Electronic Music

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Bluetech

if you like bluetech (trippy downtempo, electronic dub, etc), you'll probably like:

slackbaba
entheogenic
adham shaikh (everything on the interchill label is all quality, IMO)
shpongle (first album is a masterpiece)
abakus
tripswitch (can get close to trip hop)
shulman
puff dragon
solar fields
makyo (best ethnic dub that i've come across)
ott

ha!

no one has mentioned Kraftwerk!

read much :D

Wow… I guess everyone assumed kraftwerk were mentioned without reading through the thread too carefully. I know I did.

And yeah that first shpongle album is brilliant.

Ott's Hallucinogen in Dub is solid; the original hallucinogen tracks, while intricate and arranged well, are way too trance-oriented for my tastes.

Originally posted by le sonick:
ha!

no one has mentioned Kraftwerk!

while i admire them for the pioneers that they were, their music isn't that interesting by today's standards. also, the person who started this thread said he wasn't into repetitive beats.

kraftwerk, along with tangerine dream, was the first electronic music i listened to… those two don't hold up so well, though. i wouldn't start someone off by listening to them.

Well I strongly disagree about Kraftwerks music not standing the test of time… Considering the fact they created electronic music without the aide of drum machines, sequencers, computers, etc their output is groundbreaking. Most of their instruments were built by hand, etc. All you had to do was see them live to see how well they are holding up…

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Thanks for these recommendations, lots of things to try. Quick question, of the bands recommended, which would be the ones that include in their songs more instruments such as guitars, drums

Devo's first four albums:

Devo Hardcore #1
Devo Hardcore #2
Q. Are We Not Men? &
Duty Now For The Future

Of Montreal's last 2 albums contained a balance between electronic instrumentation and arrangement and the use of guitars/drums. This upcoming one, however, is pretty much all electronically driven. Kevin Barns has become an impressive electronic producer and this new album (leaked 5 months in advance) really shows it.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Well I strongly disagree about Kraftwerks music not standing the test of time… Considering the fact they created electronic music without the aide of drum machines, sequencers, computers, etc their output is groundbreaking. Most of their instruments were built by hand, etc. All you had to do was see them live to see how well they are holding up…

Kraftwerk is more relevant to current popular music than the Beatles; that is how far and wide their influence has spread. The Beatles are certainly still important but there's a lot more Kling Klang on the radio today than Abbey Road.

And that's from someone with all of the Beatles CDs.

Tell us more! What other stuff do you like? There are tons and tons of different sorts of Electronic Music…

I'm going to second the Of Montreal if you're looking for more catchy, hooky, indie-pop electronics. These are probably good to start with if you're just starting to get into electronic music. Beck's last record, Guero, also incorporated some more accessible songs with some synth and band insturmentals. I'd also recommend for starters:
The Dandy Warhols
Figurine
The Faint
Le Tigre's Self-Titled album
New Order
any Air record, ESPECIALLY Moon Safari or maybe even Talkie Walkie
VHS or Beta
Whirlwind Heat
and STARS (esp. if you're digging Broken Social Scene)

All of that has other insturments in addition to synth, and is very accessible. Start with some of that.


And if you're feeling more brave check out Deerhoof or Lightning Bolt…but you might not be into that at first :)

It took that long for someone to mention air; that's surprising too.

styrofoam
dntel
mum
ms. john soda
electric president

start at the beginnning with the "ohm: early gurus of electronic music" boxset and from there look into portishead and kraftwerk and aphex twin and luomo and dj shadow

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
It took that long for someone to mention air; that's surprising too.

Yeah, I found that odd too…
They are great though and I hope Barcelona will check them out.

David Bowie's Low album has always been a favorite of mine.

Also Roxy Music, you can't go wrong with Eno.

Another great compilation album worth looking into is the soundtrack from that Moog documentary. It contains some great selections from the album leaf to tortoise to stereolab just to name a few.


The movie is pretty awesome too.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Another great compilation album worth looking into is the soundtrack from that Moog documentary. It contains some great selections from the album leaf to tortoise to stereolab just to name a few.


The movie is pretty awesome too.

just saw that the album leaf are coming to rock & roll hotel … RAWK!!

Originally posted by twangirl:
David Bowie's Low album has always been a favorite of mine.

Also Roxy Music, you can't go wrong with Eno.

Word to this.

these are all dc/baltimore area folks:

BT (though he's huge in europe)
Deep Dish (again, huge in Europe)
Thievery Corporation (they are very very varied in their stylings)
Thunderball (on ESL's label, which Thievery Corp owns)

Originally posted by you be pickup:
start at the beginnning with the "ohm: early gurus of electronic music" boxset and from there look into portishead and kraftwerk and aphex twin and luomo and dj shadow

If you really really wanna go primative build a Telharmonium. It was so early it never even got recorded.