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And now for some Electronica

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:12 pm
by Sling
Hold Your Colour by Pendulum
Not as good as their previous album but still pretty good. 7 out of 10. A few collaborations here and there making it a bit more varied. Okay, so I lied, it's Drum N' Bass, whatchya gonna do? I'd definitely recommend you give it a spin.

Music for an Accelerated Culture by Hadouken!
This band is brilliant. Although you'd have to understand British youth culture to understand the references and find them funny. Also good if you don't mind the lead singer sounding a bit like Matt Lucas off of Little Britain. I personally feel that being named after a street fighter move alone makes them awesome.

Re: And now for some Electronica

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:49 pm
by EmperorJeramyu
Prodigy - Fat Of The Land.

Need I say more? It doesn't get much better than that.

Re: And now for some Electronica

PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:10 pm
by Fitz Tayo
1. There's much better D'n'B out there than Pendulum.
2. Clearly, Experience Expanded is the superior album. But not if it's not "Expanded".
3. Listen to the following for Electronic awesomeness (not necessarily ElectronicA):

Shpongle: "Tales of the Inexpressible" or "Nothing Lasts" - Psychedelic weirdness, the ultimate marijuana music. It's Eastern woodwind meets West psychedelic electronica/chillout. In particular "Nothing Lasts", it's truly awesome.
Squarepusher: "Feed Me Weird Things" or "Hello Everything" - Bit of Drum 'n' Bass, bit of Electronica, tiny bit of jazz, lots of bass-solos. Good for when wasted.
Thom Yorke: "The Eraser" - Bit mellow and utterly bizarre, vaguely similar to Radiohead. Interesting to listen to basically.
Infected Mushroom: "Converting Vegetarians" - A bit psychedelic, a bit Electronica. Not for everyone.
Aphex Twin: "Almost anything you can find" - Mental, hectic, crazy-ness! If you can watch the music videos, "Rubber Johnny" is a good one.
Venetian Snares: "Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972 - 2006" or "Winter in The Belly of A Snake" - Pretty mental Breakcore/Electronica. Only if you like high-speed Breakbeat and Drum 'n' Bass.
Tipper: "The Seamless Unspeakable Something" or "Tip Hop" - Again, pretty mental Electronica/Drum 'n' Bass/Breakcore.

4. Should probably sample before buying. That way if you buy something you hate, it's not my fault.

Re: And now for some Electronica

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:11 am
by Sling
1. That's not the point.

2. ???

3. I'm talking about releases this year. I guess I should have included The Black Mages here too even if I already mentioned their new album in the metal topic. If you want the best electronic however than look no further than Kraftwerk and Jean-Michel Jarre. Also, Frank Klepacki and Nobuo Uematsu.

4. I always download via p2p before I buy.

On topic, Red Alert 3 is coming out in October and whilst you may thinking this should have a place in the gaming section, which you would be right to suggest, it does hold a place in this topic too. Frank Klepacki has returned to do the soundtrack. All I have to say is Hell March 3!!!!

Also, Nobuo Uematsu has returned to Square to do the FFXIII soundtrack making that 2 game soundtracks I have to download this year.

Re: And now for some Electronica

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:22 pm
by Fitz Tayo
Hold Your Colour came out ages ago, in 2005.

And number 2 was responding to Jera. Experience Expanded is a re-release of The Prodigy's first album Experience. It's got a second CD with some remixes and b-sides.

Re: And now for some Electronica

PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:08 am
by Sling
The internet lied to me.

Re: And now for some Electronica

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:53 pm
by Wellsy
The Crystal Method is pretty good, and Autechre isn't too bad. I might also suggest DJ Shadow, preferably the albums Private Press or Entroducing.