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abcedminded's avatar

does the Funkmaster Flex premiere of Otis count 😂

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Stephen's avatar

Van Morrison: Summertime in England, 15:39.

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Erika  De La Fuente's avatar

Panda Bear : Bros tracking 12:30 🫠🫠niiiiiiice nice.

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J Mohan's avatar

I'm late to the party here, but...

Jim O'Rourke—94 the Long Way (13:57) and really the whole Bad Timing EP is nothing but long songs; shortest one is 9:38

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Jose Lopez's avatar

A few songs to add to the list

Terry Callier - Dancing Girl

Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle / Guan Guanco (Live at Blues Alley 1981)

Héctor Lavoe - El Cantante

Prince - Shhh

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Kian's avatar

I love this idea. I look forward to checking out everyone's recs, even if it takes a lifetime.

Isaam Hajali - Ana Damir El Motakallim (11:42)

Majid Soula - Algerie Maroc (8:26)

International Soleil Band - La Tassa (7:00)

Snowy White - Midnight Blues (8:33)

Talk Talk - New Grass (9:40)

Russill Paul - Om Namah Shivaaya (17:35)

Garth Stevenson - The Southern Sea (8:59)

Morgan Fisher - On The Brink (8:23)

Peter Michael Hamel - Einklang (10:04)

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Gargi Bera's avatar

I love that you slowly went from hype to vibey.

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c0mfy's avatar

Conan Mockasin “Charlotte’s Thong” (8:55)

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Gargi Bera's avatar

I know someone already made a playlist of all of the songs, but I made a playlist of only the most chill ones, songs to get abducted by aliens to: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Xx1u8C89QVYWFrfzxmX9i?si=f6dc03e1c56e4a68

Edit: Hype songs (updated to Jul. 5): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31B5oJZk9V8F8viy0ARTmz?si=7a621627aaea4e3e

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Blackbird Spyplane's avatar

Great to have a chill-only version, thank you

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Sam's avatar

Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts - Funkadelic is a great one

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Tarantula Studio's avatar

The necks really fit into this genre. Keep coming back for them. Post New Age

some favorites (also naming your album Sex is incred..)

Sex-

https://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/sex

Open-

https://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/open

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Frank's avatar

Oldie - Odd Future

Spottieottiedopaliscious - OutKast

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Blackbird Spyplane's avatar

True!!

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Greg Foster-Rice's avatar

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - The Dripping Tap, 18 min plus (preferably a live version). Melts my mind. So much of their catalogue slays at great length.

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abcedminded's avatar

And also Head On/Pill, one of those songs where you envy whoever hasn’t listened to it yet and gets to hear it for the first time

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Patrick's avatar

Eerie, mesmerising - songs from two lords

Last Night The Moon Came - Jon Hassell https://open.spotify.com/track/7EVB8TpxzTh6llHIcPANAi

O Superman - Laurie Anderson https://open.spotify.com/track/421Gp1eSmOIcD6alTWowFR

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Gargi Bera's avatar

I really enjoyed both! Thank you!

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David Nicholls and Liam Dwyer's avatar

Microphones in 2020 is more of an album contained in a song but I think it counts!! 45 gorgeous minutes

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Sleepy Silas's avatar

So so happy you didn't overlook the long song genre king that is stoner / doom metal. If listeners and Spyplane nation enjoys heavy music, please check out Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch. It's a single song album (80 minutes) that serves as the magnum opus and eulogy for the band's late drummer Adrian. It has literally brought tears to my eyes in its deep somber and profound nature. It is the pinnacle of the genre and one of the few albums I consider perfect.

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Blackbird Spyplane's avatar

wow sounds heavy for real, thank you

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Sleepy Silas's avatar

A great anecdote is that I saw Sleep and Bell Witch on 4/20 in Seattle many moons ago. Bell Witch played a single song opener and the sound guy fell asleep on the console.

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Gargi Bera's avatar

Pharoah Sander’s Harvest Time: https://youtu.be/ii63fKLTSuU?si=RDEoRkUINdaPHTNF

I also recommend listening to his album with the London Symphony Orchestra & Floating Points, Promises: https://youtu.be/Mn8x0QbN4f8?si=QVsjnoTCWwCQaDne

EDIT: Bernie Krause— Distant Thunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTSQUvAqDPc

(Bernie Krause's TED Talk on the acoustics of nature is also excellent: https://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the_voice_of_the_natural_world?language=en)

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Blackbird Spyplane's avatar

hell yeah we put the harvest time luaka bop vinyl reissue in the sletter last year, whatta record

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Gargi Bera's avatar

Have y’all heard of The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski? Four albums with “tape loop recordings played for extended time, with noise and cracks increasing as the tape deteriorated.” Listening my way through them now.

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Blackbird Spyplane's avatar

A masterpiece — read our OPN interview for a great disintegration loops tidbit !

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