no and no
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
haha.each to their own.ok, proper answer : rebotini/music components.
― mark e, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
can’t bear to listen to akufen anymore. it’s like a keyboard demo song but for a fancy sampler. glitchy funkless rhythms that demonstrate technique but little musicality
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
total was good until #4 imo
Doormouse , 414 Tracks
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
Agf - Delay - explode
― Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
I really like Symptoms
― mark e, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
Nina Kraviz
― Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
I love the Nina Kraviz album.her cd covermount for mixmag was just as good.
― mark e, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
That fabric mix ?
― Peaked redundancy (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
this is a weird thread
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
We’ve reached peak redundancy
― Blood roses (Ross), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
feel like i’m being trolled
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1vquftmBI
― mark e, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
Like, Jean-Michel Jarre Equinoxe?
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 11 May 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
Is this supposed to be what we'd rep for in 1994? Autechre - Amber. Balil - Parasight. Guess I'm an IDM kid.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Friday, 11 May 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
Tyree - Tyree's Got A Brand New House
what?
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 11 May 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
Burger/Ink - Las Vegas
― hepatitis groan (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 May 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
last record i bought was the reissue of the Virgo s/t so that
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
Word. Twelve Miles High esp..
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Friday, 11 May 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
1994 not a particularly good year for electronic albums imo
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
1994 was portishead, SAWII, biosphere - patashnik, woob, 76:14, oval - systemisch, kenny larkin - azimuth, robert hood - internal empire
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
would not call portishead electronic but yeah those are all good ... “jilted generation” and “dubnobass...” too
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
what was the best year for electronic albums in your opinion lg? (no snark intended)
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
oh if it's supposed to be 1994 then I guess related to the other thread Future Sound Of London - ISDN & Lifeforms
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
although I have absolutely no idea the degree which they are properly rated
i’m not sure tbh
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
Some nice and not overrated electronic albums from 1994Ebi – ZenThe Primitive Painter – The Primitive Painter7th Plain – The 4 Cornered RoomSweet Exorcist – Spirit Guide To Low TechLarry Heard – Sceneries Not Songs, Volume OneReagenz – ReagenzYoni – My Little YoniVulva – From The CockpitElectronic Dub – Electronic DubAlter Ego – Alter EgoStevie Be Zet – Archaic Modulation
― mmmm, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
The Late Great - I know it seems like it, but I promise I am not trolling you. I have seriously never heard of anything in this thread aside from Autechre and Portishead and Larry Heard. Primitive Painter(s) is a Felt song for me. I really did recently discover Andy Stott and liked it and then I read the ILX thread saying it was overrated and my curiosity shot through the roof. What do you guys and gals think is NOT overrated? I'm mostly interested in the last 5-10 years. Not sure when I'll get to 1994. I'm starting at the beginning (LOVE E2-E4 but I'm already well-acquainted with that one) like Mr. Fingers, etc. and then trying to pay attention to current stuff that's coming out. Never heard the name Jon Hopkins before yesterday, for example. Have a bad feeling about that one though.
Thanks everyone for the recs!
― SA, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
xp haha i didn’t mean you SA i meant the people at the beginning posting stuff i hate :)
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
If you're interested in stuff like Fingers you can't really go wrong with this box set:
https://www.discogs.com/Terry-Farley-Acid-Rain-Definitive-Original-Acid-And-Deep-House-1985-1991/master/611425
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
It's just too broad of a topic for me to even approach
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 May 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
Ooh thanks Colonel Poo that looks rad.
Jordan - to narrow it way down, what is Andy Stott? What is that kind of music called? I have no clue. Do you have any recs for stuff like that?
― SA, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
just blooping about in my itunes, this is a bunch of v random stuff from the last 6 or 7 years that i liked the last time i heard it:
Sandwell District - Feed-ForwardDJ Rashad - Double CupJohn Roberts - Glass EightsLone - Galaxy GardenDorisburg - IrrblossOmar S - Thank You for Letting Me Be MyselfSilent Servant - Negative FascinationRustie - Glass SwordsRecondite - HinterlandVessel - Punish, HoneyMarie Davidson - Adieux au dancefloorJlin - Black OrigamiShinichi Atobe - Butterfly EffectTrentemøller - Into the Great Wide YonderContainer - LPHieroglyphic Being - The Red NotesPrins Emanuel - Arbete / FritidTerrence Parker - Life On The Back 9K-S.H.E – Routes Not RootsClaro Intelecto - Reform Club
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
lot of good stuff on nick’s list
― the late great, Friday, 11 May 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
SA if you like Andy Stott there's a thread here called something like "slow mutant techno" that has lots of similar recs... Stott called his stuff "knackered house"
― brimstead, Friday, 11 May 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19Special Request - Soul MusicHuerco S - Colonial Patterns3 full lengths I "rate" very highly and properly
― brimstead, Friday, 11 May 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
Carl Crack - Black ArkA frickin masterpiece of distorted dreamzz
― brimstead, Friday, 11 May 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
That's from the 90s, though
honestly pretty much all the albums in the "most overrated electronic albums" thread are worth listening to. somebody's going to recommend you a white label ep with no title and no artist and it'll be great but you know, a lot of that thread is like people complaining about how "kind of blue" is an overrated jazz album, which it of course is.
electronic albums in general are overrated. the album isn't the best format for electronic music.
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
otm
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
Thank you everyone.
I don't know why I can remember every obscure post-punk band but I can never remember any electronic stuff. It's like a mind wipe. I really like Huerco S and listened to that a bunch. Totally forgot it existed. Same with Omar S.
I tried Jlin - I think she might be beyond me.
― SA, Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:53 (five years ago) link
try rashad?
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
“double cup” rightly regarded as the double album version “timeless” of the footwork era
;-)
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
Hey SA, check:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Channel
It's generally all wonderful.
― kraudive, Saturday, 12 May 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
there we go
― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2018 02:58 (five years ago) link
i feel there's this aspect to electronic music that actively works against the idea of a canon. there's other reasons for the glut of whitelabels as well but it feels like part of it is that once you start talking about which records are The Best you close yourself off to the new.
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 12 May 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
Uusitalo - Karhunainen
― pomenitul, Saturday, 12 May 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
Are electroacoustic experiments allowed? Like say:
Alvin Curran - Canti Illuminati (1982)Alvin Lucier - I am sitting in a room (1981)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 12 May 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
Anyhow noone has mentioned Kraftwerk and Man Machine, Computerworld, Trans Europa Express and Autobahn are pretty much perfect.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 12 May 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
Alvin Lucier - I am sitting in a room (1981)
vibey tune like, but not in summer! put it in the attic till its time for conkers
― saer, Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
I Am Standing In A Field
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
midtown 120 blues
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
metro area
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
rushomancy kinda otm throughout this thread tho
i mean one of the albums i named is technically a comp of 12 inches
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
tim f listed grooverider's hardstep selection vol. ii mix on that 5 favorite albums thread and i think that's a proper rating
― lowercase (eric), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
Where is this 5 favorita album thread you speak of
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
Your 5 favorite albums
― lowercase (eric), Saturday, 12 May 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Yeah if we are including mixes then Dreem Teem In Session Vol II belongs here too
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 12 May 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
xp haha i didn’t mean you SA i meant the people at the beginning posting stuff i hate :)― the late great,
after years of being on ILx, I have never ever trolled anyone.it's not my style.I was genuine re my suggestion re the TOTAL archive, I love them and think they provide a great entry point into all that is wonderful about electronica.(just needed to put that out the TLG .. )
― mark e, Saturday, 12 May 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
I think some people don’t rate it highly but I really enjoy the Voices From the Lake self-titled, it’s pretty sublime. Some may find it boring, though.
The Moodymann DJ Kicks compilation is essential.
Yagya has released some vv beautiful dub techno, especially the album ‘Rigning’.
― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
Did we talk about Secret Tapes of Dr Eich yet
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 12 May 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
i'm a big fan of yagya's sleepygirls, need to get to his other stuff
― lowercase (eric), Saturday, 12 May 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
Standing by a phone booth with money on my mind
― Free jazz baser (Ross), Sunday, 13 May 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
It's a comp, but Carl Craig's Sessions deserves all the acclaim it gets. I keep telling myself I should start a poll for it, I should get on that
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 13 May 2018 06:24 (five years ago) link
Dr Eich absolutely otm
love Moodyman's DJ Kicks but it's barely "electronica" imo, thought about mentioning Silentintroduction tho
Brad otm about Rush being otm, fuck an album tbh
― The Beatles' Solo Deaths Poll (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 13 May 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
Ok fine here are some random personal touchstones with no order or sense of completeness:
Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair EnoughAutechre - Chiastic Slide5 Years of Hyperdub compsd Laika - That's HarakiriJames Blake - first 3 EPs and the s/t albumMount Kimbie - Maybes EP and Crooks & LoversActress - SplazshHudson Mohawke - Satin Panthers EPFlying Lotus - Los AngelesTeebs - ArdourRustie - Glass SwordsShlohmo - Bad VibesLotic - Heterocetera EPM.E.S.H. - Damaged Merc EPSHALT - Acheron EP
And lots of more dance-oriented stuff that doesn't slot easily into albums or EPs.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 14 May 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
vocalcity/the present lover
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 14 May 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link