Obscure music

[Deleted member 3990]

Post obscure artists and albums you think deserve more recognition.

I'll start, from least obscure to most obscure:
Hell - Hell III (US, Sludge/Black metal/Post-rock, 2012)

Spoiler

View: https://youtu.be/XgjpfdVG5TQ

Love, Claire - Love, Claire (US, Slowcore/Post-rock, 1997)

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View: https://axiom-schema.bandcamp.com/album/love-claire

Tacoma Radar - No One Waved Goodbye (UK, Slowcore, 2004)

Spoiler

View: https://youtu.be/fzlMxXlPsGI

Lowering - Brooklyn (US/Russia, Dark jazz, 2018)

Spoiler

Brooklyn, by Lowering

8 track album

loweringmusic.bandcamp.com

Memoires d'Automne - Gloria Victis (France, Coldwave/Post-punk, 1993)

Spoiler

View: https://youtu.be/ciZiU0pdSqc

Dean Roberts - And The Black Moths Play The Grand Cinema (New Zealand, Electroacoustic/Post-rock/Experimental, 2000)

Spoiler

View: https://staubgold.bandcamp.com/album/and-the-black-moths-play-the-grand-cinema

After The Flood - After The Flood 2 (US, Ambient/Gothic rock, 1998)

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After the Flood – After the Flood 2 (1998) FULL

æ 600:00 // 1-1. Herald // 6m40s06:40 // 1-2. Touching Still // 5m05s11:45 // 1-3. Misdeem // 5m03s16:48 // 1-4. Mother Resounded // 2m45s19:33 // 1-5. Hand ...

youtu.be

Milk - Milk (New Zealand, Shoegaze/Slowcore, 2019)

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Milk, by milk

10 track album

milk420.bandcamp.com

Bloemfontein - Improvisational Sessions Volume Three (Canada, Ambient/Post-rock, 2005)

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Improvisational Sessions Volume Three, by Bloemfontein

5 track album

bloemfontein-windsor.bandcamp.com

 

[Lonely_Ghost]

I have a real soft spot for I Mean Us. A tiawanese band that create weird, trippy peaceful music thats well worth a listen.

Spoiler: Their latest album

View: https://youtu.be/RFUGvC6A4tM/

 

[Kolph]

This unknown and rare 1980s German song that no one really knows the origins of, the kicker is that its actually really good yet we know so little.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGf4liO-KQ

 

[proto]

Found this way back when it had around 200 views. Love the sewerslvt vibes it gives off.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3gnsHmXnn8

 

[elia925-6]

This unknown and rare 1980s German song that no one really knows the origins of, the kicker is that its actually really good yet we know so little.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGf4liO-KQ

It's maybe Krautrock. Many music fans don't know the existence even though it influenced modern rock because the info is in German.

 

[elia925-6]

Is 80% of Japanese music obscure to the west?
Like Shibuya Kei, some discdogs rare releases

 

[Deleted member 3990]

It's maybe Krautrock. Many music fans don't know the existence even though it influenced modern rock because the info is in German.

This isn't krautrock lol. It's more in the veins of post-punk.

 

[elia925-6]

The Unsung Heroes of Early Memphis Rap

Torii MacAdams on the influential and underrated artists who have had a lasting impact on the city's dynamic scene.

daily.redbullmusicacademy.com

I found this article and it's worth a read. It talks about the very obscure roots of Trap which no one knows how the two genres are related to each other and how influenced modern hiphop. It was the Hyperpop of that time.

 

[SolidStateSurvivor]

Is 80% of Japanese music obscure to the west?

When it comes to city-pop/80s Japanese releases there are some examples of the west elevating tracks through vaporwave/future funk remixes that were obscure upon release in their native lands. The group Piper comes to mind (specifically their album Summer Breeze.)

Shigenori Kamiya - Mu Opacity - Early 80's Japanese synthesizer music, if you're familiar with Osamu Shoji's work then you'll like this. Kamiya himself is an interesting guy too.

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View: https://youtu.be/2tAZwbH3QYc

Viscous Pink - 80's French new wave duo, most of their songs are in English

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View: https://youtu.be/Ku8a6Tfs9R8

Chakra/チャクラ - Early 80's Japanese band with a very strange range of sounds (this is especially apparent in their album Satekoso (1981)) Haroumi Hosono had a small hand in some of their music (but then again him or Ryuichi Sakamoto seemed to have a hand in all the good stuff coming out at the time)

Spoiler

View: https://youtu.be/3eL07ODR3M8

 

[Lonely_Ghost]

Anything from Melo is always gold.

View: https://youtu.be/oT-ZgRU5l5Q

 

[Kolph]

Found something special while browsing through indie artists on Bandcamp

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U00P5dLDbI


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HaFLqMkICc


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JKiE29ZavE

 

[elia925-6]

Most soundcloud music is underground outside of mumble cr*p and kpop.

 

[elia925-6]

Is anyone aware of Folktronica? I've heard it's an obscure genre with few artists popular like Four Tet, Wankelmut, Avicii and Caribou

 

[ignika98]

All of TWO-MIX's songs that aren't from Gundam Wing are criminally underappreciated.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKneieheDa8



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhtQmOwm1wM



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocqT23oPDvU



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E48p4Wju6gM




Also I'm a big fan of Group_Inou. Their shit is some of the most unique sounding rap I've ever heard. Also their music videos are always dope, especially when it's AC-bu doing them.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE2ywCcKkdQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACEBZ-KmuQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5bk3VmBpIs



Speaking of Japanese rap, I think ZAMAGI might be the most obscure group I'm into. I can't find shit about them online since they disbanded in the early 2000's. They also have dope music videos by AC_bu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXUTu8Lh5pw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OCupkQ6ajM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iqVoGio1RU

 

[vaporwavemaster1]

私のアメリカ人の友人が少し前にこのバンドについて私に話しました。それ以来、私は夢中になっています。このグループは非常に過小評価されており、電子音楽の革新に対してはるかに多くの称賛に値します


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZNnnD6UX8w



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpzXmInyfrY



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxgkz2JqAGA

 

[elia925-6]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQtV_5elpek

This could make a great future funk remix.

 

[Kolph]

Found German Machine girl

View: https://youtu.be/X26jW0UrXKU

 

[Jessica3cho雪血⊜青意]

I would consider these fairly obscure, though the music videos have quite a few views. Never really hear anyone talk about Dead Pirate.


View: https://youtu.be/mOKMoL8_jaQ



View: https://youtu.be/THpt6ugy_8E

 

[saintdinnah]

MOTHERFUCKING PLANT MUSIC.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0vrsO3_HpU

 

[Taleisin]

View: https://youtu.be/ImHQwOKyL5s



View: https://youtu.be/gZYPAasu5y0



View: https://youtu.be/eys1vNuY8-Y



Not sure how obscure these are, but you'll enjoy them