[VicAjax]

for jazz+electronica... Amon Tobin definitely has the spirit of jazz in electronic form... i think his first album, Bricolage probably does j+e best.

also try...

Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die

where tobin is electronic co-opting jazz, tortoise is jazz co-opting electronic.

also, ken vandermark, noted above, is fantastic new jazz... but definitely not starter stuff. Medeski, Martin and Wood, while a little "hipper-than-thou" and adopted by jam-rock neu-hippies, is certainly an accessible starting point for jazz cum electronic. try the album Combustication... DJ Logic plays on it.

 

[jaghouse]

Another vote for Jaga Jazzist. Lars Horntveth has put out a solo album recently that is very good as well.

 

[milesbeyondjazz]

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Originally Posted by clarke68 Don't know a thing about electronica, but this oughtta get you going for a while in jazz: John Coltrane Blue Train Giant Steps My Favorite Things A Love Supreme Miles Davis Cookin' Sketches of Spain In a Silent Way Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus Soundtrack from 'Alfie' Thelonious Monk Monk's Dream Oliver Nelson Blues and the Abstract Truth Horace Silver Song for My Father Dave Brubeck Time Out Charles Mingus Ah-Hum

All great choices.I would also add:
Jack Johnson by Miles Davis
Bitches Brew,by Miles Davis
Tenor Madnessby Sonny Rollins
Anything by Medsky,Martin,and Wood

 

[pennylane]

Thanks OP for starting this thread. This is some great stuff.

 

[nick_ernzen]

I would definitely recommend the following for Electronica with Jazz:

Squarepusher - Music is Rotted One Note
Amon Tobin - Bricolage
Amon Tobin - Permutation
Four Tet - Rounds


Amon Tobin's other albums are also great, but don't have much Jazz influence. Squarepusher has some other really good albums, but they can get pretty crazy/noisy at times. His newest (Ultravisitor) is one of the better IDM albums to come out in the last few years.

For just regular IDM, I'd recommend:

µ-ziq - Lunatic Harness
Aphex Twin - RDJ Album
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works (85-92)
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy EP
Squarepusher - Go Plastic
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Autechre - Confield
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Chris Clark - Empty the Bones of You

Also, if you didn't already know, IDM stands for Internet Dork Music.

 

[upangel180]

For electronica and jazz I would also recommend

Break Reform - Fractures
- New Perspective

The Grassy Knoll - The Grassy Knoll
- Positive
- III
- Short Stories

Mr. Scruff/Amon Tobin (has already been mentioned), some Giles Peterson (though recent efforts of his have more of a brazilian influence), the hotel costes series, and I'd second Mark Farina as well.

 

[MrMajestic]

here, I stole this from one of my earlier posts in another thread.........

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Try these out for good beats...(some big beat, electronica and down-tempo) Lunatic Calm - Metropol Meat Beat Manifesto - anthing by them Death in Vegas - Dead Elvis Fight Club soundtrack by the Dust Brothers Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll (This is a must have, as priviously mentioned) Junkie XL - Saturday Teenage Kick BT - Movement in Still Life Fila Brazillia - Touch of Cloth Purple Penguin - Questions Headrillaz - Coldharbour Rocks Bentley Rhythm Ace Subphonic - Vega Beach party