Topic: Indie Electronica recommends (Read 17040 times)

Mr u Suk · « **on:** 10 Mar 2007, 17:09 »

yeah, i never really wanted to be one of the "Helo guyz, could u recommend me sume music, K thx bye" people, but i really dont know many Indie Electronica (or just any Electronica) bands so i just need a bit of help.

and don't bother mentioning Ladytron, already got most of their stuff, it was actually Witching Hour that made me think i was gonna need to find other electronica bands.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Mar 2007, 17:17 »

The Notwist
Add N to (X)
Tom Waits

McTaggart · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Mar 2007, 18:45 »

Four Tet.

The extra letter · « **Reply #3 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 03:54 »

I am X is worth a listen.

As are Cut Copy

McTaggart · « **Reply #4 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 04:28 »

Cut Copy kinda change it up a little don't they? And they use all guitars and such. They're awesome though so look em up too.

Gryff · « **Reply #5 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 04:43 »

Gerling, especially the album When Young Terrorists Chase The Sun.

Lukeypoo · « **Reply #6 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 09:22 »

1,000,000 Tiny Tiny Jesus's
They're SUPER hard to find because they're not really big. I stumbled across their album at Oink and it's one of my favorites now. I'll try to upload it once I get home. Here's their myspace to tie you over until then. I refer to them as Aphex twins sons when I describe them to friends.

edit
Also, check out Vitalic, he's super duper awesome as well.

amok · « **Reply #7 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 09:30 »

I have no idea what electronica comes under 'indie' but seconding I Am X and recommending Shout Out Out Out's "Not Saying/Just Saying", M83's "Dead Cities, Red Seas And Lost Ghosts" and anything by Telefon Tel Aviv/Dntel/M?m.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #8 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 09:45 »

Aphex Twin, Autechre (their earlier stuff iz bettah), Boards of Canada (stick with either Geogaddi or Music Has The Right To Children), and Squarepusher. All big names, but all technically indie.

MusicScribbles · « **Reply #9 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 12:47 »

Well, what kind of electronica. I know, genres, genres, genres, I hate them too, but you need to know them to be able to communicate with people who use them, otherwise you'll get something like: "Yeh, post-rock! You listen?" "Bwuh? Like, Led Zep! Man, Yeah!"
Well, there's Portishead, which is under trip-hop, but I prefer noir techno.
Porishead - Dummy
Then there's Propellerhead, which I think is Big Beat, but I prefer spy techno.
Propellerheads - Decksandrumsandrockandroll
The Avalanches - Since I Left You is pretty awesome.
But from what it sounds like you're looking for more ambient stuff?
So, for that I second Boards of Canada, pick up Music Has the Rights To Children or Geogaddi.
If you strictly want current "indie" electronica, I'll take that as current "popular" electronica.
So try LCD Soundsystem I guess, or Air, get Walkie Talkie? I don't know as much about current "electronica" as I'd like to.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #10 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 13:59 »

m83
m83
m83
m83
m83

Also, Future Sound of London.

Cornelius is alright too.

Johnny C · « **Reply #11 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 18:13 »

Quote from: amok on 11 Mar 2007, 09:30

Shout Out Out Out's "Not Saying/Just Saying"

Winner.

You're one "Out" short though.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #12 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 21:33 »

PlayRadioPlay! isn't half bad, but he is kind of popular. Also, you guys will probably hate me for this, but...Hellogoodbye makes some pretty decent electronica, and i would suggest The Postal Service, but i fear i might have my head electronically ripped off for doing so. Small Sins. I heard them in a store, and they're fun.

Kai · « **Reply #13 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 21:36 »

oh my god I hate Hellogoodbye so much.

Postal Service are okay.

Johnny C · « **Reply #14 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 21:37 »

Oh man how'd I forget Amon Tobin. He has a new album out called Foley Room which is pretty great.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #15 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 21:39 »

Quote from: Kai on 11 Mar 2007, 21:36

oh my god I hate Hellogoodbye so much.

Postal Service are okay.

I guess i should have just chopped it down to PlayRadioPlay! and Small Sins...

Kai · « **Reply #16 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 21:43 »

No, just chop hellogoodbye out, postal service can stay.

But like, I will freak if I hear that guy's hella vocoder'd voice again.

CamusCanDo · « **Reply #17 on:** 11 Mar 2007, 23:39 »

Ratatat.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #18 on:** 12 Mar 2007, 01:21 »

Quote from: CamusCanDo on 11 Mar 2007, 23:39

Ratatat.

The extra letter · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 Mar 2007, 06:16 »

Quote from: McTaggart on 11 Mar 2007, 04:28

Cut Copy kinda change it up a little don't they? And they use all guitars and such. They're awesome though so look em up too.

Going by the album (Bright Like Neon Love) I've got, I think one of their songs is predominately guitars, and the rest is VERY 80s synthpopish. In mine opinion, anyway. But yeah, they're awesome.

McTaggart · « **Reply #20 on:** 12 Mar 2007, 06:45 »

To be honest, I was basing that more off what I've heard of them rather than what I've heard from them. They were going on about how the guy from Cassius who produced their upcoming (maybe it's out by now, I don't know) album reacted to their more guitar stuff so I kinda figured it was more prominent. Bright Like Neon Love has been on my list for ages and I think their new one's gonna go right on there too.

Have you heard the new single "Hearts on Fire" yet? It's way awesome and way, way 80s.

dancarter · « **Reply #21 on:** 12 Mar 2007, 12:51 »

There's lots of good stuff. I really dig the french label M-Tronic...lots of good bands covering all sorts of areas of electronica. The best news is you can get a 2 disc label sampler called "Table of Elements 2.0" for free right now. You may not like all of it, but there's gonna be something for everyone.

You can find it here: http://mtronic.free.fr/index2.html

nihilist · « **Reply #22 on:** 13 Mar 2007, 07:19 »

I'm going to go way out from the rest of the folks and recommend Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren (together known as Way Out West, but awesome in their own right). Also Gabriel and Dresden's studio album. Anything done by James Holden, but his live set from the Sonar Festival on 19-06-2005 is a damn good round-up of his style. (Also Various Artists - James Holden at the Controls, or Various Artists - Balance 005.) Give Desyn Masiello a spin as well. Same with Anthony Pappa. And, finally, the one, the only... Hybrid. Nothing else like them.

supersheep · « **Reply #23 on:** 13 Mar 2007, 13:47 »

The Knife, maybe? I guess they are probably not indiue enough, cos I thought they would have been in here already...

freestyle trombonist · « **Reply #24 on:** 14 Mar 2007, 22:58 »

i hope you guys don't hate me for making my third post in like 3 years about my own band, but...
check out the landau orchestra!

www.netlandau.com
or www.myspace.com/netlandau, for stuff off our upcoming album on milan records.
i'm just the trombone player, but i think it's really great stuff with beautiful textures. lots of acoustic instruments, with electronic things going on over top of them.
hopefully we'll be doing some touring this summer- if so, do i have the qc community's permission to come back and post tour dates?? hahaha. maybe i better let you guys listen first, before you decide.
anyway. please check it out. it's good stuff, in my opinion. otherwise i wouldn't be playing with them.

therisingend · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 13:08 »

"these arms are snakes" look em up. i think they are pretty good

amok · « **Reply #26 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 13:14 »

re: Postal Service, there's a band called Immoor who sound like an ever-so-slightly more relaxed and less whiny version of Postal Service, so if you like that give 'em a go I guess.

Quote from: mr. mike on 13 Mar 2007, 07:19

And, finally, the one, the only... Hybrid. Nothing else like them.

Hybrid are fuckin' immense. Not sure about 'indie' electronica but on the subject of this kinda stuff, Kaito's "Special Life" cd is worth a go for anyone who likes Hybrid. Which should be everyone because yeah, they are THAT good.

edit: while there's an electronic thread about I'm gonna steal some space to pimp the Ambient Nights project

This guy makes mixes of awesome chilled-out electro tunes and distributes 'em free. Each album comes as one stonkin' great mp3 but you can download the .cue from the same page and split it up. For an example of what kind of music's on the mixes, start with the best - Ambient Nights vol.3. Track 3 of this is the most beautiful thing ever.

The Sol System series is also pretty goddamn good.

Mr u Suk · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 14:26 »

Quote from: öde on 12 Mar 2007, 01:21

Quote from: CamusCanDo on 11 Mar 2007, 23:39
Ratatat.

hell yeah, oh HELL YEAH

also i totally love The Avalanches, a biiiiiit weird but still very good. thanks for the bands guys.

and while were on the topic of electronica, has anyone here ever heard of Alpinestars? i have yet to find someone that has ever listened to them without me slamming it into their ears

Mnementh · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 15:41 »

Herbert's Scales and Junior Boys' So This Is Goodbye

Ã¶de · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 16:11 »

Quote from: zerodrone on 11 Mar 2007, 13:59

m83
m83
m83
m83
m83

Melodic · « **Reply #30 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 17:28 »

Quote from: therisingend on 22 Mar 2007, 13:08

"these arms are snakes" look em up. i think they are pretty good

Burr? Are we talking about the same These Arms Are Snakes? I'd call them metalcore, experimental hardcore, maybe, but certainly not any brand of electronica.

nihilist · « **Reply #31 on:** 22 Mar 2007, 18:22 »

Just as I wouldn't classify Ratatat as electonica...

McTaggart · « **Reply #32 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 01:07 »

Electronica is definately one of the genres where you need to specify a subgenre or two to get what you're after. Indie is not a subgenre.

Actually there probably isn't a genre of music where this doesn't apply.

Nosh · « **Reply #33 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 03:04 »

Electronica has a wide range of genres with a DIY-ethos running through most of them, so 'Indie' counts for loads of stuff.

But my most recent love affair, musically-speaking, is with the dubstep genre. It's the new 'thing' from London, but hyped for all the right reasons.
Think of a grime/drum&bass track pitched ridiculously low, with ambient-influences and other noises adding up to the thunderous beats.
It's dark, it's heavy, you really should hear it live, as your subwoofer at home wouldn't do it justice, but most of all: it's exciting. It's the birth of a whole new genre, and right now there are some producers doing excellent stuff.

Essential albums:
Kode9 + the Spaceape - Memories of the Future
Burial - Burial
Skream - Skream
Vex'd - Degenerate

Oh, and another recommendation, just because:
Gridlock- Formless.

The extra letter · « **Reply #34 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 04:42 »

Oh man, Gridlock is awesome!

Sorry to hijack the topic, but Nosh, could you recommend stuff more in the vein of Gridlock? I "acquired" Further to see what it was like and really likey what I heard. Gridlock did a remix of a few Android Lust songs, and they're also really damn awesome.

nihilist · « **Reply #35 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 07:47 »

I'm a total elitist when it comes to so-called electronica. Things like IDM just don't fit in my world view. (Because I am small-minded and think those goths that like to get whacked on drugs and listen to shitty electronic music can go fuck off already.)

See? Elitist. So close-minded, it is horrible.

Nosh · « **Reply #36 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 08:11 »

Quote from: The extra letter on 23 Mar 2007, 04:42

Oh man, Gridlock is awesome!

Sorry to hijack the topic, but Nosh, could you recommend stuff more in the vein of Gridlock? I "acquired" Further to see what it was like and really likey what I heard. Gridlock did a remix of a few Android Lust songs, and they're also really damn awesome.

Try to 'find' the 'Augmented Lines' album from Somatic Responses.
It's colder, more industrial-oriented at times, but oh so good.

Same goes for Architect - The Analysis of Noise Trading, which has been released on the Hymen label, so it shouldn't be that hard to find.
Reminded me of Gridlock, because of the combination between ambient, dream-like soundscapes and dark, industrial noises.
Excellent for midnight-listening sessions, in bed, with your headphones on.

TTK · « **Reply #37 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 19:37 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 11 Mar 2007, 09:45

Boards of Canada (stick with either Geogaddi or Music Has The Right To Children)

What about The Campfire Headphase.

omgsh · « **Reply #38 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 20:32 »

The Presets, Cut Copy, New Young Pony Club, Midnight Juggernauts, Van She

TheoristB · « **Reply #39 on:** 24 Mar 2007, 13:01 »

These probably are not Electronica but this is what i recommend

Does it Offend You, Yeah?
MSTRKRFT
Soulwax
The Blow
Crystal Castles

amok · « **Reply #40 on:** 24 Mar 2007, 14:12 »

Quote from: mr. mike on 23 Mar 2007, 07:47

those goths that like to get whacked on drugs and listen to shitty electronic music can go fuck off already.)

nihilist · « **Reply #41 on:** 24 Mar 2007, 20:26 »

I'm entitled to my (horribly offensive) opinion, no?

Soulwax, yes, damn good stuff that.

tacroy · « **Reply #42 on:** 24 Mar 2007, 20:33 »

I would recommend listening to Orbital, as they are fantastic. Start with their first album (Untitled / the green album), and from their you can probably just move your way up chronologically. "Chime" (green album), "Halcyon and On and On" (Brown Album), and "The Girl with the Sun in her Head" (green album) are the three songs I would recommend most highly.

amok · « **Reply #43 on:** 24 Mar 2007, 22:39 »

Quote from: mr. mike on 24 Mar 2007, 20:26

I'm entitled to my (horribly offensive) opinion, no?

No hard feelings, I just really like drugs and EBM

glwtta · « **Reply #44 on:** 24 Mar 2007, 22:44 »

Is "sexy robot-lady themed" a valid sub-genre? Cause then I have to go with Android Lust (Though I don't really know where Industrial ends and Electronica begins - might not be what you are looking for).

Valdemar · « **Reply #45 on:** 25 Mar 2007, 13:52 »

I do not listen to much electronica(and the like) but I fully endorse these four albums:
Lamb - Lamb(drum'n'bass with torch singer and triphop sensibilities)
Matmos - The Civil War(organic experimental stuff)
Daedelus - Denies the Day's Demise(danceable instrumental hiphop)
Jim O'Rourke - I'm Happy and I'm Singing and a 1,2,3,4(glitch ambient)

Johnny C · « **Reply #46 on:** 25 Mar 2007, 14:54 »

Quote from: TheoristB on 24 Mar 2007, 13:01

These probably are not Electronica

MSTRKRFT

supersheep · « **Reply #47 on:** 27 Mar 2007, 07:41 »

I never would have classed dubstep as electronica, although I suppose it makes sense. (I hate most dance music, but I like breakcore and the like, as well as electroclash and electropop stuff.)

therisingend · « **Reply #48 on:** 27 Mar 2007, 09:59 »

Quote from: Melodic on 22 Mar 2007, 17:28

Quote from: therisingend on 22 Mar 2007, 13:08
"these arms are snakes" look em up. i think they are pretty good

Burr? Are we talking about the same These Arms Are Snakes? I'd call them metalcore, experimental hardcore, maybe, but certainly not any brand of electronica.

i would classify them as electronica indie. they dont scream really, and they do sing quite a bit on "easter" and they do use keyboards. so umm yeah they actually are electronica indie. funny thing that

amok · « **Reply #49 on:** 27 Mar 2007, 10:20 »

Dream Theater use keyboards and I wouldn't really call them electronica prog rock

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