Electronic Music Recommendations

[Ibliss]

So I got a Zune pass and have access to a shit ton of music now. I like electronic music but never buy it because Im pretty ignorant of the subject. I like NIN instrumentals (esp the stuff off of Still) and I like The Prodigy (Only the Fat of the Land). So I guess I like moody electronic instrumentals and electronic mixed with rock.

Any suggestions?

[Nescio]

Might wanna check out

Holy Fuck
LCD Soundsystem
Justice
Simian Mobile Disco

[Lowk]

The previous post recommends some really club sounding pop electronic. Which might be good to break your teeth on, but for the most part annoys me personally. There is alot of diversity within electronic music. I'll drop a recommendation in the thread in a bit with a decent album from the 6 basic genres of techno in a bit.

[Ibliss]

Originally Posted by Lowk

The previous post recommends some really club sounding pop electronic. Which might be good to break your teeth on, but for the most part annoys me personally. There is alot of diversity within electronic music. I'll drop a recommendation in the thread in a bit with a decent album from the 6 basic genres of techno in a bit.

Yeah, club music annoys me as well. I look forward to your post!

Oh, something else I like, that Atari Teenage Riot and Slayer song off of the Spawn soundtrack. I will go d/l some ATR.

[Simas]

Im not sure if it reallys fits electronic music or not but

[Ronne]

Covenant
Frontline Assembly
VNV Nation
Combichrist
And One
Apoptygma Berzerk
Counterstrike
Daedelus
Dawn of Ashes
Dismantled
Ellen Allien
Fischerspooner
Felix da Housecat
Grendel
The Knife
LSG (older, maybe not on Zune)
Mochipet
Scandy
Underworld


Most of that is fairly industrial with the exception of Ellen Allien, Fischerspooner, Counterstrike (drum n bass), Underworld and The Knife.

LSG is old ambiemt/chillout/trance from the 90's that I'm in love with, but it can be kind of a bitch to find sometimes.

[brekk]

Overseer
The Crystal Method

[Lowk]

I personally, if forced would divide up Electronic music into 6 genres.

Drum & Bass, House, Trance, Breaks, Techno, Hardcore: They all have a distinct sound and it's not a science by any means telling them apart.

I'll throw you a bone though in getting started with each one. I am going to try and keep the selection somewhat well know in order for you to nag them easily hopefully from the Zune Store.


Drum & Bass
Bad Company - Shot Down on Safari
Shot Down on Safari – Bad Company UK – Listen at Last.fm

Techno
Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX & 909
Decks, EFX & 909 – Various Artists – Listen at Last.fm

Hardcore
Rotterdam Terror Corps - From Dusk Till Doom
From Dusk Till Doom – Rotterdam Terror Corps – Music at Last.fm

House
Joey Beltram - Classics
Classics – Joey Beltram – Listen at Last.fm

Breakbeat
Krafty Kuts - Fabriclive 34: Krafty Kuts
Fabriclive 34: Krafty Kuts – Various Artists – Listen at Last.fm

Trance
Sandra Collins - Lost in Time
Lost in Time – Sandra Collins – Music at Last.fm


They are in order from good (D&B) to faggotry(Trance) in my thoughts.


There seems to be a appreciation of Daft Punk, Justice, MIA, Aphex Twin and what not, so here are some other flavors of electronic music you may or may not enjoy.

If anyone happens to like something i linked and would like more recommendations of a smilar artist or other albums, let me know.

[Azrayne]

I think trying to divide electronic music into 6 genres really doesn't do it any justice. There are so many different styles of DnB, hardcore, trance etc. that one can sub-genre sound almost completely different to the other (dutch hardcore compared to UK hardcore, psy trance v. hard trance, all the millions of DnB subgenres, whatever).

But for the purpose of not having this devolve into another shitty argument about genre classifications -

Trance:

Cosmic Gate
Agnelli & Nelson
Paul Van Dyk
John Flemming
Talla 2XLC
Sander Van Doorn
Marco V

Hard Dance/Hardstyle

Donkey Rollers
Luna
Pavo
Zany
Blutonium Boy
Yoji Biomehanika
Ultraform
Scot Project
Showtek
Amber D
Defective Audio
Kai Tracid
ASYS


Hardcore

Neophyte
Panic
Tha Playah
Hixxy
Re-con
Scott Brown
Sharky
Kevin Energy
Arkitech
AMS
Proteus
Breeze

Other (techno/house/progressive/whatever)

Sasha
John Digweed
Richie Hawtin
Sven Vath
Ricardo Villalobos
Steve Lawler
Carl Cox



And, most importantly, the two best sources for electronic music on the web:

Livesetsonline :: Index

Digitally Imported Radio - Free Internet Radio Stations | DI.fm (use winamp if you don't have it, and download an addon called streamripper, which will automatically download and store tracks played on internet radio stations for you).

[Lowk]

Originally Posted by Azrayne

I think trying to divide electronic music into 6 genres really doesn't do it any justice

I couldn't agree more, trying to peg something to one genre or sub genres is retarded. It just doesn't work like that. What i did list have always felt like the roots to the larger picture of interwoven sub genres though.

The 6 I listed with examples of the sound i was talking about with them will give someone with no knowledge of electronic music a roundabout reference point on where to look in the future, should he like the sound.


edit- Friends don't let friends listen to trance

thanks to everyone who continues to support techno in ny
and gives us strength in our continuing fight against
trance's continuing foothold in america.

-- richie hawtin

[brekk]

On the subject of generes... Big Beat (chemical break) is my favorite. Had too lookup a few artists to find the right genre label.

Trance is another awesome genre.

Following three youtube video's are first three parts of a 24 minute track done by ATB and Paul van Dyke. Track is "Rave Mix - DJ special K" theres versions floating around on torrent sites. 12 minute version is ok, full 24 minute is excellent.

[Azrayne]

Originally Posted by Lowk

I couldn't agree more, trying to peg something to one genre or sub genres is retarded. It just doesn't work like that. What i did list have always felt like the roots to the larger picture of interwoven sub genres though.

The 6 I listed with examples of the sound i was talking about with them will give someone with no knowledge of electronic music a roundabout reference point on where to look in the future, should he like the sound.

Fair enough, but on the flip side of that, it also gives the impression that those labels define the genre, so someone might listen to the Hawtin track you listed, think 'wow this sucks' and immediately write off techno as a genre, when they might well appreciate something a little less minimalistic. Of course you would have to wonder about anyone who would write a genre off after one track anyway, but the points stands.

As for trance, I like a fair bit of it, though the genre is only just coming out of a bit of a slump after a year or two, if you're willing to dig deeper than the Tiesto/AvB/A State of Trance type stuff there's some decent music in there, not to mention psytrance, which while technically a sub-genre of trance, more or less belongs in it's own catagory, since it has an entirely seperate sound/scene.

[Lowk]

i spent a fair amount of time in the electronic music scene....


these are the people i will forever associate with trance having looked at them for a period of 6 or so years a couple times a week


edit- i can respect psy-trance i want to add....

[Azrayne]

Originally Posted by Lowk

i spent a fair amount of time in the electronic music scene....


these are the people i will forever associate with trance having looked at them for a period of 6 or so years a couple times a week


edit- i can respect psy-trance i want to add....

Haha Maybe 10 years ago. The trance scene has evolved a fair bit, in my experience anyway. The candy kids are usually the ones hanging out at hardcore parties, trance parties usually draw a more mature 'clubbing' crowd, still do a lot of drugs, but without the whole 'omg I'll ingest anything that will get me into an altered state of consciousness then go run around in candy and phat pants all night poking peoples eyes out with glowsticks' vibe that ravers give off. With hard dance parties falling somewhere in between, and techno/house parties over the other side of trance.

Or maybe that's just my city/country? I dunno. After all, every scene has it's stereotypes. Don't get me starting about angry, fight starting, meth smoking juice monkey blowout whore junglists ruining the vibe at every festival with a DnB stage

[Lowk]

I was one of those elitest asshole junglist types back in the day...

The midwest to this day still churns out candy kids like a factory. It has permanently scared me...I can't listen to Most Trance and House with out feeling like a e-tard failure.

I have gotten over that for alot of the house genres that don't have a disco or "tech" influence in them. Trance though is fucked for good between the candy kids at raves, dochebag guidos at a club and the random people that talk about how cool it is to listen to trance after they smoke weed, i can't get into it.