While I'm on something very vaguely resembling a roll, I can also suggest Donnacha Costello's Colorseries. I have a very dusty memory of reading that Michael Mayer described this as 'This decade's (2000s) Basic Channel'. Highlights for me being
Rubine Red (b)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PSWTWHmaVc
and
Blue (b)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_se70EU6vU
― neilasimpson, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
i consider colorseries bobbins canon
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 25 February 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
Ah, interesting.
― neilasimpson, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 11:19 (four years ago) link
i might be wrong tho? maybe i just associate it with the height of the bobbins era, when pretty melodic minimal was king
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
yeah, I’d put them in there
― mh, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
Feeling the Beatrice Dillon album on Pan even though I'm not normally a fan of IDMish music that's clearly inspired by music that's made for the dancefloor but isn't actually dancefloor-friendly itself
― paolo, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
Lovely artwork too
Yeah that Dillon is excellent, need to spend some proper time with that but there were some stunning moments on first pass. That use of traditional instrumentation in a electronic music context made me think of the recent Floating Points but way more stripped down and spacious instead off being so overloaded with sounds.
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
"i might be wrong tho? maybe i just associate it with the height of the bobbins era, when pretty melodic minimal was king"
I'm not sure either. I think there's a massive grey area between this thread and the bobbins threads and I'm not sure I totally understand the difference between them. Although I do find that I'm much more likely to find things I like, and that I would be more likely to dance to, and to listen to at home, here. I'd love to hear any of those colorseries tracks in a club but, despite my efforts, haven't ever done so. Same with Basic Channel tbh.
― neilasimpson, Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
i've heard some pretty sweet dj sets integrating basic channel tracks, including a pretty awesome one by moritz von oswald!
― mh, Thursday, 27 February 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
I think there's a massive grey area between this thread and the bobbins threads and I'm not sure I totally understand the difference between them.
― brimstead, Thursday, 27 February 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
also this thread is darker imo
― brimstead, Thursday, 27 February 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
what are we ashamed of? why can't we just say it? that's the house/techno thread, this is the electronica thread.
― lukas, Thursday, 27 February 2020 22:02 (four years ago) link
techno thread versus teshno thread
― mh, Thursday, 27 February 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
“ this thread is for albums, the bobbins thread is for tracks”
I don’t think this was ever the case tbh
― ed.b, Friday, 28 February 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link
damn really?
― brimstead, Friday, 28 February 2020 01:12 (four years ago) link
it has albums in the name
― brimstead, Friday, 28 February 2020 01:13 (four years ago) link
Yeah I thought this was basically for albums that aren’t dance floor oriented
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 28 February 2020 01:19 (four years ago) link
+ vaguely techno related
AOEDM
― ciderpress, Friday, 28 February 2020 02:29 (four years ago) link
Currently rotating:
Katie GatelyVladislav DelayNathan Fake (Providence from 2017)Against All LogicAir Texture VII (Rrose and Silent Servant)
So much good shit right now
― lukas, Friday, 28 February 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
been listening to the second half of that Air Texture mix a lot this week
― mh, Friday, 28 February 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
"“ this thread is for albums, the bobbins thread is for tracks”
I don’t think this was ever the case tbh"
I think I'd always thought of the bobbins threads as for kinds of music that I might actually hear in clubs, whereas this thread is for music that I'd like to hear in clubs, and that would probably work really well in them, but more than likely wouldn't get played (which makes my posts about Donnacha Costello look a tad awry in retrospect). I think this thread is more dancefloor specific than being for electronica generally. I probably wouldn't post about autechre here, although they are clearly related to techno. I would post about Mouse on Mars. I no longer go to clubs.
― neilasimpson, Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
I think this thread is more dancefloor specific than being for electronica generally.Yeah okay that scans, we have moodz and I guess various idm/experimental threads for the rest.
― lukas, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
feel like this fits the spirit:
https://hausofaltr.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-dawn-hoa007
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
Still blown away by Nathan Micay's album from last year, Blue Spring. Has a good deal of diversity but still feels like a world unto itself. Something to get lost in. Here's the title track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UbUQ2VuS3M
― Indexed, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
ERP's Exomoon is an electro belter. More than likely good on dancefloors in some parts; 101% excellent at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loo5LfF4uLc
It's probably best to avoid leaving the house in order to listen to Yagya's Rhythm of Snow, on Force Inc. originally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GYY6JJTuo4
― neilasimpson, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
Actually, that Yagya record isn't anywhere near new. Do we need a separate thread for Rolling techno* albums thread for people who have previously been clearly doing it wrong (or have I missed that somewhere)?
― neilasimpson, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
As a perennial electro dilettante, I tend to find one or things a year I like that scratch the itch for me. The Beatrice Dillon one is the one for me so far this year, I've had it going on a loop all week. Perfect music to work and write to.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
Feel free to recommend other things I'd like if I like that!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 March 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
Belated cosign for the Beatrice Dillon. It's making me think of some Hessle Audio and other things I can't quite place: possibly Steve Reich, Dawn of Midi. I can't quite make out how it's made.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
thanks for the Yagya neil
― lukas, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
this reissue of Move D & Benjamin Brunn "Let's Call It A Day" getting me there
darker sound palette than Songs From The Beehive but still v v chill and atmospheric
― lukas, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 00:00 (four years ago) link
this reissue of Move D & Benjamin Brunn "Let's Call It A Day" getting me theredarker sound palette than Songs From The Beehive but still v v chill and atmospheric
― toby, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 08:26 (four years ago) link
This is absolutely hitting the spot tonight. The title track is blissful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_PI2e3m54
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Like a soothing bubble bath
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:43 (four years ago) link
So do I post about Traumprinz here or in the bobbins thread? I feel he's perhaps a bit borderline between the two
― octobeard, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
Is there a new Traumprinz?!?!?
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 10:41 (four years ago) link
Post it everywhere!
https://sepehr.bandcamp.com/album/shaytoon
too good
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 17 April 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
whoa!
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 18 April 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
thirded!
arresting perfect pulse record. whole thing is great and thoughtful, Neophyte Delight alone, beeing to me at least, soty material
― knife sharpening tips (gaudio), Saturday, 18 April 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
whoa high praise, i'm excited to hear it.
i've been really enjoying Genuine Silk by Soela, out this week on Dial Records
https://soeladial.bandcamp.com/album/genuine-silk
― Papa Triste (Thee Macallan 18 Year), Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the sepehr album is great
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 20 April 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link
Another shout out for the Soela LP. Nothing groundbreaking but flows very nicely and deep as f**K.
― millmeister, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
I’ve listened to the Beatrice Dillon Workaround album a few times in the background a fee times since it came out and latched on to a few moments but today I gave it a go on headphones and it cracked wide open for me and it is sosososososo good, like my favorite thing this year so far.
― i am a horse girl (map), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
Like, lowkey just reinventing dub techno and creating the most funky, danceable beats ever made at 150 bpm and being very cool and casual about it
― i am a horse girl (map), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 04:07 (four years ago) link
new yaeji mixtape belongs in the thread. poppy technoid goodness thru & thru.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95TkNvl4FlA
― davey, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 09:57 (four years ago) link
Heading back to Workaround for another listen - thanks.
― studyplenty, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
One of my favorites of the year so far, Andrea - Ritorno
https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp06-andrea-ritorno
― octobeard, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:19 (four years ago) link