Freak Me Out

Give "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd a try. It's been a top selling album for over 25 years now. Amazing album.

I'm not sure these are freaky, but they're certainly exotic and VERY well recorded. Try Warren Smith's "Cats Are Stealing My $hit", Asante's "Ohene Kesee A Ebin" or "Bluiett's Barbeque Band" by Hamiet Bluiett. There's a lot more info and sound bytes on our website.

You might also track down anything by Foetus. I used to have the albums "Nail" and "Hole". It's a very odd mixture of sound effects (a chair dragging across a concrete floor, fingernails on a chalkboard, etc.) with a industrial-sounding drum machine and occational vocals.

I also heard a band recently called the Tards. I'm told the group is an revolving collective of musicians playing very rhythmic bluesy, industrial-rock-punk while pretending to be mentally-challenged. It's definitely weird and potentially offensive. They have a couple of releases available on Sympathy for the Record Industry records.

Has anyone mentioned John Zorn's "Spillane"? If so, I second the motion... if not, thoroughly recommended.
BTW, I confess to improper laziness; am making a hard copy of the posts to read later at leisure.
THANKS everyone!!

The Boredoms are exactly what you want.
They're Japanese. They use every sound they can produce by any means. Very loud, pretty much insane but still coherant.
Of what I've heard, I'm most fond of the CD Super Are. What I've heard of their latest, Vision Creation New Sun, is more electronic and jungly.

The Group is called "YELLO" , Cd is "One Second".Everyone is familiar with one of the later tracks but the entire disc has great depth,effects,imaging,and very unique instrumentation.Also check out a CD called "Spies,Music of Espianage".Both are a tremendous work out for speakers and need lots of power to convey their weight.

A cd from DHM label called ' Mythomania- songs of witches, fairies and ghosts'. A great find in terms of being different classical and at the same time EXCELLENT recording. If you are in to classical you will love this CD. Singing is what will freak you out.( and not because it is in GERMAN)

As far as jazz goes, the Sun Ra suggestion is a good one...so is Ornette Coleman, and some of John Coletrane's later stuff...especially "Ascension".

Captain Beefheart and Johnny Dowd are both good suggestions, though you may never get used to Johnny Dowd's voice. For a real freak show, check out The Shaggs. Todd Rundgren's "A Wizard A True Star" is a goodun', but not necessarily a great recording (recorded in 72 with lots of tracks). Neutral Milk Hotel and Giant Sand are also worth checking out. NMH is a bit lo-fi, but the last Giant Sand album ("Chore of Enchantment")is really recorded pretty well. Beck's "Mutations" is interesting, but mellow. The Flaming Lips' "The Soft Bulletin" is pretty impressive. The Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" is a psychedelic rap classic (not a lot of competition there). If you think you'd like an odd Beatle-ish/Rundgren/Neil Young influenced band (with a singer that doesn't sound like any of them), you might want to check out The Loud Family "Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things", "Interbabe Concern", "Days For Days", or "Attractive Nuissance".

That's all I can think of for now. Some of them are good recordings, but the true eccentrics don't often get handed a big budget.

'The dropper' by martin medeski and wood, will freak you out for sure. And it has that strange addictive element to it, that would make it worthwhile.

This is not the music but a puzzle, that will freak you out. Probably not the right forum but let's try anyway
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My system is a multichannel/2 channel set of a Bryston amp, and precessor, 9b-sp1, a HD Toshiba-A1 DVD player with a HDMI cable ,Concierto baby grand pc.I have a 42 inch panasonic widesceen pluged into a monster 5k power conditioner,hddvr system that rest on a beautiful black /metal, and glass Bello tv stand.For the music I have a audio Magic box conditioner,Metronome cd player with gold pin 6922 Telefunken tubes,into a Bat 31se super tube six pac preamp. I have a set of 5.1 Sonus faber grand Piano,solo,conserto surrounds, with a 1000 watt Boston Acoustic sub. I have Mit Oracle v2.1 interconnect on the amp for two fronts with Oracle ac1 pc's on the amp - sub. Nervana didital pc,Concierto violin interconnects on the cd player , violin interconnect,and violin pc on the preamp. I plane to use Concierto on the whole music section for words may not tell these cables true story. The the audio stand I chose a Billy Bags black metal with red mohogany shelves providing the focus, detailed bass weight,great ventilation, and the kind of audio eye candy that makes this hobby so irrestible. While my movies sound fantastic, the ultimate goal is for me to take limited funds and produce a multi/2channel system that whould slam from both sides of the fence. The music at this point must produce a liquid nature ,with a midrange that motivates smooth vocals from male,and female singers,tight bass with slam, dynamics,and highs that are'nt harsh.

SOPOR AETERNUS. The most beautiful avantegarde/gothic/mournful/from the crypt music, Anna's voice is something to behold. My favorite artist ever. Sings In German and English.

Anything by the Flaming Lips

Check out Material's "Hallucination Engine" CD - I'd describe it as Mid-Eastern Ambient Space Funk. Some of the players: Bill Laswell (producer as well), Boosty Collins, Sly Dunbar, Wayne Shorter, Bernie Worrell. Excellent freak out stuff.

Can, Future Days
Capt Beefheart, Trout Mask Replica

I think I know what you're up to....

Lots to pick from/ hard to guess what will bounce off and what will be absorbed (BTW Trout Mask and Future Days are incredibly deluxe!!!)... here are a few more:
Herbie Hancock-Sextant
Ruins-Burning Stone
Tipographica-Tipographica
Harriet Tubman-Prototype
Massacre-Killing Time, Funny Valentine, Meltdown
Fermata-Fermata
Frank Zappa-Waka Jawaka
Crater-Proceed
Kollektiv-Kollektiv
Dr. Nerve-Skin
Blast-Stringy Rugs
Holger Czukay- On The Way To The Peak Of Normal
Squarepusher-Feed Me Weird Things

Great thread ~!
LOL! Pehare is on to you already!!!

I wanted to be first to say "Trout Mask Replica" but was beaten to it. Although more mainstream, Capt Beefheart's "Clear Spot" album is a solid recommendation in the wierdness stakes.

The other night I was at a guy's place who had an awesome setup consisting of MBL 101's powered by Gryphon electronics. The soundstage was _spooky_ real.

He was a big fan of Japanese manga cartoons and anime movies. He played a soundtrack from the anime movie "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence". Wow - I listen to all kinds of music from Bach to Bjork, but I had never heard *anything* like this! An incredible amalgam of sound effects, synths, japanese choral music in staccato voices, and stuff that just defies description.

You can also check out Bjork, she's done some pretty fascinating work, my fave would be "Vespertine"

Also take a listen to Fratres by East European composer Arvo Part. (the Flanders Fiamminghi Orchestra on Telarc is the definitive reading IMHO)

Happy hunting,
Mick

Thanks all!!
Since I started this thread 6 years ago,I'm too old now to be freaked out..Gotta watch the ticker!!
How about the soundtrack to "The Lost Highway"?? A good one!

Check out a Cd that was voted best Progressive Rock Cd the year it came out "A Place in the Queue" by The Tangent. Very ecletic with music ranging from cocktail jazz to synthesizer infused rock.

Squarepusher! Wow Duane you are really branching out. You gotta check out David Torn's new album, it's kinda a freakout itself.

I am starting to sound like a broken record but - check out "Floratone", 2007 release on Blue Note. Even old people like it!

This may have been suggested, I didn't slog through all the posts, but check out Dead Can Dance "Into the Laberynth. I know that's not spelled right, but that's as close as I can get for now...

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Future Sound of London - Dead Cities, Lifeforms
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park, Last Rights, The Process and/or The Greater Wrong of the Right
Any of the fine works of Autechre

Guaranteed to "FYO"

sooo many...
The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp
Gong, Camembert Electrique (and indeed any other Gong with Kevin Ayers)
Fripp & Eno, No Pussyfooting
Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom
Captain Beefheart, Lick My Decals Off Baby
Most stuff by Fred Frith, Henry Cow, Chris Cutler, Bob Drake, Holger Czukay,...
but also, on an entirely other note:
Atrium Musicae de La Spagna directed by Gregorio Paniagua, La Folia de la Spagna
sooo many others, really...

Nrchy download the newest version of Firefox and it'll spell-check as you type.

Synthfreak it only shows that the word is wrong, it doesn't correct. You have to come up with the right spelling. I tried a few different ways and never did get it right...

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Check out Daboa, "from the gekko". It's a reference disc I found on the Soundstage! website.

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The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid / The Real Tuesday Weld. You can sample it at Amazon were there are copies dirt cheap.

Anything w/ Les Calypool, and Gorin/Levin/Marotta's From The Caves of Iron Mountain...the latter was recorded in a cave for XX sake, and recording quality is superb, absolute audiophile quality.

A 2nd vote for Medeski, Martin & Wood. Try their 1st (eponymous) and Combustication. Extremely well recorded IMHO.

MMW is great but freaky? Groovy, yes!

Gentle Giant: In a Glass House

Everything you have asked for you will receive.

SKINNY PUPPY!!!try the last 4 or 5 skinny puppy cds.
the last two are particularly awesome sounding.
and i mean that.
you wonder if these guys are not from this planet.
pure sonic scapes and the sounds are not from around
here.

i forgot to mention. two bands opened for skinny puppy on thei 2007 tour: otto von schirach and
i think 3 blind mice. the music was extremely
weird and will freak you out. so much so, that they
border on the absurd. and again, i mean that.

love,
jorge

Happy the man the album is "Crafty Hands" you will dig this one.

I was happily surprised to see some of my favorite music listed above. I thought Audiogon was a bunch of dry, anal, academics. :) I'm gonna repeat (reinforce) one or two of the earlier posts, and add some new ones. Format is 'Band - Album(s)':

Can: Future Days, Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi. Excellent production, psychedelic-fusion from the late sixties - early seventies. Start with Future Days! Available in remastered SACD!

Naked City (John Zorn): Grand Guignol, Heretic, Absinthe, Leng Tch'e. Be warned, this can be hard, intense 'noise' at times. Again, excellent production.

Autechre: Quaristice, LP5, Tri-Repetae, Draft 7.30. Electronica gone a bit wonky; nothing is quite right, which is precisely why its so right.

Stravinsky: The Firebird, Rite of Spring. They still freak ME out.

George Crumb: Madrigals, Makrokosmos III. Hard to describe. (Messiean on acid?)

Would love to see more suggestions on here. I am noting down all the ones I do not know. Thank you David99!

If anyone can find ANYTHING freakier than Jaap Blonk's craziness I'd be surprised. Listen to these samples.

http://www.ubuweb.com/sound/blonk_flux.html

Anything by Spock's Beard or Jade Warrior, Popul Vuh's "Shepherd's Symphony-Hirtensymphonie", King Crimson's "Lark's Tongue in Aspic",Patrick O'Hearn's "Ancient Dreams",Tangerine Dream's "Optical Race", Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells",Joe Satriani's "Not of This Earth",Zero 7's "When It Falls",Gentle Giant's "The Power and The Glory", Bela Fleck's "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo".--Mrmitch

Luigi Nono tape pieces circa 1966, Stockhausen from the same general period, Illhan Mimoraglu with Freddie Hubbard "Sing me a song of Songmy"

Here is one though hard to find: Horacee Arnold's Tales of The Exonerated Flea....with Jan Hammer, Rick Laird from Mahavishnu, Ralph Towner, Art Webb, John Abercrombie, and many others....a swirling sound landsacpe if there is ever one with lots of improv.

''Has Been'' by none other than Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner.

A revelation, and this is no joke, a great cd.

Is it a talking man with music or music with added lyrics? Lush production, lush sounds, it's a great oddball recording that I enjoyed. Critically acclaimed by a few indie music mags. TRY IT !!!

Tom Waits - Mule Variations

King Crimson - Islands

come to mind

Henryhk, Check out the MMW's latest' let us go everywhere' . Freaky and Groovy.
Also check out their old ' farmer's reserve'. Freaky good and makes a great test CD also

Well, you asked. Check out Hanzel und Gretyl, Test Department, Einsturzende Neubauten for hard stuff. On the ethereal side, try This Mortal Coil (album Blood is beautiful).

George Crumb "Music for a Summer Evening"

Here's a link to a great recording of it:

http://www.georgecrumb.net/rec/elek9149.html

Davemitchell: thank god there is another real 20th century rec here! Most appropriate for the questioner!

Spacetime Continuum "Sea Biscuit" plenty of sound effects,great soundstage!

That is a GREAT album raytheprinter. Jonah Sharp is amazing. I have nearly everything he's ever produced.

Mary Margaret O'Hara's CD "Miss America" ... an extremely good CD that you will never forget ... makes a black hole look like a luminary

Try Bass Communion - a sub-project of Porcupine Tree's front-man Steve Wilson.

The Cure: Fear of Ghosts.