Electronica Fans, recommend me some ESSENTIAL albums

You guys just cost me £527.62

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And don't forget anything by Pan Sonic (I've not seen them mentioned much on here). The 4CD set 'Kesto' is fabulous, as well as classic albums 'vakio' and 'A'. For anybody already interested in Pan Sonic, also check out Mika Vainio's solo stuff on the Sahko label, especially the album 'Metri'.

 

If it's any interest you could get onto Soulseek and browse my shared files, I have enought there to keep you going for the the next year or so at least, and I still have 1000's to rip.

As many will testify, alot of the great electronic music of the past was pressed on vinyl only and it's only through old DJ/collectors like myself that you can find it. Having access to backup files in mp3 is good because you can offer people the chance to see what they like, then they can go off and buy the genuine product without worrying they will not like it.

PM me if you want to know my Soulseek user name.

I have over 100Gb shared up and access to over a Tera byte of music

Soulseek can be downloaded here: http://www.slsknet.org/slsk157test8.exe

 

I'm not into the whole mp3 thing. I tend to buy cd's on recomendation. If 70% are keepers I'm happy. Also I love to check out the artwork on the real packaging. Besides if I spent days sitting at my laptop it would drive me mad. Something for the winter maybe.

 

I am into the whole original article and packaging too but as I said, alot of the material released over the years has only been on vinyl and I see no logic in ripping a ton of CD's for the car. Plus some of the original CD's are so valuable now I would rather keep them nicely stored.

For in-car and iPod/Walkman type players mp3's are fine, I use the time when I am in my car etc. to either revisit old material or listen to new downloads. My iPod in-car installation has proved a superb method of carryng a ton of music on the go.

I hate mp3 for it's sound quality on a proper system but like I said, in the right domain it's fine.

Plus, the circle of enthusiasts I keep company with maintain the highest rip quality and can rip in any audio format required. I also have a friend in Paris that runs his own record label and I have been working with him in releasing older hard-to-find classics. This has only been on vinyl to date but the quality usually far surpasses the original pressings. Maybe once he's got a good back catalogue together I will suggest he does compilation CD for you

...Skylax Records is his label by the way.

 

I second Pan Sonic and would follow it up with Loscil.

Here's some with a bias to "electronic" i.e. experimental as opposed to electronica almost as a type of dance, also including some drum and bass. I'd use www.gnoosic.com or www.allmusic.com to check whether any of these lie close to anything you know and like:
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uZiq
4 Hero
Aarktika
AFX
Air Liquide
Amir Baghiri
Amon Tobin
Aphex Twin
Aube
Autechre
Beneath The Lake
Bill Laswell
Biosphere
Boards Of Canada
Carl Stone
Chaos As Shelter
Circular
Cruelty Campaign
Cujo
Daniel Menche
David Toop
Deep Sky Divers
Rapoon
Scanner
Drum Club
Eat Static
Edgar Froese
Farmers Manual
Fennesz
French Paddleboat
Harold Budd
Herbert
Higher Intelligence Agency
Horchata
Jim O'Rourke
Jimi Tenor
Kent Sparling
Robert Rich
Randy Greif
Lawrence English
Leafcutter John
Loscil
Lustmord
Matthew Florianz
Liquid Morphine
Merzbow
Monolake
Mouse on Mars
Muslimgauze
O Yuki Conjugate
Oöphoi
Pan Sonic
Philip Jeck
Photek
Radboud Mens
Roni Size
Ruhr Hunter
Philip Samartzis
Shinjuku Filth
Sleep Research Facility
sunn o)))
System 7
Tom Heasley
True Colour of Blood
Venetian Snares
Wurden
Wilt

 

If you can find it (this is ripped in my Soulseek files ), Farben Starbox on Klang Elektronic,...SUPERB! I have a few releases on this label, the older stuff is great, but the later Alter Ego stuff all got a bit too commercial for me.

 

Holy cow, another long list. I will ignore it until next month.

A mate of mine is into the mp3 thing, with a computer running into the hifi. The concept is interesting, aside from the time and effort required, sound quality and reliance on effing windows not crashing! I use computers out of necessity of work, but try to seperate them from home entertainment if I can. It's great you are putting something back into the music world though, so well done.

 

I can recommend the new(ish) Richard Chartier "Tracing", if you have any money left.

 

Would be good to have specific albulm's of note too, rather than just the band's name. From experience some range from great to poor of the same

 

Infected Mushroom. Israeli techno.
Kruder & Dormeister ; The K & D sessions. is a must have album
Plump DJ's. for really funky techno.
Air . chilled out Fronsh electronica.
Aphex Twin.
A guy called Gerald.
The Avalanches ; Since I left you. sample city.
Bjork.
BT.
Bently Rhythm Ace.
Break Reform ; Reformation.
Boards of Canada.
Coldcut ; Journey by Dj. Let us Play. Sound mirrors.
Cassius ; Au reve.
Colder ; Again.
Death in Vegas.
Vikter Duplaix.
Fila Brazilia.
F.C Kahuna.
Faithless. of course.
Goldie.
Goldfrapp.
Gotan Project.
Guru's Jazzmatazz.
Groove Armada.
Hefner ; Reworks. chilled out toonz
Hieghts of Abraham ; Electric rush.
Incognito. acid jazz.
The KLF.
Kraftwerk.
JDS ; Adventures of the purple funky monkey.
Lamb . buy everything by this duo.
Leftfield.
Layo and Bushwacka.
LTJ Bukem.
Lemonjelly.
Moloko.
Massive Attack. everything.
Robert Miles.
Nine Inch Nails. Industrial genius.
Nightmares on wax .
Nouvelle Vague.
The Orb. awsome
Orbital. electronica is the new classical.
Gilles Peterson. acid jazz Dj extrordinaire.
Propaganda.
Portishead.
Prodigy.
Plaid.
Peshay.
Propellerheads.
Plastikman.
Quantic.
Roots Manuva.
Royksopp.
Red Snapper.:MILD:
St Etienne.
Shpongle.
Talvin Singh.
Nitin Sawhney.
The Shamen.
Jill Scott.
Soulwax 2manyDj's Hang the Dj. anything
Tosca.
Tricky.
Way out west.
Yello.
Zero 7.

to name but a few.

chezi.

 

Check out tunes on this site.
http://www.allmusic.com/

chezi.

 

A load of tunes have arrived. Pleased with everything so far, listening through a load of the list in the first 3/4 of this thread.

 

I'd add Bonobo and Cinematic Orchestra. Second the Fourtet suggestion and Nightmares On Wax is essential.

 

Also other new "Minimum Maximum" album. Very good live music from different venues. Jim.

 

Jon Hopkins - Opalescent

 

Have you heard the new Nightmares one yet? Bought it on the spur as I hadn't liked much of his since smokers... aside from the odd tune but this one is really great. Good cover too.

 

Tangerine Dream - the 70's stuff
Klaus Schulze - All of it and there's plenty
Ashra - E2E4, Blackouts and a few live ones
Steve Roach - most of it
Popol Vuh - All of it

I'll stop as it's late and I'll be here for hours

 

he's done a load of stuff!

I've just ordered -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...190198/sr=8-5/ref=pd_ka_5/026-4737515-6661224

I just done a quick search and this was the first one with a great review!!

whats you fave stuff by him?


cheers

 

Popol Vuh

One of my most played in the past has been:
Tantric Songs Hosianna Mantra on the celestial harmonies label. Sadly Florian Fricke died a few years back so we'll have no new stuff. I only wish I'd stocked up on all the vinyl reissues I spotted in Probe records Liverpool a few years ago.

If you like the Popol Vuh sound you should try to track down a copy of Sundancer by Stephen Russell - big sultry soundscapes to get lost in.

I can also recomment David Parsons - Yatra.