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Looking for albums/artists with a rough, imperfect production style
Here's a couple of examples of what I mean from The Voidz' 2014 album Tyranny:
Father Electricity
Take Me In Your Army
Mainly looking for electronic and rock, but any genre from any century is welcome.
I'm a huge fan of the album you linked tracks from, let me try! There's gonna be some hip hop, beware I guess? The genre is filled with creative new stuff, what can I say!
Are you familiar with Tobacco? Any stuff of his (or his band, Black Moth Super Rainbow) should fit your bill. Check this track out from his new album, for starters. It features the one and only Trent Reznor.
Low is a band that covers quite a variety of styles. This album is maybe my favorite, and the opener is a great one.
This Rocky track is kind of a trippy surfer rock hybrid. The whole album is worth listening to, if you're open to hip hop.
Daniel Lopatin, AKA Oneohtrix Point Never might be interesting. His work is all over the place, but maybe start here?
Earl Sweatshirt has been going into wild directions after getting involved with MIKE and everyone from that group. This track is like crack to my ears, for some reason.
JPEGMAFIA is worth checking out. He is doing his own thing, there's a lot of internet, a bunch of coughing and a bonkers amount of musical genius on this album.
These might not be what you were looking for, but maybe you or someone will find something new they like. :)
I'm guessing not so much your style, but just gonna throw it out there: Darkthrone.
I listened to a bit of A Blaze in the Northern Sky and it sounds pretty awesome. It's got a very interesting guitar sound. Even though I like all sorts of metal, I'm often disappointed by the vocals. The same goes for hip-hop. I often come across awesome sounding songs, but once the vocals kick in I feel kinda let down.
I guess it requires a certain combination of sounds, because I absolutely love Igorrr and he often utilizes the same type of metal screams.
I've never heard of the Voidz before, I love those two tracks you posted !
Cibo Matto's got some rougher producted songs. I think the vocals/beat of Sugar Water have a bit of that rough feel.
Birthday Cake
LMF's 大懶堂 has looser guitar solos.
Fair to Midland's inter.funda.stifle is probably my favorite imperfectly produced album; many of their songs were actually reproduced in their major label1 debut Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True. I generally prefer the remastered versions, but there's a certain charm to the originals.
Exclusive to inter.funda.stifle:
Remastered on their debut album:
Vice/Versa [inter.funda.stifle]
Vice/Versa [Fables from a Mayfly]
1 Serjical Strike Records -- yeah, that Serj
Some old post-punk maybe ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMNspPxvZlw
It's hip-hop, but pretty much the entirety of RZA's 1993-1998 discography applies. Start with Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
The Mountain Goats earlier albums recorded on a boom box fit the bill with All Hail West Texas https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj2N2Tt8kBoG8sSUD5qdo1NCZB02V0uer as a good example of one. Their latest covid album went back to that style as well. https://youtube.com/watch?v=BRGNpp03RnA&list=OLAK5uy_l5xastN4JMl2ajDZe8zYWIwSxx2aXprAc&index=1
I love the Voidz! They were my favourite sound a few years ago. I was thinking about making a similar thread.
Because unfortunately they're pretty unique.
I'm going to try for things that sound a little bit like the Voidz:
The I.L.Y's
Street Sects
Bent Knee (from tildes, thank you so much whoever that was!)