Need music. Send help.

[ultranos]

So I'm writing a bunch of characters from a whole lot of different backgrounds, and really, even I can only listen to so much Matthew Good (Band). So, rec me music? Don't really care what genre right now, since I really need an eclectic selection.

(Bonus points for something relating or reminding you of New York City.)

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[synecdochic]

Amon Tobin's soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3 is good city-writing music for me! Okay, it's more 'Midgar' than 'Manhattan', but still.

I have lots of mixes.

This month I'm digging on Carbon Based Lifeforms, which I have just discovered. I also just found groups called Motion City Soundtrack and Cute Is What We Aim For, which you may like if you like Matthew Good.

Back when I was still writing to things with words in English, Mike Doughty and A Silver Mt Zion/Thee Silver Mt Zion/several other variations were frequent candidates.

[ultranos]

Oh awesome, thanks. *starts up Grooveshark*

I've also been on an instrumental kick lately, so soundtracks are excellent as well. (Pandora spat out God is an Astronaut at me at some point, and the next thing I know, I own three of their albums.)

Oh, I'm familiar with A Silver Mt Zion. Somehow, it ended up that I'd listen to Horses in the Sky right before every thermodynamics exam I had to take. I have no idea how that happened.

[synecdochic]

*laugh* I can totally see ASMZ and thermodynamics working together, yes.

If you're on an instrumental kick, here's some of my favorite ambient artists:

Stars of the Lid
Brian Eno
Steve Roach
Pete Namlook
Mixmaster Morris & Pete Namlook
Byron Metcalf
Tetsu Inoue
Biosphere
The Orb
Deepspace
Solar Fields
Al Fabris
Hammock
Aes Dana
Asura
Jonathan Goldman (but only about half his stuff, the other half is meh)