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lain yaml/toml If you’re not remembered, then you never existed. :marseylain:  11mo ago (text post) 465 thread views #172047

Is /mu/ still the goto music forum if you want to find outsider / undergound releases / le gems?

I've not really browsed /mu/ or 4chan in ages but is that still the best place to find deep cuts / underground music? - Le gems if you will :marseygem:

Music I'd be referring to has like hundreds/thousands of listeners. Usually a one off album or project.

Examples:

Japanese Lo-fi synth music - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/麓健一/美化-bika/

Random Vocaloid album with 2k views - https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17530945

[insert random Vaporwave album that ends up being Good Actually] -

I would've used Brave Little Abacus in the past but they're super high on RYM now lol - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-brave-little-abacus/just-got-back-from-the-discomfort—were-alright/

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:#marseycry:

Snapshots:

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/麓健一/美化-bika/:

https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17530945:

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-brave-little-abacus/just-got-back-from-the-discomfort—were-alright/:

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My search skills are bad but I swear to god there used to be /mu/ threads called "dead bird emo" where some dude would post pictures of dead birds and link pretty decent emo albums.

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That sounds fetch, child.

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If you're a zoomer. Tiktok is a great way to find new music

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I'm an early zoomer.

More like a Zillenial due to early internet exposure which made me prefer some boomer Millennial ways...like manually scouting out music.

I got back and forth if I should install tiktok. It seems like a bit of a time sink for me when I already have plenty of websites for that (rDrama, HN, Reddit, etc.)

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Im an early zoomer too :marseywave:

I get that. Most people who use tiktok seem to be on it for >10 a week which is too of a time commitment for me I'd rather be more productive than just rotting away while mindlessly scrolling.

But after making a tiktok account and your algorithm is made, you can find a lot of content that you like. Especially for music I've found a ton of songs and playlists for genres that I like and would have never found otherwise. If manage your time well enough you wont spend too much time. I max out at like 1 to 2 hours a week if even that

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Hm, I'll give it a shot then, thanks!

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I have never found a good band through tiktok in itself, band ads usually suck and core-core edits are basic asf.

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Honestly random YouTube recommendations have found me better stuff than mu-tants, child.

They usually have a Bandcamp or something for higher quality audio, child.

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patrick over here dropping 250 view videos, impressive :marseyclapping:

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YouTube recommendations used to be so good for music, I found so much great stuff through it. They changed the algorithm or something a few years ago though and it's nowhere near as good anymore

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we truly lived in the golden age we didn't even know it :marseycry: a lot of the channels that upload full albums are still around though. and if you're lucky enough you can find the channels that upload random tracks that kick butt

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that "maidcore" goes pretty hard - cool rec!

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I really do not understand what maids have to do with atmospheric electronic music and why everyone involved is Russian honestly, child.

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@STAN_ARTMS didn't even know this was a thing until @STAN_ARTMS read this comment and then saw this webm a minute later lmao

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https://archived.moe/wsg/thread/5045208#p5045602

https://chikoithemaid.bandcamp.com/album/leaving-reality

bible black lives matter

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It's the cyber hornets there on your butt, child.

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Maidcore is pretty cool

Here's a nice instrumental album

Here's a vocaloid metal album

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All my fav lofi/indie bands i found on local college radio

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I'm wondering where the college radio ppl find their music :marseyhmmm:

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local scenes

Earshot 20 -> find a band u like -> look up that citie's scene and u will find more bands like it

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Has that changed in the past 20 years with the advent of the internet?

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Doesn't seem like it, the only difference is indie charts like earshot 20 or maybe new ones i dont know about

Like, i guess there are more avenues now? If u find a bunch of local bands on tiktok or w/e you'll end up seeing stuff they like so its like being part of that scene or smth ig

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Oh I didn't realize "earshot 20" was like a service. that's very useful, thanks for the tip!

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Some of my favorite songs are only on youtube and bandcamp

but you'd never find them with current year's sanitized and curated yt algorithm :marseyannoyed:

I'm currently listening to something on bandcamp that has 30ish views on yt that I think is pretty good, and they have various filters to find stuff, including by common cities

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you don't want to link it?

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/mu/ is 90% kpop by thread activity. it's dead

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oof, yeah that's too bad.

Where do you go now?

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https://archived.moe/wsg/

the music threads on /wsg/ can be very interesting once in a while but other than @STAN_ARTMS haven't really tried too branch out for a long while

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past few times i've looked it's been rap and kpop stuff mostly :taygrimacing:

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I'm okay with rap, I'd classify Viper and Lil Ugly Mane similarly to this but they are "popular" now (seems like a good sign honestly).

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last time I went on /mu/ I was waiting in a line at a concert and wanted to signal that I was antisocial and shouldn't be approached. The board sucks even by 4chong standards and is slow as all heck. soundcloud/spotify recommendations, gnod if you're willing to manually plug things into YT. if GNOD had yt integrations it would be perfect.

https://www.gnod.com/

obscura -

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gnod is the tits -thx

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Listen to Few and Far Between - Three. One of the best "hidden" releases of all time (if you're into phc/midwest emo)

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if you're into phc/midwest emo

yes a ton, please drop all your sad white boy music.

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Will do a full list once I get home but I'll start with just this (not from the aforementioned album)

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That album was baller, def going to spin it more tomorrow.

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Here's some Saharan Blues

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4chan in general is pretty dead anymore. I've seen threads on /b/ stay up for an entire day, which used to be unheard of. I'm almost convinced that most of the blue boards are just the same 5 neurodivergent zoomers and some chat bots.

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Where is everyone now?

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Probably groomercord, and having moved in with life, if I had to guess.

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This classic album goes hard: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7CE65E16B050C578

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def a classic meme album, up there with "ram ranch"

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Discogs, RYM, Youtube, Bandcamp and Spotify playlists are what I use

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Have a similar issue on my end but with finding books instead of music. Proud to be almost 6 months cold turkey off /lit/ but am having a hard time finding authors.

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I legitimately don’t know how people do. There seems to be a canon of like 200 books that everyone always recommends and nothing more.

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It's beyond frustrating, here's a hellish vibe in solidarity

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i use binggpt

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2 braincells and google

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ask chatgpt?

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Imagine not a member of invite-only web 1.0 boomer LP collector forums that also talk about the most underground and obscure stuff of all genres

:#marseyclueless:

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can you find the discog of lil weavah

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not sure if that would be heck or paradise

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