Who should I be listening to?

yearlongyeti · Post by **yearlongyeti** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:58 am

Hi everyone. I have always been a bit of a rocker focusing mainly on guitar orientated music and have been using Live as garageband with steriods. Was wanting to get into more electronic based music. As there is so much out there I was woundering who are the Jimi Hendrixs of the electric world? Obviously I have been exposed to the comercial music out there (Daft punk, Chemical Brothers, prodigy etc) but was wanting to know who are the guys with respect that I should be learning off?

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 am

I picked up OXYGENE by Jean Michel Jarre a couple of weeks ago. Its probably a good place to start.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:10 am

oh boy. what a question.

having no idea what you like i'll just throw a bunch of stuff out there.

90's to present:

aphex twin
autechre
drexciya (and all related)
seefeel
matmos
two lone swordsmen
monolake
modeselektor
deadbeat

techno:
basic channel
thomas brinkman
surgeon
matthew dear (esp. as audion)
troy pierce (louderbach)
oliver hacke

older stuff:

human league (first two records are fucking crazy)
kraftwerk (obv)
perry and kingsley
raymond scott!!!! <--this is a must
on-u sound label adrian sherwood's dub label has some fucked electronic stuff. most notible the "missing brazilians" record
moton subotnic
herbie hancock (records with pat gleason on the buchla)

and tons and tons more. just off the top of my head.

.lm.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:10 am

im listening to miles davis right now... bitches brew second disc.
it kinda sucks, you can tell they were high as a kite making this album, (yeah i never listened to it before)
whatever its just background music..
sorry i couldn't be a help..
you could try bt's this binary universe though.. also bola is pretty good.

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:12 am

You could try Prefuse 73

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:14 am

wait a second.. what am i thinking..
65daysofstatic are great!!!!!!!
listen to them almost everything by them is good especial retreat! retreat!

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:16 am

Everyone here should listen to 65days of static at least once.
and bloc party.. yep bloc party..
i guess im more into rock than electronic..

amoeba · Post by **amoeba** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:22 am

leisuremuffin wrote:on-u sound label adrian sherwood's dub label has some fucked electronic stuff. most notible the "missing brazilians" record

man, i still have a ton of on-u vinyl. i LOVE that stuff. african head charge and playgroup were my favs.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:22 am

friends and family:

we™
david last
morgan packard
charles cohen
ezekiel honig
doily
qpe
socks and sandals

oh man. i know i'm forgetting a ton of people.

.lm.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:23 am

amoeba wrote:
leisuremuffin wrote:on-u sound label adrian sherwood's dub label has some fucked electronic stuff. most notible the "missing brazilians" record
man, i still have a ton of on-u vinyl. i LOVE that stuff. african head charge and playgroup were my favs.

oh hell yeah. i have a bunch on vinyl too. on-u is the shit.

.lm.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:27 am

duh. forgot Ken Gibson:

[a]pendics shuffle, 8 frozen modules etc...

the guy's a fuckin genius.

oh and in the old/ influence/ still going category:
Jack Dangers / MBM

liveISlife · Post by **liveISlife** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:27 am

I like to just search around on beatport and find cool people. Go hit up the dj charts on there thats a good way to start. I just hit up every chart and pick what i like. then u start to find people u like. some people im feeling right now are - Kid Dub, John Acquaviva, Mark Mendes, Fergie, John Dahlback, Dubfire(sick fcking remixs he has been doing), Swen Weber, Bart B More, Dirty South, Deadmau 5, Work Kidz, Kate Lawler, Oilvier Glacomotto, Tom Wax, Wolfgang Gartner, and WTF?

Hidden Driveways · Post by **Hidden Driveways** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:39 am

Start here.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:49 am

yeah, that's a pretty good choice there, dj princess.

.lm.

dhilsabeck · Post by **dhilsabeck** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:10 am

yearlongyeti wrote:who are the Jimi Hendrixs of the electric world?

Aphex Twin and Amon Tobin

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