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The Official NeoGAF Groundbreaking Electronic Music Thread
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Wow, this is amazing - thanks.
Johnlenham
Member
Nice! Im seeing Sasha, Art Department and MayaJane at Global in July. Well excited!
Seeing French Fries, Claude Van stroke, Julio Bashmore (sp) and a loads more at the Dirty Bryd BBQ tomorrow night
Just arrived home from an event in Melbourne with M.A.N.D.Y., Stacey Pullen, Clive Henry and Tania Vulcano. Due to a few scheduling fuck-ups and what-have-you, managed to miss most of Clive Henry (he was in a side room, scheduled for main though) and all of Pullen, MANDY and (unfortunately, most of) Vulcano.
Not much to report, all pretty standard fare... I noticed I made the following comment several times during the night: "None of it's really *bad* music, but there haven't been any tracks where you can picture either the DJ or yourself picking up on a particular aspect/hook of a track and thinking "Fuck yeah, I have to play this." Just no passion or imagination or challenge (to the audience) in any of the sets, with the exception of Clive Henry, who rekindled the lost love of a track by playing this classic:
Turntable Orchestra - You're gonna miss me (Bush 2 Bush Simple Bass Mix)
Not much to report, all pretty standard fare... I noticed I made the following comment several times during the night: "None of it's really *bad* music, but there haven't been any tracks where you can picture either the DJ or yourself picking up on a particular aspect/hook of a track and thinking "Fuck yeah, I have to play this." Just no passion or imagination or challenge (to the audience) in any of the sets, with the exception of Clive Henry, who rekindled the lost love of a track by playing this classic:
Turntable Orchestra - You're gonna miss me (Bush 2 Bush Simple Bass Mix)
Johnlenham
Member
Rustie Essential mix apparently..and I was going to go to bed early in prep for sat. Oh dear.
Azari & III are most definitely house revivalists.
Thanks for the Hype Williams link!
More Nu-Disco!!!:
La Royale
Bufi
Anthony Mansfield
Late Nite Tuff Guy
James Curd
Pink Stallone
Sleazy McQueen
Gazeebo
Rune Lindbaek
Ilya Santana
PorkFour
Mungolian Jet Set (some of their stuff is...)
Chaz Jankel
Name In Lights
Andy Ash
Black Strobe
Borngraber & Struver
Charli Xcx
And much much more!
I've got some more techhouse for ya.
http://soundcloud.com/nyx_1978/george-hefner-nachtbrakers
Tracks by Peace Division, Burnski, Joeski, and more.
http://soundcloud.com/nyx_1978/george-hefner-nachtbrakers
Tracks by Peace Division, Burnski, Joeski, and more.
Hehe, thanks! I wanted to post links to all of them but i realized that it would take me quite a while. There's still more artists left but i was busy with other stuffs so i couldn't really focus all that much on my library.
Jealous about T&W as well.
Yeah i forgot about Azari & III. I've been sorting my library for weeks now and everything is all over the place.. Which is also another reason why i didn't post more.
I hope you find something you like!
If you have facebook i would strongly recommend checking out two pages:
Golden scissors
Which is also available at: http://goldenscissors.info/
And a recent goldmine that i found the other day:
https://www.facebook.com/NuDiscoYourDisco
OH, and also, even though they might not exactly fit the genre.. Check out Clock Opera. Every remix they've done is gold. The songs they've released is also very very good.
EDIT:
Another news which is probably only exciting for me but i might start releasing some mixes in the near future, with focus on nu disco/funk/dance and some indie. I've been practicing for about a month now and everything is starting to sound really good. I just need to sort out my library so i know which song fits with which. At the moment i've only mixed random songs with similar bpm just for practice.
That feeling when you find two random songs that you haven't listen to all that much and are in key when you mix them together is better than sex.. When i've sorted out my library and i know which songs work with each other i might possibly experience a glimpse of nirvana. And multiple orgasms.
EDIT 2:
I had not listened all that much to Golden Bug even though i've heard the name for a year or two. Today i listened through his entire soundcloud and i think he has taken first place in favorite artists from Aeroplane.. I still love The magician's older mixes but damn..
Also heard this today:
Alexandre Louvré - this feeling
Bought it immediately.
Love her two singles. She's set to blow this year me thinks. Looking forward to her new EP/full length later this year.
For serious. "Nuclear Seasons" is always, and I mean always, in my head! She needs more attention, lots more.
Also, can we just talk super fast about the brilliance of "Reckless With Your Love"? Such a killer track. Definitely hunt Tensnake's remix AND Maceo Plex's remix of "Manic"! Maceo's version is BRUTAL and always kills on the floor. Would post links, but I'm on my phone.
THANK YOU!!! Heard this the other day and forgot about it!
Possibly the most excited I've been for a gig in a really fucking long time. REALLY long time. Completely fluked across the fact that he was playing while mucking around on my phone last night, but god damn this will be amazing.
May 18th, Robert Babicz.
So. Fucking. Excited. Almost all that's left for me to see now at a club gig is Maetrik/Maceo Plex and I'll die happy. Going by his wiki, his gigs are actually live and although I'd love to see him do a DJ set, being live is the icing on the cake. Hopefully he does "live" as well as Stephan Bodzin does.
James Zabiela - Blame (Robert Babicz remix)
Two Colours
and the last one, only because it's his biggest and also the reason I discovered him:
Dark Flower (Fever remix)*
*For what it's worth, it's tracks like this that make me wish the more ambient, floaty breakbeat tracks come back. Such an amazing song and style.
May 18th, Robert Babicz.
So. Fucking. Excited. Almost all that's left for me to see now at a club gig is Maetrik/Maceo Plex and I'll die happy. Going by his wiki, his gigs are actually live and although I'd love to see him do a DJ set, being live is the icing on the cake. Hopefully he does "live" as well as Stephan Bodzin does.
James Zabiela - Blame (Robert Babicz remix)
Two Colours
and the last one, only because it's his biggest and also the reason I discovered him:
Dark Flower (Fever remix)*
*For what it's worth, it's tracks like this that make me wish the more ambient, floaty breakbeat tracks come back. Such an amazing song and style.
Yeah, I'm ridiculously excited! I love those tiny little random gigs that happen. Years and years ago, DONS was playing at my local and while his mainroom set was predictably commercial, after closing I managed to stick around with a good DJ friend where the crazy German just decided to head to the back room and play a mini set of surprisingly good shit. When DJ's/acts take the extra time to do that sort of stuff just for fun, they're in it for the right reasons.
I can only imagine what it must be like to see good, big name acts like that in such an intimate setting. Will be coming close though, as the week before Babicz, Silicone Soul are doing a five-hour set in a great little club in Melbourne. $20 entry. FIVE HOURS.
On another note, what the hell has happened to Groove Armada? It's like they've completely forgotten the last god-awful few years and are making awesome shit again. Impressed.
LethaL ImpuLse
Member
So guys, you gotta check this out. There's this artist named Beat Culture and he released a free album called Tokyo Dreamer.
http://beatculture.bandcamp.com/album/tokyo-dreamer
The guy is only 17 and had only been making music for less than a year when he released this. It's pretty much some of the best electronic music I've heard.
http://beatculture.bandcamp.com/album/tokyo-dreamer
The guy is only 17 and had only been making music for less than a year when he released this. It's pretty much some of the best electronic music I've heard.
Johnlenham
Member
Haha Well I ended up with 5 hours sleep because I stayed up to hear it but it its pretty nutty so totally worth it.
Johnlenham
Member
Listening to it again and getting goose bumps at the same points! Fuuuuck! Need to see him live again.
Mysterious Electro (proper stuff) out of Germany made in the Detroit tradition. For anyone who likes Drexciya and related projects.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Just wanted to second this. Future Disco and Discotexas in particular have some amazing comps out there, and Gomma put out the very fun Casablanca Reworks disc recently. They're also the ones putting out the KDMS album next month, which I'm super jazzed for.
Also, goddamn: Mike Simonetti, "Hollywood Seven" (Disconet Dilemma edit)
Spectacular Dr Dawg
Member
Sounds good, a bit EBMish though (not a big fan of EBM).
Wow, that's amazing.
Gaylord Sweetwood
Member
Haven't gotten through all of it yet, and it's pretty good. Definitely get that EBM vibe in a couple of songs thus far.
Check out Wild Planet - Genetic for some Electro goodness.
New Jacques Greene:
Jacques Greene - iwont132 (taken from Nosaj Thing's mix for Mary Anne Hobbs on XFM)
This one needs a release badly, can't stop listening to it:
Jacques Greene - Ready (taken from Martyn's Essential Mix on 03/07/12)
Also:
Addison Groove - Mix for Dazed & Confused
Chesus & The Organ Grinder - Audiodub
Bintus - Corrosion Control
Drexciya- Andreaen Sand Dunes
214 - Ask Yourself
DMX Krew - Bump to the Beat
Goldffinch - Arabian Prince
Kamikaze Space Programme - Lawn
Claude VonStroke - Monster Island (Christian Martin Remix)
Gigaquad - Silicon Scally
Morphy - Shackles (Kamikaze Space Programme Remix)
Addison Groove - Bad Things
Magnum - Dense (French Fries Remix)
Lando Kal - Rhythm Section
Chemistry - Thefft & Damu
214 - Ridden With Your Plastic Spokes
Radioactive Man - Knows up Mr Brown
Addison Groove - Work It
Ramadanman - Work Them
http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/13169/1/addison-groove-exclusive-mix
That Rustie mix is so damn fun. Ripped it, I'll be listening to that one the next couple weeks.
Jacques Greene - iwont132 (taken from Nosaj Thing's mix for Mary Anne Hobbs on XFM)
This one needs a release badly, can't stop listening to it:
Jacques Greene - Ready (taken from Martyn's Essential Mix on 03/07/12)
Also:
Addison Groove - Mix for Dazed & Confused
Chesus & The Organ Grinder - Audiodub
Bintus - Corrosion Control
Drexciya- Andreaen Sand Dunes
214 - Ask Yourself
DMX Krew - Bump to the Beat
Goldffinch - Arabian Prince
Kamikaze Space Programme - Lawn
Claude VonStroke - Monster Island (Christian Martin Remix)
Gigaquad - Silicon Scally
Morphy - Shackles (Kamikaze Space Programme Remix)
Addison Groove - Bad Things
Magnum - Dense (French Fries Remix)
Lando Kal - Rhythm Section
Chemistry - Thefft & Damu
214 - Ridden With Your Plastic Spokes
Radioactive Man - Knows up Mr Brown
Addison Groove - Work It
Ramadanman - Work Them
http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/13169/1/addison-groove-exclusive-mix
That Rustie mix is so damn fun. Ripped it, I'll be listening to that one the next couple weeks.
Spectacular Dr Dawg
Member
That's great, thanks for posting it.
I have to check out that Casablanca disc. Don't think i've heard it yet.
EDIT: Oops i already had it, lol. I have too much music.
And that song is absolutely ace. Thanks for sharing!
I also wanted to share the two mixes that got me completely hooked on the whole balearica/(nu) disco/deep house a couple of years ago:
Aeroplanes Disco Balearica mix for Mixmag from 2009.
It's available at blogs and grooveshark i think.
Chromeos DJ Kicks Mix also from 2009.
The same might go for this. I wouldn't know.
After these two mixes i have more or less focused my whole attention to disco. At least when it comes to EDM.
It was a nice change of pace after my french electro frenzy that started around 2006 with kitsuné and ed banger and all the artists that followed.
Nice to see some "old timers" returning in full strength. My heart weeps for Underworld though. They've gone from being one of my favorite artists from the 90's to something that's quite possibly worse than Guetta.
YES:
Underworld - Pearls Girl (1996)
NO:
Underworld - Diamond Saw (2010)
Their album from 2007, Oblivion With Bells, was in the right direction. Although the lyrics were somewhat lacking.
Still need to see them live
John Rabbit
Banned
...They've gone from being one of my favorite artists from the 90's to something that's quite possibly worse than Guetta.
YES:
Underworld - Pearls Girl (1996)
NO:
Underworld - Diamond Saw (2010)
Their album from 2007, Oblivion With Bells, was in the right direction. Although the lyrics were somewhat lacking.
Still need to see them live
you're seriously comparing diamond jigsaw to this?
i understand that what is normally considered the "prime" of underworld, namely their years with darren emerson, is usually what people are familiar with and consequently regarded as their best material.
while some of their best stuff came out during this era (cowgirl, born slippy, juanita/kiteless, dirty epic, etc etc) it is by no means the standard to which underworld should be judged. their lifespan as a musical entity covers nearly 30 years from freur to underworld mk1 to lemon interrupt to underworld mk2 and now mk3 with darren price. diamond jigsaw coincidentally retains a lot of the sound they had on their 1988 album "underneath the radar". soaring guitars, warm and full synths, and a pop song structure. barking has some of their best material since beaucoup fish on it. i'll agree that their output after darren emerson's departure was questionable at times (the back half of a hundred days off sans dinosaur adventure 3-d) and downright boring at others (the riverrun project stuff barring a few gems here and there) but to say without any hint of irony that underworld are somehow worse THAN THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS is to me literally the height of impossibility. maybe your tastes have changed to house music thats been fucked to death with rap cameos.
five minutes of underworld live exudes more professionalism and musical prowess than david guetta could ever pretend to have. maybe you were using hyperbole to express your dissatisfaction with the direction underworld has taken, but it's hard to tell. i mean jesus...david guetta?
i just don't understand what you're dissatisfied with when the opening track on barking sounds like a missing track from second toughest in the infants.
definitely looking forward to see what they have in store for the 2012 olympic opening ceremony.
So, I'm doing the Tranceaddict genre challenge again, and this year I got Detroit/Melodic Techno... started listening on Youtube to like the last 20+ years of Detroit Techno... coming across a ton of awesome stuff I haven't heard of before. I'll let you guys know when the mix is done, it seems like one of those genres that has such a legacy, that the mix is gonna be under intense scrutiny and I will need to bring my "A game".
Any recommendations for some quality melodic Detroit stuff? Ill Saint? Gaylord?
Any recommendations for some quality melodic Detroit stuff? Ill Saint? Gaylord?
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Orbital - Wonky
This is pretty fun.
Orbital | New France (feat. Zola Jesus): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGM1V6lCgM
I finally got around to this today. I'm liking it more than I thought.
I was worried this was just going to be a meh comeback album, and that they should have just stayed bowed out with blue. This is way better than expected!
Off the top of my head...
Derrick May (Drama)
Robert Hood (Nighttime World album has some great stuff), Missing Channel (Edge of Infinity is a favourite).
BFC / Psyche album Elements, and a fair amount of Carl Craig's stuff in general, some Underground Resistance stuff like Galaxy 2 Galaxy (Journey of the Dragons, Hi-Tech Jazz), World 2 World (Jupiter Jazz etc.).
Drexciya (and related projects) are a must (do a search for Shifted Phases - Lonely Journey of the Comet Bopp), and you should check out The Other People Place album too.
Jeff Mills has a few melodic tracks I like a lot (Sugar is Sweeter, Gamma Player, stuff from Metropolis and Every Dog Has its Day).
Look at Urban Tribe (Covert Action, The Collapse of Modern Culture album. Newer stuff like Her).
Red Planet / The Martian are important (Sex in Zero Gravity, Lost Transmission from Earth etc.).
Juan Atkins / Model 500 / Infiniti... (Starlight, Wanna Be There, Game One).
Check out Anthony 'Shake' Shakir (Arise, Electron Rider).
Aux 88 (Journey 2 the 3rd Moon, Art of Illusion) and some related stuff like Optic Nerve (Another World). But those guys have been writing the same song for a long time so take your pick.
Kenny Larkin has some lovely tunes out (Mono e Mono), (as POD - Northern Lights (so good), and as Yennek - check out the Serena X release, and especially the Emperical Reality Fake Piano Mix)
Oh, and check out The Oliverwho Factory (Touch Me, Rain 5th Wave), they're very cool.
There's so so so much more, but that should keep you pretty busy and Gaylord knows his stuff so should fill the gaps beautifully. Hope it helps.
Ill saint's recs are great. A couple of personal favs...
LA Synthesis - Agraphobia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPKnfOijN-U
Ken Ishii - ...bunch of stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUAtTY2Df1Y (*ahem*)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY0LDHgbh3o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUYPIuMuNZs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqXrah1_sVQ
Some UR...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0fp6XDB4cQ
BRB Shigeto live on Percussion laaaaaaaaaaaaab
http://percussionlab.com/radio
While we're still on the D tip, here are a couple of new stunners.
http://soundcloud.com/futurityworks/energy-levels
http://soundcloud.com/futurityworks/forensics
http://soundcloud.com/futurityworks/energy-levels
http://soundcloud.com/futurityworks/forensics
Gaylord Sweetwood
Member
Does it HAVE to be stuff out of Detroit or can it be songs that are also influenced by Detroit?
So, I'm going to assume it doesn't all have to be out of 313. ill Saint pretty much hit the nail on the head for Detroit artists. Really love Covert Action(as mentioned above), Journey of the Dragons, and Tedra to name a couple random things. Also, The Detroit Escalator Company is worth checking out.
Will get to the bulk of the stuff (outside Detroit) tomorrow.
Some Detroit favorites of mine, though not strictly made in Detroit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45ZOWbQBOI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6GkLguprc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJnCDKXgdYs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba-uisfl9pc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LaJarB4WQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MTM4p0Hx0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIlYjK9--Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45ZOWbQBOI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6GkLguprc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJnCDKXgdYs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba-uisfl9pc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LaJarB4WQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MTM4p0Hx0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIlYjK9--Q
Wait... THAT'S Detroit? Damn. I was thinking it was more along the lines of like what Ill Saint posted... but then again, I'm really, REALLY shit at nutting out most genres.
Actually, I was thinking even more, stuff like this more than anything else.
Which reminds me... had it typed in my phone from when a mate played it a few months ago, only just remembered it: Frankie Knuckles - Your Love (Pete Gooding remix)
Brought into this year for sure with the production and possibly a little too commercial for most of you, but I just think he's nailed the vibe of the original without fucking with it too much.
I admit that it's a shitty comparison and it was hyperbole regarding guetta. I haven't seen underworld live, yet, but i've watched plenty of live vids and i know the type of quality they bring. It was hyperbole, and i didn't think someone would get upset about it.
That said, i am still disappointed about the direction they have been taking. I think their older stuff still holds true today and i wanted more of that.
And regarding the bolded part, simply no. No. No. No. No. That's all i can say without being rude.
EDIT:
I agree about A Hundred Days Off, I only really like "two months off" and "dinosaur adventure 3-d". I actually haven't heard their underneath the radar. I only started listening to them at the end of the 90's. My favorite album is hands down Beaucoup Fish.
I'll have another listen to barking. I remember listening to it once and didn't like it and therefore never spent any more time with the album.
Frankie Knuckles is a classic Chicago House producer. There was a fair bit of cameraderie and good-natured (mostly) rivalry between Detroit and Chicago. Actually the early Detroit Sound owes a lot to Chicago House... it was even called Detroit House before the word 'techno' came along and the sound found its signature (which is also in large part thanks to Ron Murphy's mastering).
When talking about 'Detroit Techno' as a style, influence or flavour, the lines drawn will be endless. There are a bunch of important recent artists and record labels that have taken a lot of inspiration from the D's sound and done innovative things with it. Shed and Actress are amongst the biggest contemporary names, then you have Delsin Records, Rush Hour, Clone Records, Modern Love, amongst others... you can hear the sound all over their artist rosters and releases. The whole Berghain scene in Berlin, and the Birmingham scene (Sandwell / Downwards) before that owes a huge debt to the tough, stripped back aesthetic Mills and Hood pioneered.
Hell, it can even be argued that The Martian (Red Planet) was the blueprint for what would become Trance!
The DNA is everywhere.
Johnlenham
Member
Aww man, that site is blocked. Will have to grab it on wireless!
Peaking Lights Mix for International Tapes: 20mix 12mix ARIES
"Super fav Peaking Lights made us a mixtape entitled “20mix 12mix ARIES” brimming with modern hip hop and R&B stylings,
with a little Bach and light hypnosis to kick things offs. It has no tracklist, but we can assure you that it is ideal Saturday listening.
For that matter, it would make fine Sunday-Friday listening as well. Instructions for use: press play and let it ride."
All this Detroit talk is making me all warm and fuzzy :3 I've been getting back into that more and more these days, not sure why entirely...
New Peaking Lights mix = ace! Thanks joelseph!
SELF-PROMO ALERT: I just got booked for a weekly residency at DOHYO inside Yotel (10th ave between 40th and 41st) in Manhattan! If you're in NYC, please do not be afraid to come by and say hey. Every Thursday from 8-12. If you let know you're coming in advance, I can get you free things and what not. It's a weird, weird, weird, weird place and the clientele are equally as weird, but it's going to be a great time.
New Peaking Lights mix = ace! Thanks joelseph!
SELF-PROMO ALERT: I just got booked for a weekly residency at DOHYO inside Yotel (10th ave between 40th and 41st) in Manhattan! If you're in NYC, please do not be afraid to come by and say hey. Every Thursday from 8-12. If you let know you're coming in advance, I can get you free things and what not. It's a weird, weird, weird, weird place and the clientele are equally as weird, but it's going to be a great time.