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I’ve been wanting something like this for a long time. My tastes are a little offbeat sometimes. Wax Tailor, one of my favorite artists, uses sampled dialogue

I’ve been wanting something like this for a long time. My tastes are a little offbeat sometimes. Wax Tailor, one of my favorite artists, uses sampled dialogue from films, educational programs, corporate videos and whatnot to create quite interesting sonic creations that I just love. I wish more we’re creating similar types of music (I just found Biosphere’s “Petrified Forest” which is themed to that old movie - and again I love it). I’ve had very little luck except an occasional one-off from DJ Shadow, or Aim. I’m not familiar with some of the artists that show up in relation to Wax Tailor on this map - but the ones I do know are not the same vibe.

Cruncharoo 3y ago
Listened to a few Wax Tailor songs, reminds me a lot of Pretty Lights--at least the vibe. Pretty Lights doesn't do as much of the voice samples. Check out Pretty Lights' album Taking Up Your Precious Time, you might dig it.
defrost 3y ago
From three decades past: Colourbox - Just Give 'Em Whiskey (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dm_iq5OicM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dm_iq5OicM with a notable mention to their Looks Like We're Shy One Horse/Shoot Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0r6d6MwR9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0r6d6MwR9k .. these are the folk that later collaborated to form M|A|R|R|S of Pump Up the Volume fame There's an interesting French bit of old film digital cutting together with some samples and sountrack from Polo & Pan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVW63Z_8deE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVW63Z_8deE that might strike a chord - they appear not so far from Wax Tailor when entered.
at_a_remove 3y ago
Hah! Are you my lost twin? I have tried various approaches to search for something to Wax Tailor's "Que Sera" and have found only Barry Adamson's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (you will recall from Lost Highway) and Venetian Snares' "Gloomy Sunday." If you have more that are similar, let me know.
- namtab00 3y ago
  Try Bent.
  - at_a_remove 3y ago
    "So Long Without You" was the closest I got from them.
- _sys49152 3y ago
  see below
- astroid 3y ago
  A Color Map Of The Sun
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thomastjeffery 3y ago
I tend to spend a few months at a time in each music rabbit-hole. The most I can remember from that general area are not all the same vibe, but close enough to keep me around: Pretty Lights, The Avalanches, Nightmares On Wax, RJD2, Little People, Gramatik, Quantic, Emancipator. Kid Koala also belongs on that list, particularly after Baby Driver. Most of my exploration routes were just Pandora or Spotify recommendations. Digging through the graph of "Similar Artists" is my main path - and basically the same quest as OP. What I would really like to do is zoom out on that graph, and interact with it a little less linearly. What if you could grab a handful of favorite nodes, stretch it out, and see what lies in between them? What if you could remove the ones you already know?
namtab00 3y ago
checkout the artist Bent, you might enjoy it
_sys49152 3y ago
wax tailor really dosent have that many peers in the sense, he does what he does in full albums, whereas other artists may do his style in one or two tracks amongst their catalogue. those peers lean more towards the instrumentalization, and then towards jumbling rap lyric clips throughout. also dosent help hes european, which makes a difference believe it or not as far as peerage (i can hear the difference, dont know how to verbalize it, much in the same way aim is too) broadly? start scouring with dustedwax.org its dusted wax kingdom label. then theres artists im sure you know cut chemist, j rocc, d-styles, rob swift, roc raida (all dudes w/ west coast style) - though not the narrative type youre looking for and more scratch focused. theres prince paul & his related projects...ruckus roboticus...adlib, and madlib...mr scruff... also it seems the late 90's were the 'golden age' of this type of sound production, for places to start looking. more narrowly? shoulder shrug emoji. heres a couple - mr scruff - fish (or the keep it unreal alb) - stuntdouble & tenshun - drunktro - professor brian oblivion - feel the funk - tack-fu - how long - main sequence - mannhandler - cut chemist - motivational speaker - 1200 hobos - the illuminati - born talent - the avids affection - pablo - due praises - public enemy - dark side of the wall 2000 - zaire black - experiments with the truth - roc raida - ill kick your ass/who you fuckin wit - jurassic 5 - contact, react - colossus - interlude 1 - insight - outro (crooked needle alb) - wax tailor - que sera - d-styles - wont you be my neighbor - dj js1 - rule 4080 - centz - insult 2 watch - detane - luv interlude - dj revolution - head 2 head, rhythm control - rob swift - the ghetto - adlib - grovers eerie story, introduction to rhythm - ruckus roboticus - here we go, never play with scratches - time machine - the mekster - pugslee atomz - michael's - epstein - tape 1 - dj day - close your eyes, what planet what station - malcolm and martin - do it again - captain murphy - hovercrafts and cows - louis mackey - mc-ide - ribbonmouthrabbit - not such a clear day - trillionaires - recession proof - madlib - smoke theme for dankery harv - koncept - understanding ....and one of the earliest tracks to use 'clips' style in the 80s: willesden dodgers - not this president find me a music service that can do this.

Cruncharoo 3y ago

Listened to a few Wax Tailor songs, reminds me a lot of Pretty Lights--at least the vibe. Pretty Lights doesn't do as much of the voice samples. Check out Pretty Lights' album Taking Up Your Precious Time, you might dig it.

defrost 3y ago

From three decades past: Colourbox - Just Give 'Em Whiskey (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dm_iq5OicM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dm_iq5OicM with a notable mention to their Looks Like We're Shy One Horse/Shoot Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0r6d6MwR9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0r6d6MwR9k .. these are the folk that later collaborated to form M|A|R|R|S of Pump Up the Volume fame There's an interesting French bit of old film digital cutting together with some samples and sountrack from Polo & Pan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVW63Z_8deE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVW63Z_8deE that might strike a chord - they appear not so far from Wax Tailor when entered.

at_a_remove 3y ago

Hah! Are you my lost twin? I have tried various approaches to search for something to Wax Tailor's "Que Sera" and have found only Barry Adamson's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (you will recall from Lost Highway) and Venetian Snares' "Gloomy Sunday." If you have more that are similar, let me know.

namtab00 3y ago
Try Bent.
- at_a_remove 3y ago
  "So Long Without You" was the closest I got from them.
_sys49152 3y ago
see below
astroid 3y ago
A Color Map Of The Sun

deleted 3y ago

[deleted]

thomastjeffery 3y ago

I tend to spend a few months at a time in each music rabbit-hole. The most I can remember from that general area are not all the same vibe, but close enough to keep me around: Pretty Lights, The Avalanches, Nightmares On Wax, RJD2, Little People, Gramatik, Quantic, Emancipator. Kid Koala also belongs on that list, particularly after Baby Driver. Most of my exploration routes were just Pandora or Spotify recommendations. Digging through the graph of "Similar Artists" is my main path - and basically the same quest as OP. What I would really like to do is zoom out on that graph, and interact with it a little less linearly. What if you could grab a handful of favorite nodes, stretch it out, and see what lies in between them? What if you could remove the ones you already know?

namtab00 3y ago

checkout the artist Bent, you might enjoy it

_sys49152 3y ago

wax tailor really dosent have that many peers in the sense, he does what he does in full albums, whereas other artists may do his style in one or two tracks amongst their catalogue. those peers lean more towards the instrumentalization, and then towards jumbling rap lyric clips throughout. also dosent help hes european, which makes a difference believe it or not as far as peerage (i can hear the difference, dont know how to verbalize it, much in the same way aim is too) broadly? start scouring with dustedwax.org its dusted wax kingdom label. then theres artists im sure you know cut chemist, j rocc, d-styles, rob swift, roc raida (all dudes w/ west coast style) - though not the narrative type youre looking for and more scratch focused. theres prince paul & his related projects...ruckus roboticus...adlib, and madlib...mr scruff... also it seems the late 90's were the 'golden age' of this type of sound production, for places to start looking. more narrowly? shoulder shrug emoji. heres a couple - mr scruff - fish (or the keep it unreal alb) - stuntdouble & tenshun - drunktro - professor brian oblivion - feel the funk - tack-fu - how long - main sequence - mannhandler - cut chemist - motivational speaker - 1200 hobos - the illuminati - born talent - the avids affection - pablo - due praises - public enemy - dark side of the wall 2000 - zaire black - experiments with the truth - roc raida - ill kick your ass/who you fuckin wit - jurassic 5 - contact, react - colossus - interlude 1 - insight - outro (crooked needle alb) - wax tailor - que sera - d-styles - wont you be my neighbor - dj js1 - rule 4080 - centz - insult 2 watch - detane - luv interlude - dj revolution - head 2 head, rhythm control - rob swift - the ghetto - adlib - grovers eerie story, introduction to rhythm - ruckus roboticus - here we go, never play with scratches - time machine - the mekster - pugslee atomz - michael's - epstein - tape 1 - dj day - close your eyes, what planet what station - malcolm and martin - do it again - captain murphy - hovercrafts and cows - louis mackey - mc-ide - ribbonmouthrabbit - not such a clear day - trillionaires - recession proof - madlib - smoke theme for dankery harv - koncept - understanding ....and one of the earliest tracks to use 'clips' style in the 80s: willesden dodgers - not this president find me a music service that can do this.