[SR-71Panorama]

This will be tough.

As of today, I'll say

1. Knife: Silent Shout
2. Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
3. Autechre: Incunabula
4. Front Line Assembly: Tactical Neural Implant
5. Front Line Assembly: Civilization

 

[Luminette]

Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett
The Misted Muppet - From the Legend
Infected Mushroom - B.P. Empire (If only for Dancing With Kadafi, my goddd)
BT - This Binary Universe
Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost

 

[bjarnetv]

this list needs more stuff from the 70s and 80s!

giorgio moroder - e=mc2
black devil disco club - disco club
space art - play back
wish key - orient express
azoto - disco fizz

 

[catscratch]

These are just favorites, not necessarily the "best ever," though of course in the case of Shpongle, they are.

1. Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressible.
2. Shpongle - Are You Shpongled?
3. Amethystium - Apheleon.
4. Maneesh De Moor - Sadhana.
5. Bahramji and Maneesh de Moor - Call of the Mystic.

I'll be damned if I know what genre they belong to. Amethystium is largely influenced by Karma-era Delerium, Vangelis and Tangerine Dream; Maneesh de Moor has a lot of influences from Future Sound of London mixed with a healthy dose of all things ethnic/tribal; and Shpongle seem to be primarily influenced by LSD, DMT, and psilocybin.

 

[virometal]

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Originally Posted by bjarnetv /img/forum/go_quote.gif giorgio moroder - e=mc2 black devil disco club - disco club space art - play back wish key - orient express azoto - disco fizz

There you go! I can give a big thumbs up for the top two, especially Black Devil Disco Club. I'm going to have to check out the other three.

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Originally Posted by number1sixerfan I just got into electronica. I am really liking Kraftwerk's stuff. Who should I look into based off of that?

I will give you some you might of heard or not:

Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell
Ladytron - Light & Magic
Orbital - Orbital 2
The Shamen - Boss Drum

I selected different decades and genres which one can do with Kraftwerk whose tentacles are all over Electronic music. Rightly or wrongly, they're commonly referred to as Electro pioneers (analog synth bass lines, modulated vocals, spacey effets). Electro had quite the club re-birth circa 2000, and there are many revivalist acts on the music scene through the middle of the decade from Figurine (Postal Service's James Figurine) to Ganymede.

 

[Kn1ghtR1d3r]

edIT - Certified Air Raid Material
Daedelus - A Gent Agent
Jackson and His Computer Band - Smash
Justice - Cross
MSTRKRFT - The Looks

 

[milkweg]

I don't get into classifying sub-genres so just trust me, it is all good and is electronic music. If you need to know the style of electronic music then just look them up on wikipedia. Just known that some bands do no like to be pigeonholed and it is impossible to do so too because they cross many sub genres.

Autechre - Ambre
Future Sound of London - Dead Cities
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum
Boards Of Canada - Trans Canada Highway
Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois/Harold Budd - The Pearl

 

[mark_h]

Quote:

Originally Posted by milkweg /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't get into classifying sub-genres so just trust me, it is all good and is electronic music. If you need to know the style of electronic music then just look them up on wikipedia. Just known that some bands do no like to be pigeonholed and it is impossible to do so too because they cross many sub genres. Autechre - Ambre Future Sound of London - Dead Cities The Orb - Orbus Terrarum Boards Of Canada - Trans Canada Highway Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois/Harold Budd - The Pearl

I've changed my mind and x1in' this selection

 

[Marl]

Does Daft Punk count? No one else has posted them, so I won't either. All of my other ones have been posted before, so I'll just add this one:

Ratatat - Classics (I'd highly recommend this for anyone. It's a pretty groovy album. I couldn't think of a better descriptor than groovy.)

 

[clam]

Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett
Vex'd - Degenerate
Daft Punk - Homework

 

[nickyboyo]

Cabaret Voltaire- Radiation (BBC recordings '84-'86)
Kraftwerk- Trans-Europe Express
Isolee- Wearemonster
Autechre- Tri Repetae++
The Orb- U.F. Orb

 

[LordofDoom]

Bonobo - Dial 'M' for Monkey
Bonobo - Animal Magic
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
Daft Punk - Discovery

 

[craiglester]

Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
Sabres of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall
Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth
propellorheads - decksanddrumsandrockandroll
New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
The Art of Noise - In Visible Silence

wow, that's a spectacularly uncool collection

 

[kejar31]

I am not exactly sure what is considered Electronic but these are my favorite albums that consist primarily of electronic instruments.

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Depeche Mode - Violator
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible thing to Taste
Radiohead - Kid A

I could go on and on but these are my top five off the top of my head.

 

[mybeat]

aphex twin - selected ambient works 85-92
daft punk - alive 2007 deluxe edition
daft punk - homework
mirwais - production
moby - play