So, basically...
I was at Nightmare Before Christmas 2007 and there was this band playing called 'Oneida'.. and they rocked out this awesome fat liveset of krautrock techno noise, with loads of repetition and electronics and I danced like loon.
But on further listening I can't find anything they released of similar nature.
Was that just them being psychotic live mentals or am I looking all wrong?
Because it was amazing.
An infuriating band
They sometimes sound immense but a lot of their songs are just half baked ideas. "Happy New Year" and "Secret Wars" have a few Krauty tracks i suppose.
They are way better live than on record
Get Secret Wars though, that's their best I think. The split with Liars is awesome too.
Oh and Each One Teach One is sposed to be really Krauty, but I don't own it. It does have the sublime 'Sheets of Easter' on it though. I really ought to buy it, actually.
they just have this thing live
where they loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop and loop bits of tracks on. like 'up with people' on Happy New Year, which is 8 minutes on record by they played it for 20 or so at ATP.
their records are largely great though. i think my favourites are Anthem of the Moon and The Wedding...
i have 'the wedding'
it didn't grab me, but i am persistent.
but i do want this loopy loopy shiz
perhaps i can find a live recording
the last track
on Anthem... is a 12 minute guitar freak out. it's fucking rad.
also
i don't have it but Each One Teach One has the semi-legendary Sheets of Easter on it, which was the first track they played at ATP and is like 20 minutes long or something as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Each_One_Teach_One
the first CD is just two really long tracks.
they also have a new record out in august that is i believe made up of 3 really long tracks.
i thought they started with
up with people?
they have 3 albums out this year. the first is very very Neu!, minimal and repetitive so fenton might be into it.
doh
checked and actually the release schedule is more stretched out. so just one album this year, then a triple in january and another i assume later in '09
a TRIPLE?
dude.
i need to go buy me the bits of their back cat that i'm missing. where's my mastercard...
preteen weaponry is
reeeeally good btw. no vocals from what i remember. i'm gonna listen to it again now.
Yeah I d/led it
It's great, if you dig Kraut.
nah
sheets of easter was first because i missed most of it.
is 'Neu!' like some phrase or genre
i should be namedropping.!
?
a band
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neu
in fact, THE krautrock band
ah, OK, cool
i lose track. i'm a full time job already, without all these bands and labels and tsk!
think i managed to finally clear my head after primavera though, i was saturated!
mmmmmmm primavera
so good. so sweet. patatas fritas ftw.
The Wedding is my favourite of theirs
'Did I Die' is probably my favourite track of all time.
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Thanks for help everyone.
for me the wedding is their weakest album
if we're not counting Come On Everybody Let's Rock which is just totally different to everything else. Besides, I really like that, in the sense it should probably be viewed as a different band.
I'm no massive Kraut expert (to say the least), but the album you're probably after is Anthem Of The Moon for that kind of thing. Though Secret Wars is probably the best album in my opinion. And CD1 of Each One Teach One is two songs that just repeat for 15 minutes. Utterly mental. Sheets Of Easter live is an experience unlike anything, ever.
This is really a band where if you like them, you should probably get all their albums though!
Does anyone have this one?
"A Place Called El Shaddai's"
It's listed on their Wikipedia page as their first album, I don't have it, I guess it wasn't released over here. Anyone?
You were probably dancing to "Double Lock Your Mind"
Which only a total loon would dance to- only cause it's like 13 minutes of over the top riffage layered over one silly little keyboard riff- I'll bet that's the one and it is on "Anthem To The Moon"- a great album- The Wedding is good too.
nah
they didn't play that at ATP. sadface.
"A Place Called El Shaddai's"
i've never heard it. it looks to be deleted:
http://www.amazon.com/Place-Called-El-Shaddais/dp/B00000G32V
but there are cheapo copies on marketplace. although given that they run their own label you'd think they'd have reissued it by now if it were any good...
Could someone compile me a "best of" CD of this band please?
In return I could give you a mix CD or a best of some other band that I might be in to.
there used to be a free compilation
on emusic, not sure if it's still there but worth a look...
I don't ever use those sites.
When it comes to downloading stuff or listening online I rarely bother. Thanks for the suggestion though. Seems to be one of those bands that have a huge back catalogue that makes me want to impulse buy everything available. I have to stop doing this and start saving my money!