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offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:07 [#01910807]
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could you please name a few albums you thought were really
good in the past couple of years please.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:09 [#01910808]
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oh, and electronic albums. non of that indietronica or
whatever it is called. you know fourtet and other poo like
that :)


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-05-31 17:12 [#01910814]
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i liked chosen lords


 

offline penexpers from Toronto (Canada) on 2006-05-31 17:13 [#01910816]
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Confield


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:16 [#01910818]
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i was hoping everyone could name at least 5.

because i would have to think real hard to come up with 5
really good ones and it's kind of awful..

i'd say chosen lords, untilted, dataplex, and then i would
have to think really hard..


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2006-05-31 17:17 [#01910819]
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any kind of electronic music?


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-05-31 17:18 [#01910820]
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Team Doyobi- Choose Your Own Adventure

Chromeo- She's in Control

Tiga- Sexor

Casino versus Japan- Whole Numbers play the basics

Jackson- Smash

Alder and Eluis- Parental Guidance



 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2006-05-31 17:18 [#01910822]
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Aidan Baker- Within the Final Circle, and everything else by
him, whcih is a lot. He makes nice sounds.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:19 [#01910824]
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well, yeah. but the thing is lately there's been lots of all
sorts of electronic hybrids so it's kind of hard to define.
but yeah, as electronic as possible.

i'd also pick that last jeff mills album made out of eps.


 

offline nacmat on 2006-05-31 17:21 [#01910828]
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last bitstream
last autechre
last team doyobi
analords
quantum transposition - arpanet
lienbuse - studio pankow
isolee - we are monster
autophonic - slack



 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2006-05-31 17:24 [#01910832]
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past couple of years....2000-2006 ?

gusgus - attention
amon tobin - supermodified
autechre - untilted and draft. and confield !
boards of canada - geogaddi, campfire headphase, trans
canada highway
gonzales - uber alles
jackson - smash
little computer people - electro pop
minikon - minikon
the orb - ookie dokie
orbital - the altogether
plaid - spokes
secret frequency crew - forest of the echo downs
super collider - raw digits
susumu yokota - sakura



 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2006-05-31 17:24 [#01910833]
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FOURTET.

FUCK OFF HE'S GOOD.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-05-31 17:25 [#01910834]
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And both Ulrich Schnauss albums of course! I can't
understand why he isn't as big as BOC.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2006-05-31 17:27 [#01910836]
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i'm kind of at a loss actually.

umm.



 

offline nacmat on 2006-05-31 17:28 [#01910837]
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couple = 2


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:30 [#01910838]
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you could make a list of 20 and also make a list of only 1
or 2 right? :)


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2006-05-31 17:32 [#01910839]
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Murcof- Remembranza, listening to it now.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2006-05-31 17:34 [#01910840]
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depends what sort of list you are looking for... if it has
much to do with idm over the last few (2 or 3) years i have
no fucking idea what i'd say. but i'm not really qualified
anymore i guess... fallen out of the fold as the good book
says... a lot of albums that i had hopes for have fallen
short in the long run.



 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:38 [#01910846]
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the idm was sort of the driving force 5 years ago or so
wasn't it? to me it looks like only the big names are still
able to produce something that stands out of all the generic
stuff. and electronica/idm was one of the most promissing if
not the most promissing thing in music 5 years ago..aphex
and autechre for ever :)


 

offline glasseater from Switzerland on 2006-05-31 17:41 [#01910847]
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IF - space invaders are smoking grass

just random


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-05-31 17:43 [#01910851]
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a lot electronic music happens so fast that its kind of hard
to remember it, its really good but near impossible to
recall that you even own it, or maybe im just stupid. some
of the tracks i do, i spent hours on them but i can't
remember them at all. i dont remember anything anymore
actually. disregard this post


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-05-31 17:44 [#01910852]
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Yeah, it's like you'd hear IDM style sounds in jingles and
pop tunes. I really felt like it was gonna break through and
all the electronica peeps would be making dancefloor smashes
and we'd all be living in the future. But, then (2001-2002
or so.) shitty retro guitar rock took over everything.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:46 [#01910854]
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well im not so concerned with that really. it's just that
electronic music what it used to be anymore..or im getting
old.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-05-31 17:50 [#01910858]
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I think it needs to go back to the dancefloor, be a bit more
minimal and funky, then spend five years getting all
complicated and "intelligent" again.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:51 [#01910859]
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that what aphex and autechre did with their last albums
didn't they? :)

wait, is you richard? rob?


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2006-05-31 17:53 [#01910860]
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Apart from the big names:

Murcof - Remembranza
Delarosa & Asora - Agony Pt. 1
Team Doyobi - Choose Your Own Adventure
Aoki Takamasa - Simply Funk
Mołr Drammaz - Very vs. Very (available somehwere in
the web for free)



 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-05-31 17:55 [#01910861]
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For a genre, it's done pretty well to keep going for 15-20
years. Let it fucking relax for a bit.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 17:58 [#01910863]
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sure, but it's still the youngest genre out there..i don't
know i want really, there's lots of nice music coming out.
but i was thinking about it today of how few outstanding
electronic albums i have heard lately.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-05-31 18:02 [#01910867]
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I like the pioneers but anything else is for the kids to get
excited about.


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2006-05-31 18:06 [#01910868]
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But I like the nerdy stuff. It just has to be good.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 18:08 [#01910869]
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same here..there's more people doing electronic than ever
before nowdays but i probably couldn't think of 5 new
artists who would be little something more than just fresh
and exciting.


 

offline nacmat on 2006-05-31 18:09 [#01910870]
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jackson?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 18:11 [#01910871]
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yeah, he falls into fresh cathegory.


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2006-05-31 18:12 [#01910873]
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hmm, just maybe, hmm its time to start listening to some
other genres?

BUT I DO LISTEN TO OTHER GENRES

what the beat

QRTER = WANKER


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2006-05-31 18:15 [#01910875]
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Jackson is great! Have you seen him live yet nacmat? He's
really sexy.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-05-31 18:16 [#01910876]
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It's lie art, say, Abstract Expressionism, at first it's
"Wooah, the hell is that... it's like painting.. but not,
it's fucky... I like it". More than 50 years on people are
still doing it going "Ta-dah! I've done an Abstract
Expressionist painting!" - pfff, ok, lovely. But, not the
same. However, other people do Other things, and the
pioneers go on to do weirder things to differing degrees of
success. This is the way of the world.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-05-31 18:22 [#01910878]
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I think the future lies is in little scenes like dubstep and
grime because those people aren't trying to be artsy or
experimental, but they're still doing something fresh
because that's the way those scenes move forward. In ten
years time, you'll have a load of geeky americans making
"grimecore" records, and buying vintage playstations on ebay
to make beats with for "authenticity".


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-05-31 18:25 [#01910881]
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In ten years time, you'll have a load of geeky americans
making"grimecore" records, and buying vintage playstations
on ebay to make beats with for "authenticity".


That's a chilling yet all too belivable prediction. Make it
5 years.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2006-05-31 18:26 [#01910882]
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You think wrong. 'Grime' was over before it began. It's a
daft name for dancehall with white boys ruining it in
hoxton.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 18:26 [#01910883]
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not to be taken wrong, i enjoy a lot of electronic music.
abstract, non abstract, dancey, ambient, anything basically,
but when it comes to strong albums there aren't many i could
point out. strong in terms of standing out.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-05-31 18:30 [#01910884]
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Music is so dark, dour and pissy, lately. I think all the
throwaway Rave classics tossed out of so many bedrooms .. a
million years ago, would serve as a good guide to a nicer
future.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2006-05-31 18:35 [#01910885]
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Loess - Loess (early 90s ambience feel with subtle glitch)

FSOL - Dead Cities (or any album they've done)

Aoki Takamasa & Tujiko Noriko - 28 (dntel but japanese)

B12 - Time Tourist (!!!)

B12 - Electro Soma (had to mention this if im gonna mention
time tourist)



 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 18:38 [#01910886]
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we ARE 2006 ya know.


 

offline 05 from vita contemplativa on 2006-05-31 18:38 [#01910887]
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i think i know what you mean and tend to agree.
unfortunately the most common way out (also for quite some
of that pioneers) nowadays seems the way back. i can't
really enthusiastically embrace this new retro fashion AS a
fashion. i mean ok, after all people should just do what
they love and i still believe that in the end that's the
only apporach to do "authentic" art and if that means still
mangling with a tb 303, so be it. but as an aesthetic
agenda, i dunno, i really can't find it any less "pathetic"
to emulate dance music from the 80s than the "IDM" styles
established 10-5 years ago...
on the other hand i think it's quite natural for new artists
to get to know themselves and their possibiliets through
first trying out concepts that were already there, i guess
just about any band started up with some coversongs, just
like any classical player/composer went through some
standards first and so on, so i don't see that as soo
problematic...

or there's as always the eclecticist approach like with the
beforementioned jackson, mixing modern technique with a
retro fashion... cheerful music, for sure, but fresh, hm...
(also i thought he was rather so/so live)... or lidell could
be another example i guess...


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2006-05-31 18:39 [#01910890]
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HAHAH very true.

also. as with any genres, the big names will always prevail
and ultimately be the downfall of said genre. by that i mean
any genre. its always the way. bum tits


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2006-05-31 18:39 [#01910891]
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I have a time machine.


 

offline 05 from vita contemplativa on 2006-05-31 18:48 [#01910894]
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but untilted was by no means minimal, was it? ok, a more
simple and coherent sound design, but looking at song
lenghts and sometimes the amount of musical-structural turns
therein it rather seems to me they entered their "prog rock"
phase ;P


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-05-31 18:50 [#01910895]
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you must have missed that 80's disco synth line in sublimit.


 

offline 05 from vita contemplativa on 2006-05-31 18:51 [#01910898]
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come to think of it, maybe the 80s/ early 90s just have this
aura of purity and innocence because we experienced it at
rather young ages...


 

offline 05 from vita contemplativa on 2006-05-31 18:52 [#01910900]
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no, i have certainly not! it's one of my favourite moments
on the album :)... but sublimit is a good example, that part
comes in quite surprisingly and soon wears of already to
make space for that build up with the lush melody at the end
and stuff


 


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