Electronic Music

[Hoggy_RS]

I see alot of threads on hip hop and various forms of rock in here but we need a good thread about the many types of electronic music. So what kind of stuff are you guys into?

I've been djing for a few years so i've a big interest in many areas of electronic music the main types being uplifting/progressive trance & soulful/deep house. Besides those I enjoy everything from drum & bass to uk hardcore to 2step garage.

a few videos to get the thread going:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOyDWOMqajU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkW_pzkAmTs

[Woland]

Finally!

I'm a huge fan of trance. I used to listen to ASOT, but since it stopped working in Germany, I now mostly listen to Above & Beyond's podcast; http://www.trancearoundtheworld.com/tatw/280

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z-8q7nToLA&feature=related&fmt=18

[Hoggy_RS]

Above & Beyond are amazing! I especially enjoy their oceanlab stuff!

ASOT is a good one too, i'm suprised it doesn't work in Germany?

[bellyscratch]

Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajWPpl2sDl0


Lo-Fi-Fnk - Want U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuF2JH_wD4U


Digitalism - Pogo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsIlfbL0Abg


Puzique - Don't Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3jfD7X9Tb0

[LOLseph Stalin]

I absolutely love all forms of electronic music. Dj Tiesto is currently one of my favorite Djs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A4IAYbRRrw

[Mala Tha Testa]

Chiptune's a type of electronic music, yeah?
I've really been into chiptune lately.
chipzel in particular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k028AsIstjE

[New Tet]

I first heard electronic music back in the early 1970's. Kraftwerk, Tomita, Tangerine Dream, etc. Nowadays, with the exception of Tomita, it all sounds to me as stale as week-old bread.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Definately my favourite meta-genre of music. From Jean Michel Jarre's symphonic masterpieces Equinoxe and Oxygene through to oldschool minimalist classics all the way to the complex multilayered productions by contemporary Psytrance, Drum 'n' Bass and Hardcore artists and DJs, there's gold to be found all round if you know where to look.

Damn, this makes me wish I could listen to my enormous MP3 collection, but it's currently on a computer that's out of commission. :crying:

[Oolong]

I like idm, breakcore, dubstep, chiptune, drum n bass and some other electronic music, i like lotsa ambient sorta stuff too wherever that fits into..

I also try to make it when I get the time (breakcore, chiptune and hip hop mostly), but that hasn't really been for a while after I started going to school again.

[Red Scare]

I've been listening to LCD Soundsystem, if that counts :D.

[mykittyhasaboner]

I've been listening to LCD Soundsystem, if that counts :D.
Hell yes it does.....get innocuous baby. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vz_01o6Nao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK6-kezBS-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqSIpaQHiLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-2JTNNLMHc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA9ffaWRsn8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MpfTf3Mzw

[pierrotlefou]

I feel like there is so much bad electronic music but my room mates have shown me some good stuff in the recent years. I got into GAS and then other things by that guy on the Kompact label. The field is ok as well. I don't know if stuff like Black Dice is included but if so, that is the height of electronic music.

[Invader Zim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmakOt65At4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrjwqXwyzNU&

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmB5SG5PpSI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8us3432lh4M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHTFmJk7fH0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIjy1G_JWXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A

[bricolage]

Grouping everything from trance to garage under this strange title of 'electronic music' is ridiculous. Things like jungle or dubstep have more in common with reggae than house but because you throw a dj or fruity loops into the mix they are suddenly all the same genre.

Guitars can be electric, can we talk about Hendrix here as well then?

[Hoggy_RS]

Grouping everything from trance to garage under this strange title of 'electronic music' is ridiculous. Things like jungle or dubstep have more in common with reggae than house but because you throw a dj or fruity loops into the mix they are suddenly all the same genre.

Guitars can be electric, can we talk about Hendrix here as well then?
Fine, more specifically this thread is for EDM(Electronic Dance Music) genres. Jungle and dubstep fall under EDM so you'll have to get over that.

Take your talk of hendrix or whatever other rock groups to a different thread.

[Lacrimi de Chiciură]

Long live electro!

Some of my favorites:

French electro/house... Didier Sinclair, David Guetta, Justice, Monsieur Oizo, Miss Kitten, I also take shameful pleasure in "tecktonik" music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68H02UzGoRg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9NvJfwF9bI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYhuwu614Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX5JVB_Puas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQXk3zDNxaI

Brodinski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV8kMh1br6k

a classic... Global Deejays

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_clt7-J0zw

Crookers remix, but anyways the dancing is the shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xttlPJ3F6lo


Crystal Castles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jY-Dl1T_V8

Nortec Collective

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqpqx2BQOhQ

Buraka Som Sistema

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPsRK7wboK8

[Intifadah]

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[bricolage]

Fine, more specifically this thread is for EDM(Electronic Dance Music) genres. Jungle and dubstep fall under EDM so you'll have to get over that.

Fine but I still think it's silly, what does techno have in common with garage? Grouping all computer based music together just allows people to make the false distinction between it and music made by 'real instruments' then completely disregard the former for being somehow less worthwhile.


Take your talk of hendrix or whatever other rock groups to a different thread.

I have no intention of talking about them just illustrating how Hendrix is just as 'electric' as kraftwerk.

[Hoggy_RS]

Fine but I still think it's silly, what does techno have in common with garage? Grouping all computer based music together just allows people to make the false distinction between it and music made by 'real instruments' then completely disregard the former for being somehow less worthwhile.

Yeah thats a good point but for the purpose of this thread its easiest just to refer to all the related genres as electronic or EDM. Much EDM incorporates 'real instruments' but I think thats a discussion for another day.

[Lacrimi de Chiciură]

Fine but I still think it's silly, what does techno have in common with garage? Grouping all computer based music together just allows people to make the false distinction between it and music made by 'real instruments' then completely disregard the former for being somehow less worthwhile.

oh go listen to a Godspeed you black emperor song for 45 minutes and leave electronic music alone! (nice avatar by the way)

[bricolage]

oh go listen to a Godspeed you black emperor song for 45 minutes and leave electronic music alone! (nice avatar by the way)

I could just go and listen to Gas, it's Godspeed but 'electronic'. I win!

[Comrade Akai]

A friend of mine (who also happens to be an anarcho-communist like most of us here) makes electronic music.


http://www.myspace.com/cyberwavexperiment

Check it out, you guys might like it.

[Oolong]

Check it out, you guys might like it.
I do! Thanks for posting it.

[bellyscratch]

Feeling a bit of dubstep at the moment

Benga and Coki - Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNStVlJWy88


Rusko - Cockney Thug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWQukgO1X6c


Ikonika - Please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvpgiiotL0U

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Grouping everything from trance to garage under this strange title of 'electronic music' is ridiculous. Things like jungle or dubstep have more in common with reggae than house but because you throw a dj or fruity loops into the mix they are suddenly all the same genre.

Guitars can be electric, can we talk about Hendrix here as well then?

Electric =/= electronic.

[bricolage]

Electric =/= electronic.


Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_music

[Invader Zim]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_music

You think that this thread title is a misnomer. We get it. Move on.

[bricolage]

You think that this thread title is a misnomer. We get it. Move on.

Well I had moved on until it was brought up again yeah sure whatever.

[Hoggy_RS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_F-6nfhfv0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCD2z7vmMmE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3QVgj-nHU

[Intifadah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3QVgj-nHU

Going to see that man tomorrow at Belsonic http://www.thehuddleboard.com/hb/images/smilies/banana.gif

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[cleef]

Yeh bang on the electronica,

Electro n DnB gotta be my faves athough can appreciate dubstep if its a good tune.

Progressive tunes annoy the fuck out of me though :cursing:

Best remix ever of Robert Mile's- Children ---------------->

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[Hoggy_RS]

not a big fan of electro house but thats a great tune^. I remember hearing it at BCM, Magaluf a year ago, fucking mental!

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[Hoggy_RS]

Love that old 2step garage stuff!

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[Intifadah]

we don't need that anymore! http://www.thehuddleboard.com/hb/images/smilies/banana.gif
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Belsonic was funkin awesome too, Boysnoize, deadmau5 & 2manydjs - fantastic.

[bellyscratch]

wwwwwwwhats my naaame... FAKE BLOOD, FAKE BLOOD!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-p-IbhOWnQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc3QNcec5RE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHT_xLpwQ68


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jIYKAiYVig

[Hit The North]

I can't believe someone has posted a Craig David video :lol:

[Pogue]

euphoric dance

[Hoggy_RS]

I can't believe someone has posted a Craig David video :lol:
Craig david is awesome! that sunship remix is sick

[Redmau5]

The Reward is Cheese.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZVRcM13u4

And anything else by Deadmau5 basically.

[bellyscratch]

I'm not sure why, but I'm still to get into Deadmau5. Everyone seems to love him, but I've not heard anything that really grabs me yet.

[Redmau5]

I'm not sure why, but I'm still to get into Deadmau5. Everyone seems to love him, but I've not heard anything that really grabs me yet.

I was a late-comer to Deadmau5 as well, and now it's an obsession :drool:. I seen him live on friday and it was an amazing set.

Of course, drugs help you enjoy his music (and any music for that matter) much more.

[gorillafuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyED8wlZDsM

[Hoggy_RS]

I was a late-comer to Deadmau5 as well, and now it's an obsession :drool:. I seen him live on friday and it was an amazing set.

Of course, drugs help you enjoy his music (and any music for that matter) much more.
I enjoy his progressive stuff, the more electro-y stuff i'm not really into.

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This here is a ridiculously good track:
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[BakuninFan]

Dan Deacon ftw!

And I also like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, ect.

[Redmau5]

I enjoy his progressive stuff, the more electro-y stuff i'm not really into.

kP_HbvxveoE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP_HbvxveoE)


That's a great track! I heard him play that at Belsonic on friday, and couldn't remember what it was.

Cheers.

[cleef]

I'm not sure why, but I'm still to get into Deadmau5. Everyone seems to love him, but I've not heard anything that really grabs me yet.

same goes, nothing shouts out at me at being absolutely amazing but everyone seems to be bang on him at the moment :confused: i must need to take a few more pills or something :p

[bellyscratch]

same goes, nothing shouts out at me at being absolutely amazing but everyone seems to be bang on him at the moment :confused: i must need to take a few more pills or something :p

One of my friends (who's not really into electronic music, but likes the odd song/band) just saw him at Leeds fest, and said he was the best thing he saw all weekend. So maybe I need to see him live to get what all the fuss is about

[mykittyhasaboner]

I was never into Deadmau5 (I had barely heard of him really) until ULTRA. He was spectacular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3oTQVx4hg8

[Intifadah]

Another tune that was hijacked by smicks, neds and chavs a few years ago, but a nice track all the same imho

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[cleef]

One of my friends (who's not really into electronic music, but likes the odd song/band) just saw him at Leeds fest, and said he was the best thing he saw all weekend. So maybe I need to see him live to get what all the fuss is about

i saw him live ther as well but still dont see what all the fuss is about lol it was good but i still dont rate him that highly

[Intifadah]

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[Redmau5]

The Soulwax remix of a Fifth of Beethoven. Lethal tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3lPocF6HuU

And to continue with the classical theme, Wolfgang Gartner's 5th Symphony is fucking orgasmic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY_lks2s-Ak

[Psych0]

I'm a fan of gabba hardcore. speedcore and breakcore is fine too:)

[Azraelscross]

YOJI BIOMEHANIKA alone sums up my love of trance
search up YOJI BIOMEHANIKA - HARDSTYLE [email protected] black on youtube to see what i mean

[Killfacer]

I like alot of drum and bass. Stuff like Pendulum, some Chase and Status tracks etc

I also like Kraftwerk which i guess is electronic music aswell.

[Hoggy_RS]

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[Invincible Summer]

Frontline Assembly, anyone?

[Andropov]

I love Trance and House and all the inbetweens.
My favourite Djs at the moment would have to be,
Gabriel and Dresden (wish they were back togethor),
Deadmau5
Tiesto
AVB
Paul Van Dyke,
Cosmic Gate,
Above And Beyond,
Prodigy,
Dogzilla (wish it was back producing aswell),
John O'Callaghan,
Ferry Corsten,
......so much more.

[MilitantAnarchist]

The Prodigy have always been fucking sound... Omen is my fave 'fucking' track, put that on repeat and you dont need ecstasy lol

[MilitantAnarchist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olHnyslc-OM

On the chance you haven't ever heard of Prodigy... beleive it or not some people aint.... here's a little sample :tt1:

[MilitantAnarchist]

Or you have this, which could be the funniest thing i've seen in ages, lol :laugh:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQFLGxM6xs

[Invincible Summer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRnviOWr9SM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3czfiPhnnU

[Edelweiss]

Egotronic - Raven gegen Deutschland (Rave against Germany)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz2Y6xZJFKs

[al8]

http://livingears.com/music/SceneNotHeard/071109/Golden%20Cage%20Falke.mp3

[Hoggy_RS]

Couldnt let this topic die! Few trance tracks for ye! Also check our www.trance.fm (http://www.trance.fm), very good internet radio station:thumbup1:

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Perfect music for a lovely saturday afternoon!

[Redmau5]

These songs are filthy good.

Action Man - Zombie Dance;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F55FDD6gA7E

La Serenissima - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kl9y3EiD8w

[Intifadah]

These songs are filthy good.

Action Man - Zombie Dance;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F55FDD6gA7E

La Serenissima - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kl9y3EiD8w

http://www.thehuddleboard.com/hb/images/smilies/puke.gif

[Pogue]

Went to a sick squat rave from 12am-6am on sunday, was fucking sick as, absolutely quality.

[Intifadah]

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[Pogue]

(http://www.youtube.com/user/QuantumDNB#p/u/11/jGkIm90mJuU)http://www.youtube.com/user/QuantumDNB#p/u/11/jGkIm90mJuU
(http://www.youtube.com/user/QuantumDNB#p/u/11/jGkIm90mJuU)

[Pogue]

how do you post youtube videos?

[Spawn of Stalin]

You have to take the URL from the actual video page, not the user's page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCgJ-n1N7wU

[Pogue]

then what do you do?

[Pogue]

also that original link: http://www.youtube.com/user/QuantumDNB#p/u/11/jGkIm90mJuU

is the user's page, some sick dnb, too much dubstep for me though, only a few of that stuff is good, shame its more popular down here than dnb

[Spawn of Stalin]

From the link you posted, click on the title of the video which should be underneath the player, that takes you to the video page, copy and paste the new page's address and stick some YouTube tags around it.

[Redmau5]

My favourite tune at the minute. Funktastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6jf-QFQXDs&feature=related

[Intifadah]

In the words of Mr Craig David - can I get a rewind?

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[ls]

Eric Wahlforss is good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdHJ0mEj-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DbxR0xOEHI

[Pirate Utopian]

Does electro count?
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I like other forms of electronic music too.

I never really explored electronic music enough to really call my some an electronic fan, but when it's on I can dig it.
I'm gonna explore electronic music thoroughly soon enough.

[Patchd]

Electronic music I'm into is psy-trance, more specifically dark psy, but also morning trance, SAFA psy and progressive psy. Into a bit of goa and acid tekno too.

Just two examples:

SAFA psy-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfBEb7ddKng&NR=1

Dark psy-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCq1f_p5x4o

[Sarah Palin]

I'm an über-fan of all electronic music.

Here's what I've been into most lately:

Glitch Mob:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGmh2ayrEpo

edIT from the above group:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwdE3BlmSNU&feature=related

Venetian Snares:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg52OSGmg7g&feature=related

Girl Talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH379SeYAro

Pretty Lights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62VASkbu1gw

Moby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBGUqNBEgE

M.I.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iG4b9GKX9Q

Busy P:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZFVDcysmQU

Justice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxsu2-xcvNs

Ratatat (Also check out their remixes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VAkPjrnWM

[Patchd]

^ OMGZ, you just buried my awsumz psy with those tracks! :lol: ... fair dos, the first one aint that bad until the guy starts getting a stupidly pitched and varying voice. :tt2:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktoLOT79Q4g

More like it ;)

[ls]

Squarepusher - Planetarium http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5crdJgQcR3Q

Lemon D - This is LA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yVj5oONbA

Lemon D - Manhattan Melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LkG1wltFk

µ-ziq - wergle the proud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh-zNUw3u1I

[★R3v0luTii0N☭]

i would have to say my all time favorites are, Shpongle!! younger brother(both of which is more downtempo trance) above & beyond, the Trillseekers, chicane, juno reactor, and Ott.. but Shpongle is my fav. Check em out.:thumbup1:

[Intifadah]

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[Dimentio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3tKqsyG2Q&feature=related

[Dimentio]

This artist gets kudos for the most charming style and appearance ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNZVMzHVKu4

[Intifadah]

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[★R3v0luTii0N☭]

Something to add.... Carbon Based Lifeforms.... really great if u like to sit and chill.

[Clifton]

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. Electronic music is supposed to be opening new horizons towards melodic and rhythmic structures that are not limited by physical properties of natural instruments and its musicians.

[Sarah Palin]

Squarepusher - Planetarium http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5crdJgQcR3Q


Squarepusher is absolutely great. Up there with Aphex Twin in my humble opinion.

[Hoggy_RS]

really feeling hardhouse these days(saw alex kidd and kutski on the 26th, twas siiiick)

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http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHardestTrance

[Intifadah]

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and now for something a bit different

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[Omi]

I like drum n bass and dubstep most of all electronic music styles. And, I know it is blasphemous, but the Canadian dubstep scene has the best tracks out there at the moment in my opinion. The stuff that has been coming out from Rottun Records is just insane.

Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_V1EkZ4pnE
*Note this is part of a 1.5 hour Dj Set.

That shit is just the best if you want to kick back, smoke some green and relax.:thumbup1:

[Intifadah]

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[Intifadah]

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[Invincible Summer]

Infected Mushroom, anyone?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqHTHUhSOls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZB7ApwMn6w


And some dubstep...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy2TOdvr8QY

[Redmau5]

Really loving this track at the minute.

Vitalic - Bluesy Tuesday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkK-rHe7Wkw

[Steve_j]

Am into all sorts, got to say i love my psy,
although more on the warped vv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QjRsGGMS1Q

or tech side vv of prog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7CsZbmWrDo



Also like a bit of night time, the russians do some great stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzVr5FiVxwU

[Intifadah]

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[cmdrdeathguts]

Chime's so cool - but not as good as Halcyon+On+On. Someone post that if it ain't there already. I can't post links until I've said 25 poxy banalities to satisfy the internet gods.

[Redmau5]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rcFBTjPK8

Funk.

[cmdrdeathguts]

Deep house = the future.

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[punisa]

this thread looks lively. I checked out some of the posted songs/videos.
Can anyone of you guys please help me?
I really really REALLY don't get this type of music.
I'm not saying it's bad in any way, I simply don't get it.

Maybe if somebody showed me the point?
Same things goes for classical music, I simply didn't get it, until someone explained to me what's good about it. Now I'm ok with it :cool:

Sooo..... for example, can I in any way enjoy "electronic" music and remain un-intoxicated? Sorry, don't want to generalize, but all of the people I ever knew that liked electronic stuff (dozens) were usually either high in very eager to get high :lol:
Pardon me, I'm just an exploited worker who can't really afford doing drugs. Paying the rent has became somewhat of a ***** too :laugh:

Again, I emphasize - I do not mean to say anything bad about your preferences, I'm just really intrigued as to why you actually like it?
Is it possible to like electronic music exclusively? Meaning you listen just that? Like for example rockers who usually listen just to.. well, rock.

Hmm, is there time for more?
Why did it go underground after the 90's?
What makes a good producer/DJ and why exactly? How do you differentiate them actually?

Now on to why I and many of my school mates visited those clubs regularly (this was 10 years ago, so don't attack me for being sexist - I was):
women were so much "easier". Going to a rock bar usually ment have to "deal" with all kinds of philosophical talk and stuff we were not really into back then - we just wanted to get laid and fast.
Techno clubs were full of chicks on all kinds of drugs and were openly encouraging sexual intercourse, even some more extreme versions like sexual orgies etc.
Still I always noticed some random guys who "danced with themselves" with no actual interest in any women, just gazing at the celling, laser lights etc.

Yeah, I'm biased as it seems. But do look at me in a new mature way, please :cool:
I'm really interested in this stuff and never actually took the time to ask/learn.
Thanks commies.

[cmdrdeathguts]

this thread looks lively. I checked out some of the posted songs/videos.
Can anyone of you guys please help me?
I really really REALLY don't get this type of music.
I'm not saying it's bad in any way, I simply don't get it.

Maybe if somebody showed me the point?
Same things goes for classical music, I simply didn't get it, until someone explained to me what's good about it. Now I'm ok with it :cool:

The point of electronic dance music is repetition. You have 'micro' repetition (the regular beats, and for the most part short musical phrases) and 'macro' repetition (the mixing together my a DJ of tracks contiguous in mood, tempo, structure and whatever). Listening to it requires one of two things - an enormous bass bin, where the repetition gets into your body more than your ears; or paying attention to detail, registering smaller shifts over time.


Sooo..... for example, can I in any way enjoy "electronic" music and remain un-intoxicated? Sorry, don't want to generalize, but all of the people I ever knew that liked electronic stuff (dozens) were usually either high in very eager to get high :lol:
There's a large and flowering drug culture attached to dance music - substances of choice, as you probably know, are ecstasy/MDMA, speed, ketamine and cocaine. This is also true of most genres of music - think how much hip hop and metal just wouldn't exist without THC. It is also 'dance music' after all - it's supposed to be 'social' in its reception.

There is also the music itself, which you don't have to be high to like. When I first got into it, I was 9, and not doing any drugs; when I got back into it when I was 17, I was straight-edge. I've never taken anything stronger than a fag or a vodka red bull after going into a club, and I've had some good times. Some subgenres it is difficult to see existing without their drugs, though (eg, jump-up and speed, happy hardcore and E, etc).


Pardon me, I'm just an exploited worker who can't really afford doing drugs. Paying the rent has became somewhat of a ***** too :laugh:
Tell me about it.


Again, I emphasize - I do not mean to say anything bad about your preferences, I'm just really intrigued as to why you actually like it?
Is it possible to like electronic music exclusively? Meaning you listen just that? Like for example rockers who usually listen just to.. well, rock.

That's not my style at all, so I can't really comment. Yes, dance music has as devoted a following as any other genre, and I'm sure many of the myopic types who can only listen to one thing. But are there really that many around?


Hmm, is there time for more?
Oh, why not?


Why did it go underground after the 90's?
Same reason capitalism's in such a shit state - sitting on top of a never defunct underground scene was a parasitic ziggurat of sugary euro-trance and mind-numbingly idiotic hard house (neither trance nor hard house are by any means 'all bad', though). All the fans of the latter effectively upped sticks for low-grade US r'n'b (associated drug culture: rohypnol) around 2001-2, which is also obviously a good bass-bin botherer of a genre. The crash was always overstated, and dance hits have bothered the charts for the intervening years - firstly the whole 'funky house' thing, and then the dirty/electro house explosion after that. Now's an interesting time, where you've got a lot of cross-pollination between scenes of very different origins.


What makes a good producer/DJ and why exactly? How do you differentiate them actually?

Producers:
-ATTENTION TO DETAIL. A producer has chosen to do a genre of music that can so easily be boring - they have to keep as much moving without sending the groove off kilter.
-Ability to remix. the remix should both slightly remind you of the original and break with it radically. It's a dialectical art, and it's key to being a good producer.
-Discipline. Everybody wants to make a massive piano riff to get everyone's hands in the air. A good minimal techno producer should be able to get that same reaction by screwing around with white noise - then the DJ can drop the piano track later on.

DJs:
-Encyclopaedic knowledge of music, inside and outside of their main genre.
-Good connections for promos etc.
-Crowd reading.
-DJs can get away with no skills at all, cf. Oakenfold - with a good DJ transitions between tracks are smoother, and the tracks change in mood as the night goes on. It's more of an art than a science.

There are so many producers working at any given time that only a few will be remembered at all; but there are always a clutch worth following, about which you think after five years of silence: "whatever happened to Decomposed Subsonic?"




Now on to why I and many of my school mates visited those clubs regularly (this was 10 years ago, so don't attack me for being sexist - I was):
women were so much "easier". Going to a rock bar usually ment have to "deal" with all kinds of philosophical talk and stuff we were not really into back then - we just wanted to get laid and fast.
Techno clubs were full of chicks on all kinds of drugs and were openly encouraging sexual intercourse, even some more extreme versions like sexual orgies etc.
Still I always noticed some random guys who "danced with themselves" with no actual interest in any women, just gazing at the celling, laser lights etc.

Yeah, I'm biased as it seems. But do look at me in a new mature way, please :cool:
I'm really interested in this stuff and never actually took the time to ask/learn.
Thanks commies.
Sounds like the club scene of 2000 to a tee...if you are ever sexist again, learn to like Rihanna.

[Intifadah]

Perverted Audio Mix 7 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/71721361fa7980b5/

get them while its hot only ten downloads allowed iirc

[Intifadah]

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[Sarah Palin]

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Go to the Mad Decent blog and download some mixes. You'll shit your trousers in joy.

[Invincible Summer]

this thread looks lively. I checked out some of the posted songs/videos.
Can anyone of you guys please help me?
I really really REALLY don't get this type of music.
I'm not saying it's bad in any way, I simply don't get it.
I was like you too before. I was like "Wtf who wants to listen to this shit? It's not even real instruments!" But then I realized that it's just a different type of music, with different types of instruments. I mean, what is a "real" instrument anyway?

Also, I tried my hand at making a "techno" song for a project in high school, but I found it much harder than I thought, and realized it took skill to make things sound even half decent.


Maybe if somebody showed me the point?
Same things goes for classical music, I simply didn't get it, until someone explained to me what's good about it. Now I'm ok with it :cool:
For me, it's all about the grooves and beats. All the drums and synths create layers of sound that have so many textures... it's very aurally pleasing. And the beats are just so groovy! Even if you don't like dancing, you can't help but go "hell yeah!" inside your head once the beat is dropped in a song.



Sooo..... for example, can I in any way enjoy "electronic" music and remain un-intoxicated? Sorry, don't want to generalize, but all of the people I ever knew that liked electronic stuff (dozens) were usually either high in very eager to get high :lol:
Pardon me, I'm just an exploited worker who can't really afford doing drugs. Paying the rent has became somewhat of a ***** too :laugh:I don't do any drugs (well, I "do" alcohol and caffeine if you want to be picky), and I enjoy electronic music (although I don't dance to it unless I've got at least a six-pack in me). Again, I think that electronic music is all about finding a groove/beat that you like, with a certain atmosphere created by the music to enjoy.


Again, I emphasize - I do not mean to say anything bad about your preferences, I'm just really intrigued as to why you actually like it?
Is it possible to like electronic music exclusively? Meaning you listen just that? Like for example rockers who usually listen just to.. well, rock.
.I can't listen to just one type of music. It's boring and all the artists will start to sound the same. I like electronic music, but I find it especially true of this genre.




Oh and to add to this thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=005khBgTkas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pyn87oJIlg

[Jenska]

Deep house = the future.

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Nice one!

Also check out Jimpster, Motor city drum ensemble, Mathias Tanzmann, Charles Webster & Nicolas Jaar. Proper deep & techhouse.

[Dimentio]

Wolfsheim have probably produced one of the most beautiful songs evah...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkGGi_uUaPc

[MolotovLuv]

I used to hate electronic music, it all sounded like shitty house to me. I listened to punk and industrial, blues etc. But someone introduced me to pystrance =) it way more layered and complex then ordinary trance as it is designed for tripping. Just listening to it makes you feel high. I also like darkpsy meant for night parties. I have a link where you can find some great stuff if your interested. Here's a darkpsy track by ikpeng:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfJFDrpp08U

just keep in mind it's not meant to be light and groovy, it's meant for intense trance dancing.

[Action Johnny]

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The stuff Max Cooper has been putting out is just so mind melting :cool:

[Invincible Summer]

I used to hate electronic music, it all sounded like shitty house to me. I listened to punk and industrial, blues etc. But someone introduced me to pystrance =) it way more layered and complex then ordinary trance as it is designed for tripping. Just listening to it makes you feel high. I also like darkpsy meant for night parties. I have a link where you can find some great stuff if your interested. Here's a darkpsy track by ikpeng:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfJFDrpp08U

just keep in mind it's not meant to be light and groovy, it's meant for intense trance dancing.


Infected Mushroom said in an interview that they don't see psytrance as much different from metal and punk, so maybe that's why you like it

[Lacrimi de Chiciură]

I like looking at the connections between Electronic music and dance in different countries... I think it's one of the most international genres.

KUDURO:

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awesome Detroit/Chicago GHETTO HOUSE:

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MNML:

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DJ Killfrenzy, one of the coolest videos I've seen:

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This is fun too:

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part of a Remix I did myself of "Good Morning, Sunshine" by the 5th Dimension:

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[PHUNX]

http://www.8bitpeoples.com/ :thumbup1:

[Intifadah]

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[PHUNX]

i was introduced to this song by a market technocrat not really left wing but a guilty pleasure perhaps :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzgU1wi0lcw

[Intifadah]

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bitta secks

[Intifadah]

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[x371322]

I haven't kept up with this thread, so forgive me if I post something that's already here. Anyway, this is great song I think you'll all enjoy.

Mind.In.A.Box. "Changes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRcXVZFlSWY

[Redmau5]

BSOD (Better Sounding On Drugs) - Last Life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by7AmeLMvcI

For those that don't know, BSOD is a collaboration between Deadmau5 and Steve Duda.

[Intifadah]

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[Intifadah]

Found this on an old compilation album i had all but forgotten about

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[Ligeia]

Born Free by M.I.A.:
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[Bad Grrrl Agro]

For dancie stuff:

-Scissor Sisters

-LCDSoundsystem

-!!!

-The Faint

-Ventilader (Mex DF)

-Jimmy James

-The Epoxies

-RuPaul

-O.N.O

[TheSultan]

I've been listening to a lot of chillwave lately tbh, here are some recs:

- Big Spider's Back
- Memory Cassette
- Neon Indian
- Small Black
- Washed Out

I strongly recommend starting with Neon Indian, as far as I know their only album is Psychic Chasms.

[Hoggy_RS]

Excellent performance:
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Decent Uk hardcore tune, unreleased, dont mind the stupid mc'ing.
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[Invincible Summer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7RlKe5LLPo

[Dimentio]

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Wonderful! <3

[x371322]

Victory, not Vengeance. VNV Nation owns all asses. :thumbup1:

[Invincible Summer]

LFO... not the horrendous boy band, but Mark Bell's old house/electro group:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBI9AOZSnx4

[Intifadah]

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[Dimentio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbX3inbdQ2s&feature=related

Just listen to the lyrics. Electronic bands like the VNV Nation, Colony 5 and Informatik have probably some of the most progressive lyrics around.

Not to say that it isn't music for gods. It is.

[CountryKid]

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.


I FUCKING LOVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC.


Happy Hardcore
Trance

That's my shiz. I want nothing but to be drilled when listening to some good shit.

[Sankofa]

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[Invincible Summer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SemBxkekFaU

[Dimentio]

I haven't kept up with this thread, so forgive me if I post something that's already here. Anyway, this is great song I think you'll all enjoy.

Mind.In.A.Box. "Changes"

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How could I have missed that one? Its amazing.

I've watched the film and read the comic as well (a reference to the AMV). The movie was kinda acceptable in itself, but hardly lived up to the comic. I don't know what made them move the action from Paris to New York and what made them remove the fascist villains.

[Ehsivar]

Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Caroline Lufkin, Infidel?/Castro!, Boards of Canada, Ronaldo Deluxe, Mauxuam, Caia, Pitch Black, Snakestyle, Tricky, Massive Attack, Portishead, Autechre, Venetian Snares, Jun Chiki Chikuma, Akifumi Tada, Utada Hikaru, Fuck Buttons, Kraftwerk, Neu!, Tangerine Dream, m83, 65daysofstatic, Adam F, Sleigh Bells, Klaxons, Portugal. The Man, The Faint, Can, (late period) Ulver.

All good artists. Jun Chiki Chikuma and Akifumi Tada do the first couple Bomberman soundtracks on the Nintendo 64.

Oh. And most trance is shit, imo.

[Adi Shankara]

I have what you can call "fruity" taste in Trance, lol but allow me to post some of my favorites (most of which is happy hardcore and Hands Up!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGABWnM0iew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOgC88skXOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wDKWn5jm4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qpxDZgD-h4 (DJ Technetium, probably the best speed trance DJ ever)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUFBgP45q8o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ToE_3M17N8&feature=related

lol that last song, probably the most catchy I heard in a while. but this is the kind've shit I dig when it comes to electronic music.

[Invincible Summer]

I've really been digging Capsule lately:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaAWEAHxhQ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72mFRloKHEE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR4q_6B2ljY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqTxa22lDso

[Stand Your Ground]

The master of techno: Rom Di Prisco
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Some other good stuff:
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9oBRgXtyKeE

[x371322]

Apoptygma Berzerk - End of the world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwy1ldfzz00

[Intifadah]

grows on ye like a toomer

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[Invincible Summer]

Rotersand is so good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnnxVkFSygw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfvMvbo5rbQ

[x371322]

I fucking love Rotersand.

[Intifadah]

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[Dimentio]

Found a new gem today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzmsfZNHQ3M&feature=related

Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful.

This music is probably only a fragment of what really could be done with electronic music. I imagine if the genre could get an own Mozart, it could produce sounds which couldn't be imagined today.

[Invader Zim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smm93h254OY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN5wo-NYLwU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q1PffscN5Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8HcP2XUU0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF1rD0uB3S4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwz9p792fWM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY4P0Jsef3w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLokJeVXDN0

[Dimentio]

More pride and fall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqQdSKaysr4&feature=related

[Blackscare]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jPeG1LlaQ

[Dimentio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzKCE1rx-qc

Ruslana, Wild Energy

[Apoi_Viitor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k39ju0Z5VmE&ob=av2n

This counts, right?

[Tor_Hershman]

Here is moi's "XX CS," recorded just before I stopped drinkin'.
You may listen and/or read off, here.....
soundlift.com/band/music.php?song_id=84348
I know...I should've stopped drinkin', or recordin', long before the time moi done did.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Some people are suprised to find out I like this kind of music:

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[Widerstand]

These come to mind:

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And Crystal Castles (much love <3):

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Some other things that could be considered Electronic would be Björk, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Uffie, LMFAO, 3OH!3 and maybe I Set My Friends On Fire.

[Invincible Summer]

Karin Dreijer-Andersson is fantastic in The Knife, Fever Ray, and Röyksopp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrjwqXwyzNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HvjK29Gpn0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ci4WAD2zo

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

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[Invincible Summer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNWyNq2S_Fs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8WnGGhLXz0

[x371322]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciLjqjlPfu4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fziTZ3m-khE

[EvilRedGuy]

AFX (Good oldschool acid)
Al-Naafiysh - Hashim (Good oldschool electro, i like this song especially)
Squarepusher (Good Drill'N'Bass)
Venetian Snares (Good Breakcore)
Front Line Assembly
Skinny Puppy
E-Craft
Absurd Minds
Kelly Bailey
Daimon Mravunac
Sonic Mayhem
DMX Krew
Ceephax Acid Crew
Merzbow
Chris Clark
Alot of Ambient and Noise/Noize artists, especially Dark Ambient and Drone artists, drain music, Soundscape, Envirnoment sampling, etc.
Alot of Glitch, Trip Hop, Downtempo, IDM, Broken Beat, Jungle, Electro-Industrial, Aggro-Industrial, EBM, Dark Electro, Industrial DnB artists

Too many to mention :thumbup1:

[Widerstand]

Been recently getting into RQTN (Ambient) and Kollektiv Turmstraße (Minimal):

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[Lacrimi de Chiciură]

These are my more recent electronic obsessions:
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[ÑóẊîöʼn]

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[Sentinel]

Some good stuff according to me (I listened to older techno and happy hardcore when I grew up mostly):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oEtj9kdXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbbINiemp2k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNVJldKrYzM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqPbkbxqus&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npkLtiLi_0o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di8LPAtQsuU&feature=related

[EvilRedGuy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxdG-BE6ayw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNrnmDmffRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gvPDCueUyo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1waaDyVt5lY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDjbXQw_-jg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW59yOBiDnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xodnJOGAetI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSEcqJuZ0DM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKhusoxMaqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RacTZeT4p7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHsCMORlIrQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpztcmZR6mk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ngjv6sEXKU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPpUFBVSyWs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRcH2thfLTQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWT_irfR-bs&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rdzM33wWRw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWNgcVq-GMQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqK7BlHucA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1MRQ04Mr8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejyGQqAbCUU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTe8lnad8nU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSR_g3thb24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dONPzyxl2oo&feature=related

:thumbup1:

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Some good stuff according to me (I listened to older techno and happy hardcore when I grew up mostly):

How popular is happy hardcore in Sweden? Over here it seems to be a more northern thing.

[Sentinel]

How popular is happy hardcore in Sweden? Over here it seems to be a more northern thing.


Nobody listens to it anymore, beside nostalgics like me. :(

[Intifadah]

enjoy
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[Razzle Dazzle]

I see alot of threads on hip hop and various forms of rock in here but we need a good thread about the many types of electronic music. So what kind of stuff are you guys into?

I've been djing for a few years so i've a big interest in many areas of electronic music the main types being uplifting/progressive trance & soulful/deep house. Besides those I enjoy everything from drum & bass to uk hardcore to 2step garage.




What about more avant-garde electronic music? People Like Edgar Varese, Terry Riley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Steve Reich. What about them?

[Intifadah]

Lazarus

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[poststructuralistskengman]

Dubstep.