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imapiratearg:
Strategy.

KvP:

--- Quote from: jimbunny on 29 Jul 2008, 00:04 ---I'm curious. What on God's green earth would make you find Daft Punk boring, and Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, and Nine Inch Nails not boring? Is it some kind of distaste for happiness?

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I'm pretty much the same as the OP, actually. I'd say it has more to do with the fact that Daft Punk is made for the dance floor, as is Soulwax or Justice or any of the "unce unce unce unce unce" brigade, whereas the artists mentioned (except for, uh, Nine Inch Nails I guess) are more suited for home listening, or maybe it's just better to say that you can't really dance to it. Aphex Twin's occasionally not averse to making music you can dance to, though.

And I don't know why anyone would come to think that Boards of Canada is not happy music. It's just not as pumped full of plastic and stimulants as Daft Punk. Is it the fact that they don't use vocals at all? Is it the lack of eurodisco influence? The fact that they're not much fun on coke?

Anyway, Planet Mu is where you'd want to be looking. If you like NIN and Aphex Twin then Battles would be right up your alley, probably. The aforementioned Helios trades in the sort of warm ambiance that BoC excels at. You'd probably dig Coil, if you're not opposed to getting much gothier than NIN. Trentemoller's pretty chilled out. If you like ambient music at all you should track down William Basinski.

Jepser:
Don't forget Vitalic. And oh yes, Infected Mushroom perhaps. And :wumpscut: might be worth trying too?

BlakeJustBlake:
It sounds like you might be interested in some more Big Beat stuff like Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, Basement Jaxx, whoever said Justice I agree with them, maybe try DJ Tiesto, but that might not be your cup of tea. My advice as far as Electronica/Techno goes, just go listen to a bunch and find out which niche you fall into with it.

Be My Head:
Okay, I'm going to make a list of all of these, just so I don't forget anything. Thanks for all the recommendations again, I never would have discovered all of this on my own.

Also, I do own a decent stereo with a sub, as well as a nice pair of Sony Noise Cancelling headhpones.

Oh, and to the person who recommended DJ Shadow, I forgot I've already listened to Endtroducing, I thought it was all right but something sounded off to me in some of the songs, I couldn't quite enjoy it for some reason.

List:

M83
FisherSpooner
Whitey
Benny Benassi
Squarepusher
Aaron Spectre//Drumcorps
DJ Krush
Cleptoclectics
Hermitude
Kraftwerk
Helios
Justice
Dan Deacon
Dntel
Autechre
Röyksopp
Four Tet
Underworld
Battles
Coil
William Basinski
Vitalic
Infected Mushroom
:wumpscut:
Prodigy
The Chemical Brothers
The Crystal Method
Basement Jaxx
DJ Tiesto

I'll sample each of them and let you guys know which fit my tastes. Now, off to listen to some music....

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