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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: NothingFace on August 28, 2007, 10:24:13 pm
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Recommend me some bands, I don't care, because I don't know anything about the genre so anything is fine.
So far, I have -
Depeche Mode (Not sure if you can classify them as Electronica or not?)
Shiny Toy Guns
Blaqk Audio
I am the World Trade Center
Rapture
Help so I'm not a nublet anymore
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MSTRKRFT
Daft Punk
Kraftwork
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Aphex (fucking) Twin
and Chemical Brothers are good if you need something to ROCK OUT to (not their new album though, it blows big time)
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Midwest Product (MUST download album "Specifics.")
Aphex Twin
Autechre
Boards of Canada
DNTEL
!!!
DJ Shadow (not really, its hip hop)
The Flashbulb
Death in Vegas
M83
Peaches
Moby
Neu!
Avalanches
Lofreq
RJD2
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Don't listen to this maen Boards of Canada are out to steal your soul (and Moby too)
Edit: My comprehensive list (hopefully this all falls under ELECTRONICA)
Above and Beyond (sort of)
Amon Tobin
Aphex Twin, AFX, Caustic Window, etc., etc. (Polygon Window kind of sucked imo though)
Bjork
Brian Eno
BT
Faithless
Hifana
Hybrid
Ilkae
Lamb
LFO
Massive Attack
Mr. Scruff
Orbital (I guess)
Portishead
Royksopp
Scatman John
The Chemical Brothers
UNKLE
Underworld
I also need to check out The Knife, Global Communications and The Future Sound of London, but they sound good
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Uhhh Tangerine Dream =o)
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Amon Tobin
I second this recommendation. I'm not someone whose heavily into this genre of music, but I'm a big Amon Tobin fan.
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Massive Attack needs to be said at least once more in this topic.
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!!!
not electronica at all
I Am Robot and Proud
Telefon Tel Aviv
Ladytron
Her Space Holiday
Lali Puna
ISAN
Múm
Sleepy Town Manufacture
Erlend Øye
Venetian Snares (caution: breakcore)
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I guess somone missed Ulver.
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The only electronica band I know is Discrete Encounter. Theyre pretty Decent, and they have a rock feel.
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I guess somone missed Ulver.
For ambient:
Ulver
Biosphere
Deaf Center
Helios
Future Sound of London
IDM:
Gridlock
Orbital
Autechre
Psychedelic:
Shpongle
Astral Projection
Nystagmus
Yahel
At the very least try the three highlights. I would call those three groups likely the best electronica out there. Amon Tobin and Brian Eno are good too, but everyone recommends them so I tried to give you stuff that isn't as well known. I would highly recommend against Chemical Brothers and Aphex Twin, mainly because those are acts for people who have not experienced much in the way of electronica. Chemical Brothers are alright, but not if you actually want to LIKE electronica. You can't appreciate them without having listened to many other acts. Aphex Twin is garbage, but it is readily accessible for the main stream, so most people have heard him and like to claim they like him so they look like they are WELL VERSED IN MANY TYPES OF MUSIC. I could recommend you some other more accessible electronica like Tiesto, but trance is kind of like the pop of electronica and, again, you can't really appreciate what is good and bad in trance without having listened to lots of electronica. Otherwise you will either think it is AMAZING STUFF when it really isn't or REPETITIVE BULLCRAP when it isn't. I always recommend exploring genres from the bottom up rather than from the top down; that way you get an appreciation for the whole genre rather than just what you can buy at your local music store.
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I'm a casual Electronica fan, so I'll suggest to you what you'd have the easiest time digesting:
Boards of Canada and Amon Tobin
Boards of Canada is decent "chill" music with a ton of 70s novelty. They'll help you get an appreciation for the clever beat-sequencing and odd instrumentation electronica's known for, and is probably a good introduction to composition-based electronica. Amon Tobin is the most interesting and painstaking mashup of 40-year-old Jazz recordings I've ever heard, and sometimes manages to even sound coherent. It's the best example of sample-based electronica out there.
I would also recommend 13 And God if you have any interest in hiphop. A really interesting and occasionally disturbing of rap and electronica and some of the stranges vocal harmonies you'll ever hear.
I don't really get why people list a million artists when people ask for a brief introduction to a genre; it's a lot more helpful to pick one or two sound recommendations and stick to them. Anyway, since everyone is including Boards of Canada and Amon Tobin, you should probably start there.
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Massive Attack needs to be said at least once more in this topic.
Seconded.
I only just now got into electronica music. It depends on what feel you're looking for. I personally like the R&B/Hip-Hop/Funk sound, so I look for stuff around that.
Daft Punk
Portishead
Prodigy
Massive Attack
Gorillaz
Fatboyslim
I don't really like the Arcade Game/Rock/Ambient sound.
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Neu!
Wha... isn't Neu! more krautrock? Never seen them called "electronica."
Check out Ed Banger Records.
http://www.myspace.com/edbangerrecords
JUSTICE, SebastiAn, and Uffie are my favorites (see on the friends list).
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Aphex Twin is garbage, but it is readily accessible for the main stream, so most people have heard him and like to claim they like him so they look like they are WELL VERSED IN MANY TYPES OF MUSIC. I could recommend you some other more accessible electronica like Tiesto
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You have earned instant and unending hate from the depths of my very being
Also wtf how are the Chemical Brothers not immediately accessible - they've had every single one of their songs in every commercial ever so obviously it is quite digestible even by random members of the general public
Although Dig Your Own Hole was a pretty weird album I guess
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Aphex Twin is garbage, but it is readily accessible for the main stream, so most people have heard him and like to claim they like him so they look like they are WELL VERSED IN MANY TYPES OF MUSIC.
Holy shit have you heard any Aphex Twin in your life
Aphex Twin isn't mainstream in the SLIGHTEST, and is definitely not accessible. Aphex Twin is a pioneer in the electronica/IDM field, and one of the most important modern artists around. People like him because his body of work is consistently great - everything from Selected Ambient Works to Drukqs. I would greatly recommend Aphex Twin because of this.
And generally the people who like Aphex Twin ARE those who have heard a great deal of electronica.
And Tiesto is garbage
btw I'll also recommend everything on Warp Records (http://www.warprecords.com/), especially Jackson and his Computer Band.
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Jean Michael Jarre, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream are the best electronicmusics I have heard. Most definately Kraftwerk and Jean Michael Jarre, two of my fave artists. Jean Michael Jarre is more weird electronic noises making beautiful melodies, while Kraftwek are well known for their solid tunes about robots.
If you want more of a poppy side, The Human League are pretty fantastic, with great synths and the odd instrumental piece, well known for "Don't you want me baby", they've got a few serious songs under their belt.
Check out a few songs on the following page(this is the site I visit when looking for new musics):
http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=33
They have a flash mp3 player halfway down the page
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Daft Punk's Discovery is the best.
Since I Left You by The Avalanches is the best album to come out of Australia. It's all samples and has great appeal since it's so varied. I'd call it the ultimate party album it is motherfucking COOL.
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Aphex Twin isn't mainstream in the SLIGHTEST, and is definitely not accessible. Aphex Twin is a pioneer in the electronica/IDM field, and one of the most important modern artists around. People like him because his body of work is consistently great - everything from Selected Ambient Works to Drukqs. I would greatly recommend Aphex Twin because of this.
And generally the people who like Aphex Twin ARE those who have heard a great deal of electronica.
And Tiesto is garbage
btw I'll also recommend everything on Warp Records (http://www.warprecords.com/), especially Jackson and his Computer Band.
I agree with pretty much everything in this post - although supposedly Drukqs was kind of a sell-out album, something about pre-empting an internet leak of 50240492402 tracks from an MP3 player he lost (I would like to hear those tracks though)
You can tell the material on Drukqs wasn't meant to be together in an album at all. Besides the obvious Piano tracks vs. super-fast electronic seizure tracks, Bit 4 sounds like it was made at the same time as "Bit" from the Hangable Auto Bulb EP (like maybe he made a whole bunch of "bits" at the same time and picked the one he liked best), and bbydhyonchord sounds a lot like the beat from Mookid along with the ptzzty sounds from I Care Because You Do in general. And Gwely Mernans could easily be one of the "non-selected" Ambient Works from Volume II. Like just imagine it with a name like DOORKNOB or something.
Even though Come To Daddy was one of his most mainstream head-bangin' thingies, I would seriously recommend the single as an introduction to Aphex because it has so much variety in the other songs. Film and IZ-US are so beautiful and fragile it's kind of hard to comprehend it was made by the guy who did the title track. And Bucephalus Bouncing Ball is just so frenetic while being mellow at the same time. (And supposedly it was made out of all different samples of bouncing balls and marbles and stuff) The other tracks are a lot WEIRDER to say the least but I was surprised how solid they were musically, most of the time anyway.
But definitely don't listen to Selected Ambient Works Vol. II first. It pretty much DEFINES inaccessible, and there are tracks I still haven't been able to listen all the way through because half of the tracks are like a dream and the other half is like the worst nightmare you could possibly have. But Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is very easy to get into although the SUPERBASS kind of gets on my nerves sometimes. I wish he'd reissue it with a better mix and stuff but then again I probably wouldn't want to buy it all over again.
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Daft Punk
I honestly can't recommend these guys enough.
Justice
New French electro duo, definitely worth looking into.
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what's the difference between electronica and electronic. serious question really
I can't think of anything that hasn't been said already. Vitalic? they're ok I guess, but not as good as some of the other stuff listed imo
At the very least try the three highlights. I would call those three groups likely the best electronica out there. Amon Tobin and Brian Eno are good too, but everyone recommends them so I tried to give you stuff that isn't as well known. I would highly recommend against Chemical Brothers and Aphex Twin, mainly because those are acts for people who have not experienced much in the way of electronica. Chemical Brothers are alright, but not if you actually want to LIKE electronica. You can't appreciate them without having listened to many other acts. Aphex Twin is garbage, but it is readily accessible for the main stream, so most people have heard him and like to claim they like him so they look like they are WELL VERSED IN MANY TYPES OF MUSIC. I could recommend you some other more accessible electronica like Tiesto, but trance is kind of like the pop of electronica and, again, you can't really appreciate what is good and bad in trance without having listened to lots of electronica. Otherwise you will either think it is AMAZING STUFF when it really isn't or REPETITIVE BULLCRAP when it isn't. I always recommend exploring genres from the bottom up rather than from the top down; that way you get an appreciation for the whole genre rather than just what you can buy at your local music store.
Note: this doesn't mean anything.
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It was some kind of weird sarcasm apparently
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Daft Punk
I honestly can't recommend these guys enough.
I'm with you on this one. I recently rediscovered Discovery. ^_^
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Infected Mushroom, notably songs like Disco Mushrooms, Cities of the Future, Viscious Delicious (Viscious Delicious is an awesome dancing tune)
The song Weapons of Massive Distortion from The Crystal Method is rather cool as well.
And although it's not really electronica (actually I have no idea what electronica is and what not) but Goose's Bring It On album is really awesome to dance too as well.
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wizardzz is the only band i listen to that comes closest to electronica
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Here's what I listen to:
Aphex Twin
Daft Punk
DJ Tiesto
DJ Shadow
The Postal Service
Ulrich Schnauss
VNV Nation
To be honest though with most Electronica it's better to get compilations instead of albums.
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Here's what I listen to:
Aphex Twin
Daft Punk
DJ Tiesto
DJ Shadow
The Postal Service
Ulrich Schnauss
VNV Nation
To be honest though with most Electronica it's better to get compilations instead of albums.
i entirely disagree and i can see that you're not really a fan of electronica which is why you'd say that
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jesus rchrist on the cross what
i think he's talkin DJ mix albums??maybe???
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I would suggest BunnyMilk, he makes pretty stellar elctro-rock-soul music.
But yeah, if you say "I want some electronica bands here is what I have so far - Depeche Mode." I don't think it is electronica that you are looking for! Also ignore everyone elses opinion because they are wrong. Especially the person who suggested "Peaches," because Peaches is probably the worst human being ever invented by god.
BoC is kind of hard to digest the first time round. If you haven't really been weaned onto electronica by some offshoot of the genre and you stuck in a Boards album it would probably psyche you out a little bit. I am huge Boards fan but even I didn't like it the first time I heard it. I tell you what it was that really put me onto the Boards though and it is something that I suggest everyone does. Flick your TV over to Discovery Central and watch one of those nature shows. Not the shitty ones like Ray Mears. I mean the PROPER ATTENBOROUGH NATURE SHOWS WITH AMAZING SHOTS OF NATURE AND ANIMALS AND STUFF. Mute the volume and stick on a Boards Album... It is probably one of the most fantastic things you could ever do. Also watch the music video for Dayvan Cowboy. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8) It is beautiful.
Amon Tobin is fantastic but all of his albums are seriously different so I think it would be pretty hard for anyone to say CHECK OUT AMON TOBIN and leave it at that. Whatever Album you listen to is considerably different from whatever material you don't listen to. If you are going to check it out I would say start at the beginning. Cujo - Adventures in Foam or Bricolage. If you enjoy these albums you will enjoy Tobin, but if you jump in at the Foley Room it's a lot harder to work backwards.
Massive Attack. This is not electronica, everyone is telling you lies. As fantastic as it is though they are only trying to say HEY I LIKE MASSIVE ATTACK I AM COOL YOU SHOULD LIKE MY MUSIC TASTE.
Daft Punk is a tricky one but probably the closest thing to DEPECHE MODE that you would find on any of the lists people are giving you. It's pretty Techno but it's a lot more down tempo techno. Also be warned that Daft Punk have made a lot of shit music. You're best picking up a best of album or something to see if you like it. Or just listen to "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which is the song everyone loves. (I am quite partial to Robot Rock myself though.
This is just my opinion on some of the artists that people have already suggested to you. I am not going to give you a list of bands that I think you would like because a lot of them have already been suggested.
If you are just trying to get into electronica I would avoid Aphex Twin and the Chemical Brothers though. They are both absolutely fantastic don't get me wrong but I don't think it's real EASE YOU INTO THE GENRE stuff.
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But yeah, if you say "I want some electronica bands here is what I have so far - Depeche Mode." I don't think it is electronica that you are looking for! Also ignore everyone elses opinion because they are wrong. Especially the person who suggested "Peaches," because Peaches is probably the worst human being ever invented by god.
Daft Punk is a tricky one but probably the closest thing to DEPECHE MODE that you would find on any of the lists people are giving you. It's pretty Techno but it's a lot more down tempo techno. Also be warned that Daft Punk have made a lot of shit music. You're best picking up a best of album or something to see if you like it. Or just listen to "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which is the song everyone loves. (I am quite partial to Robot Rock myself though.
This is just my opinion on some of the artists that people have already suggested to you. I am not going to give you a list of bands that I think you would like because a lot of them have already been suggested.
If you are just trying to get into electronica I would avoid Aphex Twin and the Chemical Brothers though. They are both absolutely fantastic don't get me wrong but I don't think it's real EASE YOU INTO THE GENRE stuff.
Daft Punk... make shit? idk they only have 3 albums, and it's just one of them (Human After All) that's not up there. (also they did a horrible remix of Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out.)
but uh yeah Depeche Mode are very pop/80s with electronic music
Peaches is just unsexy shit though heh
However I think the Chemical Brothers are pretty accessible. they might not EASE YOU INTO IT (who knows what would) but they're an ok start.
Aphex Twin is not immediately accessible though, of course. however if you also have an interest in experimental music then it might work.
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I just think people are suggesting a lot of things that don't really apply to a guy who says "I LIKE DEPECHE MODE." The topic turned into a more "I like to stroke my music tastes cock."
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I would suggest BunnyMilk, he makes pretty stellar elctro-rock-soul music.
I know he was joking when he plugged his own material but I'm actually going to suggest it. BunnyMilk's music was pretty much my first experience with eletronic music, and while I don't really listen to any eletronic music outside of Amon Tobin and Boards of Canada in addition to BunnyMilk's music I do suggest it as I really enjoy it.
There's links to where you can grab each album here.
http://wiki.gamingw.net/view/BunnyMilk
(err hope you don't mind me endorsing your work BM?)
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why on earth would I mind? (http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=64271.0)
oh man I feel so dirty for doing that
EDIT: wait...adeline. You don't like Robot Rock? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
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New album? Fuck yes.
I'll write a review later, okay?
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Especially the person who suggested "Peaches," because Peaches is probably the worst human being ever invented by god.
Peaches is also a swedish child duo who did rosa helikopter (http://youtube.com/watch?v=7x3CCKaOlfU)
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Peaches is also a swedish child duo who did rosa helikopter (http://youtube.com/watch?v=7x3CCKaOlfU)
oh dear.... that was terrible.
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Positively Dark, Drifting in Silence and Xenoton all make brilliant music and have it avaliable for a completely free download.
And Pulse by BunnyMilk of course (when're you putting something new out anyway?)
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(when're you putting something new out anyway?)
:sweat: there is a big download button in my signature...
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I have sigs turned off.
Ohw ait, I'm just unobservenmt.
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Damn, can't believe I forgot about Muscles. http://www.myspace.com/musclesmusic
He is an Australian guy making a name for himself. He has an album coming soon (Guns Babes Lemonade), and the tracks Ice Cream and Sweaty have been really popular on triple j.
Be sure to check out all four tracks on the myspace there. Ice Cream is his biggest one, but each of them deserve a listen.
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Daft Punk's Discovery is the best.
Since I Left You by The Avalanches is the best album to come out of Australia. It's all samples and has great appeal since it's so varied. I'd call it the ultimate party album it is motherfucking COOL.
Completely agree. No one does it better than Daft Punk. Brian Transeau pulled off some good song too. He does repeat/remix way too many of his songs. Another good band is the Crystal Method. Their first album Vegas is pretty funky.
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Chemical Brothers > Crystal Method
like to the nth degree * a million bajillion
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Crystal Meth
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Crystal Meth
Yeah and somehow there's the feeling that Crystal Method is more LOL DRUGS than The CHEMICAL Brothers. Don't ask me how. Also
this http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/24155/2035670.jpg
is such a better promo photo than this http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/24155/d410b409a5.jpg
Too bad both groups are total whores now but at least The Chems had 5 good albums while I can only tolerate a few songs from Vegas. Even that album is so repetitive you could like literally listen to one minute of each track and get the idea. I also hate that whenever TCM has a fairly interesting track name all it means is WE ARE GOING TO PLAY A SAMPLE OF SOMEONE SAYING THE TITLE OF THE TRACK FOR 5 MINUTES. Like this really pissed me off when they had a track called The American Way on their Legion of Boom album.
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I can't believe that Ladytron was only mentionced ONCE so far in this thread. :incred:
I guess Gorillaz is kind-of electronica, so yeah them too.
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i entirely disagree and i can see that you're not really a fan of electronica which is why you'd say that
Wha? If you only knew me in real life, XD. I am notorious for blasting electronica at any given opportunity.
From my experience, there's usually a few songs I like from an artist and the rest are shit. Though they are exceptions, like Daft Punk. I can listen to their albums from top to bottom (not so much Human After All).
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Yeah Human After All was a disappointment compared to Homework and Discovery ;_;
Still... Discovery has to be my favourite party album. I play it whenever I can.
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MSTRKRFT
Daft Punk
Kraftwork
these.
also, JUSTICE. (d.a.n.c.e. + waters of nazareth)
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Wha? If you only knew me in real life, XD. I am notorious for blasting electronica at any given opportunity.
From my experience, there's usually a few songs I like from an artist and the rest are shit. Though they are exceptions, like Daft Punk. I can listen to their albums from top to bottom (not so much Human After All).
because everything you posted was "popular" electronica and you recommended compilations instead of albums. you don't really know a whole lot about the genre.
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because everything you posted was "popular" electronica and you recommended compilations instead of albums. you don't really know a whole lot about the genre.
I know I like to listen to it.
Just because I listen to the mainstream instead of the lesser known artists doesn't make me any less of a fan of the genre.
And I still recommend self-created compilations regardless of what you say. I'm basing this off my personal experience from buying a lot of albums and only liking a few songs from the entire CD.
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because everything you posted was "popular" electronica and you recommended compilations instead of albums. you don't really know a whole lot about the genre.
fuckkk...
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Ott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ott)
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Ott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ott)
Oh hey, I totally forgot him.
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Oh hey, I totally forgot him.
he's got a new album out in november! i can't wait
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Btw, there was a guy who worked at my college who knew Richie Hawtin growing up.
Too bad he kinda sucks (Richie Hawtin I mean, the other guy was kinda cool)
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these.
also, JUSTICE. (d.a.n.c.e. + waters of nazareth)
Waters of Nazareth?
If anything you should be recommending Genesis.
:colb:
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Fans of minimal dig Richie Hawtin.
I'm not a fan but I like some of the stuff (particularly if it's cross bred with like house or w/e).
Anyway, these have been in my current playlist for the past couple of weeks:
Jeff Mills (best DJ ever imo - check out his sets performed at Sonar)
Gabriel & Dresden
John Acquaviva
Sasha & John Digweed
Carl Coxx
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2007 (UK)
Ministry Of Sound Clubbers Guide Summer 2007
Amnesia Ibiza 2006 Essential CD
If you wanna get a feel for the scene, look for compilations from Ministry of Sound, or go search for "essential mix" at some torrent site.
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Yeah, I had one of Sasha's albums for a while now and I got around to listening to it. At first I thought it was really weird but now I kind of really like it.
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personally I like ladytron, goldfrapp, and miss kittin, it's somewhat pop-ish too, but it's electronica I guess.