Rolling techno* albums thread for people who are clearly doing it wrong

Lorenzo Senni's EP on Warp is very good. It's a bit like PC Music (but a lot better) or trance without the drums. I'm not into PC Music or trance but I still love it. It's also the best thing Warp have put out since the last Boards of Canada album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-INk1qkPEw

idgi

So...who's shelling out 100 EUR for Prince of Denmark's new album?

(He clearly does it right, I should mention - I forgot about the full thread title and just remembered the 'techno albums' part ...oops).

Is this the place to talk about the (magnificent) Lord of the Isles album?

Just read a review of that album that got me interested so yes, please expand!

the opening track Airgoid Meall is rather lovely and probably the height of "doing it wrong" listening is my first impression.

yes. enjoying it.

yep, fantastic album

whole bunch of stuff i still need to hear but these are probably my thread-appropriate keepers for 2016:

Steven Julien - Fallen
Prins Thomas - Principe Del Norte
Hieroglyphic Being - The Disco's Of Imhotep
Bartosz Kruczyński - Baltic Beat
Kornel Kovacs - The Bells
Kassem Mosse - Disclosure
Huerco S. - For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
Marquis Hawkes - Social Housing
Don’t DJ - Musique Acéphale
Dorisburg - Irrbloss
A Pleasure - Jream House

I forgot to nominate that Steven Julien album in the best albums and tracks of 2016 thread but I meant to because it's really good. I'll just go and do that now

Prins Thomas - Principe Del Norte
Hieroglyphic Being - The Disco's Of Imhotep

both amazing. everything else i'd destroy though tbh

if you liked "disco's of imhotep" you'll probably enjoy "KMT" by africans with mainframes. it's a little harder-edged and more aggressive but in a similar vein.

don't destroy kornel kovacs :|

Anyone listened to that three hour Prince of Denmark album?

I'd also throw in the Lord of the Isles, Pangaea, and Skee Mask as albums of the year. I also liked the Moomin and Lawrence albums. None of them were "doing it wrong", but I don't know if this thread is still about that or just a general dance albums thread.

Someone has uploaded the Prince of Denmark to Youtube, but I haven't listened yet. The three live mixes he's done apparently feature many of the tracks and they're all fantastic.

Oops, also the Will Long album is tremendous. Can't believe it's not being included in more lists (wasn't included in or even reviewed by RA, for example).

I don't know the difference between wrong and right only the difference between mellifluous and antagonistic

https://soundcloud.com/bucuresti-underground/bucur003-lizz

its mix i think of unreleased Lizz productions, really like the first 3 tracks, rest has been growing too

lord of the isles was nice in a retro kompakt way but a bit underwhelming for me compared to his singles

my electronic album keepers in rough order

kaitlyn aurelia smith - ears
raime - tooth
kyle hall - from joy
virginia - fierce for the night
stereociti - lost land
road hog - tour de hog
kuedo - slow knife
rushmore - ours after
kris wadsworth - infiltrator
leon vynehall - rojus (designed to dance)
omar-s - the best
mark barrott - sketches from an island 2
seahawks - escape hatch

I didn't have much luck with actual lbums this year! Found both of Binh's albums pretty disappointing, lacking ideas and direction. the Spacetravel album was ok but nothing that made me want to go and buy a copy.

Actually I guess the And.rea record is technically an album, and the first two tracks are outstanding but it fades it really declines so rapidly after that. I love it but don't think of it as an album, as i only play the first two tracks

kyle hall - from joy

this one so good

if you liked it you will also like

jay daniel - broken knows

kyle is technically 2015 tho

I'm surprised that the Kuedo album hasn't been in more lists

None of them were "doing it wrong", but I don't know if this thread is still about that or just a general dance albums thread.

i think the people "doing it wrong" that refers to are us, the increasingly out-of-it consumers of music and music culture.

Will rep for Cheetah for 2016 lists. Couldn't care less about Syro but Cheetah is real.

the jay daniel record rules

don't destroy kornel kovacs :|

Yeah man, don't destroy that, what's wrong with you?!

just didn't do much for me, i guess

too playful / goofy for my taste

i have no grand criticism of it, it's just not my thing

i liked the jay daniel album on one listen but didn't really love it

i was kinda surprised the cassy album didn't get more traction - it's not as if i went back to it myself i guess but it did seem to be doing something that stood out a bit

His recent Beats in Space mix is also a good intro to Kovacs, but likely it won't change your view in that case. Overlaps with the Amsterdam Redlight Records Young Marco/Tako/Jamie Tiller vibe, but more explicitly house/dancefloor.

The Virginia album seemed to get a lot of attention earlier in the year, but haven't seen it on many EOY lists.

it's really nice but for an album that deliberately leaned towards pop in terms of vocals, song structures, it didn't lean into pop to the extent of sticking in the head much. i always enjoy it when i put it on but i wish there were songs there that made me crave it

tbh, I had forgotten it until going back over 2016 stuff.

Whenever I listened to it, reminded me of how much I love Steffi - Yours, and how this wasn't that.

M gun/Manuel Gonzalez album is good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzLfJmkAokk&list=PLWONZah4JMGte79A4UTsixdWcp0AhwwmE

^playlist of MGUN album

i totally did it wrong this year, listened to mostly lofi/vintagey stuff on 100% Silk/1080p as far as new techno* goes

Man, Lobster Theremin put out a whole bunch of stuff this year. Anyone keep on top of their releases and can recommend anything?

the demdike stare record is great!

And the cd version comes with all 7 of the test pressing series, which are also great!

I am a big dummy and have the cd sitting there and haven't grabbed the testpressing stuff off it yet :/

Anyone listened to that three hour Prince of Denmark album?

Yes, for most of the last couple of weeks, and also going back to his 2014 mix, which is of a similar vibe. 8 has a lot of pretty incredible moments, particular in its last third. Everything seems very simple, almost simplistic, but the things that are going on behind his beats are often gorgeous. Three hours means you're going to get some ordinary stuff too, but the structure of the entire set makes a great argument for it building to something, and that thing is great.

Kangding Ray - HYPER OPAL MANTIS

could never really get into this guy before but this one is doing it for me

I was into not the prior album, but the one before that? Solens Arc, maybe, I'd have to check

Hyper Opal Mantis did not really click with me on first listen like previous albums (Solens Arc, Automne Fold) did.

Seems like this thread's the only one where there's been a bit of talk on Helena Hauff's music, so I'll paste the good news here: A Tape to be reissued by Dark Entries!. Also, her shows for BBC radio are fabulous. Of course.

https://soundcloud.com/user-588003180/born-in-1986

listening to this Second Woman LP and it's... idm!

totally

totally missed Kara-Lis Coverdale's "Sirens" and, wow

Really loving this: https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=37804 (S.A.M.)