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.
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Friday, 16 December 2016 06:11 (seven years ago) link
the jay daniel record rules
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 16 December 2016 10:27 (seven years ago) link
don't destroy kornel kovacs :|
Yeah man, don't destroy that, what's wrong with you?!
― MikoMcha, Friday, 16 December 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
just didn't do much for me, i guess
too playful / goofy for my taste
― the late great, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
i have no grand criticism of it, it's just not my thing
― the late great, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:42 (seven years ago) link
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.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
The Virginia album seemed to get a lot of attention earlier in the year, but haven't seen it on many EOY lists.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 16 December 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Friday, 16 December 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
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.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 16 December 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
M gun/Manuel Gonzalez album is good
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 17 December 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzLfJmkAokk&list=PLWONZah4JMGte79A4UTsixdWcp0AhwwmE
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
^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
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
Man, Lobster Theremin put out a whole bunch of stuff this year. Anyone keep on top of their releases and can recommend anything?
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 18 December 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
the demdike stare record is great!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 18 December 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
And the cd version comes with all 7 of the test pressing series, which are also great!
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 09:46 (seven years ago) link
I am a big dummy and have the cd sitting there and haven't grabbed the testpressing stuff off it yet :/
― mh π, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Dominique, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
Kangding Ray - HYPER OPAL MANTIS
could never really get into this guy before but this one is doing it for me
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 13:15 (seven years ago) link
I was into not the prior album, but the one before that? Solens Arc, maybe, I'd have to check
― mh π, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:03 (seven years ago) link
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.
― willem, Friday, 17 March 2017 12:44 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/user-588003180/born-in-1986
― saer, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 02:37 (seven years ago) link
listening to this Second Woman LP and it's... idm!
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
totally
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 4 May 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
totally missed Kara-Lis Coverdale's "Sirens" and, wow
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
Really loving this: https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=37804 (S.A.M.)
― toby, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 05:32 (six years ago) link
kettenkarussell album is stellar imo
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
new Bola album is pretty good!
― mh, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
hell yeah. that 2nd track, it's like he was never gone
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:57 (six years ago) link
this is great, thanks for the heads up
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
listening to this album from pessimist, little dark for a friday morning
― mh, Friday, 25 August 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
my top right now, newest first
Total 17Whities 11 & 12ZULI - NumbersBlondes - WarmthGarry Bradbury - PANSPERMIA PLUS (puts the * in techno*)Delia Gonzalez - Horse Follows DarknessDJ Sports - Modern Species
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 00:07 (six years ago) link
dauwd - theory of colors is the thing in this category i've listened to the most this year. no surprises but it's got a nice light touch
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F3LgO1XQu4
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
enjoying the new saul cooper quite a bit, love the woo-ish vibe the clarinet brings
― damian green is people (NickB), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
been listening mostly to other sorts of music this year, but have loved all these (sorry if painfully obvious choices):
Call Super - ArpoArca - ArcaShinichi Atobe - From the Heart, Itβs a Start, a Work of ArtMarie Davidson - Adieux Au DancefloorJuju & Jordash ββ Sis-Boom-Bah! Visible Cloaks ββ ReassemblageActress - AZDBlondes - Warmth Dauwd - Theory of ColoursJlin ββ Black Origami
probably a bunch of other stuff i'm forgetting
― damian green is people (NickB), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Marie Davidson is awesome
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
Oh also...
Karen Gwyer ββ RemboDJ Python - Dulce Compania
― damian green is people (NickB), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
i want to hear that dj python
shed's new lp is very good, as usual. gets a little hands-in-the-airey
― brimstead, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
Co-sign Marie Davidson, Blondes, and DJ Python
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
some good 2017 techno* EPs for people doin it wrong
Roza Roza ββ Sadok Sudei Ancient Methods ββ The First Siren Schwefelgelb ββ Dahinter Das Gesicht Mark Du Mosch ββ The Red Hour
― brimstead, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:52 (six years ago) link
this Ilian Tape comp is great:https://www.discogs.com/Various-A-Decade-Ilian-Tape/master/1165657
― brimstead, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:58 (six years ago) link
i highly recommend anything by Stenny or/and Andrea
― brimstead, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 01:59 (six years ago) link
I screwed up by missing most of an Ancient Methods live set because I had seen a lot of techno that week and opted for big stage spectaclethey were playing before or after Orphx, I forget, good combo
― mh, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:44 (six years ago) link
Chloe - Endless Revisions
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 09:44 (six years ago) link
i recommended this in bobbins but industrie and zartlichkeit by the german artist moon is a v good album of drexciya-type electro with the odd house touch here and there.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 10:29 (six years ago) link
I didn't hear what everyone else heard in that DJ Python I guess.
Here are 2017 records I was into that could conceivably fit here:
Arca - s/tSuda - Hives EPAir Max β97 - Vessel EPFatigado - SanzalaMasaacooramaan - Drum FissionNKC - TinctureSHALT - ΚΓ¦ltThe Newcomer, Earth MotivationMana - CreatureThoom - Blood and SandThys - Tetris, Mon AmourZiur - U Feel Anything? M.E.S.H. - Hesaitix
And probably that new Equiknoxx record.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
whoa love the DJ Sports record
― ciderpress, Friday, 12 January 2018 01:03 (six years ago) link
The Errorsmith album kinda rules in a low key offbeat way
― pre millennial tension (uptown churl), Friday, 12 January 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link