2004: The Year I Discovered DJ's, IDM and Electronica (is great for working)

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I remember hating all this stuff I lumped into a "techno bullshit" category once. I used to get rather annoyed in clothing stores in NY when it was pumped out loudly and when I'd meet fellow graphic designers for lunch and their office would have it blaring in the background. Some offices had it on their answering machines, which seemed a bit contrived, but if it was playing in the background while they recorded the message I suppose it would naturally be audible during playback of the message.

Some of the stuff I like is...

DJ Shadow
Boards of Canada
Ovenguard comps
Royksopp
Lemon Jelly
The Avalanches

I'm not really into stuff with singing or rapping, but 1 or 2 songs on an album like this are usually very cool for some reason.

Are these DJ's cool & mellow:
DJ Krush, DJ P, DJ Dan, DJ Spooky, DJ Logic, DJ Q-Bert? Anyone as cool as DJ Shadow?

And what about:
Thievery Corporation, Lumpen Lumptronic comps...

What else? Squarepusher is annoying, right?

What recommendations can you give ol' Mr. Out of it?

― A 1970's Super Space Star Hero In The 21st Century, Friday, 22 October 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

hi gareth!

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 22 October 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, i saw M83 in San Francisco with Gareth. 8-D

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 22 October 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

DJ Krush and the Thievery Corporation are pleasant but a bit dull. Far superior, and in the same vein is Kruder and Dorfmeister's "The K&D Sessions."

Squarepusher's "Go! Plastic" is a brilliant album which I don't find annoying at all. I can see why some people might, though. It wouldn't be good for working, anyway.

Have you tried Basement Jaxx?

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 22 October 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Essential:

Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Boards Of Canada - Geoggaddi
Plaid - Restproof Clockwork
Plaid - Double Figure
Autechre - LP5 (black album)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works II
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
Prefuse73 - Uprock Narratives
Ulrich Schnauss - Faraway Trains Passing By (I think that's what it's called)

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 22 October 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Aphex's SAWI is just as essential as any of his other stuff IMO. (for "xtal" alone).
Fabric 13 is a must-own as well. or at least download his m83 remix.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Friday, 22 October 2004 17:16 (twenty-one years ago)

telefon tel aviv - fahrenheit fair enough

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 22 October 2004 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Cool, I'm getting a list already!

Wooden, for some reason, I had mentally categorized Basement Jaxx with real commercial and overplayed stuff like Fatboy Slim and Prodigy... and yet I've never heard Basement Jaxx to my knowledge. I've heard the name enough that I figure I must've heard it, if you know what I mean. I picture it as being superfast breakbeats and really attention-demanding loud stuff. Is that right?

― A 1970's Super Space Star Hero In The 21st Century, Friday, 22 October 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Exactly, it's awesome.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Friday, 22 October 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The Jaxx can be pretty attention-demanding, but they have a pop sensibility behind them that makes their music very accessible. The first two Prodigy albums are superb, by the way, but fall more into the 'superfast breakbeats' category.

You might like to try Orbital, as well - get "Snivillisation', "In Sides" or "Middle of Nowhere".

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 22 October 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm listening to Basement Jaxx on their website. It is cool! It's also $7 off at Virgin Records right now. Cool.

― A 1970's Super Space Star Hero In The 21st Century, Friday, 22 October 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you need:

Loop Guru
Transglobal Underground
Underworld
Mixmaster Morris
UNKLE
Future sound of London
Eat Static
The drum club

and any other redundant 90s shite somebody else can think of

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 22 October 2004 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

some good electronic stuff:

Amon Tobin - Supermodified, Out from Out Where
Apparat - Duplex
The KLF - The White Room
the Total series on Kompakt
Ellen Allien - weiss.mix, Flieg Mit
Triple R - Friends

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 22 October 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll throw in

Björk - Vespertine
Scion - Arrange and Process Basic Channel Tracks

to bridge the gap in this list between melodic mid-90's electronica/trip-hop/downtempo

and

modern house/techno/glitch/experimental/more challenging stuff

― latetotheparty (latetotheparty), Friday, 22 October 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Ronan's not played out newbie guide to dance music/DJing/home listening.

1. Culture Club 1 mixed by the Glimmer Twins/Troubleman
2. Underworld-Everything, Everything.
3. One of the many good value "Chicago House Classics" type comps.
4. Erland Oye-DJ Kicks (because you have to start somewhere)
5. Felix Da Housecat-Kittenz and Thee Glitz
6. Daft Punk-Homework/Discovery
7. Laurent Garnier-The Laboratoire Mix (fairly comprehensive techno/house mix)

Obviously that's a superquick overview and others will disagree, and it hardly covers everything, but there we go.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 23 October 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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