The Wonky Angle 15,000 Subscriber Q&A!
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Күн бұрынThanks for 15K! I've taken the opportunity of this milestone to answer some of your questions...
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0:00 Intro
1:48 Original inspiration for TWA & reviewer influences
5:52 Getting into Brad Taste before he really blew up and the YT music reviewer community
7:57 Thoughts on noise music
10:29 What keeps you driven to keep making videos?
12:18 Have you ever wanted to stop making reviews?
12:55 Do you ever get exhausted by how much music there is in the world?
13:34 Favorite album of all time before In Sides?
14:49 Best & worst Daft Punk song?
14:56 Which is worse, "Rock'n'Roll" or "Ventolin"?
15:42 Top 10 songs lists for artists which I haven't done discography reviews?
17:47 Do you like gabber music?
18:44 The Moody Blues Worst To Best when?
19:13 Will there be a genre guide?
20:38 Who is the best worst EDM producer?
21:37 How many albums do you have on your iPod?
- - - - The Section About My Original Music - - - -
22:10 Do you make music?
23:18 Plans to work on new music
24:12 I... haven't actually used an analog synth before
24:30 New 256 Pi physical release?
24:53 Advice for artists: Just release stuff!
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26:16 The struggle to share love for electronic music with people IRL
28:39 Are you autistic?
29:47 Do you have a girlfriend?
30:07 10/10 album(s) that aren't electronic?
32:32 I don't like depressing music????? (yes I do)
34:46 Any opinions on Boards of Canada that changed? (also I don't like my Tomorrow's Harvest video)
37:27 Stuff I do unrelated to music / when are BoC gonna make a new album?
- - - - The Section About YTPs - - - -
40:01 The origin of "The Rosen Family Chronicles"
42:43 Why I haven't focused as much 256PiAlternate these days
44:29 Plans for the final episode of TRFC
45:35 Thoughts on YTP Tennis
46:24 Have you seen YTPs of The Wonky Angle?
47:03 Top 10 Zelda CD-i cutscenes?
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48:54 Artist discographies I don't know where to start with?
50:08 How do you find/keep up with new music?
51:35 How did the wonky slush thing start?
52:11 Why haven't you blocked the wocky angle guys?
53:53 Japanese artists I like
55:06 Favorite Basement Jaxx album?
55:36 Which artist has most disappointed you after hearing something of theirs you loved?
56:14 Is BT still my favorite solo artist?
1:00:57 Have you considered getting a Discord server?
1:02:07 Have you considered getting a RateYourMusic account?
1:04:48 Are you a fan of Massive Attack or classic trip-hop?
1:06:18 Are you excited for the new Orbital album (Optical Delusion)?
1:09:24 How many CDs do you have in your collection?
1:09:55 What moment in a live show transcended you profusely?
1:12:03 Are you ever going to fix that wall?
1:12:07 What is your favorite decade for music?
1:13:12 What is your LEAST favorite album of all time? (it's still Dave Nolan and I've got some more ranting)
1:16:28 Which do I enjoy more, Patreon requests or bigger-name artists I've covered before?
1:17:19 Is there a chance you'd reopen Patreon requests for discography reviews?
1:18:24 Hybrid discography review when?
1:19:41 Recommendations related to Sounds From The Ground?
1:20:21 What is your most controversial take on electronic music?
1:20:57 Anime I've watched semi-recently
1:22:15 Do you agree that mango is the best fruit?
1:22:27 Favorite Beatles album?
1:22:46 Do you struggle with social anxiety?
1:22:49 Fantastic track on an otherwise mediocre album?
1:23:25 Favorite meal?
1:23:33 Albums from my year-end lists that would make my Top 100 favorites of all time list now?
1:24:57 Biggest changes in placements in my favorites of all time list?
1:26:23 Where do you see electronic music evolving in 10 years?
1:27:53 T-SHIRT COLLECTION!
1:37:04 Top 3 t-shirts?
Music used in the background:
Now Approaching: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/now-...
Crystalline Pulsar: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/crys...
Secondhand Beats: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/seco...
Electric Elector: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/elec...
Feel The Magnetic Field: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/feel...
Sacred Geometry: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/sacr...
Selected Subtractions LXXXV-XCII: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/sele...
[858.2.21.303_corruption_stairway]: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/8582...
An Unspecified Interval of Time: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/an-u...
Noontide: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/noon...
IO I: Virus Fluke & The Piccolo: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/io-i...
IO II: Carnage of the Polling Antibodies: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/io-i...
Miles Per Hour: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/mile...
Refill: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/refill
Neverend: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/neve...
044444 Instrumental Mix: 256pi.bandcamp.com/track/0444...
@BKLYN_TZU Жыл бұрын
One again congratulations on the milestone honestly it's great to have a channel solely dedicated to Electronic & sampled based music.
@sirum3n262 Жыл бұрын
God I love these videos a lot not gonna lie. You’re a very fascinating person and seeing your confidence grow over the years and feel so natural on-camera makes your videos so much more fun to watch! Congrats on the milestone, you’re easily one of my favourite content creators and a serious inspiration, I owe you a lot for the music you’ve gotten me into!
@ugly_teeths Жыл бұрын
Be careful, 'cause I'm DEFINITELY going to steal that "Music For Real Airports" T-shirt
@MrGhostjamas Жыл бұрын
Interesting answer to the girlfriend question; I'm the same - I feel like the draw of electronic music for me is related to this as it expresses so many emotions and states that aren't captured elsewhere. Whereas a lot of popular music seems so focused on a particular set of romantic feelings that is hard for me to relate to.
@dsmyify Жыл бұрын
Guess you've never dropped a dove.
@JChip57828 Жыл бұрын
Really love your work. I bought Orbital Snivilisation when it was released and it opened my ears to wonderfully creative music. It changes the world. Orbital hosted an ‘influences’ show on BBC 6 radio recently. Worth a listen if you can find it. Includes some LFO and Nightmares on wax. Thanks again, I’ve discovered loads through you too. 👍 👍
@BrapAllgood Жыл бұрын
Happy Orbital Eve, Tommy. :)
@brendawg207 Жыл бұрын
wonky slush
@Marsc9013 Жыл бұрын
Poetic
@MusicJunkie37 Жыл бұрын
52:11 😂
@baconArchitect Жыл бұрын
“wonky slush” has infected my mind like a virus at this point. Thanks
@gaborkrausz5402 Жыл бұрын
100th Window by Massive Attack is I think their most electronic release but also probably their coldest and most desolate sounding
@lewismurray2505 Жыл бұрын
I agree, I find that album to be way more dark and foreboding than Mezzanine, it’s deliberately harsh and unpleasant and digital and cold and for those reasons I absolutely love it. I don’t understand why it’s still largely forgotten and overlooked in favour of the three big classics in Massive Attack’s discography but I suppose following up such a gargantuan album as Mezzanine would’ve been no easy task, it’s still a great album though
@thefinkie6459 Жыл бұрын
Can't stand anything of Massive Attack's without Mushroom. It's one of the most disastrous quality drops I've ever seen in a band when he left.
@BrandonCroker Жыл бұрын
Congrats, dude!
@samhurley6161 Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for answering my questions so early!
@livelive1718 Жыл бұрын
love your work man!
@cartersgoofsandgaffs Жыл бұрын
Congratulations!
@laurentmarcoux2144 Жыл бұрын
Background music is amazing ! Gonna check out your bandcamp
@novemberAB Жыл бұрын
Super late but thx for answering my question. These recs are dope.
@dmandaman9009 Жыл бұрын
said it already, but congrats on the 15k dude! here's hoping for a quick 20k :)) edit: also brightened my day hearing you namedrop fila brazillia in the patreon segment, lol
@IanMcCausland Жыл бұрын
PLEASE do Andreas Vollenweider career in Brief video, I agree with you , he's been under rated and passed over!
@PeterTrinkilo Жыл бұрын
Thanks for answering one of my questions (at 1:20:57). Congrats on 15K once again! I can get behind the point you brought up at 25:28. There have been instances where I've downloaded isolated tracks from artists' SoundCloud pages because I noticed a pattern of them occasionally deleting their older work or because I wanted to hang on to what they made in case they decide to remove it later.
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
I will say it is slightly more understandable for people to delete things off soundcloud since that site has a cap on how much you can actually have uploaded to your account (without paying at least) but yeah people ought to be archiving that stuff elsewhere
@PeterTrinkilo Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle It depends on what type of account/subscription the user has but yeah that's true
@RobertLombardi04 Жыл бұрын
18:45 Holy crap, my question got in, thanks so much!!! Hopefully you’ll get around to doing a video on The Moody Blues sometime, that would actually be pretty fire, and on top of that I think it would be helpful for people to navigate through their discography. Anyways, congrats on 15k again! Hopefully you’ll continue to be an inspiration in the world of music reviewing (especially in electronic music) for years to come!!!
@rodvik Жыл бұрын
Grats bruv!!! Well deserved. You absolutely rock and are a staple of my viewing and new music listening! Lots of love. PLUR.
@dsmyify Жыл бұрын
Nice once bruv!
@ahmetcankirmizi Жыл бұрын
i hope you get 15k more! i forgot to ask questions ;-; edit: thank you for putting timespamps with every question lol
@lewismurray2505 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for answering my question at 1:04:56! I must admit I wasn’t expecting you to be kind of lukewarm on Mezzanine to be honest but I perfectly understand the logic behind it, it took me a long time to grow on me but when it did it just stuck with me ever since and has now become one of my favourite albums of all time. I think being from that area (I grew up near Bristol where they are from) helps. Dummy is almost certainly the best Portishead album in my opinion, I just think it flows as an album much better and feels the most complete out of their three studio albums. Maxinquaye is an absolutely solid choice for a number one favourite trip hop album although for me, I would also lump DJ Shadow’s Endtroducting up there, Hooverphonic’s A New Stereo Sound Spectacular, Zero 7’s Simple Things, Quantic’s The 5th Exotic and Sneaker Pimps Becoming X albums.
@malakai9738 Жыл бұрын
glad to see one of my questions get answered, and the other was the wonky slush thing but you already covered that (fyi wocky slush is a meme and so i guess brendawg made the parallel and repeatedly posts it) Also I mentioned this before but it's funny how your favourite and least favourite albums of all time have pretty much the exact opposite titles (In Sides - Outsider)
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
..........two straight years of seeing those comments on every video and I'm only now finding out about that meme for the first time through this comment at least good to know knowing the original meaning changes absolutely nothing lmao
@malakai9738 Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle I didn't even realise myself until recently when I typed up "wonky slush" into the YT search bar
@memorytheater Жыл бұрын
Damn, nice to see a fellow aroace !
@MusicJunkie37 Жыл бұрын
I envy your species
@bruhmoment5974 Жыл бұрын
aroace gang
@Makhwax Жыл бұрын
Congrats 🤗
@a_silly_birb Жыл бұрын
nice, nothing more suspenseful than being the very last question lol. Good job on 15k, it's well deserved fr! I think I was around since like 4k? idk lol
@UlyssesJonah Жыл бұрын
Thank you for answering my question! Really appreciate the honesty and wouldn't want to sacrifice the quality which is the best thing about the channel, I was thinking more along the lines of guides like Deep Cuts best albums to get you to a specific genre but looks like even those subgenres are too broad and inter connected, and i think personally i'm more into deep diving certain artists (will start with Orbital and watch your videos!!)
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
ahhhhh that's what you meant, giving a few recommendations in one single subgenre isn't nearly as daunting a task as a single "genre guide" for all of electronic music lol. tho generally if someone wants that kind of thing they just ask me "I like x artist and want to hear more along those lines" in a comment (like the person who asked for recommendations related to SFTG) and I just reply with a bunch of other stuff that they might like looking into
@UlyssesJonah Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle i was very vague and said the rest in my head haha (always confusing people irl), yea that sounds very helpful and more practical, i will be asking you in the comments then thanks!! like i would love music like Discovery by Daft Punk with the crazy synth guitars (if its that) and melancholic melodies but without autotune! And congrats again on the milestone!!
@dsmyify Жыл бұрын
You can still wear a t-shirt with paint on it. Used to have an Orb Factor 6 t-shirt back in the day and it got worn all the time, even when it got partly dyed by someone's digestive juices that were projectile vomited across a few of us from a few folk back. It was more reason to wear it. Cool video Mr. Wonky. Never fix that wall.
@generalmalaise2930 Жыл бұрын
gratz
@CynicalScorpio Жыл бұрын
Great Q&A, very thorough. Even if I'll never know your thoughts on my dream where we went skiing together...😓
@StanleyLikesCyan Жыл бұрын
Regarding artists/bands that are similar to Sounds From the Ground, I’ve found everything released under the Waveform record label to be in the same vein and all of it slaps. Plus zero one and bluetech are also on that label too.
@tinycrocodile8569 Жыл бұрын
Old Gabber/Hardcore techno tend to have a bit tamer kicks compare to their modern counterpart (just called hardcore or new school gabber) and a lot of it's apeal is how loud and aggressive it is and modern hardcore tend to borrow some ideas from hardstyle. Modern hardcore don't have as absurdly overdriven kicks as hardstyle but they can get pretty dumb at times.
@nuklyex2 Жыл бұрын
that is a good list...
@memorytheater Жыл бұрын
From what I’ve heard, the Korg Volca Keys is a good starter analog synth. I have multiple Volcas and all of them are quite easy to learn (and cheap as hell)
@malakai9738 8 ай бұрын
1:22:30 that ended up becoming an unintentional Beatles reference
@scottjamesbellshill6652 Жыл бұрын
Do you think you'll ever release your videos as an audio only podcast?
@thefinkie6459 Жыл бұрын
Regarding the iPod Classic (21:55), have you looked into modding it with a bigger SD card? I've replaced the hard drive in mine with a 400GB card and it's a lifesaver. Even makes the iPod lighter! It's definitely not EASY to do, but so worth it to squeeze another decade out of the device (hopefully).
@ahmetcankirmizi Жыл бұрын
might as well ask since i didn’t see that question, what major did you choose to pursue / are currently pursuing? any chance of going for masters or a phd?
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
I graduated with my bachelor's degree in 2018 with a major in film/cinema, concentrated in editing. not going for masters/phd, due to lack of interest in pursuing that and not being rich
@ahmetcankirmizi Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle i see, thanks for answering!
@MusicJunkie37 11 ай бұрын
What headphones do you use for music listening?
@adriangussolovskiworld9440 Жыл бұрын
more Savant , he is a Genius
@PsychedelicPenne Жыл бұрын
38:27 You’re KIDDING. You co-wrote those Ace Attorney case ranking videos?! The odds must be a million to one… WOW. I happened upon this channel when searching for a review of “DrukQs” and have watched those AA videos completely independently of this. That’s mind-boggling. Would love to hear you and your brother share your thoughts on The Great Ace Attorney games, as those are the best in the series in my eyes. EDIT: AND you’ve done YTPs?? As someone who grew up with YTPs and still enjoys them from time to time to this day, I’m amazed. I need to check out your music too. I’m reminded of Neil Cicierega - a modern-day multi-talent threat whose presence is uniquely tied to online spaces in a way that was never previously possible. EDIT AGAIN: 40:12 YOUR COUSIN IS KEEPEROFBEANS?! Does your family own the internet or something? I grew up watching those TTTE YTPs… this is borderline divine coincidence.
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
no no no, KeeperOfBeans isn't my cousin. me and my cousin just watched a lot of KeeperOfBeans videos back in the day and discovered Michael Rosen through one of them
@PsychedelicPenne Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle Ohhhhhhhhh…! Ok ok ok. So it’s still a completely unlikely and bizzare string of coincidences but not so much that I need to like worry there is a higher power trying to fuck with me lolll Thanks for your response! EDIT: And your favorite meal comes from Noodles and Company?! I LOVED Noodles and Company as a kid. Still do but don't live near any anymore sadly. I just make a bunch of pasta for myself now.
@ch3e5eburglvr Жыл бұрын
9:10 I LUV MERZBOW! U should check him out more
@WiiRLetsPlay360 Жыл бұрын
Hi
@MusicJunkie37 Жыл бұрын
34:31 Hi, I'm the someone :>
@NxtLvlMusik Жыл бұрын
WHAT IS YOUR FONT????????
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
it's called "supernova". all lowercase
@malakai9738 Жыл бұрын
32:43 i think it's easy to see why people think you don't like it, even beyond Spirit, you said Vulnicura was your least favourite Bjork album, in your Geogaddi review you said the album shrunk on you due to it being depressing, and as well as you not being a big fan of Clark's Playground in a Lake
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
well, sure, but those people would still obviously be boiling down my actual points in a reductive way that skips over the greater nuances, my point still stands about the turnoffs in these cases always being something else other than merely being a downer. Vulnicura being my least favorite Bjork album has a lot more to do with it not being as sonically interesting to me than it does the actual subject matter being explored, Playground In A Lake was merely very uneven to me and I distinctly remember the most intensely dark and despondent moments of the album at the end being easily the best part of it, and Geogaddi I still rated an 8.7/10 and put on my favorites of all time list in 2016, I suspect that comment about it shrinking on me in my review really stemmed from me giving it too many listens to the point of getting sick of it before writing the script (and possibly me scraping to find some kind of justification for why MHTRTC didn't do the same). depressing music can often not be as easy to come back to for repeat listens but that doesn't mean I enjoy it less specifically for that, just look at my most recent positive review of Duntisbourne Abbots for another counterexample
@malakai9738 Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle i get that. i just think it's interesting that a lot of the albums that you don't rate quite as highly as other people just happen to also be depressing
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
maybe so but I still don't think there's as much of a correlation as it might appear. I also know of a different commenter who's shown up semi-regularly to my channel who thinks most of the music I like is too downbeat for them, all a matter of perspective
@blutagg63 Жыл бұрын
Bro had an entire qna to cover up the board’s apology
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
what
@blutagg63 Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle 34:46 I thought it was odd apologizing for something no body was offended by, or at least no one I saw in the comments for said video
@TheWonkyAngle Жыл бұрын
oh lol ok, "cover up the board's apology" made it sound like you were referencing some kind of weird conspiracy theory yeah that was just something that personally bothered me a lot, I hadn't thought about until rewatching my old review while working on this Q&A and wouldn't have made sense addressing in its own dedicated video all these years later, idk (I almost never rewatch my pre-2018 videos, so for a long time all I remembered was that I said a slur in one of my videos without fully remembering the context or which specific video it was in)
@blutagg63 Жыл бұрын
@@TheWonkyAngle Honestly I get that, I never go back to my old content, whether its art or my old virtual band
@misscrabsTO Жыл бұрын
I gotta say it again because I need to see you do a video on them because they have a great history and story. Propaganda!!!!! Düsseldorf! 80s! Synth pop/new wave
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