Anyone listen to any electronica?

[Sunlight]

Eh? I listen to trance, mainly.. I never really come across other people that do, unless within a trance community, but yeah. Just thought it was worth an ask.

 

[Blackfable]

I love electronic music like Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, The Postal Service, and Dntel. Not a huge fan of trance.

 

[thefiznut]

I love electronic music like Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, The Postal Service, and Dntel. Not a huge fan of trance.

Great stuff =] All of those I love.

And yeah, i'm an electronica nut. It's about all I listen to anymore. Everything from IDM, experimental, to breakcore, to jazzy jungle, microhouse, tech-house, trip-hop, ambient, some trance, etc.. Just everything really, except the cheesy house and trance. My favorites are IDM, experimental, drill n bass/exp jungle though.

Electronic yay :bounce:

 

[DoctorGordon]

I do techno, classical and trance here.

2pm has some good stuff. Especially "Tetris".

 

[Reaktor4]

Yeah. I dont like any funky house, cheese or dnb/jungle/breaks etc though.

 

[impakt]

There's No Business Like Propa' Rungleclotted Mashup Bizznizz

 

[ComradeBadger]

Aphex Twin and Postal Service arrre nice

Tony De Vit rocks my world too

 

[thefiznut]

Yeah. I dont like any funky house, cheese or dnb/jungle/breaks etc though.

No breaks? nooo!
I love the breakage.

 

[CyberSh33p]

I hear postal service's official genre is "laptop"

nice

I guess if they count, then sure. mainly cause I like the singer.
tried out kraftwerk once too, never got into em I'm still the operator with my pocket calculator, though.

 

[Reaktor4]

No breaks? nooo!
I love the breakage.

I dont know too much about it to be honest. Im sure theres some good stuff.
My favourite genre is tech trance.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

I hear postal service's official genre is "laptop"

nice

I guess if they count, then sure. mainly cause I like the singer.
tried out kraftwerk once too, never got into em I'm still the operator with my pocket calculator, though.

yeah, what? i guess you could call postal service an indie-pop electronica cross-over, but (to me) they seem to have little allegiance with IDM like aphex, boards, etc. i think of them as indie-pop with electronic influences

edit: oh yeah, and i like some electronica, your standard IDM selection like aphex, boards, autechre, mouse on mars, etc. i like some straighter techno stuff too like chemical bros. and adult.

 

[Reaktor4]

i like some straighter techno stuff too like chemical bros.

Unless they have changed their style completely since the last i heard from them, thats not techno mate. Assuming they havnt, listen to the music in the intro of www.technopride.net. The sound is low quality unfortunately, but that will give you a good idea of what standard techno is like.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

Unless they have changed their style completely since the last i heard from them, thats not techno mate. Assuming they havnt, listen to the music in the intro of www.technopride.net. The sound is low quality unfortunately, but that will give you a good idea of what standard techno is like.

what was the last you heard of them? their earlier 'big beat' funk-loops gave way to a more traditional house style with Surrender. they kinda crossed back with the last album, Come with Us, but they're still closer to normal old house than IDM, which is what i meant by "some straighter techno stuff".

 

[Reaktor4]

what was the last you heard of them?

I dunno exactly, an example would be that awful (imo) block rockin beats.

their earlier 'big beat' funk-loops gave way to a more traditional house style with Surrender. they kinda crossed back with the last album, Come with Us, but they're still closer to normal old house than IDM, which is what i meant by "some straighter techno stuff".

Ok I was never into them, so i wouldnt really know what theyre like now. House isnt techno either though, if thats what you mean.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

House isnt techno either though, if thats what you mean.

it's close enough for me :dozey:

 

[coax]

Autechre, Plaid, basically most of Warp Records.. great stuff.

I don't really consider techno and trance "electronica", it's more electronic pop.

 

[SubKamran]

Can anyone recommend any electronica that:

* Doesn't have any vocals
* Is good to listen to
* Fitting for a party
* Great while fragging people (celebrating Haloween )

I am so not up on this kind of music, I like it, but I need to know what to use for the party I'm going to

Keep in mind this will have to be downloaded since I have $2.

 

[AntiAnto]

Radiohead?

 

[SubKamran]

Radiohead?

Mmmmm, are they electronica? Isn't electronica electronic music geared toward listening instead of dancing? I suppose I'm just a n00b with it.

I was listening to the Electronica channel on Comcast's Digital Music and it was basically dance/trance without vocals.

 

[AntiAnto]

Mmmmm, are they electronica? Isn't electronica electronic music geared toward listening instead of dancing? I suppose I'm just a n00b with it.

I was listening to the Electronica channel on Comcast's Digital Music and it was basically dance/trance without vocals.

The last Album of Radiohead (Hail to the thief) is Electronica... I think

 

[Blackfable]

Radiohead?

Kid A and Amnesiac maybe....or maybe Kid Amnesiac?

Coincidence...I think not.

Im listening to Motion Picture Soundtrack right now

Idioteque by Radiohead is probably your best bet if you want a great Techno/IDM song, or maybe just an overall unbelievable song.

 

[AntiAnto]

Idioteque by Radiohead is probably your best bet if you want a great Techno/IDM song, or maybe just an overall unbelievable song.

Idioteque is better with pot.

 

[Reaktor4]

I don't really consider techno and trance "electronica", it's more electronic pop.

If you were talking about most commercial trance, i would agree completely. I think of that more as pop thats supposed to sound like trance rather than shitty trance.
But proper trance and especially techno, i cant see any similarity with pop at all.

 

[Reaktor4]

Can anyone recommend any electronica that:

* Doesn't have any vocals
* Is good to listen to
* Fitting for a party
* Great while fragging people (celebrating Haloween )

I am so not up on this kind of music, I like it, but I need to know what to use for the party I'm going to

Keep in mind this will have to be downloaded since I have $2.

Id recommend downloading some live sets. Mauro picotto at trance energy 17-02-01 is particularly good. Its mostly tech trance. You can find this on kazaa (full version is about 120mb).
Also there are live sets to dl at www.tranceaddict.com/livesets.shtml

 

[dys4iK]

I'd recommend something you can find on www.hybridized.org. It's an assortment of progressive-house/breaks/trance, and is quite good. It features artists such as Hybrid, Deepsky, and Nubreed, who you'll have heard of unless you're living under a rock or not familiar with electronic music.

 

[Cybernoid]

Tangerine Dream, mostly. The old stuff.

 

[Cybernoid]

I'd recommend something you can find on www.hybridized.org. It's an assortment of progressive-house/breaks/trance, and is quite good. It features artists such as Hybrid, Deepsky, and Nubreed, who you'll have heard of unless you're living under a rock or not familiar with electronic music.

Unfortunately, trance is not the same thing as electronic music. There are so many different types of electronic music that it isn't even funny. I mean, do Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream or Brian Eno say anything to you? They probably say nothing to the average clubber.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

I mean, do Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream or Brian Eno say anything to you? They probably say nothing to the average clubber.

not to mention varèse.
:|

 

[coax]

If Hybrid is considered techno, then techno is cool.

Cause Hybrid - Morning Sci-Fi is awesome shit.

But I wouldn't consider it techno, I may be wrong though.

 

[Reaktor4]

If Hybrid is considered techno, then techno is cool.

Cause Hybrid - Morning Sci-Fi is awesome shit.

But I wouldn't consider it techno, I may be wrong though.

Some of it has a sort of technoy feel to it, like visible noise. You could probably get away with describing it as some sort of obscure techno sub genre but its certainly not your average banging techno.