Recommend your electronic songs here...

[Mr Nord]

Hello everyone.

First year at uni and i am doing music tech, but haven't really been in to electronica until now. Could people leave their recomendations for any sort of electronica music? I'm open to any variations you may have.

Thank you

Nick

[Dunc off of moos]

That's quite a wide spectrum! I like Hybrid

[The Elf]

I have no idea what 'Electronica' is!

Try some Jean Michel Jarre...

[Paddy Uglow]

I've become a big Imogen Heap / Frou Frou fan this year. A lot of interesting sounds and arrangements.
PS: This thread might be in the wrong section?

[onesecondglance]

there is only Aphex Twin. check out "Vordhosbn" from drukqs.

[The Korff]

Personally...

Remarc and Congo Natty are among my favourites, along with some of the older Bristol stuff (Roni Size, Krust, Die...)

I'll have a think though, as the above isn't quite what I'd describe as having 'broad appeal'...

Oh yeah, I recommend this:

Boxcutter DJ mix

It's quite contemporary.

Cheers!

Chris

[Mash]

I'm a big fan of some of Jimmy Edgar's music...check out the "Bounce, Make, Model" EP, not normally something I'd go for but got sent it by Warp for some reason and subsequently got quite into it.

Mash

[markhodges]

You should check out warp records.

http://www.warprecords.com/

Bytes or Spanners by black dog, surfing on sine waves by polygon window and selected ambient works by aphex twin are all worth a listen, as is the later stuff from the same artists (polygon window = aphex twin BTW)

Some other names you might want to check out / type into google (probably showing my age a bit!):

Orbital (Lush, Halcyon, Belfast would be my favourites)
Underground Resistance
Derrick May
Juan Atkins
Kevin Saunderson
Carl Craig
Ritchie Hawtin a.k.a Plastic Man
Dan Curtin
Air
Daft Punk
Laurant Garnier
R&S
Peacefrog
Platypus
B12
Kraftwerk (obviously!)
Luke Slater
Boards of Canada
Squarepusher
LTJ Bukem
Moving Shadow
Metalheadz

+ there are countless DJ mix albums out there if you're interested in the dancy stuff.

[spumph]

Hi,
For fairly contemporary stuff I have to second the Frou Frou / Imogen Heap material, some really interesting arrangements and soundscapes in there.

Can't beleive no-ones mentioned Vince Clark yet, particularly Yazoo and early Depeche Mode stuff. Give it a listen.

Simon

[Glasgene]

Its fairly new but the Justice Album "Cross" ... it has a huge sound.. and +1 with Mark Hodges people like Carl Craig .. check out his mix of Junior Boys "Like A Child" minimal at its finest.. there's more a lot more, but ill stop while I can

[thomasbrake]

anything by any of this lot is worth checking out i reckon:

telefon tel aviv
apparat
M83
the album leaf
l'altra
prefuse 73
dntel
the postal service
a lily
marc hellner
boards of canada
modeselektor
bonobo
styrofoam
lali puna
ISAN
four tet
fridge
burial
thom yorke

[thomasbrake]

there is only Aphex Twin. check out "Vordhosbn" from drukqs.

i agree

[Kev2525]

Some good suggestions there. I would also head over to beatport.com and have a listen to the top 100 electronica chart. There's always some immensely great tracks on there.

[Darclinc]

Shpongle and OTT.

Both are masters of Electronica, bar none.

D.

[Martin Walker]

PS: This thread might be in the wrong section?

Yes, I suspect you're right - I'll move it to MRT so that more people can offer their recommendations.

Martin

[Handlestash]

For an education in old school pop electronica (and lots more too)The Mute Audio Documents box set is pretty cool.

[Richie Royale]

Autechre - Incunabula
Autechre - Amber (Clearly influenced Radiohead to make Kid A)
Aphex Twin - Selcted Ambient Works vol 1 and 2
Aphex Twin - I care because you do
Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms
Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities
Future Sound Of London - ISDN
Biosphere - Microgravity
Biosphere - Patashnik
Biosphere - Substrata
Biosphere - Cirque

http://www.biosphere.no/albums.html

[Ben]

Look no further -

http://www.bleep.com/

Happy rummaging.

[Ian Stewart]

I suggest you go back to the originators of classical electronic music :

Mario Davidovsky
Otto Luening
Pierre Henry
Pierre Schaeffer

And the tape compositions of John Cage and Earle Brown, and the live electronic music Cage did with David Tudor.

Also Xenakis, Stockhausen, Berio

Then move on to the originators of modern electronica such as :

Kraftwerk
Tangerine Dream

If you haven't heard this early electronic music it will be an exciting revelation.

Also check out the 50s sci-fi film soundtracks, they are sometimes pure electronica.

Are you at York University? If you are I think they would expect you to know about the early pioneers.

[TheBazmeister]

Take a listen to Tycho.

[automaton_22]

Mouse on Mars 'Glam' and 'Instrumentals' are very good albums.
Radiohead's 'Kid A' is a stone cold classic.
The Stereolab album 'Dots and Loops' is great.

[Badstone]

Kraftwerk - in particular Man Machine and Trans Europe Express albums.

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi album. I know they are considered 'rock' but this is essentially an electronic album, superbly done at that.

+1 for Radiohead - Kid A.

[Maxximiliann]

Aphex twin! Aphex Twin! Clark, Squarepusher.. Check out Warp Records...

Also Amon Tobin on Ninja Tunes..

[Shambolic Charm]

+1 for Future sound of London

.....check out Recoil as well

[Andy McBain]

Shpongle and OTT.

Both are masters of Electronica, bar none.

D.

Seconded, absolutely incredible. The psychedelic side of electronica tends to have some amazing synthetic yet organic sounds!