music that sounds like the 'mono no aware' compilation from PAN

so, the 'mono no aware' comp (2017) was easily one of my favorite releases of the 10s, soundtracking countless walks through dystopian trump-era gentrifying brooklyn and its attendant mix of ugly shiny new buildings and human desperation ... what else gives the calm, accepting-the-apocalypse vibe that this comp crystallized but did not invent? i'd say its 'sound' - minimal, sort of ambient, sort of vaporwave-y, sort of experimental, sort of soundtrack-y, existed before it, and is still around, but it's not super coherent. less of a 'scene' or 'genre' than a 'tendency'

the kareem lofy release from a few years back scratches the itch; i was disappointed in it at first due to its 'basic' sound palette but it's the right vibe - https://quiettimetapes.bandcamp.com/album/kareem-lotfy-qtt10

croatian amor is pretty good for this too although the release with varg tips into self-parody; this is better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLQ6VlDnIro

soho rezanejad brings powerful vocals to the vibe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJigFvB7dcM

the malibu album is an obvious choice; it's the type of 'ambient' that does not blend in but rather feels heavy and induces a uneasy feeling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKpNwVgmN0

ugh idk what happened with the formatting, sorry

Check out the West Mineral and Experiences Ltd labels. For Those Of You Who Never Have by Huerco S, Make Me Know You Sweet by Pendant and Tumbling Against A Wall and the bbliss compilation are some of my favourites from that scene.

Tumbling Against A Wall is by Ulla, oops

yes huerco s/west mineral is great for this. i think actress hits this vibe sometimes too

also feel like pontaic streator fits in:

https://motionward.bandcamp.com/album/pontiac-streator-triz

feel like the Janushoved label might carry some of the same vibes but I really haven’t heard enough besides some Internazionale tapes

https://www.discogs.com/label/733781-Janushoved

maybe HTRK’s over the rainbow soundtrack

https://htrk.bandcamp.com/album/over-the-rainbow

thanks y’all. also that Pontiac streator is way better than I remembered, recommended

c minus from Kansas City is another great node in this recent abstract/dubby ambient network of uon/exael/Ulla/Streator/Huerco etc.: https://soundcloud.com/cminuss

Abyss X comes to mind:
https://abyssx.bandcamp.com/album/innuendo

And FRKTL:
https://frktl.bandcamp.com/album/excision-after-love-collapses

awesome ... turned this up investigating FRKTL, relevant:

https://seagrave.bandcamp.com/album/emissions

big trove of this feel from russia

https://gostzvuk.bandcamp.com/

and this is cool

https://wheretonow.bandcamp.com/album/duologue

nice, yeah there’s some cool lofi-ish house and idm-ish on gost zvuk. this is a great record: https://gostzvuk.bandcamp.com/album/003

new christian amor album (remember rainbow bridge) is sounding pretty great at the moment

***croatian amor, smh

This is hitting the spot, cheers. [nb, Christian Armour would be a great band name]

One thing that feels adjacent (but is potentially too cosy) is CFCF's stellar Night Bus 4 mix: https://soundcloud.com/cfcf/night-bus-4-memory-of-night-bus

awesome, will check it. i listened to isa probably too much in the late before times; it nailed the covid dread before the fact. although i didnt love the thing they did with varg ...

speaking of west mineral, above, ben bondy's work on that label def belongs here

https://westmineral.bandcamp.com/album/glans-intercum-ouest090

on that note ... it's interesting to think about how influential 0PN was to the 10s, but now that precision tooled high-capitalist nihilism seems really played out and this more 'organic' post-vaporwave approach feels more right in this moment. it's also a nice antidote to the whole rvng/commend upgraded new age music thing, which has lost its freshness and now basically amounts to high end aural wallpaper

yeah I really want to hear his new one, loved the one with all the pliers and shit on the cover

(Ben bondy)

yea he's on a tear. seemingly playing relatively frequently in nyc but i keep missing him. also - you were otm re: that HTRK soundtrack album

Perila, especially the how much time is it between you and me album

love this new Croatian Amor album, thanks v much for the recommendation.

going back to mono no aware, I still find Ayya's "Second Mistake" amazing. seems like it's the only track they ever released?

^yes I love that track, it’s amazing!

they have a SoundCloud page with more tracks:

https://m.soundcloud.com/ayya14/

glad to see the love for the croatian amor album, on repeat for me recently

cosigning the croatian amor love, title track in particular is gorgeous. nice soundtrack for a sunny morning drive today

the new croatian amor is like the most pop version of this sound, was truly surprised by the DFA style drums on the title track

if you haven't checked out ISA, you should, much darker than this but so good

i have no idea what the experimental music thread is anymore, so i am putting this here, where it may belong more appropriately anyways:

https://deletedeletedeleted.bandcamp.com/album/notebook

"south side" is on repeat in my household. fairly unclassifiable soundtrack/noise/ambient vibes with an emotional undercurrent that sets it apart from the typical synth product demo / twee plant-shop ambient stuff

check this out

https://daisart.bandcamp.com/album/my-seat-and-weep

this is great. perfect winter music and very apt for the thread

Hey this album is really good isn't it? Sadly I had to turn it off the other night despite enjoying because a couple of tracks had vocal snippets and samples that were affecting me being able to read my book, but this is really nice

yep, still go back to it

which one, croatian amor?

realizing more and more the influence (we can use that term now right?) of steve roach on some of this stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdZv0sIN48

not really CA like but the uneasy minimal vibe feels general over avant electronics nowadays

had an oof moment when I went to stream some Croatian Amor music last month and their top streamed song was “LA Hills Burn At The Peak Of Winter”

off their 2013 album, even