What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles?
Although 90% of the time I listen to jazz these days, my interests remain quite diverse. I recently discovered the Japanese psychedelic rock band Kikagaku Moyo that I've been listening quite a bit lately. They blend rock, psych, prog, and shoegaze together nicely with their eastern influence. I think they only have 4 studio albums but it's pretty cool stuff. By the way @mitchagain, I recall Crack the Sky well! Growing up in Maryland in the 70s and 80s they were a local fav for sure. |
One man’s unknown artist is another’s very well known one. Audiogon members are unusually aware of cult-level artists, unheard of by the great unwashed. But I must take issue with your opening premise @mitchagain, that audiophile’s "are the ones with their priorities straight". I was a music lover long before an audiophile, and my hi-fi is nothing more than a conduit to the music I love. Excellent sound is nice, but the music comes first. A fair percentage of my favorite music is of marginal sound quality; I’m not going to not listen to it because of that. "Audiophiles are more selective in their musical purchases"? Because their systems are better than non-audiophiles, they are more selective? In terms of sound quality, sure. But I know a lot of non-audiophiles whose musical tastes are at least as "selective" as that of many audiophiles, if not more so. Ah, the audiophile bubble! |
Ted Russell Kamp. An example of his music, which is mostly in the country, Southern rock, and Americana genres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvUoT0HnPM One wouldn’t necessarily guess from his music that he grew up in an affluent suburb of New York City. Regards, -- Al |
