Floyd influenced tracks?

Check out Porcupine Tree, take a deep breath and close your eyes and it could almost be Floyd.

I don't see how Hindu Times sounds like PF.

Me neither, sounds like sh*te to me

Champagne supernova and Around the world have a proggy feel to them

Hindu times cannot be influenced by PF or the new one, Stop crying your heart out. Its just not right

Enigma occasionally shows Floydlike tendencies...well, not Floyd, really. I'm pretty sure on two of their albums I recognise sound effects from both ATD and Broken China.

Their second album has the same "Satellite" as Broken China, excpet it's mixed differently and has a different "orbit", so to speak. It also has an interesting clanging loop in the second track that sounds an awful lot like the backing track to "What God Wants, Part I".

Their third album has a backwards message on it, similar to ATD.

Overall, the sound is similar to Broken China. My guess is (and this is just a GUESS) that there are two common threads: the first is I think all three artists may use the same make of synthesiser. I'd put my money on Kurzweil, given that's what Mr. Wright favours. The other resemblance is a tendency towards a very rich, layered sound with a strong, sometimes world-beat sound. It's a similar blend between analogue and synthetic, so there's a bit of a resemblance in technique to Broken China.

Who influenced who? I have no idea. But I think it's pretty interesting.

I may have a bad ear, but I always thought that Golden Earing's Twilight Zone sounded a bit-floydish. Maybe not so much as influenced but a bad imitation?

Sigur Ros have announced the details of their new album, '( )'. Yes, that's just a pair of parentheses. The record has 8 untitled tracks and runs 70 minutes long. The lyrics are in the Sigur Ros invented language, hopelandic, so they're pretty much all instrumentals. As you can see they're taking a very minimalistic approach and even the album credits will only be found on their website. The new album is is scheduled to be released on October 28th.


Cheers,

Mark

you know what one of my favorite monty python sketches is? the spam sketch.

Is it? Why'd you mention that in the 'Floyd influenced tracks' thread?

because its a floyd influenced track of course silly billy.

The Spam sketch?

oh yeah. all over the place.

Let There be More Light, pretty good match.

I don't really see how pulp are like floyd, any particular tracks?

The beginning part of Stop Crying Your Heart Out reminds me of Rick Wright's studio solo from Live at Pompeii but thats about it