LITERALLY EVERYTHING HORSE THE BAND HAS EVER DONE!

Seriously, one of the most under appreciated bands of all time. _A Million Exploding Suns_is a fucking masterpiece.

Gorguts - Obscura

Death metal band takes death metal and flips it on its head. I forget the exact phrasing from an interview with the frontman Luc Lemay, but he said they wanted to make their instruments speak in a new way. It’s highly experimental and maybe tough to digest even for death metal fans, but it’s undeniably unique and brilliant.

There are some greats listed here (Ween, Jarre, FSOL, Lovage, Aphex, Shpongle, Air, etc.)

However my pick is Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn The only thing similar to this is his own album Incantations a few years later, but there just isnt anything like it from start to finish.

The Prodigy - The Fat of The Land

It’s a one of a kind album. I don’t think the prodigy ever made another album that good. And I don’t think there is anything else out there similar to it. It has its own energy, it’s definitely a unicorn type.

Any album by Pink Floyd.

Even mostly works if you compare said album to other albums by Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon as a classic notable callout.

This thread showed up like it was meant for me in this very moment as I’m currently laying in my sofa and blasting this on high volume and drowning in the vibe:

Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 2: Release (Real World Gold)

Haven’t heard anything truly like it so I think it fits the thread.

This album has been with me since my childhood.
My mom used to house sit this crazy special house during the summers around 1998-2005 that belongs to a clay sculpture artist, my mom discovered this band there and loved this album especially.
It was mostly my mom, me (born 1990) and my little sister (born 1992) in the middle of the woods all summer break in this absolutely dream like house, it’s something out of a movie really.
A lot of the house was built by the artist dude, with tons of handmade clay sculptures, mosaics, wooden details of animals and twisted tree logs built into the structure. The sides of the road through the woods to the house was filled with totem poles, human-ish figures and other sculptures.
We just enjoyed the woods and the house, made clay art and nice food, went bathing in the river and took care of the garden.
There are so many deeply connected smells, sounds, sights and feelings in me to that house, it really affected me in a great way.
I so wish I could post photos of it but I have no contact with the owner and don’t want to do it without his permission.

The shaggs.

A fortune teller told a father his kids were destined for stardom. Empowered by this, he forced the teen/adult kids to form a band. The result breaks all the rules of music. ALL of them. Ones that you don’t even know existed. Frank Zappa considers them better than the beatles

Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada.

One that comes to mind is Hella - Hold Your Horse Is

There have been ‘Math Rock’ bands before and since but these guys were on another level IMO, especially the drummer.

I would also say anything by Melt Banana.

I’m really relieved that this thread isn’t just filled with a bunch of hiphop from the last 10 years that is not actually unique at all, which is 100% what I was expecting.

Edit: this is a really fucking good thread

Captain Beefheart

The Tiny

Future sound of london

Ren

KLF - Chill Out

Astounding album. Nothing quite like it.

Ha, I came here to say Bitches Brew before seeing it was in the OP!

I’d add Loveless by My Bloody Valentine: much-imitated, but there’s nothing quite like it.

Also, my early '90s bias is showing here, but In Utero by Nirvana is uniquely brilliant. No one’s melded beauty and ugliness so successfully in any medium.

Anything by King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizard

The Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come … blending melodic, hardcore, jazz, and electronic into one punk album

Salmon - Paco Drop the Chicken … Very eclectic rap / punk, beat-oriented with lots of changes. A personal favorite “local” band.