When was the last time you found piece that didn’t match your usual listening habits, but ended up liking it? How did you come accross it?

My taste has been mostly rock, metal and certain kinds of electroic music, but

Fallout introduced me to Billie Holiday

Youtube channel Inside the Score got me started on classical music, like actually listening and enjoying Beethoven, Sibelius and Dvorak and going even to a concert instead of just knowing the bits you can not avoid.

The jazz covers of Phoenix Wright music, especially The Dark Fragrance of Coffee, got me seeking for more of similar style.

  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “Study” playlists on Spotify.

    Not all of them mind you, mostly ones where the lyrics don’t really matter. Really chill and great.

    • mundane@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I use video game playlist when I need to get into the zone at work. Video game soundtracks are often designed to suck you in and keep you engaged without being intrusive.

  • Brochetudo@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I liked the last album by The Interrupters, and I don’t even like punk music, but their songs were all wonderful

  • newpuritan@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There’s a site that gives you an album a day to listen to and review from the book ‘1000 albums to listen to before you die’. One day I got an Abba album and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It had a surprisingly dense, dream-like production to it. I expected simplistic pop but was surprised by how well structured and layered it was.

  • perezoso@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Buena Vista Social Club. It came up on the 1001AlbumsGenerator. It’s probably the album I’ve revisited the most.

      • perezoso@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Nice. It’s a bit different from my usual listening. Plus my Spanish is very very basic.

        Another that came up on the generator with a sort of similar vibe was Getz/Gilberto, more light jazz but you might like it (if you don’t already know it).

  • Pastor Haggis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So, I like metal. Death, thrash, heavy, doom, prog, it’s all great.

    However, something like 8 years ago, I found myself really enjoying Lana Del Rey and I still can’t explain why. Then a year or two ago the same happened with Dua Lipa. They are the only artists I can’t explain and when I get suggestions similar to them I don’t like them.