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Ask HN: What one piece of music should everyone listen to?

8 points by kypro ↗ HN
I enjoy listening to new and interesting music, but it can be hard to find stuff that's unique.

Is there one song or one piece of music you think everyone should listen to because of how interesting / unique it is? I'm not necessarily looking for "good", but stuff that's just interesting or different in some way.

It doesn't need to be obscure, but by definition I'm not looking for anything too mainstream.

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belfalas
It's not a new song at all but 'Portrait of Tracy' by Jaco Pastorius is a beautiful piece for electric bass. It makes heavy use of harmonics which was very unique at the time and is still unique today.
code_Whisperer
Tigran Hamasyan is a musical genius, and this is the most interesting and memorable piece I've seen/heard over the last couple of years. I still get chills whenever I watch it:

https://youtu.be/z7j7bdEPSd0

(if interested, I post an eclectic pick like this each day over on counter.social under the tag #codesmusic, and almost never a mainstream piece)

brudgers
Seeing as being good isn't a requirement.

Why not make the music you want to hear?

kypro
I try to, but I also like to listen to stuff I have no interest (or ability) to write.

Here's something I've written though: https://www.whyp.it/tracks/67983/0004

And some influences which capture some of the elements I'm going for a bit better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBqVWHDd-9c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiebq2ZG5u8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQNZUdtn9nE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I3efkVgUb4

brudgers
The first link to Honeysmack?

Just watched his new interview of CJ Bollard last night.

So I dialed up Bollard’s Horsepower while I made my oatmeal this morning. Recommend as something different.

Enjoyed your track. Tthough it doesn’t fit my current playlist it was a great interlude. Thanks.

Did you play all the parts yourself?

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0x54MUR41
I would suggest the music from.

* Aurora Aksnes - she is a Norwegian songwriter and singer. What I like about her music is that it's unique and feels "ethereal" when you listen to it. I can't find something similar in the music industry. She mainly writes songs about human and nature. Even there is a song about "alien". Aurora's Runaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_HlPboLRL8 is a good introduction to her music.

* Federico Martelli - he is an Italian music producer. I find his music is so relaxing to listen to. Here is the example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXyxpiWJU5M. Enjoy!

_spduchamp
I'd put Eliane Radigue's Trilogie De La Mort on that list. On enough listenings, it changes the way you perceive sound.
btschaegg
Edit: As you can see, I'm hilariously bad at "one". But if you're searching for interesting music, you find some at every turn :)

Tomek Kolczynski's OST for "Feist". I especially like "Playing with Fire".

https://tomekkolczynski.bandcamp.com/album/feist-game-origin...

For its gimmick: Rameau: Le rappel des oiseaux ("Call of the Birds")

https://youtu.be/IBRRRBG6Nzk

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Especially: Gnomus, Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells, Baba Yaga

https://youtu.be/A1C1NiGWccA https://youtu.be/_HPtSftZ3b0 https://youtu.be/ISoSVmXXJuc

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, for similar reasons: https://youtu.be/oZ5WMZUbKy4

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: https://youtu.be/rP42C-4zL3w

Edit: Oh, and Kenji Kawai's OST for Ghost in the Shell. Especially "Chant I".

https://youtu.be/iTPNaUsjksM

Edit 2: And Dave Greenslade & Patrick Woodroffe: The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony

https://youtu.be/hRk0fbaTmhE

dangravell
I don't really think limiting to one piece of music is really appropriate for an art form that can affect us on so many dimensions but...

The Rite of Spring.