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[Park Life]

alex, on Jul 1 2007, 10:28 PM, said:

Their Amorphous Androgynous stuff is mint too like. Both the first (electronic) album and the two hippy, trippy, progressive, post-rock albums that have come out in the last few years.

....that reminds me we haven't mentioned 'The Orb'..

[@yourservice]

Erasure?

[Happy Face]

I also like Amon Tobin.

And have KLF been mentioned?

[Park Life]

alex, on Jul 1 2007, 10:40 PM, said:

Happy Face, on Jul 1 2007, 10:39 PM, said:

I also like Amon Tobin.

And have KLF been mentioned?

Chill Out is pure class. Good shout.

*parky starts scrolling his itunes*

3 am (Blue Danube orbital) 7:39 The KLF Ultra Rare Trax Ambient 60 4 15/10/2006 19:52 128 kbps

Edited by Parky, 01 July 2007 - 09:52 PM.

[canofbeans]

meat beat manifesto... not all of their stuff but they've had a few good bits and a few bad....

[Bombadil]

I don't often listen to electronica, but I have a few albums by Der Dritte Raum and I enjoy them.

[Matt]

This thread could easily empty my bank balance.

Just invested in some FSoL, Autechre and AGF. I've only really got BoC and Squarepusher of this genre so there's a bit of space to fill yet.

[canofbeans]

boc are a huge influence on me and my music. simple stuff played through tape loops/echo's/ reverbs/delays.

got to admit roygbiv is one of my favourite all time tracks....

[Hatful Of Hollow]

alex, on Jul 2 2007, 12:16 PM, said:

Forgot about Boards of Canada. Probably a good starting point for someone just getting into the genre.

I'd agree with that, Twoism was the album that really got me interested, especially the track Oirectine.

[Jonny2J]

I'm bumping this baby as I'm in need of some fresh tunes.

[Happy Face]

Fujiya & Miyagi have a new one I've not bought yet.

[SloopJohn]

looneytoon, on Jul 1 2007, 02:22 PM, said:

alex, on Jul 1 2007, 09:23 AM, said:

luckyluke, on Jun 30 2007, 04:26 PM, said:

I like what I've heard of electronic music but I am utterly clueless about it. Please use this thread to influence me.

Some good starting points are Orbital (just about any album really but Snivilisation or In Sides might be a good starting point also the 'Green' album - untitled but with a green cover aka 'Orbital I' which has the tunes 'Belfast' and 'Chime' which are two of the best electronic tunes of all-time imo); Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works '85-'92; Mixmaster Morris aka Irresistible Force - It's Tomorrow Already which is nice and chilled; Derrick May's Innovator compilation is quality an an introduction to 'proper' Detroit Techno; for crossover appeal I'd recommend the aforementioned Air, especially Moon Safari along with Nightmares On Wax (especially 'Car Boot Soul' and 'Smokers Delight') plus Portishead and Massive Attack ('Blue Lines' in particular); the Artificial Intelligence compilations are a good intro to the WARP techno label. There's loads of other stuff I could recommend too if you like any of that lot.

Has anybody checked out the new Paul (or was it Phil?) Hartnoll album btw? He's one half of the now defunct Orbital? I've just bought it and I'm just getting into it. Quite 'soundtrack' like.

Edit: Underworld as well - Dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest In The Infants

Good post...you've mentioned two of the very, very best in In Sides and Dubnobasswithmyheadman. These two albums would probably be in my top 5, electronic or otherwise, of all time.

10 more essential electronic purchases IMO would be:

1. 'Tri Repetae' | Autechre
2. '76:14' | Global Communication
3. 'Substrata' | Biosphere
4. 'Music Has The Right To Children' or 'Geogaddi' | Boards Of Canada
5. 'Ascend' | Manual
6. 'Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again' | Tim Hecker
7. 'Kesto (234.48:4)' | Pan Sonic
8. 'Afro Finger & Gel' | Mu
9. 'Lifeforms' | The Future Sound Of London
10. 'Momentum' | Monolake

this is an extremely good list. i've heard everything on here bar Ascend,and they're all excellent.

although Kesto is quite a tricky listen at first (that's the understatement of the century). Aaltoporii maybe a better place to start with Pan Sonic.

another ten essential electronica albums:

Fennesz | Endless Summer
Keith Fullerton Whitman | Lisbon
Autechre | Amber
Murcof | Remembranza
Oval | Ovalcommers
Bowery Electric | Beat
Isolée | Wearemonster
Lustmord | Heresy
Stars Of The Lid | And Their Refinement Of The Decline
William Basinski | Melancholia

[canofbeans]

b12
black dog productions
plaid
FUSE
luke vibert
all good stuff from "back in the day"


for more dancy stuff look out for....
THE PRESETS
simian mobile disco.

for good general chart friendly stuff you have to love hot chip. their first 2 albums are very good.

oh and squarepushers new albums nice.

[Happy Face]

Pendulum released a new one this year didn't they?

I'm slipping behind.