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Posted: 3/31/2008 8:13:08 PM | Dang! An Electronica thread.
By all the artists mentioned here I THOUGHT I was up to date with this genre, but I can see I haven't even scratched the surface. Some of the names I'm familiar with like Thievery Corportation, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Air, Orbital, etc., but the rest is going to have me searching the web for quite a bit of time.
I must admit I have to cherry pick rummaging through all that I've come across so far searching Amazon's selections, because quite a lot of it is repetative. I guess I'm old school where I believe a song must have a beginning, middle and end with at least a couple of bridges and quite a bit of change up in instrumentation. The Propellerheads-"DecksAndDrumsAndRockAndRoll" CD and StereoLab's "Sound Dust" were the only ones I've come across so far where I could listen straight through. Don't know if StereoLab passes for Electronica.
I just listened to the new tribute to Weather Report, "Mysterious Voyages", with new groups from around the world covering classics like Teen Town and Pinocchio using the latest modern digital recording equipment and intrumentation. I can detect quite a lot of Trip Hop, Big Beat and Electronica influences in some of the pieces. Good hard driving beats and great high fidelity sound.
To all the DJ's posting here have any of you sampled the group War's more rarely heard drumlines like from the Youngblood CD-"Junk Yard" and Platinum Jazz CD-"LA Sunshine" and "War Is Coming"? Very inventive. | |
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Posted: 4/8/2008 6:25:43 PM | I love this kind of music. I'm not even quite sure what genre it is that I listen to, but I like it is what matters =) I'm pretty sure I'm into chill or ambient chill, something like that. Stuff like...
Kid Loco
Nightmares on Wax
Fila Brazillia
Jon Hopkins
Lemon Jelly
Thievery Corp
Cujo
Madrillus Spynx
Baby Mammoth
and so on
oh and PS, surprised no one has mentioned this yet, check out SomaFM for a streaming fix of good music | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 1:38:27 AM | Just lately have been rediscovering the old electro funk, things like:
The Bar-kays "Sexomatic"
The soundtrack for "Breakin' " (Here in Oz it's called "breakdance")
George Clinton "Loopzilla"
And have tickets to John Foxx on Thursday :-)
I is a happy little Vegemite!
Toe knee :-) | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 7:28:46 AM | Is it just me or has there been only ONE WOMAN post to this thread?
Is electronica a MALE musical form? I bet a thread on hip hop would have more women than men posting.
I wonder what makes this so.
James, Seattle, Washington, USA, Earth | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 7:35:45 AM |
Is electronica a MALE musical form
Particularly strange considering electronic music covers eveything from Rhiana to Bit Shifter. Perhaps Electronica is a male geeky thing, I wonder what the female equivalent is? Westlife? Justin Timberlake? | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 7:45:11 AM | | nah, i just think people who want to talk about music in general on forums are male. actually, if i go to one of the hipster bars that cater to that nu wave/mash up san fransico, new york, paris crowd, i mainly see girls in their early 20s in the place, and same thing goes for synthpop shows like wolfsheim. even though most of the artist and djs are male, i find the fan base for electronic music is strongly female based. | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 2:57:47 PM |
Particularly strange considering electronic music covers eveything from Rhiana to Bit Shifter. Perhaps Electronica is a male geeky thing, I wonder what the female equivalent is? Westlife? Justin Timberlake?
Bit Shifter, ftw!
Chiptunes are my favorite form of electronic music.
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Posted: 5/5/2008 5:06:39 PM | Actually, I wrote BitShifter becasue I saw your post in the '5 Most Life Changing Albums' thread (I think?) . I downloaded Information Chase and really enjoyed it.
AtypicalAMA is THE lo-fi electronic music girl of POF. | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 11:29:33 PM | | i like some trance and jungle only at raves and to have an extra good time n feel the partyin rush | |
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Posted: 5/6/2008 11:47:22 AM | | I'm pretty much into the whole warp/planet mu/ rephlex stuff. My favourite would be squarepusher. I saw him on his tour for ultravisitor in a tiny venue and the bass was so amazing I literally thought I was going to shit my pants. | |
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Posted: 5/8/2008 9:51:35 AM | | I'm not a big techno guy, but I've been listening to three DJ Tiesto songs a LOT lately: Beautiful Things, Just Be, and In Your Eyes. They've been getting massive rotation on my PC and in my car. | |
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Posted: 5/8/2008 8:32:08 PM | LoL... ur on beat w/ that one... started way back.....
From KRAFTWERK came ELEKTRO/...... | |
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Posted: 5/20/2008 9:03:19 PM | Some credit should go to Faust. In fact, early 70s Krautrock in general had a lot of influence on it.
Also, good rule of thumb: it ain't Industrial anything unless it had something come out on Industrial Records. Anything else is technically post-Industrial. Then again, it's hard enough to tell people I have an Industrial band, much less explain that what I'm in is a post-Industrial band.
Finally, not enough props yet to Cabaret Voltaire. They're really the first band to play the sort of electronica that evolved into the electronic music that people typically think of today (which isn't nearly as influenced by Krautrock as the noisier industrial, ambient, martial, etc. segments that trace themselves through the Throbbing Gristle branch of the genre). In fact, Industrial Dance Music can only really be called Industrial Dance Music because the Cabs put a few things out on Genesis P. Orridge's label, were therefore labeled as part of the Industrial movement, and then went on to be much more commercially viable (and those who were influenced by them were therefore also more commercially viable, though they could still claim the "Industrial" title by association)by the 80s than anything that sounded like the Krautrock influenced stuff (except for maybe D.A.F. and Chrome, but does anyone here really know about them?). | |
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Posted: 5/23/2008 3:06:51 PM | | Hi there...Just wanted to know if anyopne else,besides me,listens to Booka Shade or M.A.N.D.Y.?Or maybe a little UNKLE even?They're all very high quality electronic artists,just a little underground for most people to have heard of them but give them a listen,you wont be disappointed.... | |
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Posted: 5/23/2008 11:29:31 PM | Just a comment for the guy on the first page who says that no one can sit down and differentiate between all the genres of electronica: Anyone who actually listens to it CAN tell the differences.
Some of my faves in different genres off the top of my head....
Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
Cleveland Lounge - Drowning (AK1200 remix)
Stanton Warriors - Shake it up (Hook n sling remix)
Ambra Red - Shes a Model
Royksopp - What else is there (thin white duke remix)
Dougal & Gammer - Stomp
Ladytron - International Dateline
Shere Khan - One Day
Daft Punk - Harder better faster stronger
Buzzy Bus - You dont stop
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage (Thin White duke remix)
Coldplay - Talk (Thin white duke remix)
Pendulum & Freestylers - Painkiller
Tali - Blazin
Freestylers - Push Up
just off the top of my head ;) | |
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Posted: 5/25/2008 8:50:11 PM | Ur hole line up of dj's and producers is what im into bro, i missed deadmau5 just over the weekend wish i seen him my tip 5 for sure.
Just wanted to as on what producers program softwear would u recomend on purshasing im slowly getting into it just messing around on the froot loops hear and there loving. if u have ne tips let me know. | |
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Posted: 8/28/2008 7:21:42 AM | I can't believe four pages in and not one mention of the hugely pioneering Jean-Michel Jarre!?
His Oxygene and Equinoxe albums were way ahead of their time. While everyone was too busy trying to muscle in with the disco fad, Jarre was out there creating music for the tomorrow. A lot of today's electronica owes a lot to JarreI reckon.
I've been to see him live four times now, first being the London Docklands one in '88 and this year saw his Oxygene tour. Those ancient analogue machines give a much richer, organic soundscape than any digital machine could ever produce. | |
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Posted: 8/28/2008 8:53:53 AM | | My favorites include Banco De Gaia, The Orb, Massive Attack, early Tangerine Dream (no use for their stuff after about 1980 though), Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Higher Intelligence Agency, Karsh Kale, and Amon Tobin. | |
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Posted: 8/28/2008 4:29:21 PM | My username should tell the story! Been listenin to jungle / D&B for about 12 years now. Never got around to producing but still spin all the time. I'm more into the 94-95 ragga stuff with chopped up amens.
Just can't get into the standard techy D&B anymore. You can find me on ragga-jungle.com! THE ANONYMOUS 1
Tryin to get into dubstep, but it's just too slow and boring for me. And this coming from a reggae roots/dub head. HAHA!
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Posted: 8/28/2008 8:33:54 PM |
Also, good rule of thumb: it ain't Industrial anything unless it had something come out on Industrial Records. Anything else is technically post-Industrial. Then again, it's hard enough to tell people I have an Industrial band, much less explain that what I'm in is a post-Industrial band.
WELL! I always say, if it sounds like it would fit fine with the stuff on Industrial Records, than it's Industrial... that being said, I'd say Clock DVA's release on the label is more Experimental Rock like some of Einstuerzende Neubauten's work. Noise and Power Electronics could certainly be tightened up as Industrial.
I'll handle the rest of the post later.... | |
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Posted: 8/31/2008 12:52:53 AM | Oooh, Clock DVA's a good one.
I like to differentiate them with a "i" and "I" industrial. It's Industrial if it was on Industrial Records, and industrial if it sounded like something on Industrial records...
I'm definitely all about some noise and power electronics, particularly OLoF NiNe and Tarsus :D | |
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Posted: 8/31/2008 10:05:09 PM | Ah
Well, if you're a fan of Prurient, Dom just put out one or two things... One of them being "Cocaine Death", which is a collection of some of his older and more rare stuff.
I'd give a better response, but I've been  again and my head hurts now :'(
ALSO! WOO! @ mention of Bit Shifter. I'd like to bring up... She, Bunblman, Phlogiston, and Animal Style... even though he just uses a pedal on his guitar for the chip sounds :P | |
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Posted: 11/11/2008 12:32:52 PM | | haha, here's something to consider, you all realize that HipHop/Rap is a form of electronica? It falls under BREAKS. Think of the beat ;) | |
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Posted: 11/11/2008 2:17:46 PM |
you all realize that HipHop/Rap is a form of electronica? It falls under BREAKS. Think of the beat ;)
I reckon not, it's certainly electronic music, and enjoyable for that sometimes. Electronica is when the music is about the synthesis, the sampling, the electronics. Rap is largely about guns and how small the MC's penis might be. Hip-Pop is usually about Lurve. The electronics are just a way to make the music. Anyone out there agree/disagree vehemently? | |
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Posted: 11/11/2008 3:22:49 PM | x4me...Venetian Snares is awesome. I love they're sounds...which, they don't sound like much of anything but yet it's genius.
I love almost anything with a synth though. I don't listen to trance or techno or anything but I LOVE Industrial and Electronica. My favorite bands/groups out of electronic would be: VNV Nation, Skinny Puppy, Wumpscut, Suicide Commando, Front Line Assembly, Kompressor, Venetian Snares and OhGr. | |
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