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Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 17 Dec 2007, 17:48 ---However, my point about Daft Punk and Justice releasing good tracks for dancing recently whereas the artists you've mentioned haven't still stands. That FSOL song is great but it's hardly recent, it's Daft Punk people will hear out so it's Daft Punk people will buy. If I'm wrong then it would be great to hear some contemporary stuff that's better though, I like Daft Punk but only as part of a set. I find a whole album by them a bit dull and repetitive.
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Well honestly I don't think that there are very many, if any, particularly great electronic artists right now who are making music intended to be played in clubs. The closest I guess I would say would be some of the better electroclash stuff, or people like Felix Da Housecat, but that's not very very recent anyway. If I listen to electronic music that's been released within the past couple years, it's going to be M83, Four Tet, Boards of Canada, stuff like that.
Basically what this all boils down to is that I miss the days when Joe Indie Rocker hated techno because it's boring and I don't know what has changed to make said people suddenly batshit crazy for dancefloor music that isn't IDM.
Oh, wait, I just thought of one. I do highly enjoy DJ Krush, a Japanese electro artist with lots of albums with various styles, all of them fucking amazing.
a pack of wolves:
I don't think much has changed. Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, The Prodigy and Orbital all got hyped up in indie mags back in the day, FSOL too to a lesser extent, as well as all the big beat stuff like Fatboy Slim and Bentley Rhythm Ace (I must admit, silly as it is I still like Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out). At least that was the case in the UK, maybe the rest of the world just caught up with us or something.
I'm liking the DJ Krush I can find on youtube, the guy is most definitely varied. Skilled turntablist too. Personally I reckon the best electronic music designed to be played in clubs of the past few years is dubstep, but that's coming from a very different place to all this music with its roots in drum and bass, dub soundsystems and grime.
Sidonis:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 17 Dec 2007, 12:52 ---if even one person got into FSOL because of what I said here, my work is done.
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Then, sir or madam, consider your work done. Thanks, I love these boards because they're full of excellent music I just haven't been able to find (and probably wouldn't have found) on my own.
Three cheers for whatever it is that made you mention them, for they are excellent.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 18 Dec 2007, 04:26 ---I don't think much has changed. Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, The Prodigy and Orbital all got hyped up in indie mags back in the day, FSOL too to a lesser extent, as well as all the big beat stuff like Fatboy Slim and Bentley Rhythm Ace
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Nah, here in the US that music was generally dismissed as being commercial and a bit silly. Well, Orbital have always been popular but I don't think you can lump in Orbital with Daft Punk or big-beat.
Basically there used to be two groups of electronic music that there was a definite line between. On the one side you had Daft Punk, Prodigy, Fatboy Slim and all that, some of which was tolerated as being "not bad for dumb music". Particularly Chemical Brothers, they were probably the most well-liked of that lot.
Then you had FSOL, Underworld, Orbital, Aphex Twin, The Orb, and other such acts that were deemed "IDM" or "ambient" or both, and were seen to have been focusing on making good albums rather than dance-tracks.
I'm not saying it wasn't a snobby distinction (I always thought "Smack My Bitch Up" was actually a pretty good song), just saying that I never knew or read of anyone who thought Daft Punk or any act like them was anything more than tolerable at best.
Like I said, I'm not actually trying to be a dick, I just literally don't understand their sudden popularity, because they haven't changed their style or anything. To me it's as weird as if Pearl Jam suddenly became indie darlings (though to be honest, I'd rather listen to them than Daft Punk any day).
UberDrivel:
So, as "Beautiful Burnout" comes on shuffle, what do people think of the newest Underworld album? It seemed to be dismissed as "business as usual," but I dig some of the tracks. I also have Dubnobass, anything else I should pick up? Incidentally, with Autechre and Moby albums due in March, what albums in their back catalogue do you guys recommend? (I have Amber and Tri Repeatae and Play.) Also, Aphex Twin peeps, have you heard/heard of the Tuss? Apparently it might by Mr. James in disguise, check it out: http://www.myspace.com/thetussmusic
And finally, best use of an Aphex Twin song evar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCJexsvUMM0
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