These might not be at all what you are looking for, but I love "How to Disappear Completely" by Radiohead - it strikes me as melodic, dark (but not too dark!) and techno, and Thom Yorke has a lovely voice. I also thought of some avant-garde classical stuff my dad introduced me to as a teen, and which I still love:
First, "Cing Rechants", by Olivier Messaien. You can get this on iTunes! It's five retellings of Tristan and Isolde, for 12 voices a cappela, and it's amazing, but it might, perhaps, be too strident and weird? (BTW, not sure if you knew this already, but Messaien was a synaesthete.) Also by him, the "Quartet for the End of Time". The clarinet solo, which is called "The Abyss of Birds", is gorgeous.
I also actually like Stockhausen's song of the youths in the fiery furnace. But I can well understand someone being off Stockhausen after his extremely insensitive comments post 9/11. Still, it is an interesting piece of music.
So those are mine. I thought of the Smiths, too; Morrissey does drone on, but I think he's got a wicked sense of humor. He wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, though; my sister finds him monotonous. And the music isn't as demanding as the others I've mentioned.
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Date: 2007-01-03 03:12 am (UTC)First, "Cing Rechants", by Olivier Messaien. You can get this on iTunes! It's five retellings of Tristan and Isolde, for 12 voices a cappela, and it's amazing, but it might, perhaps, be too strident and weird? (BTW, not sure if you knew this already, but Messaien was a synaesthete.) Also by him, the "Quartet for the End of Time". The clarinet solo, which is called "The Abyss of Birds", is gorgeous.
I also actually like Stockhausen's song of the youths in the fiery furnace. But I can well understand someone being off Stockhausen after his extremely insensitive comments post 9/11. Still, it is an interesting piece of music.
So those are mine. I thought of the Smiths, too; Morrissey does drone on, but I think he's got a wicked sense of humor. He wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, though; my sister finds him monotonous. And the music isn't as demanding as the others I've mentioned.