I have been getting really into glitch music lately in a lot of different capacities from the catchy danceable out put of mille plateaux to the more abstract minimalism of raster-noton and especially the extreme esthetics of Taylor Deupree and Tichard Chartier's 12k/Line which is my personal favorite label right now.

I was wondering what anyone likes from the past or the present and if people listen to this at all as I am looking for a broader array of opinions beyond my own.

It seems most people's contact with glitch/microsonic music begins and ends with Autechre who are really like half this and half IDM if that makes any sense.

I enjoy glitch from time to time.
I would consider it a sub-genre of IDM.

It is kind of hard to define glitch for me though.There is alot of stuff that borders on glitch but more heavily relys on its main style.Like House or techno or Hip-hop.

There is alot of stuff out there that has minor glitchy tendancies.I could name 100 of em'.

Some more traditional glitch albums that i think anyone could enjoy would be...


Matmos: Matmos (Vague Terrain, 1997)
Autechre: Tri Repetae (Wax Trax, 1996)
Ryoji Ikeda: +/- (Touch, 1997)

Kid 606: Down With The Scene (Ipecac, 2000)
Vladislav Delay: Entain (Mille Plateaux, 2000)
Fennesz: Hotel Paral.Lel (Mego, 1997)
Oval: Systemisch (Mille Plateaux, 1994)

Pan Sonic: A (Blast First, 1999)
Neina: Formed Verse (Mille Plateaux, 1999)
Kit Clayton: Lateral Forces (Vertical Form, 2000)

Alva Noto: Prototypes (Mille Plateaux, 2000)
Boards Of Canada: Boc Maxima (MUsic 70, 1995)
Pole: CD 1 (Kiff, 1998)

These are albums that are for the most part great examples of glitch...most are highly recgognized on many peoples lists as the entry point to glitch...but also some of the best points of glitch.

I wouls also reccomend stuff on the labels Force Inc. and Tigerbeat6.

There is some more that slips my mind right now

I really enjoyed Oval's ovalprocess - absolutely entraling. I'm currently waiting on a stackload of backorders for rasternoton stuff. I cab't find the Pole albums at a reasonable price anywhere but really want #1 & #3.

Imprezu have you head Pan Sonic's Kesla (4cd) I have mixed reviews from various sources saying its either too long and offputting or the perfet entry point.

I would highly reccomend anything pan sonic.

I am guessing the album you are alluding to is called 'kesto'??I dont know of an album called kesla from them.

If my assumption is right, I would highly reccomend checking 'kesto' out.You get more music for your buck than any cd i have boughten in a long time.The packaging is worth it alone.Very well presented.I remember getting it for 26 bucks or so.

Plus the music is exceptional.Of course it is long(almost 4 hours) and you probabbly couldnt digest it all in one sitting, i would guess.But listening to it gradually one disc at a time works well.

As far as pole goes.His older stuff is usually picked up rather quickly.I would just reccomend keeping it in your head when you are shopping and maybe you will come across it.Or parouse ebay, you may get lucky and grab a deal.

I'm new to electronica music. Does "IDM" stand for industrial music? I'm not familiar with the various acronyms, sorry.

IDM stands for Intelligent Dance Music.


From wikipedia:

IDM refers to a style of experimental electronic music with an emphasis on unconventional sequencing and processing which sets it apart from traditional dancefloor techno and house. Some IDM is influenced by earlier styles; for example, the music of B12, Kirk DeGiorgio, Squarepusher, and others incorporates elements of jazz. Other influences include musique concrète and avant-garde classical composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis; and early hip hoppers like Mantronix.


Perfect definition.

Imprezu have you checked out any of the Audiosphere live series (sublabel of SUBROSA out of Belgium), it's got various live discs in gorgeous oversized packaging. I haven't heard any of them yet but the artists are impressive, it includes Microstoria, Oren Ambarachi, Taylor Deupree, Jan Jelinik etc.

PS Yah I was taking about Kesto (I just didn't know it yet - haha)

I have heard of the label but not seen/heard any of the recordings.

I absolutely love Jan Jelinik and Taylor Dupree is always solid.

Have u listened to a few of em'?

No, I'm planning on ordering them all at once to save on shipping. I recently started purchasing albums from a japanese label called Spekk. The packaging is supurb and the releases so far include:

Deupree
Andrey Kiritchenko
John Hudak
Boca/Raton
Richard Chartier & William Basinski

Glitch is one of my favourite electronic sub-genre.

I'm liking the new Pole album a lot.

my favourite glitch album was and still is venetian snares - huge chrome cyclinder box unfolding. it's unbelievably intense and chaotic, yet beautiful.

My brief guide to glitch-hop:
edIT - Crying Over Pros For No Reason
Prefuse 73 - *any album and the first Savath + Savalas*
Machinedrum - *any album*

Kid606's P.S. I Love You and it's sequal/remix album P.S. You Love Me are two of my favorite glitch/idm albums.