POLL: Mojo's 50 Greatest Electronic Records

No Detroit? What a joke!

Model 500?

Model 500, No UFO's 12-inch, 1985 xpost

That's actually the only redeeming thing abt this list, no outsized Detroit fetish. But these days, most of that died down a bit anyway I guess? Still, Jaguar?

can't fetishize Detroit enough but it's fair not to overload the whole history of electronic music with it. anyway, this is a list for Mojo readers, big surp it's kinda conservative and ob(li)vious. gonna vote for the most contrary option when i've decided what that is

gonna vote for the most contrary option when i've decided what that is

that oval album is not good. It's got vocals.

Damn, this poll was difficult. There's a lot of great records here that I've played the shit out of. I ultimately went with Violator.

Mine too - I could have tossed one to Neu!, Chill Out, Violator, Autobahn, Planet Rock, or Low, but Solid State is probably the most *fun* listen of all those, so what are you going to do about that

OK Model 500 I missed it. But that is a little like having "This Charming Man" represent thirty years of Manchester guitar groups

howww does it feeeel ♫

turgid, overplayed, boring?

to feign disgust at electronic music polls every week for months ♫

xp still delivers imo!

"We nearly chose:"
(Mojo's backups for each selected record)

Stockhausen, Gesang der Junglinge/Hymnem, 1962
Joe Meek, I Hear a New World EP, 1960
Ray Cathode, Time Beat, 1962
The United States of America, The United States of America, 1968
Perry-Kingsley, The In Sound from Way Out, 1966
Morton Subotnick, Silver Apples of the Moon, 1967
BBC Radiophonic Music, BBC Radiophonic..., 1971
Neu!, Neu!2 LP, 1973
Brian Eno, Here Come the Warm Jets LP, 1974
Tonto's Expanding Headband, Zero Time LP, 1971
Walter Carlos, Switched-On Bach... LP, 1968
Kraftwerk, Computer World LP, 1981
Tangerine Dream, Ricochet LP, 1975
Harmonia, Musik Von Harmonia LP, 1974
Vangelis, Opera Sauvage LP, 1979
The Upsetters, Blackboard Jungle Dub LP, 1973
Giorgio Moroder, Utopia- Me Giorgio LP track, 1977
John Carpenter, Halloween LP, 1979
David Bowie, All Saints, 1993
Suicide, Second Album, 1980
Cabaret Voltaire, Nag Nag Nag 7-inch, 1979
Robert Rental, Paralysis 7-inch, 1978
Ultravox, Systems of Romance LP, 1978
Herbie Hancock, Future Shock LP, 1983
Yello, Solid Pleasure LP, 1980
The Human League, The Dignity of Labour 12-inch, 1979
Kraftwerk, Computer World LP, 1981 (second mention)
Donna Summer, Our Love 12-inch, 1980
DJ Shadow, Endtroducing LP, 1996
Horace Ferguson, Sensi Addict LP, 1986
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk & Jessie Saunders, Love Can't Turn Around 12-inch, 1986
Soul II Soul, Club Classics Vol. One LP, 1989
Rhythim Is Rhythim, Strings of Life 12-inch, 1987
Dinosaur L, Go Bang #5! 12-inch, 1982
Steve "Silk" Hurley, Jack YOur Body 12-inch, 1986
A Guy Called Gerald, Voodoo Ray 12-inch, 1988
Depeche Mode, Construction Time Again LP, 1983
The Orb, A Huge Ever Growing... 12-inch, 1989
4 Hero, Combat Dancin' EP, 1990
The Dust Brothers, Song to the Siren 12-inch, 1992
Autechre, Tri Repetae LP, 1995
Boards of Canada, Music Has the Right to Children LP, 1998
Ministry, The Land of Rape and Honey LP, 1988
Burial, Untrue LP, 2007
Daft Punk, Homework LP, 1997
Fridge, Happiness LP, 2001
LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk Is Playing at My House 12-inch, 2005
SBTRKT, SBTRKT LP, 2011
Four Tet, Everything Ecstatic LP, 2005
Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma LP, 2010

Anyway, this reminds me, I picked up a copy of "Son Of My Father" by Giorgio last week!

Suuuuuuuun of MaFather! Moving I was grooving I was wig Wam Bam!

― Mark G, Monday, August 13, 2012 2:37 AM (17 hours ago)

Collected and selected independent views! Knowing and a-showing that a change is due!

i'm ignorring this poll

NO ROBERT ASHLEY, NO FUCKING CREDIBILITY.

No Bruce Haack?

voted White Noise

never heard White Noise till now, holy shit

the 00s records they chose are probably the biggest indictment of the whole sorry enterprise though

― lex pretend, Monday, August 13, 2012 1:31 AM (21 hours ago)

the only indictment, really. it's a pretty commendable list of interesting (mostly) electronic stuff up through the 80s. gets a little iffy in the 90s (i mean, i love that air EP, but come on), then becomes a sick, sad parody of mojo putting together such a list in the 00s. hot chip and animal collective are cringeworthy inclusions, and while there's no shame in julia holter, it feels awfully arbitrary.

kind of hate myself for it, but i can't deny dr. who.

Hmmm. 2 Kieren Hebden records, FlyLo and SBTRKT for the 00's? I guess that's a step in the right direction but it would still kill them to include a recent record you could actually dance to.

I mean, I've got as much of a hard-on for Kieren Hebden as anyone but it seems excessive to include two of his outfits when others didn't get a look-in. No one else got doubles on the original list.

Oh wait no I think Delia Derbyshire is on there twice in various forms, but come on. She is Delia Derbyshire. Oh, and Brian Eno. Yeah, I'll allow that.

never heard White Noise till now, holy shit

― Gurdas Mane (crüt), Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:52 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This poll is forgiven. Seriously, crüt, never before?? It's so your thing.

It's kind of the perfect album

Kenny Everett used to use bits of it as jingles

Pretty useless list.

Double Dee & Steinski are "electronic" in the same way Gene Vincent was "electronic."

also Augustus Pablo "electronic" wtf where's Buchanan and Goodman when you need them?

No Stockhausen, no Laurie Spiegel, no Sun Ra, no Art of Noise...

that Pablo record is their arbitrary dub reggae record because, y'know, dub is electronic, right?

...no Can, no Beaver and Krause, no Laurie Anderson IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT MAKE YOUR OWN LIST but anyway

...no Xenakis, no Lee Perry (if you want dub), no Miles Davis or Gil Evans (whaddya mean, Gil Evans? Check out There Comes A Time)...

No Hawkwind...

No Alice Deejay...

No Country Joe & the Fish

No Republica????

Stevie Wonder is another. I mean, Stevie's great and he plays the keyboard, but electronic?

― sorry for asshole (dog latin), Monday, August 13, 2012 3:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonto%27s_Expanding_Head_Band#The_TONTO_synthesizer

No Bjork is slightly surprising given Mojo's general bent.

Not arguing for her inclusion btw but she is kind of the acceptable 6 Music-friendly face of that kind of thing.

TERRY FUCKING RILEY

It's not even the correct TERRY FUCKING RILEY record either.

He was so much better when he worked with Guy and Bobby Brown I'LL GET MY COAT

Scooter was robbed.

Amazing restraint in not including the Beachy Boys and the Beatles band.

It's not even the correct TERRY FUCKING RILEY record either.

Which would you prefer? I think Rainbow is my favourite.

I like "In C" best, because I have one and I have not heard the others.

It's not electronic though.

lol sund4ar read the next line of that post

Oh ha, I didn't remember who Teddy Riley was tbh. Had to look up the reference.

And, yeah, In C is acoustic.

tbf I thought MC was making a sincere statement but then went for the dadjoek anyway, to get max value from the post