I don't know if this will fly, but I certainly would love to see some lists that reflect the relative placement of electronic/dance albums that people are likely to put on their year-end list. Go nuts.

The electro albums i think that are really good:

1. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
2. The Field - Sound of light EP
3. Miss Kittin - Batbox

also Atlas Sound, Crystal Castles, Fuck Buttons, Neon Neon, Autechre

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I've gotta be leaving soon but while I'm at work I'll think about it. I'll post my list soon...

Hmm, I wanted to hear Batbox but forgot about it. I'll go search for it now. Thanks for reminding.

This topic will be good for me to find out new artists since I'm not fully knowledged (<-- is that even a word?) in this genre yet since it's my newest introduction.

Update:

I just finished listening to some songs from Batbox and I enjoy the music quite a bit. My only negative are the lyrics. Some of them are just so lame.

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I just finished listening to some songs from Batbox and I enjoy the music quite a bit. My only negative are the lyrics. Some of them are just so lame.

yeah, but that's what happen with many electro records: cheap lyrics and all is in the beats and ambiences.

I removed all of two albums from my overall list to make this top 15:

01. Trifonic - Emergence
02. Ready Fire Aim - This Changes Nothing
03. Adam Singer - Lifeforce
04. The Presets - Apocalypso
05. System 7 - Phoenix
06. Lange - Better Late Than Never
07. Ladytron - Velocifero
08. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors
09. Morcheeba - Dive Deep
10. DJ Orkidea - Metaverse
11. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
12. AmpLive - Rainydayz Remixes
13. Kilowatts & Vanek - Focus & Flow
14. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
15. Siriusmo - Diskoding

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I'mnot a 100% sure what goes under the title of 'electronic' so this might not make sense...

1. Dairy of an Afro Warrior - Benga
2. I Need You to Hold on While the Sky is Falling - Kelley Polar
3. The Devil , You & Me - Notwist
4. Kontpab - Mahjongg
5. ExitingARM - Subtle

6. Girls In the White Dream - Water Fai
7. Alopecia - Why?
8. Sool - Ellen Allien
9. After party Babies - Cadence Weapon
10. Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants - Metaform

1. Silent Movie - Quiet Village
2. Third - Portishead
3. Supreme Balloon - Matmos
4. Kontpab - Mahjongg
5. Quaristice - Autechre
6. Street Horrrsing - Fuck Buttons
7. In Ghost Colors - Cut Copy
8. S/T - Crystal Castles
9. ExitingARM - Subtle
10.Saturdays = Youth - M83

I’m liking Sool by Ellen Allien quite a bit at the moment. It's extremely minimal, like the latest Pole, but more Ricardo Villalobos sounding. I haven’t given the whole album a listen through yet since there are so many other albums that are stealing my attention: Scarlett Johansson, Booka Shade, Born Ruffians, Santogold and very soon diskJokke.

This is a good idea. I don't really have enough to make a respectable list yet, but I should soon. I'm about to listen to that Crystal Castles album that's been getting to much attention 'round these parts. I'm very intrigued.

Autechre. Possibly Crystal Castles, we'll see how it holds up. And of course Portishead if that qualifies.

1. Atlas Sound
2. Portishead
3. Hot Chip
4. Four tet EP
5. M83
6. Benga
7. Sasha - emfire collection
8. Fuck Buttons

to check out - Matmos, crystal castles(listened to half),

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5. ExitingARM - Subtle

Wow, thanks, I'm really liking this.

Zombie Zombie's "A Land For Renegades" is pretty damn solid and sort of menacing electro.

Whatever happened to Two Lone Swordsmen? Their "From The Double Gone Chapel" and "Tiny Reminders" are two of my favorite electronica/IDM albums of this decade.

I also enjoy these:

Portishead - Third
Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Dosh's new one (The name escapes me and i don't know if it qualifies as electronica)
Clark - Turning Dragon

Anybody liking Veto's Crushing Digits?

I think it's a heap of fun.



Also liking:

Hercules & Love Affair - s/t.
M83 - Saturdays = Youth.
Portishead - Third.
Crystal Castles - s/t.
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead...
Zombie Zombie - A Land For Renegades (I'm just listening to them for the first time right now, but they can easily make my electronic, not to mention my general Top Ten List).




A couple that might not belong here:
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree.
Santogold - s/t.


A couple I haven't listened to yet:
Supreme Balloon - Matmos.
Silent Movie - Quiet Village.
Emergence - Trifonic.
Batbox - Miss Kittin.
Street Horrrsing - F**k Buttons.

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I don't know if anyone will care but krautrock/space music/trance godfather Klaus Schulze is releasing ANOTHER album (like his 50th one now) early this July. The album is called Farscape and will feature guest singer Lisa Gerrard... yeah I have no idea who she is either. I'm kinda excited since I love Klaus so much. I hope it's better than his last album, Kontinuum.

Some of these are less traditionally "electronic/dance" and more or less simply electronic.

01 - Dan Friel - Ghost Town
02 - Portishead - 3rd
03 - Air France - No Way Down EP
04 - HEALTH - DISCO
05 - Matmos - Supreme Balloon
06 - Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead...
07 - Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors
08 - Bajofondo - Mar Dulce
09 - Hercules & Love Affair - s/t
10 - The Chap - Mega Breakfast

This is where I'm at so far. I'd be interested in recommendations to albums that are more hardcore electronic/dance. I've been struggling with this genre lately, so let me have it. Knock me out, tear my P4k-worshiping list to pieces, and reconstruct in the image of your elecronic God before I wake up... or whatever.

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Someone seems butt-sore...

Haha. Shut up you. JGlass, the only thing I was complaining about in our other conversation was a derogatory attitude toward P4k, and I still stand by that. I've been looking beyond Pk4 for the same reason you had, but it hasn't been terribly fruitful, to be honest. I've always been too willing to get reamed in the ass for posterity, so yeah, my neck it out a bit here. Chop away!