Whatever, the song I posted rules. I don't care if I know the history of electronic music or not.
post by Pan sonic at Oct 7,2009 9:25am
Fucking Americans
post by Higher Intelligence Agency at Oct 7,2009 9:29am
Amen brother
post by aril at Oct 7,2009 9:32am
haha, I was only Aphex Twin. I'm not sure who the others are. But no, I didn't listen to it. Youtube is blocked at work. I supposed I could use my phone to stream it, but it is really worth the effort?
Martins, I listened to it, I thought it was kinda boring...they could have used a guitar and it would have sounded the same. Seemed colorless and bland to me. The video was cool though. I don't care about the history of electronic music either really, I just look for something in electronica that this song didn't have, and I never cared for Boards of Canada that much, I guess it's just not my style.
For electronic stuff I've been listening to Bola, Ulver, Sundial Aeon, Front Line Assembly...and I dig dark psytrance like Juno Reactor and Digicult.
I can't say I've listened to all of Ulver's later stuff but after hearing their first three and being really interested, I checked out a few more and was really underwhelmed. REALLY underwhelmed. I'll check this again when I get home or at lunch or something.
As for Boards of Canada, it took me a while to get in to them and I still am. Every song has so many layers that it's literally mindblowing. Listening to BoC without thinking about is definitely slightly unsettling but also very relaxing.
I'm not really into electronic music. It's more about the sounds for me. Synths and making cool sounds with cool equipment tickles my pickle.
I generally hate all that drum and bass type stuff. I mean, I can't deny that there's some cool stuff but electronic music as a genre/type of music, isn't generally my thing. It really surprised me when I actually started liking Boards and their type of music which is really undefinable. It's not idm, it's not strictly electronic music, it's not drum and bass, it's not broken beat, etc etc.
I like Squarepusher's newest album... which is also the only one I've heard.
post by Martins, the junior high music teacher at Oct 7,2009 9:52am
Lesson one of today's class: listen to boards of canada, play it Julie & Candy on recorder, then mix the recorder in with a chorus effect on ProTools, then reverse the wave file, add some flange on it, and put it on my desk. RIGHT NOW OR YOU'RE ANOTHER NAME FOR A HOUSEHOLD CAT.
Martin's here is a gift from me to you.
This is the future of music, only it happened to be written 12 years ago.
You might dig it, or you might not.
Toodles.
I'm going to check this out when I'm not at work! This sounds pretty awesome. I like lush music!
post by aril at Oct 7,2009 10:04am
martins, what else do you listen to for electonic stuff? i won't troll you, don't worry. i'm out of the loop horribly with electronic music - I was more involved in the eurotracking scene in the 90s than anything else other than metal
Martin's here is a gift from me to you.
This is the future of music, only it happened to be written 12 years ago.
You might dig it, or you might not.
Toodles.
Still on train. Sorry. Commuter rail sucks. I just took a dump and there was no flush or toilet paper. Had to use some wheel of time pages. Brown aes sedai ftw.
post by Martins at Oct 7,2009 5:40pm edited Oct 7,2009 5:40pm
lol wut...
in other news, I listened to that Ulver song and after it picks up, it kicks fucking ass.
The Autechre song is a good example of what I don't like about most electronic music tonally.
post by MikeOv at Oct 7,2009 9:55pm
It's an aquired taste. No one else in electronic music really does what they do.
martins, that song is pretty trippy. it reminds me a lot of boards of canada's geogaddi album. kind of like that song dawn chorus. specfically how the sample kind of detunes a little bit.
not bad though if you like that style.
Mouse on Mars sounds nothing like Boards of Canada.
That Four Tet song though kind of gets there. It's definitely missing some subtleties and the lush sounds but it'd be something I'd be more likely to get into.
While I'm here, what are some good Kraftwerk albums? I only have Autobahn and Tour de France.
i have never heard of a mouse on mars track with vocals
the mouse on mars album idiology (2001 album) has some tracks with strange vocals on it. the album is pretty fucked up and somewhat experimental, but that's why I liked it.
post by ArilliusBM at Oct 7,2009 10:23pm edited Oct 7,2009 10:23pm
hahaha or here you go - when the bruins score a goal:
You're glad about that? How else are you going to stroke them?
I'm sure that a lot of this stuff is quality electronic music, but, like I said, it doesn't have the qualities that I go for... at least, not all at the same time.
For me, it's kind of like listening to Dream Theater because you like Petrucci's guitar tone and not so much the music.
autechre has some awesome awesome awesome stuff.. that track above is meh.
I agreed with you until that last part. Cipater, like many Autechre songs, is based off of subtleties. Sounds layered and integrated so well into the background, it almost tricks the listeners mind; as if experiencing an auditory hallucination. I love how they randomly switch it up, where the original theme decays, allowing a brand new one to be introduced. This song is like an evolution or a mutation; unfolding gradually over time, until the grand design finally reveals itself.
post by aril at Oct 8,2009 8:40am
I like that autechre song too. It's hard to write shit like that.
That song should also be listened to with CD quality sound, at a high volume, in order to fully appreciate it. The finale of the song is the greatest part, where sounds like they sampled a Guqin to achieve that melody. Probably didn't but that's what it sounds like in my mind.
...is based off of subtleties. Sounds layered and integrated so well into the background, it almost tricks the listeners mind; as if experiencing an auditory hallucination. I love how they randomly switch it up, where the original theme decays, allowing a brand new one to be introduced. This song is like an evolution or a mutation; unfolding gradually over time, until the grand design finally reveals itself.
Wait, did you say you didn't like Boards of Canada? You pretty much described the majority of their discography.
Yes, I don't really like BoC. "Music has the right to children" is alright, but everything else just isn't my cup o' pee. Put it to you this way, I like what BoC is trying to achieve, because I'm a fan of drifting, ambient soundscapes. I just don't think BoC composes their songs well, even though they're trying to do something I should actually appreciate. You'd probably like earlier Autechre because it's more minimalist and ambient, or as you put it "lush". "Amber" and "Tri Repetae" are probably what you're looking for.
I feel BoC get's cited way too much, and other electronic artists go far too overlooked. I bet you could say that about Aphex Twin but the difference lies in the fact that Richard D. James is a genius and he's a staple of electronic experimentation.
I've considered that maybe Boards might be overrated but then it seems like everyone else hates on them so I changed my mind.
post by mikeofdecrepitude at Oct 8,2009 9:10am edited Oct 8,2009 9:11am
Tons of people like them. I don't hate them at all, I mean, if someone I was around were to put them on, I could definitely listen to it. Personally, I would just opt to throw on something else. Every once in a great while I'll listen to them, to see if I'm missing something. I never find myself annoyed but I'm also not overly impressed either.
Tons of people like them. I don't hate them at all, I mean, if someone I was around were to put them on, I could definitely listen to it. Personally, I would just opt to throw on something else. Every once in a great while I'll listen to them, to see if I'm missing something. I never find myself annoyed but I'm also not overly impressed either.
Backed. BoC can be a little too "bright" for my tastes. I've heard electronica aficionados speak highly of BoC but I always hear that Aphex Twin is king, even in the early days with minimal hardware, he was untouchable.
post by mikeofdecrepitude at Oct 8,2009 9:22am edited Oct 8,2009 9:25am
I'd like to state my love for this man (NO HOMO). I'm supposed to be going to Ireland next year, and I'm hoping to catch him at club, amongst hot Irish lasses. This song is more of an ambient drift, but he also incorporates beats into his minimalist approach.
While I'm here, what are some good Kraftwerk albums? I only have Autobahn and Tour de France.
Autobahn, Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine and Computer World are the Kraftwerk albums that I consider to be fundamental. They might seem outdated by today's standards but without Kraftwerk, electronic music wouldn't be where it is, today.
