[Masonjar]

I have many favorite electronica cds, but if I had to pick one to suggest as being "Essential" it would be:

Coil - LOVE'S SECRET DOMAIN.

It was groundbreaking in 1990. The sound is incredible. Very organic and enveloping. Still sounds fresh 15 years later.

-jar

 

[bong]

these are probably a no brainer but i like them anyway... maybe i'll give them a spin tonight since i haven't touched them in a long while:

Messiah - 21st Century Jesus
Chemical Brothers - Surrender
Moby - Play

 

[lmilhan]

I don't know a whole lot about this style of music (and I really hate categorizing music - it is either good, or it isn't good). But just for the sake of staying within the spirit of the thread, I am pretty sure that Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine falls into this category (I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong). Assuming that it does indeed fall into that category, I would say it should absoultely be included in an 'electronic' music collection.

Other artists to consider (earlier albums from):
Pop Will Eat Itself
KMFDM

I am sure someone will argue that these bands/albums are 'industrial' or fall into some other silly category, but they sound pretty 'electronicky' to me, and I am confident that they inspired a lot of 'electronica' bands that followed them.

 

[Cjattwood]

Orbitals "Blue Album"
Daft Punks "Discovery" (and the companion movie, Interstella 5555)
Daft Punks "Homework"

 

[catscratch]

Good suggestions, but you can't forget Shpongle. Out of all electronic music, Shpongle blew me away the most. They're less mainstream, being more popular with the Goa/Psy crowd. I really don't ever have a favorite among anything, and anytime someone asks "what's the best of ..." all I can ever do is laugh. But, Shpongle is the one exception. All three disks - "Are You Shpongled?" "Tales of the Inexpressible" and especially "Nothing Lasts" are superb. Also, the Shpongle-esque Hallucinogen "In Dub" and OTT "Blumenkraft" are very good disks, but get Shpongle first.

www.psyshop.com

 

[Jasper994]

Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger

Infected Mushroom... just get the complete works, it's all very good.

 

[tony10461]

1 arovane / phonem AER ( valid )

2 Venetian Snares Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett

3 Pub Summer

4 Sylvain / Czukay Plight & Premonition

5 Biosphere cirque

6 boxcutter oneric

7 bomb the bass / lali puna clearcut remixes

8 soehngenetic dieneuser

9 dominik eulberg flora and fauna

10 mika vaino kantmoinen ( 1st song worth whole cd)

11 cyclobe The Visitors

12 alva noto prototypes mp 82

13 alva noto and scanner uniform

14 deathprod morals and dogma ( dark dark dark )

15 plastikman sheet one

16 plastikman musik

17 ellen allien weiss.mix (a fun, funky , jerking mess )

18 roni size brown paper bag singel cd ( only thing i like of his )

19 Coil L . ove's S . ecret D . omain

20 loscil triplepoint

 

[tony10461]

alva noto's transrapid
IF your speakers,
headphones,
ears
can handle the high and low freqs.

 

[ogewo]

I second all Kraftwerk and J-M Jarre and offer up these slightly more recent electronic notables:

Apoptygma Berzerk - 7 and Harmonizer
Pop/Light industrial with lyrics and accent not dissimilar to Kraftwerk.

Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
A really fun, melodic album that would probably go in the dance genre.

Postal Service - Give Up
This album put low budget indie electronic pop/rock on the map.

Gorillaz - Demon Days
Technically hip-hop, but not rap and very electronic.

 

[Orpheus]

Surprised no one mentioned Enigma (CDs #1 / 2). I was not interested in music until I heard the 2nd CD at a friend's place. The rest is history.

 

[Jahvetti]

Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook - Dark Side of the Moog series.
And also almost anything else from Klaus Schulze.

 

[Zommaz]

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works I, II
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note
Brian Eno - Apollo
Max Richter - Blue Notebook

 

[Hiryu]

ha, i've been on a recent return to nostalgic electronica lately
aside from some already mentioned, I used to stay up listening to jason bentley for

hooverphonic - Blue Wonder Power Milk
Propellerheads - Decks and drums and rock'n'roll
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Moloko - Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth
way out west - intensify
air - moon safari
Basement Jaxx - Rooty
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
Tricky - Blowback
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust / Dig Your Own Hole
and the remix album daft club

to those who posted things that triggered my memory, you rock!

 

[SpudHarris]

Quote:

Originally Posted by shiggins /img/forum/go_quote.gif This week I have mostly been listening to: Chris Clark Modem RJD2 Plaid Two Lone Swordsmen Orbital Venetian Snares Modem has two EP's that are free to download. Give 'em a try, IDM kinda stuff: http://www.modemaudio.com/mp3/modep003/2.html

LMAO!

I miss the Fast Show..... Nice one.

This week I have been mostly listening to:

Bluetech's new CD - The Devine Invasion

And this is a fantastic comp CD Baby: VARIOUS ARTISTS: Digital Singles Vol.1

 

[leveller1642]

I really like Psapp's debut album, The Only Thing I Ever Wanted. I suppose it could be classified as electro folk.

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