what are the best electronic albums? or the most essential ones?

>>74857241
>I aldready listened to SAW 85-92, RDJ
If you honestly believe he's one of the most important electronic artists, you're beyond saving. And no, I won't spoonfeed you, don't ask. You were capable enough of discovering /mu/, you're perfectly capable of finding one of the most important works of electronic music.

>>74857304
I should say some, instead of one.

>>74857304
>beyond saving
>finding the most important works

its all subjective, because some might consider shit like Burial's untrue or Autechre's Tri Repetae important for the genres their in, but I think they're too dated to even slightly enjoy.

and plus, your recs would probably be the same shit that everybody worships on here, so good thing you saved your breath pleb.

>>74857241
coil - worship the glitch
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
Supersilent - 1-3
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
Tetsu Inoue - World Reciever
Naked City - Absinthe

Those , imo, are "important"

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>>74857241
Buddy that is a super broad question

If we're talking about important, probably Kraftwerk, their contemporaries, and their immediate influences. Also Wendy Carlos, maybe ELO.

Anyway here's some mu essential lists

>>74857589
>and plus, your recs would probably be the same shit that everybody worships on here, so good thing you saved your breath pleb.
Great telepathic abilities buddy. That would probably be why I said an IDM artist isn't one of the most influential and important electronic musicians.

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>>74857792

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>>74857807

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>>74857792
oh shit I mean ELP not ELO

>>74857589
>>74857792
>>74857807
>>74857826
>>74857839
thanks lads

>>74857792
>>74857807
>>74857826
>>74857839
>no B12
shit taste

>>74857589
>calls Tri Repetae dated
>recs goddamn Cabaret Voltaire

/mu/ doesn't know shit about electronic don't bother

>>74858014
/thread

This >>74858014

You were already bad off when you said albums when "electronic music" is mostly a single and ep genre.

oneohtrix point never R+7 and Garden of Delete are literally entry level

Speaking of Autechre, I can't recommend LP5 enough, it's probably my favorite of theirs, even though I haven't heard their entire discography.

>>74858165
electronic music =/= dance music only

>>74858267
We both know that by "electronic" I meant "electronic dance music"

>>74858267
That's what everyone seems to be recommending.

>>74858279
But OP posted ambient techno

>>74858282
OP doesn't know what he wants

>>74858312
I think he does. He's looking for reinforcement.

>>74858312
Ambient Techno is part of the EDM super genre by virtue of being derived from Techno. Also, OP posted breaks as well anyways.

>Essential
Giorgio Moroder - 1977. From Here to Eternity (Electro Disco, Space Disco)
Peech Boys - 1982. Don't Make Me Wait (Garage House, Electro-Disco)
Afrika Bambaataa - 1982. Planet Rock / Planet Rock (Instrumental) (Electro, East Coast Hip Hop, Disco Rap)
Cybotron - 1983. Enter (Electro, Detroit Techno)
Fingers Inc. - 1988. Can You Feel It (Deep House, Chicago House)
The KLF - 1990. Last Train to Trancentral (Acid Trance)
The Ragga Twins - 1990. Illegal Gunshot / Spliffhead (Breakbeat Hardcore, Ragga)
Rufige Cru - 1992. Darkrider (Jungle, Breakbeat Hardcore)
Maurizio - 1993. Domina (Minimal Techno)
Orbital - 1993. Orbital [Brown Album] (Techno)
Goldie - 1995. Timeless (Atmospheric Drum & Bass)
Alec Empire - 1996. The Destroyer (Breakcore, Digital Hardcore)
ƆƐI3C - 1998. The Nine / The Bridge (Techstep)
Autechre - 2001. Confield (IDM, Experimental)
Akufen - 2002. My Way (Microhouse, Tech House)
Xanopticon - 2003. Liminal Space (Flashcore, Breakcore)
Burial - 2007. Untrue (Future Garage, Dubstep)
A. G. Cook - 2013. Radio Tank Mix (Bubblegum Bass)

>Other important recordings
Kraftwerk - 1978. Die Mensch-Maschine (Synth Pop, Progressive Electronic)

>Some nice oddities that were ahead of their time but not really relevant to the development of EDM:
Hot Butter - 1972. Popcorn / At the Movies (Synth Pop, Space Age Pop) [Predated Synth Pop by 5 years]
Samuel Hobo - 1972. Freedom Day / Synthetic Man (Synth Punk, Electro Pop) [Predated Synth Punk by 5 years and Electro Pop by 7 years]
Frankie Knuckles - 1979. In the Mix, 1979 (Garage House, Disco) [Predated House by 3 years]
Charanjit Singh - 1982. Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (Electro-Disco, Acid House, Hindustani Classical Music) [Predated Acid House by 4 years]

Any suggestions on what to add/remove?

>>74858508
>Any suggestions on what to add/remove?
Remove yourself from this board if you're actually serious with this.

>>74858674
t. triggered AFX/BoC fan

>>74857304
>If you honestly believe he's one of the most important electronic artists, you're beyond saving.
contrarianism in its purest form

>>74858711
It's not contrarianism. In all seriousness, Aphex Twin is not even in the top 100 most important "electronic" artists.
Aphex Twin is "electronic" for people who don't listen to "electronic"

>>74858685
>t. triggered AFX/BoC fan
How can you even pretend to know that, especially on an anonymous image board?

>>74858753
It's obvious. People on /mu/ don't listen to "electronic" other than those artists and a few more, so they are the only ones who would complain about their exclusion from such a list (which is absolutely justified).

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>>74857241

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GKMqi3HmRw

>>74858739
you're only saying that because he's popular and people suck his dick, if he was "underground" but had the exact same music you say you liked him or you'd at least admit that he's good

>>74858778
I can't tell if you're agreeing with me, like here:
>>74858739

>>74858825
I don't care if he's popular or not, he's not essential. He's good, but being good doesn't mean you are essential.
Also, why are you pretending to know about "electronic" music when it's clear you have barely listened to anything other than AFX/BoC (who are not essential by the way)?

>>74858830
?

>>74858850
what do you mean by essential?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU4xzckKB2c

>>74858866
Not him, but:
>>74857304
>You were capable enough of discovering /mu/, you're perfectly capable of finding some of the most important works of electronic music.

>>74858850
>?
You're not the same poster I'd assume, but we're in agreement either way.

>>74858866
>es·sen·tial
>əˈsen(t)SHəl/

>adjective
>adjective: essential
>1.
>absolutely necessary; extremely important.
>"it is essential to keep up-to-date records"
>synonyms: crucial, necessary, key, vital, indispensable, important, all-important, of the essence, critical, imperative, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory; More

>noun
>noun: essential; plural noun: essentials
>1.
>a thing that is absolutely necessary.
>"we had only the bare essentials in the way of gear"
>synonyms: necessity, prerequisite, requisite, requirement, need; More

>>74857304
except he is one of the most important and influential electronic artists. Anyone who denies this just discovered IDM like last month and wants to show off how "knowledgeable" they are on literally whos.

>>74858901
I'm >>74858778 and >>74858739, I just don't understand what you are trying to say.

>>74857826
>Gas - Pop is not on the list
What the actual fuck is wrong with /mu/

>From Rotting Fantasylands is included
At least you got that one right, it's a modern Nutcracker

>>74858915
You are wrong.
Anyone who denies this has no idea on "electronic music" other than IDM (and arguably not even that).
Kill yourself, my man, IDM doesn't even make it to the 1% of all "electronic music" there is.

>>74858928
You are everything that's wrong with /mu/.
The whole chart is shit on the first place.

>>74858915
>Anyone who denies this just discovered IDM
That genre isn't essential by any stretch of imagination.

>>74857826
The Avalanches should really not be on the list.

>>74858920
I'm >>74857304 and >>74858954. I'm saying that neither of the genres mentioned here >>74858508 are essential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH5GnN0pUUc

>>74858906
so you think a bunch of shitty disco songs and a meme producer like AG Cook are essential to electronic music, but rushup edge, ICBYD and analord aren't, ok

>>74857589
>>74858915
>>74857241
insanely pleb, like literally not even worth living

>>74858975
Alright then, I thought you were one of the retards in this thread (like the one I'm relpying to below). There is plenty of diversity in my list, what do you think does not belong there and what does actually belong?

>>74858981
Correct. Listen to more music and then come back. It's obvious you don't actually listen to "electronic" music so I don't know why I'm still bothering with you.

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>>74857241
There is literally no electronic LP of any subgenre which is more important or better than this one.

>>74859008
I guess I'll have to almost spoonfeed:
https://monoskop.org/Electronic_art_music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELqVddE6zR0

alll fuck

>>74859008
you're so obsessed with trying to seem cool and knowledgeable that you pretend to like generic house records from the 90s that nobody's heard of
pretty much everyone who makes electronic music today was in some way inspired by aphex twin, if you don't think he's one of the most important and influential electronic artists then you're lying to yourself

>>74859026
My list is one for "electronic dance music". I appreciate your anti-spoonfeed sentiment, but be less of a retard next time.

>>74859058
>generic house records from the 90s that nobody's heard of
Holy shit, you are retarded. None of that stuff is generic nor obscure, those are all very popular recordings of their respective genres. Fucking kill yourself now you ignorant twat.

>pretty much everyone who makes electronic music today was in some way inspired by aphex twin
This isn't true.

>if you don't think he's one of the most important and influential electronic artists then you're lying to yourself
>said the guy who has NO IDEA about electronic music other than IDM
You are a retard.

>>74859074
>but be less of a retard next time.
What?

>>74859081
>anon talks about electronic dance music
>other anon complains about how it doesn't have electronic art music
>wonders why he gets called a retard
:thinking:

>>74859093
It's clear that we've lost track of who's replied to whom. Are you proud of calling people retards or something? Either way, I think we can all see how recommending the lowest common denominator of every genre has helped this board over the years.

>>74858945
t. Plebby "If it ain't Slint I int gonna listen" Ian

I bet you browse p4k and read Scaruffi too you pleb

>>74859058
>pretty much everyone who makes electronic music today was in some way inspired by aphex twin
The state of this fucking post m8. The stuff that influenced Aphex Twin is still much more influential now than his own work is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEQkLgXZb4U

>>74859112
>I think we can all see how recommending the lowest common denominator of every genre has helped this board over the years
Except this hasn't happened with electronic dance music and I would argue we have been worse off this way. See: the retard above who thinks the artists from the list are obscure and that only IDM is worthy.

>>74859116
what the fuck is wrong with you?

And no, I don't.

/mu/ just dick sucks aphex twin like hes the only person who made bleeps.

>>74859058
>everyone who makes electronic music today was in some way inspired by aphex twin
That's the most autistic thing I've read on this thread. Sounds like the mentality behind every WARP poster.

Hope people take screenshots of the stupid shit people like you post to track your retarded discussions.

>>74859058
>pretty much everyone who makes electronic music today was in some way inspired by aphex twin
/mu/ is dead

>>74859074
my point is you're downplaying aphex twin's influence and importance for the sake of showing off your knowledge of cool underground music. Saying he's "not even in the top 100 most important electronic artists" is laughable
>NO IDEA about electronic music other than IDM
aphex twin has a ton of music that wouldn't be considered IDM

>>74859150
he's a meme, just like death grips, kendrick lamar, neutral milk hotel, radiohead etc

>>74859144
>what the fuck is wrong with you?
I'm tired of /mu/ upholding trash while god-tier musicians remain unvenerated

>>74859209
>you're downplaying aphex twin's influence
I'm not.

>for the sake of showing off your knowledge of cool underground music
I couldn't care less about such things at an anonymous forum. Also, not a single one of the artists I posted are "underground".

>Saying he's "not even in the top 100 most important electronic artists" is laughable
It's laughable that you think that just because you listen to IDM and probably stuff like Daft Punk and Gas makes you knowledgeable about electronic dance music.

>aphex twin has a ton of music that wouldn't be considered IDM
Yes, and none of that non IDM stuff is essential.

>>74859216
>god-tier musicians remain unvenerated
Such as?

>>74859187
This isn't exactly a new opinion here

>>74858739
>Aphex Twin is "electronic" for people who don't listen to "electronic"
Not op but surely that it itself would make him pretty "important" right?

>>74859339
Yeah, about as much as Andre Rieu and Kenny G.

>>74859256
Electronic musicians?

Gas
Susumu Hirasawa
Deavid Soul
Ratatat's superior LP3 album

To name a few off the top of my head

This is what happens when you use huge reaching umbrella terms like electronic, EDM and IDM

>>74858915
>except he is one of the most important and influential electronic artists

What has he actually influenced though?

Downtempo/Ambient techno was already at its peak when he released Selected Ambient Works
Wacky breakbeats were already a thing when he dropped I Care Because You Do/Richard D James album
Abrassive vocals? The Prodigy got it covered

The only thing he pioneered was his own image, which even then was mostly Chris Cunningham's ideas for his cover art and music videos

Now I'm NOT saying he's a bad artist by any means, but once you get into electronic music he's not that special compared to many of his contemporaries. It's image first and foremost what made him stand out in the eyes of rock listeners.

>all the rossz csillag recs
it's not even his best or his most accessible got dang man

>>74859359
Eh, decent

>>74859369
This is what happens when /mu/ is filled with rockists.

>>74859425
He made electronic music accessible to rockists. That's it.

Luke Vibert has always been really underappreciated.

>>74859459
Surely not, he's a huge name. He's usually discussed in the same vein as Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.

>>74859439
Drop off a cliff scum

>>74859485
I meant in comparison.

>>74857241
electric is quite a wide net and i don't post here often because i get called a pleb but i really like Balam Acab - Dream

It's kind of witch housey but a bit brighter i guess

>>74859459
No

>>74859496
Go suck AFX's cock faggot

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>>74859439
>Eh, decent
How can a mortal disrespect the voices of God so flippantly?

>>74859359
none of those are god tier. jfc

>>74859503
>Tells others to suck cock
>Calls people a faggot
Projecting much?

>>74859150
it's not a mystery why, he's the most innovative and prodigal electronic musician in the past few decades. contrarians (You) just like to suck their own dicks

>>74859489
Drop the GAS record and you will never need to listen to any other music except for this chart. I love these.

>implying SAW 85-92 particular approach to ambient house/ambient techno didn't have a huge influence on how non-EDM mainstream electronic sounded through the 90s like Bjork, Portishead, later Massive Attack, Radiohead, Ulver on Perdition City, etc.
>implying SAW II didn't bring back 70s style ambient in a whole new way, paving the way for guys like Gas
>implying that guys like Squarepusher and Venetian Snares haven't admitted to being influenced from those earlier Aphex EPs whose sounds Aphex perfected on RDJ album/ICBYD, and some of those Drukqs tracks
>implying the ambient tracks on Drukqs haven't been a big influence on a lot of non-electronic music that came afterwards
>implying that Syro isn't absolutely genius and full of detail with the sheer amount of analogue gear used to make a style of music that is done digitally because of how much work it would need to be done analogue
>implying that Aphex Twin hasn't had a large influence on music that isn't just electronic in general

You guys are all bullshitters. Not some experts that listen to a lot of electronic music. But instead, the generic as fuck contrarian /mu/ poster. This kind of contrarianism doesn't just exist for Aphex Twin/Richard D James either. There's the faggots who always claim that SGP and Lil Ugly Mane directly ripped off the Memphis sound when they ultimately sound nothing like them despite the obvious influence. Or the guys that say Rodan's Rusty is just like Slint's Spiderland when they both take very different approaches to composition despite being post-hardcore. Or the guys that say that newer Swans is just blatantly ripping of noise rock era Sonic Youth/or Glenn Branca when Swans are obviously using a very different tone and non-string timbres as well for their overtones.

Anyone who has actually LISTENED to all of this music can see how full of shit you guys are with "le Aphex didn't affect anything" garbage. It's just some attempt to look smart, that's it.

>>74859439
>rockists
you sound physically retarded

>>74859352
>>74859352
Well that's a start. Kenny G. might not be respected by his peers but he at least gets mentioned in jazz history books. But Aphex was also a direct influence on one of the most acclaimed, popular rock groups of the past 20 years, a lot of the most popular EDM artists, and a ton of other more obscure acts.

>>74859489
not bad. remove mezzanine, 2814 and aphex twin though

>>74859540
Yeah, I actually love cock.

>>74859546
He's not even the most innovative spammed on /mu/ (Autechre).

>>74859558
Radiohead are not relevant either, just popular.

>>74857241
>electronic
oh for fucks sake

>>74859553
Holy shit the strawman...
I don't agree with your strawmans on Swans or Slint, but all the praise for AFX is undeserved and comes mostly from people who don't listen to electronic music other than IDM.

>>74859570
>Radiohead are not relevant either, just popular.
>wins unanimous album of the decade nearly everywhere for both 90s and 2000s
>has already been cited as an influence from a wide variety of musicians inside and outside the genre
>fucking crash Ticketmaster every time a US show's tickets go up
>rock music wouldn't be dead if it actually followed Kid A instead of shitty ass post-punk/garage rock revival
Don't be fucking retarded. Radiohead aren't my favorite band by a long shit, but it has gotten the popularity, the critical acclaim, and the influence to back up their claim of being relevant.

>>74859570
(you)

>>74859553
Squarepusher and VSnares have been influence by way more things than just AFX and you are a tard if you think his sound is their primary influence.

I get that you like him but he's no way near as influential as some like Joey Beltram or A Guy Called Gerald which is what you are making him out to be.

>>74859552
pop and tri rep are the only godly albums there

>>74859553
absolutely true but if you're not a bullshitting contrarian can you even really call yourself a patrician?

I thought that metal fans were the most autistic on this board, but some of these /bleep/ fags have set the bar higher

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>>74859523
You are filth, nothing more than a organic machine with no soul inside that tramples daily the godsent gifts ftom heaven. How did I ever come to live in such a dead, soulless world?

>>74859553
i love how idiots like you like to always go back to his "influence" but don't even discuss the artists he has "influenced"
idiot

>>74859595
>he's popular, therefore he's good
Okay. I like Radiohead, Kid A is one of my favorite albums ever, but he's definitely not relevant (again, popular is not the same as relevant).

>>74859604
Fuck off

>>74859625
I love how those posters never talk about stuff that predated Aphex Twin because they are completely ignorant of electronic dance music history.

>>74859622
anime, stop posting

Are these "electronic"?

>>74854275

>>74859599
>AFX wasn't their primary influence so he's essentially non-influential

>Joey Beltram
>Guy Called Gerald
literally whom? do contrarians actually believe the shit they say or they just hope they trick people into thinking they know anything

>>74859591
There is no strawman, you dumb fuck. I gave other examples of /mu/ contrarianism from various other posters. At least I gave detailed explanations of where the influence is going and what's happening in each Aphex record's case. You blabber shit like

>but all the praise for AFX is undeserved and comes mostly from people who don't listen to electronic music other than IDM

Without really explaining it. Fucking useless garbage post.
>>74859599
But Squarepusher has said repeatedly that his approach has been influenced by Aphex, particularly Xylem Tube. Beltram and A Guy Called Gerald's influence only touched very specific styles of dance based electronic music. That's it. Aphex's influence goes far beyond just his own genre.
>>74859625
>but don't even discuss the artists he has "influenced"
Dude, I name dropped like eight different artists are you fucking blind?

>>74859622
Love died anon, we live in a selfish age now

According to /mu/
aphex invented electronic music and is the only artist who still makes electronic music
what a joke of a board.

>>74859595
In 2013, Thom Yorke of Radiohead named Aphex Twin as his biggest influence, saying: "He burns a heavy shadow ... Aphex opened up another world that didn't involve my fucking electric guitar ... I hated all the music that was around Radiohead at the time, it was completely fucking meaningless. I hated the Britpop thing and what was happening in America, but Aphex was totally beautiful, and he's kind of my age too."[88] Although he has influenced Radiohead, especially on their album Kid A,[89] he does not wish to tour with them: "I wouldn't play with them since I don't like them."[79]

ya Aphex just influenced the biggest band in the past 20 years, he's a nobody. DJ Scrikkyjiks is actually the best electronic musician

>>74859664
>Dude, I name dropped like eight different artists are you fucking blind?
thats the fucking point you idiot. you only name dropped them. we never on this board have any discussion about any of those artists.

>>74859645
>Radiohead is just a he
Yeah sure, you must LOVE Radiohead to not know they are a fucking band. Radiohead innovated, influenced, got popularity, and are critically acclaimed.

>>74859664
>Aphex influenced artists
>Beltram influenced genres
>goes on to claim Aphex is more influential than Beltram
Retardation

>>74859670
>someone says Aphex Twin is good
>contrarians freak out, pretend the argument is "Aphex Twin is the only good electronic musician" rather than "Aphex Twin is great and influential"
>contrarians literally shit and piss their diapers

>>74859677
Most of those artists are literally the most often posted about artists here. You are either new, trolling, or mentally retarded to not think guys like Radiohead and Bjork aren't popular around or not discussed here.

>>74859677
>>74859369

>>74859697
Summers almost over, half of them will be gone soon

>>74859701
whats your thoughts on gas's new album?

>>74859673
>Radiohead
>biggest bands in the last 20 years
Fucking kill me now. You are a retard. And worst of all you will dismiss this post as contrarianism. That's what you all do when you don't like someone's opinion.

>>74859697
it has nothing to do with contrarians. its about not posting the same fucking artist over and over. while ignoring 90% of what has happened in electronic music.
jfc pls drink bleach

>>74859694
Yes, because Aphex's influence has gone outside just genres. Beltram only influenced a tiny bit of two genres, that's it. Aphex's influence has been shown to go way beyond just that. You can't just namedrop genres with Aphex because of this reason. God you guys are so stupid.

>>74859670
That's the true reason there is rarely any discussion about electronic music on this board.

Aphex Twin is the beginning and the end to all electronic music. Once he dies electronic music will not exist.

Aphex Twin hasn't been relevant since the 90s.

just do Autechre's entire discog

>>74859720
This statement here is proof (as if any more were needed) that you don't listen to primarily to electronic based subgenres. There isn't anyone who doesn't have brain damage who thinks AFX is more influential or important than someone like Beltram and decades of music supports this.

>>74858508
you genuinely think that if someone wants to get into electronic music and doesn't know where to start, it's ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL that they listen to manufactured, objectively awful disco music that aged like milk and internet me-me soundcloud VST preset producer AG Cook, but they should ignore Alberto Balsalm, w32.deadcode.a, Lichen, Mt. Saint Michaels, and Everything you do is a balloon.
ok dude

wow all of you stfu, edm is dance music fuck off with your hipster music the only good edm is all DANCE music you DANCE to, not this 'objectively good music' you nerds jerk yourselves off over.

>>74859710
Honestly depends on mood. Sometimes I am okay with the sheer repetition, other times I am not. And a lot of it is just straight up repeating with no variation (and I liked elseq2 which had a lot of seemingly repetitive tracks but those had a lot of variations happening that were super subtle.)

>Writing in The Guardian in 2001, journalist Paul Lester described James as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music".[3]

>In 2007 Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk cited Aphex Twin (particularly "Windowlicker") as an influence for the duo's 2nd album Discovery. Bangalter said he liked it because "It wasn't a big club beat, but it also wasn't a laid back, quiet one.".[87]

>Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante said that Aphex Twin is "the best thing since sliced bread", and his Outsides EP and PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone are examples of James' influence.

>huge influence on Panda Bear and Grimes, two of the biggest names in indie music in the 21st century

Joey Beltram was way more influential

>>74859764
I actually agree with you. still think htrk's psychic-9-5 club release is some of the best downtempo released in ages

>>74859747
See, all you can do is say shit like this where you're pulling shit out of your ass. I am using objective fact that Beltram only influenced a couple genres meanwhile Aphex's influence went way beyond that.

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>>74857241
>1:50


I always though HIVE 'Devious Methods' was an overlooked gem. It gets praise, but not enough in my opinion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQiIFghLjMU&list=RDwP0GYvPxOSM&index=4

>>74859715
>tries to pre-emptively deflect accusation of contrarianism
>acts like a goddamn contrarian
fucking contrarians I swear. Okay, name me a bigger band than Radiohead with as much popular and critical appeal in the past 20 years?

>>74859682
Yeah, I know Radiohead are a band, don't be so autistic about it, I got confused by talking about Aphex Twin (a he).

>>74859709
Funny that you say that because it's us who have been here for years on /mu/ while the AFX fans come from /b/ and /v/

>>74859720
>two genres, that's nothing
>meanwhile Aphex Twin influenced a band that was already one of the best selling artists of all time and a tiny fraction of electronic music

>>74859747
/mu/ is shit, no surprises here
What's the worst however is that there isn't a better alternative for people who actually like to explore music.

>>74859752
>I have no understanding on the influence of disco on electronic dance music
>and to top it off, I will strawman about one of the artists from the list
>and now I will pretend that Aphex Twin is the start and end of electronic music

>>74859791
I can't. Radiohead are one of the most popular bands ever, but that's not an inherently good thing.

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>>74859719
>not posting the same fucking artist over and over
it should go without saying but it has to be said bc you're a fuckin idiot:
The OP posted aphex looking for new electronic music. You're the one having a sperg attack bc somebody (OP) mentioned Aphex and you must let everyone know he sucks and influenced no one and anyone who appreciates him is pleb, because you're a contrarian shitstain

>>74859827
did you reply to the wrong person??

>>74859823
>that's not inherently a good thing
That wasn't my argument tho was it?

I would be amazed that such a crap OP got so many replies, but then I remember where I am.

>>74859791
>Okay, name me a bigger band than Radiohead with as much popular and critical appeal in the past 20 years?
popular with the older crowd. but most kids in college and especially gen-z don't care for radiohead.

>>74859803
>meanwhile Aphex Twin influenced a band that was already one of the best selling artists of all time and a tiny fraction of electronic music
Nah, he not only was influential to electronic music, he also went even beyond it. Dude's reach was that far.

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>>74859848
I can't disagree with you then that Aphex Twin influenced one of the most popular artists ever then, but why should this matter?

Weird thing is aphex isn't as pretentious as his fans are.
not richard's fault he attracted a bunch of rockists

>>74859803
>I have no understanding on the influence of disco on electronic dance music
that doesn't mean it's good or worth listening to
>and now I will pretend that Aphex Twin is the start and end of electronic music
hey speaking of strawmen

>>74859867
Its like when contrarians deny the beatles influence. Despite your opinion on their music, they shaped pop into the modern day and you cant deny it

>>74859886
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXv5pXkeXdg&t=0m50s
>not interested in learning notation
yeah it is

>>74859920
>. Despite your opinion on their music, they shaped pop into the modern day and you cant deny it
yep they gave us shit like katy perry and beyonce
thx beatles!

>>74859863
College kid here, youre full of shit

>>74859947
t.outcast
tame impala and mac demarco is played 20x more than any radiohead album.

>>74859946
Like it or not as I said impact is impact

How many people ITT know the difference between techno and house and onkyo?

>>74859964
No, everyone I know loves radiohead. Quit projecting anon

>>74859994
Probably very few

>>74859999
nice quads
too bad its wasted on your lying ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBzrzS1Ag_g this is played at almost every party.
nobody played shit from amsp. i sometimes hear stuff from the bends thts it.

>>74859570
>Radiohead are not relevant either, just popular.
We were talking about "importance" in general, not just the amount of hype around them in 2017
>>74859655
c'mon man I don't even agree with him but both those guys were clearly very influential, at least in the 90s

>>74859999
Check those digits

Is Chris Clark good?

>>74860032
no
aphex twin is better

>>74860020
>c'mon man I don't even agree with him but both those guys were clearly very influential,
no they weren't. never heard of them. must be only liked by hipsters

>>74859553
>>implying SAW 85-92 particular approach to ambient house/ambient techno didn't have a huge influence on how non-EDM mainstream electronic sounded through the 90s like Bjork, Portishead, later Massive Attack, Radiohead, Ulver on Perdition City, etc.
>>implying SAW II didn't bring back 70s style ambient in a whole new way, paving the way for guys like Gas

Oh come on man, you're talking as if he invented ambient or something

Do you know who The Orb, Orbital, The Future Sound of London and Biosphere are? They aren't even obscure and they predate the SAW albums with a largely similar approach(1991)

So it's agreed then, Aphex Twin and Radiohead are the pinnacle of electronic music of the last 25 years.

>>74860077
And the most important and influential

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SAW2 changed my life

>>74860059
maybe you're just an idiot

>>74860109
They also invented techno, IDM and ambient

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>>74860077

>>74860132
>hip hop
>electronic music

>>74860059
/mu/, everybody
And then it's the same people who won't understand why their normie friends think of them as hipsters who only listen to music if it's obscure when that's not even true

1910: music was born
1963: the beatles create guitar music
1992: aphex twin creates electronic music

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>>74859570
>Radiohead are not relevant either, just popular.

>>74860165
2000: radiohead creates guitar electronic music

>>74860165
2000: Radiohead perfect it

>>74860165
let me guess, it was some based black guy who REALLY invented electronic music right anon?

>>74860151
>DJ Shadow isn't electronic
>Record spinners have no connection to electronic music history

>>74860132
That's instrumental hip hop, dumbass.

>>74859552
Disregard this pleb. Gas - Pop is a masterpiece without compare. Every single time I listen to it it becomes even deeper than the last - it is a musical nirvana, a perpetual dreamscape of perfection that I will never have my fill of.

>>74860211
not real electronic

>>74860208
No, a French man named Pierre Schaeffer (recorded)

>>74859779
I completely agree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2rs4lfwFwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7f3COihbk

Both of Hive's LPs are really good, his mixes are always flawless and most of his own productions are top tier. I don't think he'll ever be involved in discussion about who is the best producer/DJ etc. just because he hasn't released loads of stuff and isn't that well known, with the exception of maybe one track.

>>74860213
>Instrumental Hip Hop
>Cutting, mixing and editing music samples isn't electronic
Might as well consider The Chemical Brothers, the Avalanches and RJD2 as "hip hop" then.

>>74860261
they are hip hop

>>74860032
Empty the Bones of You accomplishes a lot in one album and outshines a lot of comparable artists, but his lack of substantial output after is what makes him not good

>>74860261
Anything with breakbeats is hip hop

Can anyone here recomend me albums like Aphex twins selected ambient works? I've listened to them both and I can't find anything else quite like them

>>74860295
>jungle, d&b, trip hop and big beat are no longer electronic music

>>74860307
nope
hes the only good artists of that music.

>>74860208
>let me guess,

do you unrionically think that aphex twin invented electronic music or something?

>>74860307
Radiohead

>>74860332
hes the only relevant and influential artists

>>74860073
>The Orb, Orbital
>Biosphere
Notice how I said "particular approach"? Because yeah these guys were doing it around the same exact time (though arguably some of the works in SAWI were being done into the 80s so from a recording/production perspective Aphex has them beat), but their approach is a bit closer structurally to the dancefloor stuff compared to what Aphex made around that time. And this makes the largest difference because arguably it's this structural difference that can be very obviously seen at least in the case of Bjork, Radiohead, and later Massive Attack compared to the earlier stuff.

>The Future Sound of London
They joined the ambient + beats club with Lifeforms not Accelerator. All their earlier stuff is different. And again, 85-92 means some of those tracks beat out these guys as well.

I love all these artists, but credit needs to be given where it's due. This is also not mentioning Analogue Bubblebath, Vol. 1 which also came out in 1991 and was made by Aphex which, like the others mentioned here, also had a more straightforward dance music minimalist structure.

why does no one ever fucking remember that squarepusher exists

>>74860372
because he's shit now

>>74860307
B12
Global Communication
early Autechre

>>74860261
I don't know where the fuck you're getting the idea that turntabalism is inherently electronic.

>>74860372
Don't forget BoC!!!1!1!!!

>>74860372
Plug > Squarepusher + RDJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Nbkvkl-f0

>>74860327
This
>If it has a break beat it's hip hop.
Probably the laziest and poorest definition of the genre.
DJ Shadow walked the line with "hip hop beats" and electronic, but Endtroducing was where the line was blurred. You can't say he didn't make his own beats and only mixed samples, I use this song as a prime example. Had it not been for this album's influence we wouldnt have a plethora of music now. For a quick example, any of the Verve remixes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihr0y7ayGV0

>>74860402
I fucking love those gramaphone scratchers

>>74860329
epic answer
>>74860338
even more epic
>>74860392
are these actual recommendations? thank you anon

>>74860407
Oh shit dude, I was just about to post Unreal Square in another thread

>/mu/ isn't even discussed B12: Electro-Soma I + II
this place is a fucking shithole, go back to top40 pop & hip hop

>>74860402
Endtroducing... isn't turntablism, it was made with a sampler

>>74860433
you're welcome m8

>>74860412
Herc and Bam are literally having a beef right now over who invented hip hop based on who did breaks first

>>74860371
85-92 doesn't mean it was recorded from 1985 to 1992, it's just a catchy title.

>>74860491
Herc and Flash, mybad

>>74857807
This is a great list. I've been working my way through it for a while now, currently at Trance.

>>74860077
agreed by you and five more fedora neckbeards from mu?

>>74857807
good shit man

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>>74857807
>three artists who I love but mu/ never gave a shit about are finally on an essentials chart
My master plan is finally beginning to pay off, soon /mu/ will be made completely in my image

>>74860509
Nah, it literally does mean that. You really should do your research before talking about certain artists.

>>74860653
>finally
That was made in about 2011

>>74860680
Source that some of the tracks were made in 1985?

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>>74860698
Then why did /mu/ hate them from 2012 on?

>>74860746
Why do people act like there's only one poster here?

>>74860771
a u t i s m

>>74857241
Nicolas Jaar - Nymphs
Burial - Untrue
Jan Jelinek - Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records

Listen to all these.

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>>74860771
>hey /mu/ here's this cool artist
>two replies, both say the artist sucks
>thread 404s with no further replies
>meanwhile threads on other artists get hundreds of posts a day

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>>74860246

INDEED

Yeah, Hive has a lot of legit work he put out in the 90's. I guess it just got swept up with the rise of pop and other stuff. But you never know, it could become popular from out of nowhere

I'm just happy I found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klk6syaZA7k

>>74860803
I've got a whole thread running full of music no one cares about, how does that mean there's only 2 posters still?

>>74860438
it's fucking amazing

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>>74857241
>aphex twin
stick to the rest of his discography and never leave that dump

>>74860372
I fucking love Squarepusher, Ultravisitor was the last solid album I can remember though.

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Sususmu Yokota - Sound of Sky
I would check out the rest of his discography as well

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>>74860829
It doesn't. But it says that /mu/ doesn't care about the artist, and the only effort anyone put into acknowledging their existence was to say how terrible the artist is in their opinion. It's like being a beggar on the sidewalk, and the only people who even pay attention to you are ones who come along to beat you up.

>>74860407
Oh Luke Vibert, I forgot that alias. Yea he's amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCf-PT4VMEA

>>74860744
It's literally why the album's name is what it is. Just google the damn thing, you'll find it. In Q magazine 340 I think he said it as well that he made "i" way back (of course that's the shortest track, too.) Most of the album was still recorded in the past couple years before it came out, but there are a couple tracks like that which he had around for a while.

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Listen to this while looking out a window in the middle of the night.

>>74860451
Where do you think those samples come from, genius?

>>74861033
>>>74860744 (You)
>It's literally why the album's name is what it is
[citation needed]

>>74861064
Irrelevant

>>74861113
Dude, I gave the one hard to find source (Q Magazine), the rest are easily google-able. I am sick of spoonfeeding dumb faggots on /mu/. It's newfags like that which kill this board with their ignorance. It's mentioned literally everywhere where the album is posted on the internet.

>>74861189
>easily Googleable
>still no source
I wonder why...
Also
>complains about newfags and spoonfeeding
>is the AFX fanboy
Stop pretending you have been here for long.

There is no source that the album was record since 1985, it's just people assuming that from the album title.

>>74861059
great suggestion

>>74860952
He also released AOTY this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjHuYfZ4lg

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>>74857589
>Burial
>Dated

>>74858253
Do you have a download of it you could put up? None in the archive for it. I've just been streaming it all this time.

>>74859803
>Tiny fraction
Are you retarded?

>>74860295
Breakcore isn't electronic music? Jesus Christ you guys are fucking stupid.

>>74862169
If it is, so is hip hop

>>74862129
t. IDM fanboy

>>74857304
Wow, fuck off forever you enormous faggot. This post is pretentious even by /mu/ standards.

>>74861165
lol ok kid

>>74862537
It is though.

>>74857304
I can't even tell the difference between the hipsters and bait anymore

>>74862532
>>74862674
>spoonfeed me so I can pretend I'm "patrician" to "normies"

>>74862083
I just stream it too, so no download sorry.

>>74862703
>reply to me because I post bait

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>>74857241
Really good minimalist electronic

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>this thread
big cringe

>>74862825
Shitty b8 lad

>>74859405
essential listening

>>74863342
Like Foo Fighters

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>>74860120
how so, anon?

>>74862825
Geogaddi is their best album.

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Extremely fond of this album by Tom Ellard/Severed Heads

Op (Ch0Pped)

>>74865010
This is the exact point they became bad. I remember listening to this shit and couldn't believe that it was Noisia because of how terrible it was.

>>74858253
came here to say this

>>74859768
>>74859553
>lists of indie icons and hipster darlings
It's almost as if you're proving it that Aphex's sole influence is on rockists and lazy music dilettantes or something.

>>74857304
Someone's entitled

>>74862253
That's my point retard.

>>74862825
>blanck mass
>oneohtrix point never
>Flying lotus
>Some horrible prodigy album
>necessary to listen to entry level bleep
This chart is ass

Was /mu/ just raided by WATMM? The levels of ignorance and fanboyism are much higher than usual in this thread.

>>74861235
Cheesy Autechre ripoff

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>>74857241
Pic related

>>74864696
Everything Boards of Canada is shit.

Idiot rockists who talk about "electronic music" as a genre and post fucking essential lists are one of the few things that still genuinely triggers me on /mu/

>>74867338
pwei is garbage

>>74867369
Wise up, sucker