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I have found that despite greatly enjoying the "non rock" music that I have, my music collection has way too few records of this sort. I'm going to attempt, for the next three weeks, to only purchase music that is NOT rock. You, ILX, should suggest some places to begin my total immersion therapy. I'll be attempting to consume at least a record a day.

I like:

Soulwax mixes
DJ Shadow
Whatever crap the DFA feeds me
Aphex Twin

I want to avoid new wave / rock bands with synths too.

K THXXXXX!!!
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― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

Any good gamelan recordings. Folkways should help you there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

Loretta Lynn or Merle Haggard.

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

WAIT WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.... GIVE ME A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR ALL THESE THINGS.

I'm not intersted in ALL non rock music, but more so in stuff like the stuff I listed.

PS - INDIE GUILT.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have the Rough Guide to the Asian Underground and dig that too.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

But for the whole of music that isn't rock the examples you listed seemed to cover a pretty narrow spectrum.

What you want is some great country music.

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

you need buck owens

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Dude, geteth yonself to some Amon Tobin pronto; a very creative and fluid and diverse-styled sample-music freak, gets as spooky and dirty as DJ Shadow and as wild and mechanical as Aphex Twin, but there's also lotsa extremely organic stuff in there, live (or at least live sounding) drums, saxaphones, etc. Listen to "Get Yr Snack On" or "Deus" and I bet you'll have bought Supermodified before the sun sets!

(he's also released some stuff under the name Cujo, btw)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah, Buck Owens. And some Lefty Frizell.

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

oh, yea! Amon Tobin has been something I've been meaning to check out for a while.

I've been meaning to get stuff by: Squarepusher, [mu]-ziq, Venetian Snares, Air

(I just got the "Will the Circle Remain Unbroken" thing, but have not listened to it.)

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

A few favorites of mine:

Third Eye Foundation - Ghost, You Guys Kill Me or Little Lost Soul (all three are great.)

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

Autechre - Tri Repetae (2 CD set w/Garbage & Anvil Vapre eps, if you can find it.)

Paul Schutze- New Maps of Hell

― earlnash, Friday, 1 August 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm focusing this on electronic music. I only have three weeks.

I also liked that second Replikants record (super reccomendation; this album is totally overlooked!) and all the later Boredoms stuff.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have Autechre's garbage... is this worth getting?

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

Who is your penguin friend?

― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

i have been really into folk and indigienous music for the past year or so. i'd definitely recommend those "Secret museum of mankind" compilations on yazoo. they are really varied and have tons of crazy sounds on them. likewise, the "Music!" box set on wergo will give you a lot of places to further explore the sounds of the rest of the world (if you're interested).

― j fail (cenotaph), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Soft Pink Truth
Luomo
V/A - Shock City Shockers
DJ Pica Pica Pica

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ned, I was going to suggest gamelan music, before I saw your post. It must be in the air lately, because I've been thinking a lot about how much I'd like to finally start buying some gamelan music. I don't think it's exactly what JW is looking for, but he could still like it. (I would suggest going with Balinese gamelan as an introduction though.)

Cross-post: too late. Well, I think gamelan could have a lot of appeal to rock/electronic music fans anyway.

― Al Andalous, Friday, 1 August 2003 14:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Rough Trade electronic compilation from last year is very good indeed.

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

j fail: thanks. I'm not sure if I would like it though. I should AMG this.

Also, didn't I mention having DJ Picax3 stuff?

The penguin is the Linux penguin. :D
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Also here is my obsessive album list:
http://while1.net/~xm/albums.html

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

Well, I think gamelan could have a lot of appeal to rock/electronic music fans anyway.

Pretty much why I suggested it. If you're an Aphex/Shadow fan, at the least, there's no reason not to check it out.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

try some hrvatski, bogdan raczynski, and broadcast too(they're kinda 60's psych-rockish but with some seriously well done electronic accompaniments-album to get=noise made by people).

― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

And there's no pesky foreign language lyrics normally (or ever?).

― Al Andalous, Friday, 1 August 2003 15:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've heard Broadcast name dropped a lot. Thanks.

What other Shadow / UNKLE stuff is worth getting. All I have is Preemptive Strike? I really like the stuff based around the organs (High Noon, Organ Donor, etc.). I've done a bit of this kinda thing myself. :D

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think the two CD set of Tri Repetae with the two EPs is by far one of my favorite electronic music collections. If you like Aphex and are curious about Autechre, I think it is the best place to start as it is a mid point between their early melodic, stripped down sound and the later work which is more digitally crunchy and abstract.

(If you need another opinion, check Ned's reviews of these Autechre releases at Allmusic.)

― earlnash, Friday, 1 August 2003 15:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Second the Hrvatski recommendation, esp. "Oiseaux" if you can find a copy.

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Second the Hrvatski recommendation, esp. "Oiseaux" if you can find a copy. Warning: it ends with a (very good) 12-minute Pink Floyd cover.

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

nurse with wound, coil, zoviet france.

― fletrejet, Friday, 1 August 2003 15:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

Man, everything you like is terrible. Sorry

― dave q, Friday, 1 August 2003 15:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jimmy Smith -- Root Down -- (Jazz-Funk Monster!)
The Dagar Brothers -- Drupad Chant -- (Drone & Jam)
Nightmares on Wax - Smoker's Delight -- (The name says it all)
V.M. Bhatt & Ry Cooder - A Meeting By The River -- (Indian percussive and Slide Guitar, near perfection)
Louvin Brothers -- A Tribute to The Delmore Brothers -- (Harmony to die for)
Wes Montgomery -- Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides -- (Best jazz guitarist ever, includes seminal live outing, also)

― christoff (christoff), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

hey dave q!
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― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

I also like some Ladytron and Kraftwerk. I wanna venture into the more dance friendly less-indie electronic music stuff though.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

check out mu's "afro finger and gel" on tigersushi. maurice fulton and his wife = mad new-old electro-dance-punk joyfulness.
i'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but i'm so in love with it that i had to mention it. plus you said you like dfa stuff, and this is one of their currrent favorites.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 1 August 2003 16:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

jon, the answer is pygmy music -- seriously, it is BEYOND GREAT.

― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

if you liked the Rough Guide to Asian Underground check out Karsh Kale "Realize" or Tabla Beat Science "Live at Stern Grove"

― H (Heruy), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ha, I feel proud of myself when I listen to rock music, as it happens so rarely these days. I would suggest John Zorn's group Masada for one, I've been on a kick lately. Especially Live at Sevilla 2001 or Live at Tonic. It's a really accessible mix of Jewish folk influenced melodies and jazz and bad-ass grooves.

On the electronic music tip, I'm still enjoying Astrobotnia a lot. I think I have vol. 2, it's really grown on me.

Also, I can never recommend Telefon Tel Aviv enough, it's the perfect mix of hot beats and gorgeous melodies.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Something like Masada is too close to the "white dudes with instruments in a tour van" vibe.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

Er, have you heard them? It's not jam-bandy or whatever at all. They're all fantastic musicians...Dave Douglas is a star now, Greg Cohen played for Tom Waits, Joey Baron's played for everyone (inc. Bowie). I don't think they could come from a more 'authentic' place for the music.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

man, i got an album of vietnamese hill-people music that'll blow yur fuckin' head off. makes aphex sound like yur granny's last breath on an iron lung. this shit's solid. primo french-only pre-u.s. genocide shit.

― othermusichasbecometoomainstream, Friday, 1 August 2003 17:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

If you like the Pica Pica Pica, you should also check Eye's remix of Black Dice's "Endless Summer". Not rock, and on DFA. And I restate my Soft Pink Truth and Luomo recs.

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Or did you just mean that Masada is too close to 'rock'?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ambient 4: On Land by Brian Eno
Rhythm And Sound CD: Rhythm And Sound Records
Pan-American: Pan-American
Every Dog Has It's Day Vol. 4: Jeff Mills
Vibrant Forms: Fluxion
Deep Chord mix: Deep Chord Records
Teimo/Permafrost: Thomas Koner
Interstate: Monolake
Lifestyles Of The Laptop Cafe: Other People's Place
Silent Introduction: Moodyman
Innovator: Derrick May

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Friday, 1 August 2003 17:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh yeah, check out some Brazilian batucada recordings for sure.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

if you want to explore the dance side more, i can't stress this enough, DAFT PUNK. discover is the best way to get your groove on yet this millenium.

― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

Or did you just mean that Masada is too close to 'rock'?

yes.

Also, Daft Punk! I'll probably be able to find some in the used bin.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

I already have the Black Dice - Cone Toaster 12". I want to get away from the noise scene especially.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think I like DJ Rap, if the dude on the stupid college electronic music show got the set list right... What do you think about this?

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Fantastic Plastic Machine -- A japanese band on Pizzicato Five's label, is insanely catchy but at the same time infinitely dense. The closest I think between dance and ambient.

― David Allen, Friday, 1 August 2003 18:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

dj rap = drum n bass (i.e. "jungle") --> is that what you heard?

"dance-friendly" --> "Circus Bells (Hardfloor Remix)" by Robert Armani, listen to it on headphones, if that don't knock your sox off, forget the whole experiment

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't mind drum and bass. I'm not even sure I can tell the difference between various electronic music genres. I could have confused DJ Rap w/ DJ Food though :/

I couldn't give a cannonical example of House, for example.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

If you've not heard Plaid, who are on Warp, then you've got to.

Any of the following are brilliant:

1998 Not for Threes Nothing
1999 Rest Proof Clockwork Warp
2001 Double Figure Warp
2000 Trainer Warp
2003 Parts in the Post

Sort of as complex as Autechre, but in a totally accessible way so you don't even notice it.

I could recommend others, but really I just want you to hear Plaid.

― mei (mei), Friday, 1 August 2003 19:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Skipping 22 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

I bought:

Air - Moon Safari
Amon Tobin - Super Modified
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
Avalanches - Since I Left You
Cex - Being Ridden Instrumentals
DJ Shadow - Diminishing Returns
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Ladyton - 604
Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
u-Ziq - Lunatic Harness
Java / Court Gamelan - Vol. 1

I'll post how I feel about some of this schtuff.

(Why do so many of these begin with A?)

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 3 August 2003 15:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ok, Air. I like this so far except for "All I Need". Don't like the Lillith Fairishness.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 3 August 2003 16:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

so you own two Shadow albums, but neither Endtroducing nor Private Press?! < /rockist>

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 3 August 2003 18:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

I always thought that Educing was lame!

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 3 August 2003 18:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

you should get these:

Giorgio Moroder-"From here to eternity"
Dizzee Rascal-"Boy in da corner"
Kid Loco-"A grand love story"
Casino vs Japan-"Whole numbers play the basics"

― Michael B, Sunday, 3 August 2003 19:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Try to get any compilation that has been relaesed for the past 3 years CABARET vOLTAIRE
Throbbing Gristle- their greatest hits
Matmos- the most recenty
Adult-either the first or the second album
Bushwacka-singles
Juan Atkins
Four Tet- any album

For world music try
Salif Keta
Cheb Mambi

― Micheline Gros-Jean (Micheline), Sunday, 3 August 2003 22:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

Salif Keita seconded
motioned: Rachid Taha, Natacha Atlas, Penguin Cafe Orchestra

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 3 August 2003 22:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

I really haven't liked any adult I've heard. I def. want more Matmos. IS throbbing gristle 100% electronic? aren't they kinda like wolf eyes? kinda wanna get away from that scene!

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 4 August 2003 02:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

purchase as much Static Caravan label stuff as you possibly can

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 4 August 2003 03:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

just buy lots of Kompakt and Perlon and you will be a happy man

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 4 August 2003 03:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

BUT WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE FAGS

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 4 August 2003 04:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

bloops and bleeps. download some ferchrissakes

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 4 August 2003 04:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

blip (cavernous space) blip (cavernous space) blip-THUNK (THUNK-THUNK-

THUNK-blip (whooooooosh) THUNK) blip whooooosh blip THUNK *beautiful heartbreaking synthetic strings* blip

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 4 August 2003 04:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/2003_08_03_singlesa.html#105997931455237970

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 4 August 2003 05:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

great work, TH!

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 4 August 2003 06:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

btw, that track is on Classic Acid, a Moonshine comp and one of the best electronic albums evah, do check it out

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 4 August 2003 06:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Michelangelo are you sure that's the Hardfloor remix? I've seen that comp before and been leery of it but it's hard to imagine they'd put the non-famous orig version on something called "Classic Acid" (*babbles to self*)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 4 August 2003 12:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

(thx by the way. i'm looking at that list you sent and i'm sad to say much of it is gobbledygook to me (wait that's not racist, right?) - seattle is a whole difft part of the ranch, ain't it)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 4 August 2003 12:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

You bought the Being Ridden instrumentals? Why? Cex is sooo much better with vocals; the instrumental album totally fades right away. Instrumental versions are for nerds only. And if you're that afraid of hearing anyone rap, the Cex album to get is Oops I Did It Again.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 4 August 2003 13:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Tom Breihan: now I know. I really liked that album too.

I'm starting to go nuts to hear Lightning Bolt or the Stooges. Eeesh. Everything is too mellow??

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

haha told ya!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Everything is too mellow??" = YOU NEED ATARTI TEENAGE RIOT. It's like pure adrenaline on crack. Distortion, beats beats beats, teenage girls screaming revolution, 'tis the shit. Maybe you likey?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

or you could get the mu record. just sayin'.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Dude, everything is too mellow because you seem to be specifically seeking out mellow/boring records. Try Back for the First Time by Ludacris. There's not a single mellow moment on the record. It's just great and amazing all the way through. And it seems like you need this sort of blast pretty sorely after all Avalanches/DJ Shadow malarky. (And it's better than Atari Teenage Riot.)

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Also great for most of the same reasons:
Missy Elliott - Under Construction
Jay-Z - Volume 3

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

pump pump pu pu pu pump pump ppp pump pump pp pump it up

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't think I got that right.

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

I know what Jay-Z and Missy sound like!

I don't die for ATR much... I listened to them during my big KMFDM kick like 5 years back.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

You think you know but you have no idea.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

way to get him on your side there!

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

meh.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.annrich.com/rich/acdc/about_to_rock.jpg

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

I like u-Ziq the best so far with Squarepusher 2nd. Amon Tobin is good but not as uplifting and energetic.

Also, is there any electronic music that apes krautrock?

(I'm programming and I like stuff that keeps me awake and well paced.)

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jon listen to the damn Hardfloor track already!! I think early German hard trance is going to be right up the ol alley

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

I can't listen to techno anymore but Hardfloor still kicks ass.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

Also, is there any electronic music that apes krautrock?

Mouse on Mars, Iaora Tahiti is a perfect update of the sound of mid 70s Kraftwerk and Cluster (though if you're wanting energetic in a Squarepusher or mu-Ziq way, this isn't like that)

― dleone (dleone), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

ok, I'm listening. Next cd buying spree: Tues, Aug 5th!

Also, what's Broadcast like?

Also, what Ninja Tune stuff is cool?

(I am fixated on Lightning Bolt and the Stooges.)

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

broadcast is like un updated version of the 60's band United States of America, with a dash of stereolab's charm (and a similar vocalist) but minus the Neu! influences. how sad that i can only describe them by correlations to other bands. and vague ones at that.

― Felcher (Felcher), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

The 'Ohm' box set

'Automatic Writing' - Robert Ashley

'I Am Sitting in a Room' - Alvin Lucier

'Early Works' - Steve Reich

all = osmotic tongue blippage
'

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ninjatune = DJ Food and others, lush "organic" downtempo indie music

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

That list is brave in its wussiness, I sincerely mean that.

Are you sure you're not French??

Vous n'etes vraiment pas allemand?

(Actually, I ask myself the same thing every time I look at the bravewussy section of my collection. It all seemed so forward-looking at the time! Ah, futurism: always dated in hindsight, hahaha g'night folks)

It is all good stuff, a lot of it's just painted in very similar shades. You can easily burn out on it if you're not mixing it up with more visceral or rocking or whatever-you-wanna-call-it stuff ...

PS Mei, which is your fave?

1998 Not for Threes Nothing
1999 Rest Proof Clockwork Warp
2001 Double Figure Warp
2000 Trainer Warp
2003 Parts in the Post

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Monday, 4 August 2003 19:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh, and did you check out any Plaid yourself, Jon? It really should be higher up on the list ...

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Monday, 4 August 2003 20:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Good Ninjatune stuff:
Herbaliser--"Very Mercenary", "Blow Your Headphones"
Coldcut (label owners Black and Moore)--"Let Us Play"
Irresistible Force (Mixmaster Morris)--"It's Tomorrow Already"
DJ Vadim--"U.S.S.R.: Life From the Other Side"--more traditionally hip-hop-y than most other Ninja Tune stuff, but still a bit different
Cinematic Orchestra--"Motion"
Dj Food--"A Recipe for Disaster"
Antibalas--"Liberation Afro Beat, Vol. 1"--Afrobeat-ish, not your typical Ninjatune stuff

― oops (Oops), Monday, 4 August 2003 20:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

Cornelius! Fantasma is classic beyond measure. It has rock leanings but his electronic mastery is staggering.
Luke Vibert-Big Soup
Chemical Brothers-Dig Your Own Hole and Surrender
Yukari Fresh-Yukari's Perfect
Lemon Jelly-KY
Prodigy-Music For The Jilted Generation
Wall Of Sound pres. Telle
Takako Minekawa-Fun 9
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box-Fakevox (same applies as Cornelius)
Playgroup-s/t
Richard X pres. his X Factor when it comes out
DJ Food-A Recipe For Disaster
Mekon-Welcome To Tackletown (great, great, great)
Imani Coppola-Chupacabra
Princess Supertstar-Last of the Great 20th Century Composers for its irreverent stupidity if nothing else.
Major Force boxset on Mo'Wax if yer lucky.
Add London Funk Allstars-Flesh Eating Disco Zombies vs The Bionic Hookers From Mars to the great Ninja list

― Barima (Barima), Monday, 4 August 2003 20:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Rest Proof Clockwork is easily my favorite Plaid alb -- its cheer and playfulness is infectious, and usually overshadows its occasional deep melancholy. Also get Plaid's Peel Sessions, b/c Scoobs = best song ever. I am severely loving Parts in the Post, though. The Coba remix!

Don't 4get wimmin in electronic music! eg:
Neotropic - Mr. Brubaker's Strawberry Alarm Clock (I might've gotten the title wrong)
Andrea Parker - DJ Kicks (some great electro mixes)
Mira Calix - Prickle EP or Skimskitta (former is lush, melds ambient and IDM-proper in a rare way)

And finally autechre. I always suggest starting from Incunabula and progress chronologically, since one could fairly say that they get harder to listen to w/ each alb. Their EPs are almost all pure gold though, Garbage being stunning. The Anti EP gets underrepresented by everyone -- it's the most Orbital-ish of their EPs (though in some ways predates certain aspects of the Orbital sound). THeir PEel Sessions = gold too; "Milk DX" = ae with scratching! I'm getting a lot into Envane lately. Cichli Suite is brill. DON'T get Basscad EP. Also, get Gescom's (Autechre's umbrella project, sometimes they actually are Gescom, usu. not) Keynell EP.

― Leee (Leee), Monday, 4 August 2003 21:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

you like the squarepusher and mu-ziq? get some of those Speed limit comps. 10 years old, definitely not mellow.

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 4 August 2003 21:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

two months pass...

JON WILLIAMS WHERE IS THE AMIEMO JPG?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 22:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

damn there's a lot of polite wussiness being recommended here

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 00:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Is Murdock indie?

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 00:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jon pussied out of this shit after just a few days.

FAILURE.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 01:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

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