Ether Diver<p>stupidPilled – Komputer WIzard</p><p>A concept album about, well, computer wizards that fuses core elements of dungeon synth and IDM to tell its story. </p><p><a href="https://stupidpilled.bandcamp.com/album/komputer-wizard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stupidpilled.bandcamp.com/albu</span><span class="invisible">m/komputer-wizard</span></a></p><p>@stupidpilled.bsky.social</p><p><a href="https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/04/18/opm-4-20-weekend-edition/#stupidPilled" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">etherdiver.com/2025/04/18/opm-</span><span class="invisible">4-20-weekend-edition/#stupidPilled</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/electronicmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>electronicmusic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/experimentalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>experimentalmusic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/IDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDM</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/DungeonSynth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DungeonSynth</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a></p>
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Ether Diver<p>TV-MA – The Light at the End of Decay</p><p>Unusual and distinctive album that blends hip-hop, twee pop, and more to deliver a musical message of hope in the face of apocalypse.</p><p><a href="https://tvma.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-at-the-end-of-decay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tvma.bandcamp.com/album/the-li</span><span class="invisible">ght-at-the-end-of-decay</span></a></p><p>@tv-ma.bsky.social </p><p><a href="https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/04/11/opm-the-nameless-and-the-nerdy/#TVMA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">etherdiver.com/2025/04/11/opm-</span><span class="invisible">the-nameless-and-the-nerdy/#TVMA</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/experimentalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>experimentalmusic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/HipHop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HipHop</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Twee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twee</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>Et Moriemur – Tamashii no Yama (2022, Czechia)</p><p>Our next spotlight is on number 499 on The List, submitted by HailsandAles. Hidden in this excellent atmospheric/melodic funeral/existential doom music is a concept album so conceptual that the band forgot to tell us just what that concept was! But, not to worry, I went on a journey to figure it out. </p><p>Want to read more? See the full spotlight: <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/02/15/et-moriemur-tamashii-no-yama-2022-czechia-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1001otheralbums.com/2025/02/15</span><span class="invisible">/et-moriemur-tamashii-no-yama-2022-czechia-2/</span></a></p><p>Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Bandcamp for you: <a href="https://etmoriemurdoom.bandcamp.com/album/tamashii-no-yama" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">etmoriemurdoom.bandcamp.com/al</span><span class="invisible">bum/tamashii-no-yama</span></a></p><p>Happy listening!</p><p><a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/EtMoriemur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EtMoriemur</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/CzechMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CzechMusic</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/1001OtherAlbums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1001OtherAlbums</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/doom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doom</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/OnoNoKomachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnoNoKomachi</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/MatsuoBash%C5%8D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatsuoBashō</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/KobayashiIssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KobayashiIssa</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/MasaokaShiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasaokaShiki</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/TakahomaKyoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakahomaKyoshi</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/OzakiH%C5%8Dsai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OzakiHōsai</span></a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/MasajoSuzuki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasajoSuzuki</span></a></p>
Ether Diver<p>Bruxa do Mangue – Marianna and Júlia</p><p>Lo-fi goth-meets-indie rock concept album from Brazil about a pair of vampiric lesbian lovers.</p><p><a href="https://nightmarecho.bandcamp.com/album/marianna-and-j-lia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nightmarecho.bandcamp.com/albu</span><span class="invisible">m/marianna-and-j-lia</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@lynnsmadmon3y" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lynnsmadmon3y</span></a></span> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/rockmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rockmusic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/music" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>music</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/experimentalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>experimentalmusic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Goth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goth</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indie</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ExperimentalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExperimentalMusic</span></a></p>
Ether Diver<p>Another delve into the archives for <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/BandcampFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BandcampFriday</span></a>! Kapok Itch delivers a mind-bending experimental soundscape release that's a concept album about headaches. Wildly creative and original release!</p><p><a href="https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/04/13/opm-4-12-24-downtempo-and-beyond/#KapokItch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">etherdiver.com/2024/04/13/opm-</span><span class="invisible">4-12-24-downtempo-and-beyond/#KapokItch</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/experimentalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>experimentalmusic</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/electronicmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>electronicmusic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ExperimentalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExperimentalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/soundscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soundscape</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a></p>
Ether Diver<p>Where Ghosts Call You Family – Chapter 1: The Paper Kingdom</p><p>A prog punk concept album about a mysterious serial killer and the town that’s his hunting ground. </p><p><a href="https://whereghostscallyoufamily.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-i-the-paper-kingdom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">whereghostscallyoufamily.bandc</span><span class="invisible">amp.com/album/chapter-i-the-paper-kingdom</span></a></p><p>@thedangerrose.com (Bluesky)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/punk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>punk</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/rockmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rockmusic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/PostPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostPunk</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/PostHardcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostHardcore</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ProgPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgPunk</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/PunkRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PunkRock</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Prog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prog</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ProgressiveRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveRock</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>The next album SpaceAce submitted to this project is number 1025 in <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>.</p><p>You might notice that, compared to the number for the previous SpaceAce Sunday, this one comes in quite farther down The List. SpaceAce’s intent with his original submissions for the project was largely to bring us all up to speed on what was going on in UK folk/folk rock in the 60s and 70s. While we still have a couple more from this area coming up in future SpaceAce Sundays, most of his later additions were trying to fill other gaps in The List that still remained after the dust had settled a bit.</p><p>I can’t remember the exact context,* but one day while chatting on Mastodon we were both shocked/appalled to realize that no one had yet added a Hüsker Dü album to The List – <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/21630-Sugar-Copper-Blue" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a Bob Mould album</a>, but no Hüsker Dü. I could’ve picked one myself but SpaceAce volunteered as tribute. Turns out, he picked the same one I would’ve.</p><p><em>Zen Arcade</em> is the second album from Hüsker Dü, and is both a double album and a concept album, a hardcore opera, if you will. If you’re new to this band or just wanting to relisten to something of theirs, you really can’t go wrong choosing an album, they’re all the correct choice. But, thanks to SpaceAce, the choice is made for us today.</p><p>In memory of our dearly missed friend, let’s raise a glass and take a listen together.</p><ul><li><a href="https://album.link/ca/i/515427828" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songlink: Hüsker Dü – <em>Zen Arcade</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/30095-H%C3%BCsker-D%C3%BC-Zen-Arcade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Hüsker Dü – <em>Zen Arcade</em></a></li></ul><a class="" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/huskerducover.jpg?w=599" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[🖼 The cover art is a drawing of three human figures in a car junkyard. All three figures are simply black silhouettes, but the cars and background are coloured in with pencil crayons. The band logo is in the top left corner, with the album name underneath in black letters over a series of horizontal lines.]</a><p>*Isn’t it ironic (don’t you think), seeing as “husker du” apparently means “do you remember”.</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/10/06/spaceace-sunday-husker-du-zen-arcade-1984-us/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/10/06/spaceace-sunday-husker-du-zen-arcade-1984-us/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/concept-album/" target="_blank">#conceptAlbum</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/hardcore-punk/" target="_blank">#hardcorePunk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/husker-du/" target="_blank">#HuskerDu</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/posthardcore/" target="_blank">#posthardcore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/spaceace/" target="_blank">#SpaceAce</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/spaceace-sunday/" target="_blank">#SpaceAceSunday</a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>Over the last week or so, tracks from Willie Nelson’s upcoming album <em>Last Leaf on the Tree</em> have kept popping up in my timeline, so we’re going to visit with ol’ Willie today. <em>Last Leaf…</em> will be the 91-year-old’s 153rd album, coming out (on November 1) no less than 50 flippin’ years after the one we’re spotlighting here today, <em>Phases and Stages</em> (number 493 on <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>, submitted by p25eddie).</p><p>I know there’s a lot of numbers in the above paragraph, but did you catch that? 153rd album?!!! <em>P and S</em>, meanwhile, is *only* Nelson’s 17th studio album. Some artists would never even dream of having their discography number in the double digits, let alone triple digits. Amazing.</p><p>Anyway, <em>P and S</em> is a concept album – apparently one of the first country concept albums at that – so after a long hiatus, we return to our “<a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/?s=thursday%2C+what+a+concept%21" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thursday, What A Concept</a>” series.</p><p><strong>The concept</strong>: A fictional account of a fictional couple’s divorce. Side 1 is told from the woman’s point of view, side 2 from the man’s. The title track reoccurs throughout the album as a theme song, a really nice touch that I love to see in albums.</p><p><strong>The outcome</strong>: Atlantic Records were unhappy and released Nelson from his contract after this album came out. Either they simply wanted to lose money or they didn’t like the fact that the woman on <em>P and S</em> comes out the other side of the divorce happier, the cheating husband remaining the sad bastard that he was. Given the numbers we’ve already run through above, the fact that this album is an absolute gem, and the fact that Nelson’s next contract (with Columbia Records) gave him complete creative control, I think it all worked out for both Nelson and us in the end.</p><p><em>Phases and Stages </em>– what a concept!</p><ul><li><a href="https://album.link/ca/i/885243424" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songlink: Willie Nelson – <em>Phases and Stages</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/188737-Willie-Nelson-Phases-And-Stages" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Willie Nelson – <em>Phases and Stages</em></a></li></ul><a class="" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/willienelsoncover.jpg?w=298" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[🖼 The cover art is a sepia coloured photo of the artist, wearing a cowboy hat, against a dark background. The foreground is blurred, possibly a super close up of Nelson's hand on the neck of a guitar. The artist's name is in bold white font at the top, with the album's name in thinner white font directly below.]</a><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/09/26/thursday-what-a-concept-willie-nelson-phases-and-stages-1974-us/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/09/26/thursday-what-a-concept-willie-nelson-phases-and-stages-1974-us/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1970s/" target="_blank">#1970s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/concept-album/" target="_blank">#conceptAlbum</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/country/" target="_blank">#country</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/country-music/" target="_blank">#countryMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/thursday-what-a-concept/" target="_blank">#ThursdayWhatAConcept_</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/willie-nelson/" target="_blank">#WillieNelson</a></p>
buffy leigh (she/they)<p>AOTY alert: Okay the new Laurie Anderson is super duper cool. It has 22 tracks but it is really one piece, they all flow into the next. And it’s more of a performance/spoken word piece with an orchestra/string trio playing in the background. And Anohni doing some singing echoes every once in a while from side stage. And a special guest appearance from Amelia Earhart herself. Love it. </p><p><a href="https://laurieanderson.bandcamp.com/album/amelia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">laurieanderson.bandcamp.com/al</span><span class="invisible">bum/amelia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LaurieAnderson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurieAnderson</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Anohni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anohni</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experimental</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SpokenWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpokenWord</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmeliaEarhart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmeliaEarhart</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LinManuelMiranda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinManuelMiranda</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EisaDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EisaDavis</span></a> announce <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Warriors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warriors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conceptalbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conceptalbum</span></a> for the fall</p><p>This will mark Miranda's first full <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/score" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>score</span></a> since "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamilton</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheArts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ew.com/lin-manuel-miranda-and-eisa-davis-announce-warriors-concept-album-8687140" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ew.com/lin-manuel-miranda-and-</span><span class="invisible">eisa-davis-announce-warriors-concept-album-8687140</span></a></p>
buffy leigh (she/they)<p>Well this is one of THE weirdest albums I've ever heard - mix of Monty Pythonesque skits and Hawkwind, with Brian Eno hiding in there somewhere. This was one of SpaceAce's rock opera/concept album recommendations - thanks, friend (but also WTF dude, lol)!</p><p><a href="https://album.link/ca/i/692567153" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">album.link/ca/i/692567153</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RobertCalvert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertCalvert</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hawkwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawkwind</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BrianEno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianEno</span></a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>Our next spotlight in our “Thursday, What A Concept” series is on number 32 on <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>, submitted by mbr.</p><p>Now this album is a real treat, for those of the (post)metalhead persuasion. When you put this one on, it is immediately clear that the concept for this album was carefully planned and realized, as it simply flows from the first note to the last. Even if you have a hard time making out the lyrics (as I so often do with metal vocals), everything about this album – the music, the vocals, the production, the art – takes you on a dark, brutal, but beautiful journey that is absolutely packed with atmosphere. To quote Johannes Persson (singer and guitarist):</p><blockquote><p>[We] were inspired by the landscape of Västerbotten, the county we are from. We realised that there was only one way to go for us: to the city, into the future. Making a droney John Carpenter-esque album would be too easy and we’ve never been about taking the simple route. I was studying film at the time and had been floored by the aesthetic of German expressionism. This resonated perfectly with Erik Olofsson [guitarist], who had just got into Italian futurism…</p><p>Before we even started to write we had talked extensively about what kind of colour scheme we wanted to use, what the band photos would look like and how we wanted to record the album to make it sound like a machine…</p><p>We put in a lot of effort to realize our vision of the stale, artificial city in all aspects of what an album is. The way we played guitar (only down strokes), the production, artwork and band photos, everything was done with the vision as a guide.</p><p>Vertikal is the album where we had the most precise vision of what we wanted to do and worked hardest to transform it from an idea into reality.</p></blockquote><p>If you’re a fan of sludge metal, doom metal, industrial metal, post-metal, post-rock, organ, <em>Metropolis</em>, getting lost in an unknown city, gloomy mountainscapes…this one is for you. And, if you like what you hear, continue onto <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/595111-Cult-Of-Luna-Vertikal-II" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vertikal II</a></em>, an EP of three additional tracks (plus a remix) that were all recorded in the same session as <em>Vertikal</em>. <em>II</em> is packaged together with <em>Vertikal</em> on the band’s Bandcamp page (starting at track 11) so you might not even notice that you’ve gone and listened to both in one go, it really flows so well together.</p><p><em>Vertikal</em> – what a concept!</p><ul><li><a href="https://cultofluna.bandcamp.com/album/vertikal-i-ii-bonus-demos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp: Cult of Luna – <em>Vertikal</em> (I&II)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/514595-Cult-Of-Luna-Vertikal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Cult of Luna – <em>Vertikal</em></a></li></ul><a class="" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/colcover.jpg?w=300" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[🖼 The album art is an abstract painting in blacks and greys, mostly consisting of vertical black lines of various heights, presumably intended to indicate tall city buildings. The grey background gives a dark gloomy feeling, with triangular shapes that might be mountains on the outskirts of the city.]</a><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/07/11/thursday-what-a-concept-cult-of-luna-vertikal-2013-sweden/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/07/11/thursday-what-a-concept-cult-of-luna-vertikal-2013-sweden/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/2010s/" target="_blank">#2010s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/concept-album/" target="_blank">#conceptAlbum</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/cult-of-luna/" target="_blank">#CultOfLuna</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/doom-metal/" target="_blank">#doomMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/industrial-metal/" target="_blank">#industrialMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/metal/" target="_blank">#metal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/postmetal/" target="_blank">#postmetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/sludge-metal/" target="_blank">#sludgeMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/sweden/" target="_blank">#Sweden</a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>Our next spotlight in our new “Thursday, What A Concept” series is on number 21 on <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>, submitted by <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@dan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dan</a>.</p><p>Similar to Bowie’s <em>Outside</em> album (as noted in the <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/20/thursday-what-a-concept-david-bowie-the-leon-suites-1994-uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">previous TWAC post</a>), Janelle Monáe’s <em>The ArchAndroid</em> is but one of an ambitiously planned yet unfinished cycle of concept albums. Unlike with Bowie’s cycle, however, we have thankfully been gifted more than one part for Monáe’s cycle – five of seven to date, in fact, plus some change.</p><p>While Monáe’s 2007 debut EP, <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/202777-Janelle-Mon%C3%A1e-Metropolis-Suite-I-Of-IV-The-Chase" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metropolis: The Chase Suite</a></em>, is considered the official beginning of the cycle, its roots can be found in Monáe’s 2003 demo album, <a href="https://youtu.be/zJd1H940CK8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Audition</em></a> (also called <em>Metropolis: Point Zero</em>), via two tracks. The setting – inspired by the silent film of the same name – as well as the general storyline and themes/concepts that are found in the releases that follow, are set out in “Metropolis”:</p><blockquote><p>Population, ten zillion and six<br>Where signs say, “Welcome to the Star Core Metropolis”<br>Me, I live on the wired side of town<br>Reaching and searching for a space called paradise found…</p><p>And it’s a common thought<br>That wired folk can be sold and bought<br>That we have no feelings, no memories or minds<br>That we’re bionic strumpets, only worth a dime<br>To some it’s a surprise when I smile<br>And when I hold your hand<br>They say, “How can a wired thing understand?<br>Love is too deep, it’s too wide to feel<br>When your soul is a button and your foot glows in heels”…</p><p>Hey, Anthony Greendown from Sector Nine…<br>The love when I hold your hand<br>I wanna take you<br>Take you with me to another land</p></blockquote><p>In the next track, “Cindi”, Monáe briefly introduces Cindi as their alter ago, who we will then follow in the Metropolis cycle: a time-travelling android named Cindi Mayweather, who is sentenced to disassembly because she fell in love with a human (the Anthony Greendown mentioned above). In running from the bounty hunters and seeming to die and being reincarnated at least once, Cindi transforms into something of a messianic figure for other oppressed androids, known as the ArchAndroid. </p><p>Following the brief 17-minute <em>Metropolis: The Chase Suite</em> (suite I of the cycle), <em>The ArchAndroid </em>(suites II and III of the cycle) has over a hour of room to really get into the story, which is then continued in the 2013 <em>The Electric Lady</em> (suites IV and V), also over an hour long. So, with that much material, it’s unsurprising that a lot could be said about the concept behind <em>The ArchAndroid</em> and its companion albums. The cycle is an absolutely brilliant, multi-layered piece of Afrofuturistic sci-fi that asks for (and deserves) repeated listening sessions. And, in fact, as quickly found in doing a brief search, many blog posts, articles, and at least a few academic papers have been devoted to the Metropolis/Cindi Mayweather cycle; <em>The ArchAndroid</em> in particular has a <a href="https://333sound.com/the-archandroid-the-posthuman-the-utopia-the-conclusion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">33 1/3 volume</a> published on it, and, as heard via discussion on Mastodon, has even been included in the curriculum for at least one course on contemporary Black literature. So, if you want to dig into the storyline more, there’s a lot out there to peruse.</p><p>As for the music? Even if you weren’t paying attention to the lyrics and story at all, this album takes you places. The breadth of styles/genres covered in <em>The ArchAndroid</em> (and the others in the cycle) – and, obviously, Monáe’s talent – is simply staggering. Monáe also uses a performance device that I really love in the work of other musical experimenters such as Bowie (and, to a lesser extent, Prince), that of using multiple distinct singing voices, either to indicate a different character or simply to match the style of the song – e.g., compare the dreamy classic musical/cinematic-type voice in “Sir Greendown” and “BaBopBye Ya” vs. what might be considered Monáe’s more “normal” voice in “Cold War” vs. the robotic/computery voice in “Wondaland” vs. the ethereal/folk tones in “57821” (<em>The Chase Suite</em> EP also has some operatic stuff going on in the glorious but short “Cybertronic Purgatory”). There are some fun cameos as well, including Saul Williams and Big Boi (of Outkast).</p><p>So, musically, you can’t go wrong with just listening to <em>The ArchAndroid</em>, but my suggestion would be to start from the beginning and listen to everything we have so far of the cycle. At least make sure you also get to what is currently the last entry in the cycle, <em>The Electric Lady</em>, both to hear the Prince cameo and the really fun radio interludes (…not to mention appearances by Erykah Badu, and Solange, et al.). It’s been over 10 years since <em>The Electric Lady</em>, but there’s still hope we’ll get the final instalments of this great cycle.</p><p><em>The ArchAndroid</em> – what a concept!</p><ul><li><a href="https://album.link/ca/i/370918921" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songlink: Janelle Monáe – <em>The ArchAndroid</em></a> </li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/260095-Janelle-Mon%C3%A1e-The-ArchAndroid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Janelle Monáe – <em>The ArchAndroid</em></a></li></ul><a class="" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/monaecover.jpg?w=300" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[🖼 The album art is a photo of the artist, wearing a futuristic headdress made of gold that seems to depict a city, against a dark blue background. They are also wearing large triangular earrings and a metal top of some sort. The album name is in gold font along the top of the cover, and the artist's name in light blue font in the bottom left corner, with "Suites II and III" underneath.]</a><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/27/thursday-what-a-concept-janelle-monae-the-archandroid-2010-us/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/27/thursday-what-a-concept-janelle-monae-the-archandroid-2010-us/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/2010s/" target="_blank">#2010s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/big-boi/" target="_blank">#BigBoi</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/concept-album/" target="_blank">#conceptAlbum</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/funk/" target="_blank">#funk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/janelle-monae-2/" target="_blank">#JanelleMonáe</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/neosoul/" target="_blank">#neosoul</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/psychedelic/" target="_blank">#psychedelic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/saul-williams/" target="_blank">#SaulWilliams</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/thursday-what-a-concept-2/" target="_blank">#ThursdayWhatAConcept</a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>Next up in our series spotlighting rock operas or other concept albums from <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a> is number 423, submitted by yours truly.</p><p>With the first album in our “Thursday, What A Concept” series being Nine Inch Nail’s <em><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/06/thursday-what-a-concept-nine-inch-nails-the-downward-spiral-1994-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Downward Spiral</a></em>, David Bowie’s so-called “Leon Suites” is basically the logical next choice…if you’ve ever heard of it, that is. While not an official release, “Leon Suites” represents what is left of the “improvised opera” titled <em>Leon</em>, an absolutely batshit collaboration with Brian Eno – Bowie is always at his most interesting when he gives in to his experimental side, and you can’t get more experimental than this. Recorded in 1994, <em>Leon</em> was reworked to become Bowie’s 1995 concept album, <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/22350-David-Bowie-1-Outside-The-Nathan-Adler-Diaries-A-Hyper-Cycle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1. Outside</a></em>; it was between these original 1994 recordings and the release of <em>Outside</em> when the NIN/Bowie co-headlining “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb1q_64ZKVg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dissonance</a>” tour started, which was part of the NIN touring cycle for <em>Downward Spiral</em>. </p><p>For those who are interested in all the details behind <em>Leon</em>/”Leon Suites”/<em>1. Outside</em>, I highly recommend reading Chris O’Leary’s work, either via his fantastic <em><a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pushing Ahead of the Dame</a> </em>blog (links to relevant entries at bottom of this post) or the collected/edited versions in his second Bowie volume, <em>Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016</em>. There are a few versions of the story floating out there; here I provide just a summary, based on O’Leary’s book.</p><p>The road to <em>Leon</em> began when Bowie and Eno reconnected at Bowie and Iman’s wedding in 1992. Setting out to make an album that wasn’t just an addendum to their Berlin trilogy, the pair wanted to create some sort of incomplete and interactive work where the listener ultimately had to figure out (or make up) the story. The writing/recording process began in March 1994 and was highly improvisational, relying heavily on role playing, Eno’s directions (including secret character sheets for all musicians and engineers), and Bowie’s vague sketch of a <em>Twin Peaks</em>-inspired narrative that involved a murder mystery, the art world, the Internet, and a handful of characters including Leon Blank, who was (either from the start or, in the process of <em>Leon</em> being reincarnated into <em>Outside</em>, became) an homage of sorts to both Tricky* and Jean-Michael Basquiat. The band jammed for weeks with the tape rolling, Eno ensuring the jam didn’t stray into the conventional or coherent. Bits of the resulting 25 to 35 hours of recordings were then further developed over the next few months, and everything was edited down to end up with a 3-hour long album called <em>Leon</em>…which no label wanted to distribute.</p><p>The “Leon Suites”, then, is the result of someone getting a hold of that 3-hour piece and editing it down further, to 3 tracks that are each over 20 minutes. Though both Eno and Reeves Gabrels (guitarist on the recordings) wanted Bowie to ignore the disinterest in <em>Leon</em> and still release it in some form – even if as a quasi-bootleg release without his name on it – Bowie stopped shopping <em>Leon</em> around at some point in 1994/5. It’s possible that the bootlegged “Suites” made Bowie lose interest in pushing <em>Leon</em> in its original form; however, since the bootlegs didn’t leak until 2003, perhaps they had no bearing on Bowie’s decision to rework <em>Leon</em> (Bowie was known, after all, to start huge brilliant projects, only to completely abandon them and move on). At any rate, at the end of 1994, Bowie’s assignment to keep a diary for 10 days for the 100th issue of <em>Q</em> magazine kickstarted the rewriting/fleshing out of the <em>Leon</em> storyline and then reincarnation of the work into the more commercial <em>1. Outside</em> (this diary then became the liner notes of<em> Outside</em>). In fact, Bowie expanded the storyline to the point that <em>Outside</em> was meant to be the first in a series of 5 albums totalling 8 hours of material that would (or, maybe, would not), complete the story he had roughly sketched out for <em>Leon</em>. As the other 4 albums never happened, and as only snippets of the “Suites” exist in<em> Outside</em>, one can’t help but wonder whether more/the rest of the “Suites” would’ve popped up in those albums, or if they would’ve largely been new post-“Suites”/<em>Leon</em> material. At any rate, without <em>Leon</em> we wouldn’t have <em>Outside</em>, and, without <em>Outside</em>, who knows what other gems we would never have been gifted – there probably wouldn’t have been the NIN Dissonance tour, and then probably no <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/49746-David-Bowie-Earthling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Earthling</a></em>, probably no Mike Garson on NIN’s <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/3930-Nine-Inch-Nails-The-Fragile" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Fragile</a></em>…who knows.</p><p>So, my recommendation? Set aside time to listen to both the “Leon Suites” and <em>Outside</em>, ensuring you can listen to each one in a single sitting, both in one go if you have the capacity. While you can read about what parts from “Suites” did or didn’t make it into Outside, it’s a lot more fun to do a close listen of both and figure that out for yourself. The key is to consider the “Leon Suites” and <em>Outside</em> as companion albums, not thinking of the “Suites” as <em>Outside</em> demos or outtakes (as they’re sometimes labelled) or <em>Outside</em> as a polished version of the “Suites”. Listening to “Suites” is more like finding only 3 issues of an out-of-print highly conceptual comic book series that later inspired a brilliant TV series (…that was then inexplicably cancelled after the first season); so, if you’re the type of nerd who loves finding all the connections and easter eggs, a double bill is best. At the very least, if you have a spare hour and want to listen to Bowie yell out a whole bunch of random words and phrases in a bunch of ridiculous accents (and/or at least want to hear him predict in 1994 that “someday, the internet may become an information super-highway”) over top of Garson’s absolutely brilliant piano playing, give “Leon Suites” a try.</p><p>The “Leon Suites” – what a concept!</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GgYBKvufh4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube: David Bowie – The Leon Suites: I Am With Name</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQK8j6ObNB4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube: David Bowie – The Leon Suites: Leon Takes Us Outside</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFSw9pf0Nkw&t=2s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube: David Bowie – The Leon Suites: The Enemy Is Fragile</a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/9807032-David-Bowie-The-Leon-Suites" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: David Bowie – The Leon Suites</a></li><li><em>Pushing Ahead of the Dame</em> blog posts by Chris O’Leary on <em>Leon</em>/”Leon Suites” (note some details in the blog posts were then updated/corrected for the book version):<ul><li><a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/ok-riot-id-rather-be-chrome/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OK Riot/I’d Rather Be Chrome</a></li><li><a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/nothing-to-be-desired/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nothing To Be Desired</a></li><li><a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/i-am-with-name-segue-ramona-a-stone/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Am With Name/Segue: Ramona A. Stone</a></li><li><a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/leon-takes-us-outside/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leon Takes Us Outside</a></li><li><a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/the-enemy-is-fragile/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Enemy is Fragile</a></li><li><a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/category/leon-1994/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Category: Leon 1994</a></li></ul></li></ul><a class="" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dbleoncover.jpg?w=358" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[🖼 The cover art (for one version of the bootleg) is an obscured/altered photo of a face on a black background, with "LEON" written across the face and "David Bowie" in the top left corner.]</a><p>* Some fun extra Bowie/Tricky stuff: In 1995, <em>Q</em> magazine asked Bowie to interview Tricky for an issue. The two hadn’t yet met, and Bowie instead wrote a <a href="http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/q95.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">piece of fiction</a> that essentially featured himself as the <em>Leon</em>/<em>Outside </em>character Nathan Adler and Tricky as Leon. Bowie then wrote Tricky <a href="https://davidbowieautograph.com/blog/f/it-was-a-bit-tricky%E2%80%A6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a letter</a> after him and Iman saw a <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/50297-Tricky-Maxinquaye" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maxinquaye</a></em> show in August 1995 (a month prior to the release of <em>Outside</em>), letting him know about the <em>Q</em> piece that was to be published in their October 1995 issue. See also the “<a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/leon-takes-us-outside/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leon Takes Us Outside</a>” blog post from O’Leary.</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/20/thursday-what-a-concept-david-bowie-the-leon-suites-1994-uk/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/20/thursday-what-a-concept-david-bowie-the-leon-suites-1994-uk/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1990s/" target="_blank">#1990s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/brian-eno/" target="_blank">#BrianEno</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/concept-album/" target="_blank">#conceptAlbum</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/david-bowie/" target="_blank">#DavidBowie</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/experimental/" target="_blank">#experimental</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/mike-garson/" target="_blank">#MikeGarson</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/thursday-what-a-concept-2/" target="_blank">#ThursdayWhatAConcept</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/tricky/" target="_blank">#Tricky</a></p>
Ether Diver<p>OSIRIS DREAMS – The Cybergenix Conspiracy</p><p><a href="https://osirisdreams.bandcamp.com/album/the-cybergenix-conspiracy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">osirisdreams.bandcamp.com/albu</span><span class="invisible">m/the-cybergenix-conspiracy</span></a></p><p>A science fiction concept album/EP about a Terminator-like cyborg created as slave labor by an evil corporation in the ‘80s, and boy does it sound like it! Throbbing synthwave bangers full of rich synth timbres and crisp, programmed drums. Sounds like if John Carpenter had been writing for the dancefloor instead of film scores. High energy, high emotion and high concept.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nu/@osiris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>osiris</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/synthwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>synthwave</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p>
wobs<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@buffyleigh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>buffyleigh</span></a></span> Aphrodite’s Child album 666 is a pretty wild ride. </p><p><a href="https://heads.social/tags/RockOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockOpera</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a></p>
buffy leigh (she/they)<p>Okay since I’m now catching up on Tommy (after listening to Hommy), what are some other concept/rock opera albums I need to listen to?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RockOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockOpera</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>This is pretty big news for me & my friends. These are all still demos, but I have all 11 tracks for This Cassette Kills Fascists laid out!<br>:parrot_beer: </p><p>Listen to This Cassette Kills Fascists, an album by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ArtFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtFed</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://on.soundcloud.com/HpV8i" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">on.soundcloud.com/HpV8i</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I have a whole to-do list after listening to it on repeat. 😅 </p><p>This will fit on one side of the cassette, which leaves Side B free for all of the original tracks without the dialogue and my screwing them up, lol. The intention is for people to make mixtapes and remixes of any and everything on the album.</p><p>The whole album will be releaded under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 creative commons license to enable this.</p><p>"Use art as a weapon."<br>-John Heartfield </p><p>"Find the others."<br>-Dr. Timothy Leary</p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/Post/This-Cassette-Kills-Fascists-Y8Y8SB0DJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/Post/This-Cassette-K</span><span class="invisible">ills-Fascists-Y8Y8SB0DJ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AnalogRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnalogRevolution</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cassette</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tape</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifa</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Surrealist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dada</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Record" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Record</span></a></p>
Dgar<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dgar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dgar</span></a> Now listening to:<br>The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast<br> ~ Roger Glover and friends. </p><p>The entire concept album. Simply amazing. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/DgarRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DgarRadio</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PsychedelicRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PsychedelicRock</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ExperimentalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExperimentalMusic</span></a></p><p><a href="https://songwhip.com/roger-glover/the-butterfly-ball-and-the-grasshoppers-feast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">songwhip.com/roger-glover/the-</span><span class="invisible">butterfly-ball-and-the-grasshoppers-feast</span></a></p>
Simone Silvestroni (M2M)<p>Today is the 3rd anniversary of the release of my concept album "After 1989". </p><p>While it's the personal story of retracing my grandfather's steps after he narrowly escaped a concentration camp in Germany, it also combined two of my major interests: WWII and the Cold War. </p><p>The date I chose wasn't random: it's both the anniversary of the infamous <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Kristallnacht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kristallnacht</span></a> and the fall of the Berlin Wall.</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/MusicProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicProduction</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/conceptalbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conceptalbum</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/musician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musician</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/music/after-1989/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minutestomidnight.co.uk/music/</span><span class="invisible">after-1989/</span></a></p>
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