Folks, I need help. All my workout music is tired. It needs a break. What is your go to gym soundtrack?
Meshuggah
it’s like doing single rep maxes with your ears
xlr8r.com podcast feed (slightly left-field EDM)
If you want something more metal-y, I recommend Calculating Infinity by Dillinger Escape Plan
What genre of music do you enjoy typically? It’s easier to make recommendations if we have a place to start:)
I thought there is very small chance it will be left-field enough for me but they have all kinds of stuff! I’m digging the mixes from Evan Baggs and Peter Van Hoesen. I love me some dark, mischievous, melodic techno and anything deeply atmospheric and hypnotic. Haven’t heard any new stuff in a while. I can’t stand the EDM commonly seen at big festivals or sirius radio. And of course anything curated by Scanner is up my alley though lots of it is old stuff.
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Ha! Well, I was raised on country music and an assortment of 90s jams, but have, ah, flexible taste. I was interested in seeing what people would come up with without me poisoning the well.
I listen to Jordan yelling after a good lift and pr myself. Best sound to enter my ear.
But in seriousness,
PR Song
Killswitch Engage - this fire
Hype
New level by ASAP Ferg
Started from the bottom drake
You already know what you are - ADTR
My point of reference for left-field is pretty dang out there, as most of what I listen to is more atonal than Scanner (Touch records, Erstwhile records, Line Imprint; large spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/user/227rkg…j1JxfVWq7nhWBN ).
Here’s a few of the XLR8R podcasts I’ve DL’d and relistened repeatedly
George FitzGerald: techno - sounds like the closest thing to what you describe
Fracture: contemporary jungle, but good (I know this is hard to believe). strong footwork flavor.
James Holden: If you want to hear something else you thought was impossible, check out some trance music that is actually good. (This is only possible because it is almost unrecognizable as trance.) Very melodic.
Kingdom: pop-inflected bass
Lil Silva: “UK funky” (in 2010 this was a thing. basically, it’s rough techno with grime influence.)
Roska: a 2009 recording of the bass music that emerged and diverged from dub-step. Roska was a key player in that evolution.
SCB: very laid back techno
Oneohtrix Point Never: wide-ranging set that includes a few awesome, unexpected mixes (e.g. Taylor Deupree mashed up with Julia Holter then Three 6 Mafia)