Good electronic music

[schauerlich]

What electronic music should I check out?

[Eisenwinter]

Anything by Aphex Twin (aka Richard David James, look him up in wikipedia).

Check out Cosmo, Highko (psychedelic trance artists).

Check out Entropy (darkpsy artists).

And finally, check out 2 albums, called Entheos Audio Archive (there's 1.0 and 2.0 vols).

[nmccrina]

+1 to Aphex Twin

Nothing beats the old school artists like Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michael Jarre, Brian Eno, Vangelis and Kraftwerk when it comes to electronic music, but it might not be what you had in mind :D

[Paqman]

What sort of electronic music? Ambient, dance music, IDM?

[schauerlich]

What sort of electronic music? Ambient, dance music, IDM?

"Good" is the kind I'm looking for. :) Anything, really.

[RedSquirrel]

I'll just toss a couple out there... I used to listen to Sasha & John Digweed's Northern Exposure: Expeditions over and over and over... good for coding when I was feeling drowsy. ;)

Future Sound of London (FSOL). Lifeforms and Cascade are two that come to mind.

[monsterstack]

M83.

[don_quixote]

"Good" is the kind I'm looking for. :) Anything, really.

Well, Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre to get you accommodated to the 'feel.' Like many people here, I'm partial to Aphex Twin, but get his Selected Ambient Works and maybe Classics, because they're the most accessible. Autechre is great too, but stick to the early CDs.

I like the 80s stuff, particularily poppy one-offs such as Bronski Beat, and classic acts such as Depeche Mode. On the different side of the 80s, there's the 'techno' Cybotron which is absolutely fantastic and I'm partial to the sole album by Liaisons dangereuses too. These days I'm listening to a lot of Venetian Snares (look up Hajnal and Szamar Madar as they're relatively accessible).

This is the most unexhaustive list imaginable. YMMV.

[chucky chuckaluck]

somafm.com has lots of different stuff to check out. (streamripper is your friend here.)

[Viranh]

VNV Nation, Assemblage 23, Icon of Coil

[nmccrina]

^ I can vouch for the Assemblage 23; kind of a mix of Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails. It'll cheer you up! :popcorn:

[Jesus_Valdez]

Well, theres a mexican collective call "Nortec", mixes traditional music with electronic, very unique.

Heres a litle example, Polaris - Bostich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQLZH5cD1go

[MaxIBoy]

"Good" is the kind I'm looking for. :) Anything, really.That's like asking for "good" guitar music. Basically any music at all can be done electronically; the samplers and synthesizers are just another class of instruments, along with string instruments, brass instruments, wind instruments, and percussion. It just happens to be very versatile.

I don't really consider myself an enthusiast of "electronic music," for the same reasons I don't consider myself a fan of "guitar music."

I'm a big fan of Lorin Ashton (the leader of the "Bassnectar" project.) http://bassnectar.net/home/
I can't remember how I found this guy. He's fairly prolific, having released several albums. He's got pretty liberal views on filesharing-- whenever an album of his goes out of print, he encourages people to bootleg it instead. He relies mostly on live performances, and he doesn't pander to the mainstream, which is why you probably haven't heard his stuff before. For best effect, listen on some quality headphones, or a nice big speaker setup with a subwoofer. Unless you can hear the bass, you just won't "get" it. This song is a good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eCjMhFiIU



Also, when I'm doing homework, and I just need something to drown out distracting noises, I use www.di.fm (http://www.di.fm), which hosts a lot of Internet radio stations with different genres of electronic music.

[thisllub]

Anything by Aphex Twin (aka Richard David James, look him up in wikipedia).


After a YouTube session I have decided that I can't stand Aphex Twin.

[ghindo]

"Electronic music" is kind of broad. What artists do you like already?

In any case, I have to also recommend Aphex Twin. His work is very broad, so you can probably find something you like within his work. Check out "drukqs."

Similarly, Squarepusher is really good.

[schauerlich]

What artists do you like already?

I honestly don't listen to much electronic music, but it interests me and I'm looking for a place to start. I'm digging Daft Punk.

[don_quixote]

After a YouTube session I have decided that I can't stand Aphex Twin.

Try Polynomial C or On. Very accessible.

[don_quixote]

I honestly don't listen to much electronic music, but it interests me and I'm looking for a place to start. I'm digging Daft Punk.

If you like Daft Punk, check out Royksopp's first CD, Melody AM and their last, Junior. It's not quite the same, but you might like it. Kind of like a Daft Punk with a good dose of valium.

[ghindo]

I honestly don't listen to much electronic music, but it interests me and I'm looking for a place to start. I'm digging Daft Punk.If you like Daft Punk, check out Digitalism and Justice. They'll be a bit more your style than Aphex Twin and others mentioned in this thread.

[Paqman]

"Good" is the kind I'm looking for. :) Anything, really.

Okkkkaaaay. That's pretty vague. Pick any arbitrary track, somebody will have that in the "good" bit of their personal musical venn diagram ;)

Have you got a Last FM account? If so you can use their "similar artist" service to start getting suggestions for things you might like.

Here's the default list for similar artists to Daft Punk (http://www.last.fm/music/Daft+Punk/+similar). Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Royksopp, Underworld, Leftfield and Faithless are some of the ones that stand out on that list that you might like. Hard to tell though, as Daft Punk are quite eclectic, so it's hard to pin down exactly what you might like about them.

[koshatnik]

Co-Fusion
UNKLE/James Lavelle
Ken Ishii
Model 500/Juan Atkins
Miss Kittin
Laurent Garnier
Aphex
Throbbing Gristle
Front 242

[gn2]

Steve Hillage: Rainbow Dome Musick

[k2t0f12d]

8bitpeoples (http://www.8bitpeoples.com/)

ay-riders (http://ay-riders.speccy.cz/)

[nickstu]

Pure Reason Revolution

[billgoldberg]

I'm an electronic music junkie.

I just list some of my favorites in each genre I listen to:

EuroDance

Lasgo - Gone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-u7vwUjYY)

Zornik - Scared of Yourself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kNJL8M1cs8)

Iah Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjTV8i_KjXM)

Sylver - Turn the Tide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbGJcxenDc)

Trance


Absolom - Baby Boomers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU6FQbQv5nY)

Dj Wout - Mastermind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHy8Iqggr9o)

Three Drives - Greece 2000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-G-_mPPAQ0)

Tiesto - Adagio for Strings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5xjIpsHVYQ)

Club - Hard House

Asphai - Good Night Ravers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75hZ9Ya7iJ8)

Jones & Stephenson The First Rebirth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqIHVJX8HRU)

Robert Armani - Hit Hard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VOpFnn3Zi8)

Cherry Moon Trax - Acid Dream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e541H1V_ahw)

Techno

It's hard to pick songs as I only listen to these in DJ sets.

If you like the harder techno, I can suggest Dj Rush, Pet Duo or Frank Kvitta if you want to go mental.

I'm not a fan of the more minimal techno, but you can check out Dave Clark or some like Carl Cox.

Hardcore

3 Steps Ahead - Cloud 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VB9ESlKhl4)


Endymion & Nosferatu - Act Of God (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJC2_WZg_g)

Masters of Ceremony - Hardcore to the Bone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOvSqaodvF4)

Evil Activities - Do You Like Bass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPaZTkdIkJU)

Switch - Chill


The Knife - Silent Shout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxqeRMoYA5g)

Kenny Hawkes & Louise Carver - Play the game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2F8LiELLVE)

Laurent Garnier - The Man With The Red Face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UDzAv-twYA)

Reese - Rock to the Beat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZuuPVk8e9Q)

I could go on and on, but this will have to do.

[aeiah]

warp records has a lot of interesting stuff:

chris clark
plaid
autechre
boards of canada

and more dancey stuff like luke vibert.

im also quite fond of four tet, squarepusher and venitian snares

[init1]

I honestly don't listen to much electronic music, but it interests me and I'm looking for a place to start. I'm digging Daft Punk.
Electronic music is extremely broad. Here are some good internet radio stations that play electronic.
DnB
www.bassdrive.com
www.di.fm/drumandbass/

Deep House
www.dogglounge.com
www.somafm.com/play/beatblender

Hardstyle
www.hard.fm
www.fear.fm
www.hardbase.fm
www.di.fm/hardstyle/

Progressive Trance/House
www.somafm.com/play/tags
www.di.fm/progressive/

Trance
www.trancebase.fm
www.di.fm/trance

Hardcore
www.coretime.fm
www.di.fm/hardcore/

All of the above and move
www.krankydigital.com

DJ mixes
http://mixes.djfez.com/mixes/

[JECHO]

Armin Van Burren, Tiesto, Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten...

they are all excellent Progressive Trance/Vocal Trance.

If you would like something more ambient and mellow then check out The Album Leaf.

[Saint Angeles]

Infected Mushroom

i don't like much electronic stuff... but these guys blow my mind. they added a guitar player in their latest album and it's totally sick.

if you want something totally weird... try: Pig Face

[RiceMonster]

M83.

Hell yeah. Good mix of alt rock/shoegazing and synths/electronics.

[meeples]

ooh this is my area of expertise (H)

- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
-Boys Noize
-Justice
-Little Boots
-Digitalism
-Crystal Castles
-Pendulum
-The Crystal Method
-3OH!3
-Late Of The Pier
-Alice In Videoland
-Trash Fashion
-Bolt Action Five
and you cant beat a bit of prodigy :)

[hanzomon4]

Kraftwerk if you programed your home Komputer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDXxaOkGeU)

[Eisenwinter]

After a YouTube session I have decided that I can't stand Aphex Twin.
Then do yourself a favour, and don't look into any electronic music at all.

[RiceMonster]

Aphex twin is great.

[don_quixote]

Then do yourself a favour, and don't look into any electronic music at all.

I think that's a generalization.

Some of the Aphex Twin music is inaccessible, and clearly not to everyone's taste. That's the equivalent of saying, if you don't like Mozart, you won't like classical music. Not the case.

[FuturePilot]

I think that's a generalization.

Some of the Aphex Twin music is inaccessible, and clearly not to everyone's taste. That's the equivalent of saying, if you don't like Mozart, you won't like classical music. Not the case.
+1
I agree. I don't care for Aphex Twin either. However I still love EDM. In fact I don't care for most of what people have mentioned in this thread so far. I'm more into Trance.

[ghindo]

i think that's a generalization.

Some of the aphex twin music is inaccessible, and clearly not to everyone's taste. That's the equivalent of saying, if you don't like mozart, you won't like classical music. Not the case.+1

[wsonar]

Let me fix the link in my sig

[wsonar]

SIG link works now

[wsonar]

there's a billion sub generes under the EDM genere don't let apex twins fool you there more comercial anyway

I'm into minimal techno and progressive

check out AUDIOJACK http://www.myspace.com/audiojackmusic

and I've always been a big S&D fan (Sasha & John Digweed)

I get down with a little dubstep also it's trend thats going through here the base is fun with the right sound system


My spelling sucks or my typinig after editing this I'd rather say this then right click the words and fix them

[lykwydchykyn]

shameless plug
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[schauerlich]

Kraftwerk is relaxing. I've also got Royksopp (Melody AM and Junior) handy, haven't had a chance to listen to them yet.

[Lajik]

Tiesto
Paul Oakenfold
Justice
ATB
Above & Beyond
and...
BENNY BENASSSI

push me and then just touch me till i can get my satisfaction...satisfaction...satisfaction...

[dragos240]

What electronic music should I check out?

Perhaps daft punk, or hideki naganuma (pure awesomeness awaits you)

[Eisenwinter]

I think that's a generalization.

Some of the Aphex Twin music is inaccessible, and clearly not to everyone's taste. That's the equivalent of saying, if you don't like Mozart, you won't like classical music. Not the case.
I have downloaded Aphex Twin's (actually, Richard David James') entire discography, through a torrent.

3.2GB of music.

[schauerlich]

I'm liking Kraftwerk and Royksopp so far.

[Elfy]

If you find you like Future Sounds of London try Amorphous Androgynous

add Ulrich Scnauss to the list.

[ghindo]

I have downloaded Aphex Twin's (actually, Richard David James') entire discography, through a torrent.

3.2GB of music.Considering all his aliases, EPs, and side projects, I doubt that is all of RDJ's music :p

[Paqman]

Then do yourself a favour, and don't look into any electronic music at all.

He said he liked Daft Punk. There's pretty much no overlap between Aphex Twin and Daft Punk.

For me, I pretty much exclusively listen to electronic music, and I haven't really liked anything Aphex Twin has done in the last ten years. He was fun as Polygon Window back in the day, but that's not really music i'd play around the house.

[ghindo]

For me, I pretty much exclusively listen to electronic music, and I haven't really liked anything Aphex Twin has done in the last ten years. He was fun as Polygon Window back in the day, but that's not really music i'd play around the house.Have you heard his Analord series? He's gone a bit old school recently and done a series of analogue, vinyl-only recordings which goes back to his roots. I would recommend a listen to the compilation of the series, "Chosen Lords."

[Eisenwinter]

Considering all his aliases, EPs, and side projects, I doubt that is all of RDJ's music :p
It does contain everything he has ever made, from Aphex Twin, to AFX, to Mike & Rich, Bradely Strider, Polygon Window, etc..

[RedSquirrel]

The soundtrack for Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) is quite good. (So is the movie. :))

[AlphaMack]

1house.fm - for dirty house
etn.fm - for progressive
protonradio.com - for house

[WatchingThePain]

Go right back to old school baby, Electro.
Egyptian Lover, Kid Frost, Kraftwerk, Roxanne Shante, Cool Hurt.
Real Hip Hop my man.

[chrisjsmith]

Some good stuff here that I tend to listen to a lot (albums only - I actually buy CDs - shock horror etc etc!):

Mind in a Box - Any of their albums <-- VERY highly recommended - 100% original for once. Samples here: http://www.mindinabox.com/

Vox Celesta - Via Regia
In Strict Confidence - Holy
Steve Roach - Structures from Silence
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol II (anything more recent is crap)
Astral Projection - In The Mix
VNV Nation - Judgement
VNV Nation - Empires
Seabound - Double Crosser
Future Sound of London - ISDN
Royksopp - Anything by them
State of the Union - Black City Lights
Dust of Basement - Come with me <-- WEIRD!

[dragos240]

try these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkcmeG73IYs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPbu3CQluA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmBWreLLiw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZhO0hrfuw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-WZhmBhtOc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hXJz4BvjiA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8Srg9ngoU

They're all by Hideki Naganuma.

[Writh]

For some excellent ambient track, check out Metroid Prime's soundtrack.

Menu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szP9V3JQYCY)
Planet Tallon IV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfXd1OAXq5c)
Phendrana Drifts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbbUv1hz6mE)

For some real bands:

Viola (http://www.violamusicclub.com)
A Finnish electropop duo. The music is light, with a melancholic flair.

According to the band themselves:
We're Viola.

Two guys influenced by beautiful heartfelt music, ***-shaking beats, sub-par humor and hidden messages.

We're the ones sitting in the corner of a hot discothèque, watching others have fun.

We make music to dance to - for people who seldom dance outside the dancefloor of their minds.

Keywords (or like kids nowadays call them, "tags"): escapist, stargazing, silly, energetic, outsider, electronic, melancholic, enigmatic, hopeful, fun, free


All music is free and under a creative commons licence, too.


Processory (http://www.last.fm/music/Processory)
A side project by Finnish electronic music veteran Jori Hulkkonen and a friend of his, Jerry Valuri. Very dreamy, and just too damn good electropop.

Sohodolls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_dolls)
The group hails from London and plays (according to a friend of mine) "just the kind of freak electro you might listen to."

White Rose Movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose_Movement_(band))
Another Londonese electronic group, they have roots in post-punk. The music is aggressive, with many songs being largely bass-driven. The vocalist's high shrieks may not appeal to you at first, but WRM is definitely worth a try.

[Bölvaður]

I know 1 cover song you might want to check out, but do not stop listening until you've heard it all.


song : Mørkets Fyrste (Performed by E-Head) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNDAS-UjAhw&feature=PlayList&p=2401D0238B5D29F4&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=9)
album : Valfar, Ein Windir (CD1)


it is just 1 song, doesnt take long to listen to.

[drawkcab]

somafm.com has lots of different stuff to check out. (streamripper is your friend here.)

Good call.

You can also get lots of good ideas by plugging the various artists mentioned into pandora.

I've always liked scott heron's stuff, most of which is published under the pseudodymn, prefuse73 and works with elements of hip hop and turntablism. His other pseudonymous works are interesting too because, since he now lives in Spain, they are based on Spanish music.

[Chemical Imbalance]

Now this is my kind of thread!! :D

My most listened to genres of electronica are EBM, Industrial, Futurepop, and Trance (usually goa and older 'classic' trance).

Check out these bands:

Project Pitchfork, VNV Nation, Etnica, Astral Projection, Covenant, Sasha & John Digweed, Front Line Assembly, Blue Planet Corporation, Spicelab, Haujobb, etc.

Some more classic bands like Kraftwerk and John Michel Jarre are essential.

PM me if you want specifics about which albums to buy and more artists to check out.

Electronica is one of my loves.

[Chemical Imbalance]

Mind in a Box - Any of their albums <-- VERY highly recommended - 100% original for once. Samples here: http://www.mindinabox.com/


Mind.in.a.Box is excellent. My favorite album is Lost Alone.

[jocheem67]

Acidhouse, back to '87 '88...

I remember the raves I went to in A'dam, firstly organized by some Brits.
Man, I loved it, and my feel is that from '92 that whole scene never developed further. I quit the scene in '94..
Now I listen mainly to singer-songwriter:)

However:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL6WjXZtQZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlG5WieowBg&feature=related

[Wisey]

Some of those radio stations are awesome, is there any way I can rip off those streams and keep the files?

[jocheem67]

You can do that kind of stuff with mplayer or with streamripper/streamtuner...

The mplayercommand is pretty simple, it should be in their own documentation somewhere...

[heroidi]

Everything from The Prodigy is Good.

[joninkrakow]

Andreas Vollenweider, Don Dorsey, Tomita are three old-school that are also good. I think the preferred term for these guys(first and last) would be "space" music or new age, though. Don Dorsey does classical but with an electronic twist. Don't use big speakers up loud, though, if you live in a small flat... ;-)

-)on