Electronic Music

Originally posted by hostiledm:
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Along the lines of Kraftwerk with pioneering sounds with live instruments, I'd highly recommend Einstürzende Neubaten.

For some Enigma-type stuff but with flamanco guitars, you should check out B-Tribe. (Barcelona Tribe)

Also, we use guitars and synths, but probably way too dance or heavy for what you're looking for :)

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Mindless Faith
Deep6 Productions

So what the hey does 'electronic' mean anyway? Billboard has an 'electronic album' chart and have stuff like Gnarls and Madonna on it. Huh? In the 1960s, 'electronic music' meant you played a regular instrument but the signal was manipulated through a Moog or tape loops or whatever. Now you can totally create music *electronically* in a program like Sony Acid or Adobe Audition and not use any real instruments, but manipulate the tone so that it sounds exactly like real acoustic playing. So is the label 'electronic' about how the music sounds, or is it about how it's made?

That's the difference between techno & electronic. Computerized filtering isn't neccessarily a requirement for electronic music.

Personally I would say start with

1. Throbbing Gristle (and you could add a dash of the earlier Coil albums).

Originally posted by Barcelona:
I am a complete ignorant on this subject, I guess the closest thing to electronic music I had heard until now was Mike Olfield's "Foreign Affair" or Neil Young's "Transformer Man", and I am sure that wouldn't qualify as anything close to electronic, this just shows how clueless I am on this.

Anyway, the other day listening to the "indie" radio station in last.fm I ran into Broken Social Scene's "Alive in 85" and really liked it.

Can anyone give me any suggestion on similar music?

In terms of contemporary electronic music, you might find the following artists worth a listen:

Klaxons
SebastiAn
Simian Mobile Disco
Basement Jaxx
Junior Boys
Lo-Fi-Fnk
Justice
MSTRKRFT
North Shore Pony Club
The Knife
Annie
Tiga
The Similou
The Presets
Kelley Polar
Mylo

As with any other genre, you can go into a multitude of directions under the guise of "Electronic".

To add to the ever expanding list:

Highly recommend:
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