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Loop Guru's Wisdom of the Idiots for some Indian grooves; Kruder & Dormeister -The K& D Sessions -I assume that counts, for some chill out grooves; Still dig Phaedra by Tangerine Dream -which may or may not count for "electronica" in the modern sense Ulrich Schnauss' A Strangely Isolated Place is simple but beautiful The Sensualists are ( or were) a local Portland based band that put out a great disc back in '99 that crossed electronica w/ happy, TomTomClub like music -loved her line "...nothing like making out in the shower" Oh, yeah. J.D.Devros deafrose58 > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:20:53 -0700 > From: looppool@cruzio.com > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: What Electronica is Inspiring your Looping > > Clifford Novey wrote: > ".......No I liked it- check out bands like RADIAN and LOSCIL and LOESS > for other examples of glitch rhythms." > > > Hey Clifford, > > thanks a lot for the recommendations. I hadn't heard any of these > groups and am having a wonderful night > listening to them on Rhapsody (Loscil and Loess are both here) and > LastFM.com (Radian) > > I was just thinking that it would be cool to find out what everyone is > listening to in the world > of electronica that is having an influence on the music they are making > and the loops they are creating. > > > I'll just mention things I"ve deeply loved in the past 10 years or so to > get the ball rolling. > Most of this stuff is in the Abstract Electronica category (though Loess > fits in perfectly > with some of this stuff). A lot of it is also 10 years old now (if > not more) but I just loved > this phase of composition in electronica and it's really deeply > influenced my own work. > > APHEX TWIN A wonderful and incredibly inventive artist but for me, > the Desert Island Disc is > "Selected Ambient Works, Volume 2" which > though it has ambient elements is NOT an ambient > record. His 'remix' track on a Nine Inch > Nails EP singlehandely made me stop playing > World Beat music, buy a computer and start > an entirely new musical life back in '99. It wasn't > really a remix at all. Trent Reznor sent > him tracks to remix, he didn't like anything he heard so > he just sent him in one of his own tracks. > Reznor liked it so much that he put it on the EP. > AUTECHRE I think an early one of their's "Tri Repetae" is a > masterpiece > (I appreciate everything the've done but they got > glitchier and glitchier > in recent projects and further away from > traditional musical form which just isn't my thing). > > BOARDS of CANADA There first three lps I just love..........I'm not > as into their last > (and they've slowed down in recent years) > BOLA They have many lps and eps but their first 'Soup' is still > my favorite > > FOUR TET Almost everything I've heard I like by this guy. He > uses a lot of real instruments in the mix of his electronics. > > TO ROCOCO ROT "Hotel Morgen" "The Amateur View" and "Music is > a Hungry Ghost" (the latter a collaboration with i-sound) > TRENTE MOLLER Probably the most commercial of these releases. I just > love "The Last Resort". He was a successful > Dance producer and delivered this > record to his record company with nothing remotely danceable > on it. I believe it was the first non > dance electronica record to hit number one on the electronic music charts > TWINE "Violets" > WAUVENFOLD "3Fold" > > okay, that's enough for now...............I've been inspired by dozens > of things in different genres but these are some of my > favorite purely electronica listens. > > Rick Walker > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started. |