Techno/Dance/Electronic Music Recommendations?
 

I've felt the need for these kinds of musics as of late. I really like Underworld, but the genres are so diverse I have no idea where to look next. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Ha. I was thinking of creating one of these. I wanna look more into this type of music. Because before I just said it sucks and left it out of my mind, but now I'm very curious.

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=5305
http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=5399
http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=2048

and about a million other threads.

Here's some to get you started:

AFX
Alva Noto
Amon Tobin
Aphex Twin (highly reccomended)
Arovane
Autechre (highly reccomended)
Bomb 20
Cato
Cex
Chris Clark
Kit Clayton
Datach'i
Richard Devine
Eight Frozen Modules (highly reccomended)
Tim Exile
Fennesz (highly reccomended though probably not what you're looking for)
the Field ("Here We Go Sublime" is highly reccomended though it may seem kinda cheesy upon first listen; strangely addicting record, though, I listen to it all the time actually)
Flashbulb
Bernard Fleischmann
Fluke
Four Tet (not really a fan but there's some fans here!)
Funkstorrang
Geom
Gescom
Ryoji Ikeda (highly reccomended... probably not the best "first exposure" to electronic music, this is mainly high pitched noisey mind melting sine wave glitch stuff... really hard to listen to for a lot of people, but I love it)
Isan
Jega
Kid606 (not really a fan myself, but lots of people like him)
Lammo
Machine Drum
Mira Calix
Mouse on Mars
Mum (this is kinda like.. indie pop.. at times, but it's still very "electronic" and worth checking out)
Ochre
Oval
Pan Sonic
Marco Pasarani
Phoenicia (highly reccomended, especially the "Odd Jobs" single which is is a bunch of remixes of a song Phoenicia never released, so all these artists kinda take the original elements and do their own work with them.. has my all time favorite work by Autechre on it)
Phonem
Plaid
Plastikman
Pole
Prefuse 73
Sabrepulse
Schneider Tm
si.cut.db
Squarepusher
Nobukazu Takemura (highly reccomended)
To Rococo Rot
Tu_Um
u-ziq
Venetian Snares

Check out Mego records, Warp records, raster-norton records, Planet Mu records, etc. Or check other threads.

Thanks asp! I'd rep, but it says I needa spread more around before i can give it to you again.

haha no problem.

I used to LOVE electronic music, I'm so bored with it now though. Too many groups using the same synth sounds and the same techniques. I mainly listen to raster-norton stuff, which I like a lot, lots of simple minimal click and cut things... I also really love Autechre and have for years, they're just amazing. Eight Frozen Modules and Venetian Snares are worth listening to if you want the REALLY insane, complex cut-up beats-going-from-speaker-to-speaker stuff. Even though it's kinda cliché, for anyone just getting into electronic music, I think everyone would love Squarepusher and Aphex Twin a lot. Just amazing melodies and great structures. Nothing too intimidating, though both of those artists incorporate a lot of other elements in their work (for example, they've both done stuff in pretty much every subgenre of electronic music -- IDM, jungle, trance, etc... but they're also both done some jazz-type stuff as well).

SYRFox, Porky, and Zeropumpkins probably have a lot of different reccomendations. I don't really know a lot about "dance" music, I guess.

Again, I kinda immersed myself in the genre for years and have grown very sick of it, especially after making lots of electronic music myself. But I'm sure I'll come back to it in the future.

Personally, my all time favorite electronic albums are the WipEout soundtracks. Anyone remember those games? Well, you could put the games in your CD player and listen to all the tracks. I loved doing that. Those songs really take me back.

Ditto!. I forgot I had Aphex Twin. I've the whole Analord series downloaded somewhere.

Aphex Twin rules. Really, I mean that guy has it. He has done so many different things, and I think most of his albums really represent the textbook examples of whatever genre they fit in. Truely a guy who could do anything. I love Drukqs so much, I mean that sounds like 15 or more different electronic artists on the same double-disc set, working together. That's probably what alienates people about that disc so much, because it's so spastic, but every track is fucking BRILLIANT!

I mean, really, Aphex Twin is just amazing. That song "4" has to be in the top 10 best electronic music songs of all time; I don't think many people would argue that.

Aphex Twin is fantastic when he's on the ball but has a few dud moments. He is undoubtedly the face of IDM/Electronica though.

I also love all the Aphex Twin side projects. I mean, geez, has anyone heard The Tuss? Just straight-up "classic" techno (you know, that classic "squiggly farttronics" sound that's associated with techno music) that's amazing.

jungle:

benny page
goldie
grooverider
evol intent
klute
congo natty
ray kieth
kemet crew
noisia
cyantific
danny byrd
london elektricity
logistics
total science

Dubstep:
digital mystikz
peverelist
nyabingi
goth-trad
scuba
jazzsteppa
loefah
cyrus
the bug
clouds
l-wiz
tunnidge
quest
silkie
toasty
skream(new stuff sucks)
caspa(new stuff sucks)
rusko

techno:
juan atkins/infiniti/model 500/cybotron/Channel one
Gas
Des Cailloux et Du Carbone
Neil Landstrumm
johannes Heil
spiral tribe

Very nice. Haven't heard of almost any of those.

I suspect that this isn't what the OP is really after but, well anyway... it owns all.

alot of is just dancey though, and alot of old school stuff that would probably be considered generic now, the techno stuff i put dwn is mostly minimal

but i don't take pills when i go to raves so i figure it must have some merit for me to like it

That's actually spot on.

i love this type of repetitive techno stuff, it builds so well and gets insane momentum going

i especially dig techno/dubstep crossover

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

lot's of good shit coming from bristol on the punchdrunk label

Cool. you might like this too:

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

This ain't bad:



Acid - Can You Jack? Chicago Acid and Experimental House 1985-95
Soul Jazz Records

1.Maurice - This Is Acid
2.The Sweat Boys (Adonis) - Do You Want To Perculate
3.Virgo (Marshall Jefferson) - Go Wild Rhythm Track
4.Mr Fingers (Larry Heard) - Beyond The Clouds
5.Tyree - Acid Crash
6.Phuture (DJ Pierre/spanky) - Phuture Jacks
7.Fresh - Dum Dum Part 2
8.Roy Davis Jnr. - Acid Bass
9.Sleezy D (Marshall Jefferson) - I
10.Virgo Four - Take Me Higher
11.Dj Pierre - Box Energy
12.Lil Louis - Video Clash
13.Tyree - Acid Over
14.Green Velvet (Cajmere) - Explorer
15.Two Of A Kind - Like This
16.Armando - Downfall
17.Phuture - Acid Tracks

Soul Jazz Records are releasing this double CD/ double vinyl vol 1/ double vinyl vol 2 which tells the story of the evolution of house and acid in Chicago and how a number of creative artists from the city developed a sound that came to influence the world. The album features all the major artists from the city - from the originators like Marshall Jefferson, DJ Pierre, Lil Louis, Adonis to second wave artists like Cajmere and Roy Davis Jnr – artists who continue to make Chicago a unique musical environment today. The album traces how the sound developed as clubs like Ron Hardy’s legendary "Music Box" and Frankie Knuckles " Warehouse" put Chicago on the map along with radio shows from the Hot Mix Five. The album features all-time classic tracks such as Phuture’s "Acid Trax" and Sleezy D’s "I’ve Lost Control" alongside many rare and experimental tracks such as Lil Louis’s "Video Clash" and Marshall Jefferson’s "Go Wild Rhythm Tracks". CD comes with sleevenotes by Tim Lawrence (who wrote "Love Saves The Day"), exclusive photos and interviews with Marshall Jefferson, Adonis, Tyree and more, the album shows how Chicago’s unique culture and artists led to some of the most important music ever. The album comes in double-CD format and super-loud volume 1 and volume 2 double-lp format.

And this

Future Sound of London also
Boards of Canada is a favourite too.