Two examples that come to me immediately are Enya and Smashing Pumpkins. If music starts feeling stale, I can put on Enya and music feels new again. It’s such a pleasant departure from the standard pop/rock/RnB etc sounds that dominate (even if I like those artists).
Anybody have their own equivalents?
That sounds interesting! I’ve played a few instruments over the years but am an amateur (being generous here) when it comes to mixing. If rock is your area, that makes me think of Queens of the Stone Age. When a new song of theirs would come out, I’d sometimes know it was them immediately even before the vocals started. An evolution more than a revolution, but still uniquely identifiable I think.