Amazing Sounding Reference music

[tw1nstates]

Hello,

I was wondering if y'all have any recommendations for excellent fidelity reference material to a/b against.
I amke electronic music so obviously music in that vein.

Am looking for loud, clear, punchy, warm, fat big sounding tracks in the techno / deep house / electronic vein.

I'l start off the thread by saying that I have been using Carl Craig's remix of Detroit by morgan Geist, La Cadence by Anthony Collins, Hazel by Ewan Pearson, and something by Claude Von Stroke to check against.
Plus just picked up Martin Butterich's new album.

Anyway was wondering what you use / what you think is well produced (btw the claude von stroke record is more for punch than production, it's definitely not quite up there with the other tracks for lushness. . .

[tw1nstates]

I am asking cos I have a bunch of stuff as Mp3's but need to go and buy some new wavs so any recommendations that anyone can give would be great.

[leedsquietman]

Massive Attack's new album is right up there for beautiful sounding audio and lush use of FX but without killing bandwidth, not killed in mastering either with hypercompression. While compressed to a degree, it still retains dynamics.

Maybe not a good reference if you're making banging dance floor tunes, but sounds great and not ear fatiguing on phones.

Junkie XL's Fairlight EP featuring Jan Hammer also sounds good, this is compressed a bit more but again, has punch and some dynamics and sounds good.

[tw1nstates]

That's the key - loud and not fatiguing, starts with the mix i reckon but also good mastering.

[catalyst]

Trentemoller, Rob Babicz always make great sounding records imho

[Pitch Black]

Speaking of Massive Attack, The re-mastered version on "Karmacoma" on Best Of... is a go-to reference for me. I cannot believe how big, loud, fat, warm, and at the same time subby, clear, and smooth that track is. I use it to reassure myself that yes Virginia, you can have a bass that big!! I mean, the original track on Protection is good, but the modern mastered version is just amped-up on steroids fuck-offingly good!

(Not necessarily a dancefloor track, tho... sorry, I just had to spooge)

[Pitch Black]

Trentemoller, Rob Babicz always make great sounding records imho

I felt that Last Resort was overcompressed in parts... on a few of the 808 sub hits the music is suppressed quite badly imho.

Also anything by International Observer sets the bar for me, for Dubby Electronica production.

[Jan Holm]

My test kit

Gladiator Soundtrack (Huge. deep and wide)
Trentemoller - Last Resort (umchi umchi)
Daniel Lemma - Morning Train (old skool soul, brilliant well crafted dynamic sound)

And usually top the test of with Charles Websters
at any given time latest creation.

[SubFunk]

i don't know about the productions on olmeto,

but at times of plank and end recordings bushwacka! was always one of my production heros, regarding electronic dancefloor stuff.

also pretty much anything from carl finlow of his later career, is just mixed absolutely beautifully.

[jonathan harker]

i like bt and hybrid for this purpose and also imogen heap and all the stuff from simon posford ( shpongle and younger brother ) and stuff like the last record from miss kitten and the hacker. i´m more the rock guy so i prefer marilyn manson´s "mechanical animals" or everything from skunk anansie as reference.

[Jens Burkert]

Ultra - Depeche Mode

Really nice stereo width work, pleasing distortions, solid bass. I love that detailed, classy sound.

[sporkles]

I tend to gravitate towards "Old Time Mountain Banjo" for that warm, lush je ne sais quoi, you know.

[JoshR]

OK Computer

[Z3NO]

Hello,

I was wondering if y'all have any recommendations for excellent fidelity reference material to a/b against.
I amke electronic music so obviously music in that vein.

Am looking for loud, clear, punchy, warm, fat big sounding tracks in the techno / deep house / electronic vein.

I'l start off the thread by saying that I have been using Carl Craig's remix of Detroit by morgan Geist, La Cadence by Anthony Collins, Hazel by Ewan Pearson, and something by Claude Von Stroke to check against.
Plus just picked up Martin Butterich's new album.

Anyway was wondering what you use / what you think is well produced (btw the claude von stroke record is more for punch than production, it's definitely not quite up there with the other tracks for lushness. . .

You've hit the nail on the head with Anthony Collins mate. I find most of his productions sublime. Definitely a good reference!

[muthafunka]

Flanger-Templates or Midnight Sound
Tipper-Seamless Unspeakable Something or Wobble factor