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

really like the ex-terrestrial album paraworld . gets sorta saw85-92-ish at times.

ANF is the shit too!! TIP

Thanks for the tip on Jamie Tiller. There's so much good stuff on NTS.

I hadn't realized Robag Wruhme released a new LP last year. Parts of it sit well alongside some of the new ambient house stuff without any obvious 90s signifiers. Other parts (Volta Copy) get a little too sugary for me. Maybe the laziest way I can praise it is to say it's the equal of Thora Vukk.

stunning 2020 update of nebulous artificial intelligence / ambient house vibes

Really hitting the spot right now, thanks.

Can't get enough of this: https://boomkat.com/products/pretty-sneaky-lp

Regis - Hidden In This Is The Light That You Missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_3Qk6NmBM&t=234s

Arg. You get the idea though...

[not sure what I've done wrong there tbh. Any thoughts appreciated]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_3Qk6NmBM

(not sure what you did differently, may just be youtube being a butt)

Thank you!

Is this the thread to talk about the new Rival Consoles?

works for me. I've played it a couple of times but was kinda distracted in both instances. I think I like it?

Just digging in. So far it's a bit "safe" for me. He's always walked a line between the kind of more krautrocky experimental electronics techno that I like (think Border Community) and the kind of pretty easy listening hotel lobby electronics I don't like as much.

Yeah that’s a fair description; I tend to have the same mixed reactions to his work. Actually my favorite recent thing he’s done was a single earlier this year that didn’t wind up on the new album. It’s wobbly, low-key piano piece: https://open.spotify.com/album/46HYCYxZJjjl2DYPnWBCIC?si=OEXyIIMaQymdlLGBVj-2nQ

Shawn Rudiman's Conduit album is hitting the spot today

it's a bit "safe" for me

I'm very generous in my appraisal of post-elevator music of this kind, but with Rival Consoles, it's hard not to expect more. He should throw a wrench into his own formula more often.

Nathan Fakes album in the other hand is killer. People talk about it as his return to techno, I don’t really go to techno clubs much these days but other than having beats don’t see these tracks as club bangers. They’re wonderfully messy krautrock IDM or something.

Love the Nathan Fake album so much

really? damn, never rated him at all

anybody feeling the INTe*ra album? I’m a huge Acting Press fan but can’t really get into it for some reason

https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/intera-aqueduct-acting-press/165889

I was definitely not paying attention to the sky was pink era Nathan Fake and James Holden but the stuff those guys, and Luke Abbot and Wesley Matsell have been doing the last few years is pretty great though some go a bit too modular experimental music for my taste.

https://callsuper.bandcamp.com/album/every-mouth-teeth-missing

:) :) :)

hell yeah

that's great, lotsa bounce

d. tiffany & dj zozi r doing it rong
https://planeteuphorique.bandcamp.com/album/phase-ur-reality

I am always down for d tiffany.. thought dj rozi was one of her aliases

it is IIRC ! :)

has there been any discussion of andras' album joyful in this thread? warm, lived-in deep, verging-on-ambient house for headphones.

favs are "honeybird" and "poppy"

"Live Forever" is the one for me off it but it's such a warm, dreamily excellent album

WOOOOOOOWWWWWWW at the D. Tiffany / DJ Zozi album

Off the Meds (s/t) sounding pretty great

https://studiobarnhus.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-meds

No idea if this is the right thread for it as several tracks feature prominent rapping but Shygirl's Alias EP is the kind of SOPHIE/Arca-adjacent deconstructed club music (bad descriptor but whatevz) that should be right up ILM's collective alley. Here's the Eurodancey closer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0MQkUmGrHk

Speaking of EPs, Richard Devine's LP-ish SYSTIK (46 mins) puts the ae in dance, amirite?

https://richarddevine.bandcamp.com/album/systik

I'm into it, and may also formally invite you to Rolling (post-)Reconstructed Club Music 2020

My bad, I keep getting that thread and this one mixed up.

Oh idc, just making sure you weren't missing out!

Thx. :)

https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/album/patricia-kokett-bizarr

deep leftfield trance

ooh, now that's an enticing description

never heard of the artist and the label doesn't ring a bell but excited to listen!

the Gigi Masin album fucking owns

the reason I don't listen to much that challenges me any more is because there's too much stuff that just seems custom designed for me to enjoy

maybe that's why i can't get into the new andras album even though i would like to

Shakey sent me this:

this could be us but you throw your old electronics awaypic.twitter.com/eg7AcjHpN0

— 𝔻ʀ.𝕎ᴇᴅɴᴇsᴅᴀʏ 𝕃ᴀ ℝᴏᴄʜᴀ⚰︎ (@WednesdayLa) December 10, 2020

That Pretty Sneaky LP is pretty amazing, and had it been nominated for the EOY poll would have made my list.

Yeah I probably should have nominated it, I figured no-one else had listened to it...

I only discovered this via Tim F's end of year list, but it's great too: https://boomkat.com/products/pilgrimage-048a244b-2c27-4f51-babc-b0116ddfb77c

Pretty Sneaky LP is right up my alley, thanks for the tip.

https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/album/patricia-kokett-bizarr

deep leftfield trance

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, November 26, 2020 9:16 AM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

👍👍

yes! so good right?

the chanting vocals that come in at the end of “amulet” sound familiar but i’m not sure what they remind me of, maybe something from pure moods

I totally agree! Bizarr is tremendous. Thanks!