Electronic Music (classic AND new)

[GostHacked]

So not to plug up the other thread with Electronic music. I've started this one. So here we talk about Electronic music, your fave tracks, producers, Djs, ect ect ect. We can talk about the history of it all, the most influential acts and on and on.

The first band that could be considered 'electronic' I think would have been Kraftwerk from Germany. They designed their own instruments. Even connecting a calculator to another machine to produce notes from the key pad. Very interesting stuff.

One band mentioned in the other thread was Daft Punk. I heard the Homework CD years ago, and thought it was ok. But never really understood the impact of the work. One of my fellow DJs at that time told me that Daft Punk was going to be a game changer. He was 100% right. If they did not come along when they did, House as a genre of electronic music would have died.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk

Now I myself have been producing music for the past few years, and it's pretty damn hard. I am still learning the program I used to create the music with after all this time. So even though you have an idea in your head, if you don't know your instrument then you are going to have a hard time getting it out of your head to the point where another person can hear it. I still have a long way to go.

My most influential DJ Producers are as follows.

Daft Punk

Car Cox

Gabriel & Dresden.

Sander Klienenburg

Deamau5

And this is just house, we can get into trance with guys like Armin Van Burren (great live Dj/performer), or Ferry Corsten (ewww).

So, what do you like?

[AngusThermopyle]

Well personally I'm not into electronic although I have owned a few electronic albums in the past (Kraftwork, Are we Not Men). However I do believe you've left one of the biggest off your list, Tangerine Dream, these guys have been around forever and if I recall correctly they released the first all digital album. One should also keep Jeanne Michele Jarre in mind (I think thats the correct spelling of his name, I may be wrong though).

[cybercoma]

No mention of Trent Reznor?

[Jack Weber]

No mention of Trent Reznor?

Or The Alan Parsons Project???

King Crimson??

Pink Floyd???

Emerson,Lake,and,Palmer???

Yes??

Genesis (the Peter Gabriel years)???

Edited December 30, 2011 by Jack Weber

[GostHacked]

Or The Alan Parsons Project???

King Crimson??

Pink Floyd???

Emerson,Lake,and,Palmer???

Yes??

Genesis (the Peter Gabriel years)???

None of those bands are electronic music in the sense that I know it. But there is another thread for that

[GostHacked]

No mention of Trent Reznor?

I guess you can throw Reznor in electronic music. Same with bands like Front 242, Ministry, Frontline Assembly, Skinny Puppy. But I think that is more if a hybrid, thrown into a category called 'industrial'.

[GostHacked]

Well personally I'm not into electronic although I have owned a few electronic albums in the past (Kraftwork, Are we Not Men). However I do believe you've left one of the biggest off your list, Tangerine Dream, these guys have been around forever and if I recall correctly they released the first all digital album. One should also keep Jeanne Michele Jarre in mind (I think thats the correct spelling of his name, I may be wrong though).

First I heard of Tangerine Dream, I shall look into that this weekend. And Jarre was good in his day. Not one of my personal faves, but he did some really good stuff. I probably still have Oxygen on wax somewhere.

[cybercoma]

I guess you can throw Reznor in electronic music. Same with bands like Front 242, Ministry, Frontline Assembly, Skinny Puppy. But I think that is more if a hybrid, thrown into a category called 'industrial'.

Some of his stuff was "industrial," but Reznor is a consummate musician, imo. I believe The Fragile is one of the greatest electronic albums ever created and it's not so much "industrial" as his earlier endeavours, such as The Downward Spiral or Pretty Hate Machine. Moreover, he actually won an Oscar for creating the entire soundtrack for The Social Network. As famous as he is, I really believe he's a talent that is highly underrated.

[GostHacked]

Some of his stuff was "industrial," but Reznor is a consummate musician, imo. I believe The Fragile is one of the greatest electronic albums ever created and it's not so much "industrial" as his earlier endeavours, such as The Downward Spiral or Pretty Hate Machine. Moreover, he actually won an Oscar for creating the entire soundtrack for The Social Network. As famous as he is, I really believe he's a talent that is highly underrated.

I've been a fan of him for a long time. And he is one heck of a producer/composer. Loved the way he can make complete noise musical (The Ruiner off Downward Spiral), also he can make a very clean track with minimal 'noise' like Hurt off the same CD. You are right, his later works were more of the typical 'electronic' music we know today. With Teeth was another example of that.

I'll bring up some of my other fave/most influential CDs. The Grid - Evolver. Revolutionary in it's work and still really holds up to today's electronic music. Production was top notch on that CD.

People to take note of - Skrillex (dubstep) I was made aware of him last summer and he is making real waves now. To the point where he produced the last Korn album. A nice blend of metal and dubstep, great combination. it's not a pure electronic CD in a sense. But this hybridization I expect to continue.

And another classic who can't be ignored. Deee-Lite. Plenty experimentation on all 3 of their albums. Love her voice as well, very sexy.

[cybercoma]

I don't really know a lot about electronic music. I've never followed any groups or anything, so I'm way out of the loop.

I've been looking for a good album with an ambiant/trip-hop/d&B jazz/trance kind of vibe. I'm not sure all the sub-genres so that probably doesn't make sense. If it does, however, I'm open to suggestions.

[GostHacked]

I don't really know a lot about electronic music. I've never followed any groups or anything, so I'm way out of the loop.

I've been looking for a good album with an ambiant/trip-hop/d&B jazz/trance kind of vibe. I'm not sure all the sub-genres so that probably doesn't make sense. If it does, however, I'm open to suggestions.

I've got some suggestions for you.

Ambient/Trip Hop

- Morcheeba

- Massive Attack

- Portishead

DnB Jazz

- Shapeshifter (NZ)

But some you'd might want to get into are the compilations from Mr. Scruff, http://www.mrscruff.com/showscreen.php?site_id=9&screentype=site&screenid=9 I've got a couple of his CDs and some of this mix CDs as well. He does some nice old school hip hop mixes.

He is also on sound cloud too ..

[cybercoma]

Thanks for that!

Actually, I have Dummy on my iPod. For some reason, I never really think of Portishead as electronic.

[cybercoma]

I guess I like The Album Leaf as well. Maybe I know more electronic stuff than I first thought...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqXPrylWkBE

[cybercoma]

Well... that depends if post-rock is electronic. Maybe not.

[GostHacked]

Well... that depends if post-rock is electronic. Maybe not.

Well, I guess in a pure electronic music sense they are not. More again on the hybridization of other genres to create a new one.

Let's talk house. This man Carlos Lio, plays at Carl Cox's club in the UK.

The sound IS sexy.

House is where it is still at for me. I used to listen to a lot of trance and some techno and hard techno, but get the wavy bass with a hard floor on the floor and I am there as well.

And yeah there is some great ambient stuff out there like the one you posted. Never heard of them before. Its like house without the beats, just sythns n rythms..

[DogOnPorch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQnD6qOPq4