nice one filmore.I love that new swayzak and laurent garnier.

Hers what i have recently purchased:

Alexandroid-False Starts
Bright Eyes-Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
The Hacker-Reves Mecaniques
Peas-Filters
Laurent Garnier-The Cloud Making Machine
Phonique-Identification
Swod-Gehen

All have a very good feel.I like em' all alot and would reccomend em'

my current favorites (in no particuler order):

Ochre A Midsummer Nice Dream
Proem Socially Inept
Ulrich Schnauss A Strangely Isolated Place
M83 Before The Dawn Heals Us
Galerie Stratique Nothing Down-To-Earth
Casino Versus Japan Hitori + Kaiso 1998 - 2001

the often mentioned "black dog" is back.Still missing 2 of the founding members wholeft to form plaid.But still lead by ken downie.

It is a 12" but might be worth checking out if u are a fan of their older stuff.Entitled 'Bite thee Back'.

I recently purchased:

Mad Doctor X's PICNIC WITH THE GREYS (a bit outdated but still haven't decided if I like it or not)

One of LADOMAT 2000's compilation CDs (10 out of 10)

I was young and I needed the money by CLIFFORD GILBERTO (8.5 out of 10)

an album by HELLFISH AND PRODUCER (one of the best noise attacks I've been submitted to)

a compitation CD from the MOVING SHADOW label (seems pretty good but has some flawed tracks)

Neon's ATZISM, which reads "neo nazism" (the last 7 tracks are minblowing but the first ones don't live up to that) (6 out of 10)

I was blown away by Rubin Steiner - Drum Major (Platinum, 02.09.2005) reciently. I think he's french or something but it's very cool. A lot of electro DnB and trip hop/hip-hop stylings. Truly unique.

back to the Boards of Canada front....
I have geogaddi and havn't picked up the well-received 'music has the right....' since geogaddi was good but not 'great' am i missing something??????

Also...going to check out that Christ Cd, thanks...Imprezu21.

ah yeah u are missing out.

Of the three major or most well known releases from BOC i would put geogaddi 3rd.First would be ' in a beatiful place out in the the country' and then music has the right to children and then geogaddi.

I think 'In a beautiful place...' is one of the best ep's ever in any genre or any style.4 of the best electronic songs u will ever hear...get it on vinyl if u can.


Also...all the song on that ep are only on the ep...not used for their next album...which makes it even cooler.

These guys are some very underrated samplers...in how they use em'.
Did u notice the david koresh samples on geogaddi?There is more on that ep.The sampled voice saying come and live in a beautiful place out in the country...for the main chorus of said song, is one of koreshes cronies from an interview.Kind of wierd but interesting enough.

I just downloaded a few itunes only albums.One being verve remixed 3.The first 2 were pretty much crap i thought.But the star studded lineup on this one caught my eye...here are a few of the remixes:

Postal Service remixing Nina Simone
Bent remixing Billie Holiday
RJD2 remixing Astrud Gilberto
Junior Boys remixing Billie Holiday
Diplo remixing Walter Wanderley

You can hear a definite style of each producer or remixer for their tracks.I could swear RJD2 used this sone somewhere else.It totally sounds like something i have heard before.Or someone has sampled it for sure...maybe not him.

The other one being the album XLR8R magazine is putting out with hard to find tracks and some remix stuff that was featured in there magazine at some point.As a whole it is a good album.Both have been well worth the price so far.Leave it to the premier electronic music magazine to do it right with a comp.

I just got
Mochipet-Combat
DJ Brokenwindow-Parralel Universe # 1 and 2

Some crazy mash-up/mixing stuff from the tigerbeat kids c/o violent turd.

Not the boring mashups like britney on top of madonna woo-hoo.Wierd stuff.Old and New!!

The Botox Cowboys. You don't know them now, but soon...

the most exciting thing in electronic music.

I've had a long break from electronic music but recently I grabbed a couple of records...

Isolee - We Are Monster. I have to be in the right mood for this one - its really sinister. Reminds me a little of Aphex in places before he went mad with his bonkers beats.

Boom Bip - Blue-eyed in the Red Room. This is pleasant to have on in the background but a bit too simplistic to have much longterm appeal I'm guessing.

Kraftwerk live album. Excellent in a kitsch sort of way. If only there was a version of Computer Love on there too...

Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic. I think people are being a little harsh on this record. Not quite up to the standard of the last 2 but very enjoyable all the same.

Vitalic - OK Cowboy. Excellent, energetic dance music to help you get stuff done. I'd heard La Rock before but never realised how much I needed a copy in my life.

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Originally posted by Berude:
What about MC's who speed up their voices? Quasimoto, Clouddead etc. It just sounds so ridiculous, I'm embarassed listening to it.

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Originally posted by Berude:
Boom Bip - Blue-eyed in the Red Room. This is pleasant to have on in the background but a bit too simplistic to have much longterm appeal I'm guessing.

You should check out Boom Bip's Circle, the album he made with cLOUDDEAD's Dose One. Nothing simplistic about that one.

I just listened to Mouse On Mars, Niun Niggung. It's the first I've heard from Mouse On Mars, and it sounds really good. I'm really interested in electronic music, but I haven't been able to find much that I really connect with. Mouse On Mars could change that. I'm definitely going to look into some of their other stuff.

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Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic. I think people are being a little harsh on this record. Not quite up to the standard of the last 2 but very enjoyable all the same.

I just listened to that album again yesterday, and it was even better than the first time I heard it. It will definitely make my 2005 top ten. It may not be quite as sublime as Rounds, but there aren't many records that are.

I've really been into Decomposure lately, both Taking Things Apart and the just released At Home and Unaffected. His work is excellent. I'm also digging on the new Tiki Obmar remix album Seasons. And I almost forgot, the latest Venetian Snares is ridiculously good.

Mouse On Mars - Iaora Tahiti. I didn't like this one quite as much as Niun Niggung, mainly because they start and end the album on some serious, serious duds. The first track, "Stereomission" has a good beat and some good sounds, but what the hell is that person talking over the entire track for? It just ruins the song. And were they thinking when they shat out those last two tracks? "Die Innerr Orange" especially is baffling. Ten and a half minutes of unvarying static followed by random and uninteresting electronic noises? Garbage. Still, the middle of this album is excellent, particularly tracks 3-8.

MOM have always been in a starnge place.They are not dancey enough to be true techno and they are not abstract enough to be pushed into that category.At least for me on all of their releases i have just wanted more...just lean to one way or the other.Keep it wierd or keep it more dance-ish.
I have not been happy with any of thir releases ever...they have never stayed with me except for usually 2-3 tracks per album.That is why i feel the best album from MOM is the compilation that I or you have made of your favorite tracks.I have friends that like their more ambient stuff and i have friends who like their more beat-based work.
Kind of a dissapointing group if u ask me.To be around for 10 years and not have at least one truely signifigant album?I guess it all depends on how u feel.Alot of people would argue against my feelings of MOM.

On another not RL>What have you liked so far?Or what has struck you as something you would like to hear more of?

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On another not RL>What have you liked so far?Or what has struck you as something you would like to hear more of?

You mean of MOM, I assume. I've only listened to the two albums, Niun Niggung and Iaora Tahiti. The ambient stuff (mostly from Iaora), is not all that great. I mean, Boards of Canada absolutely kicks the shit out of the MOM ambient stuff I've heard. Probably the stuff I've liked most is the stuff that's more dancish. The straight dance music I've heard from other groups (admittedly not much) has really bored me, but MOM really throw in a lot of strange sounds that really spice it up. I suppose that's the kind of stuff I really tend to like, stuff that has a great beat or melody but separates itself from the common herd by doing something unique or just strange. The strictly experimental stuff I've heard (some Autechre and a little bit of others like Jan Jelinek) just bores me for the most part.

EDIT: There's a lot of electronic stuff I'd like to hear more of, but I've got a crapload of new stuff lined up already that I'm going to listen to in the next week or two.

yeah i meant more of what u like in the electronic music genre?

not just MOM.

i was just curious what u liked or disliked on the whole?

I really haven't listened to enough electronic music to make broad statements on which kinds I like or dislike. I can only comment on some of the artists I've heard.

Boards of Canada - Excellent. Especially Music Has the Right to Children, but also Geogaddi and A Beautiful Place....

Autechre - Strange and kind of interesting, but unmoving. There are a few songs of theirs I really like, like "Clipper" off of Tri Repetae, but for the most part it's not for me.

Vitalic - I gave their latest release about one and a half listens and didn't really like it at all.

Mum - Their first release Yesterday Was Dramatic... is excellent and Finally We Are No One is almost as good. Summer Make Good sucked.

Out Hud - I really like both of their albums. STREET DAD is better because they didn't try to sing in it.

Amon Tobin - I listened to Supermodified and the Splinter Cell sountrack. I just couldn't get into either. I don't know why, though its jazzy elements definitely put me off.


Four Tet - Excellent. His first album, Dialogue was inconsistent, but since then he's been money. I have no idea why Everything Ecstatic isn't receiving rave reviews. It is nearly as good as Rounds, which is one of my favorite albums of all time.

Fridge - I really don't like a whole lot of their stuff. It's weird because I am enamored with Kieran Hebden and Adem Ilhan's solo albums.

Ulrich Schnauss - Sounded kinda lame to me. Some of the songs stick, like "Between Them and Us" but overall it's just too smooth for me.


Sufjan Stevens - When I first heard Enjoy Your Rabbit I thought it was all crap, but recently I relistened to it and it's not half bad. I can even recognize some similarities to his more conventional records.

Books - I don't really know if you can call these guys electronic, but The Lemon of Pink was great. Their other two albums were not good.

DJ Shadow - I know he's supposed to be infallible, but most of his songs I really don't like much. I've only heard Endtroducing, and the songs I did like were "Building Steam...," "Stem/Long Stem," "Organ Donor," and "Midnight In A Perfect World."

Kraftwerk - I've heard Trans-Europe and Computer World and I'm not really interested in hearing more. I just relistened to Trans-Europe Express a few days ago. I don't see what all the fuss is about.

M83 - I really liked Dead Cities, Red Seas, Lost Ghosts. I heard a few songs from their new one and they sounded so bad I didn't even bother checking out the rest.

Radiohead - Kid A is one of my all-time favorites.

In addition to these pretty much strictly electronic groups I've also really enjoyed a lot of bands that incorporate rock and electronic elements. May favorites, in order, are:

Notwist
Ms. John Soda
Grandaddy
Postal Service
Lali Puna

A few I haven't liked:

Styrofoam
Go Find
Namelessnumberheadman

So you've never head the essential Kraftwerk recording Autobaun with the knowledge it was recorded in 1974 in mind, nor have you heard "Amon Tobin's Out From Out Where or DJ Shadow's Private Press (their breakout albums...Splinter Cell was about the worst possible place to start). Then again, they're both sample based artists so perhaps you're simply adverse to turntablism and sampling. You really need to hear the original Autobaun though.