefully it’s nothing serious, but they’ve got my voice now! 👍🙏🙏

It kind of sounds like some early ensemble or maybe some indigenous music from before the Europeans arrived in South America.

Gerald Jackson48 said:Look, just copy and paste this right here without clicking any links: https://i.postimg.cc/Qxxps9Bk/0885686072318-600.jpg Just slap (image) at the end of the string.

Thanks! 👍

As for me, whenever I tried that, I either ended up with absolutely nothing or a massive wall of text that went on for a thousand characters. 😲

It’s getting crowded in here, so I better jump in before there's no room left. 😁

Jordi Savall / la Capella Reial de Catalunya / Montserrat Figueras / Hespèrion XXI / Tembembe Ensamble Continuo-El Nuevo Mundo: Folias Criollas (2010)

That’s the full title right there. If that’s a mouthful, you could just call it Jordi Savall - el Nuevo Mundo : Folias Criollas (2010)

Jordi Savall - el Nuevo Mundo : Folias Criollas

I saw this movie for the first time back when we were still rocking a black-and-white TV, so I didn't even notice once it switched to color. That was actually the day my sister and I watched it while my parents ran out to pick up a new color set. When my sister warned me that a witch was coming, I just dove under the covers and shut my eyes tight, waiting for the witch to disappear. (Or maybe she just planted that idea in my head and I went along with it 🤔, though if I'm being honest, I was pretty terrified 🤔) 🙏
Later on, I revisited it as an adult—maybe even twice.
(But honestly, that was nothing compared to the absolute trauma I went through as a kid watching that Michael Jackson thriller—just the opening bit, really—but that's a whole other story)

Lisa Davis46 said:I don't know, some parts were actually pretty easy to follow! 🙂 well, a little bit. If you view it like a musical or even a play, it makes sense. Personally, I found it super fun and upbeat—none of that heavy opera melodrama. And honestly, I’m not totally sure where the line is drawn between all those different vocal styles, cantatas, and oratorios, and when it actually becomes "opera"... maybe you know the deal?

This sounds pretty interesting too! 😁

Never heard of it, but lay it on me! 🙂

The first actual opera was Daphne by Jacopo Prati around 1598, but it's lost (I think there are just fragments left), and the first one we actually have is Eurydice (1600) by the same guy. From what I gather, they were obsessed with Greek mythology back then. Cantatas and oratorios came along later. Even though I listen to classical music a ton, I don't hit up operas that often. I'm not a huge fan of those super high-pitched female voices, but I try to focus on the beauty of the melody underneath it all.

Jordin Savall is one of my latest musical finds. He probably isn't even singing on these albums—maybe he plays something, like an old-school violin—but he's definitely the one running the show. It might turn into a full cycle. His work is incredibly rich since most of this stuff was recorded ages ago.🙏