No "Pump up the Volume" by Marrs? Whaaaaa?

Feh. Those were all pretty uninteresting.

subby...why you stop?

This list is stupid. A newbie's guide? This isn't a guide, it's ten random artists the author likes, grouped together for absolutely no reason.

Ishkur's Guide, although horribly out of date, obviously biased, and sometimes incorrect, still remains the best overview of electronic music.

I can list more than 10 current artists off the top of my head that should be in a newbie's guide, and there's way more than 100 essentials that should be in a true newbie's guide.

IrateShadow: Feh. Those were all pretty uninteresting.


Sums it up for anything that gets called "Techno". Just plain crap.

If anyone is actually interested in getting into electronic music, I would say to start off with Morcheeba or The Verbrilli Sound. These bands have more of an ambient sound and are regular staples on the groove salad station of somafm.

Freakin Rican: [i840.photobucket.com image 306x229]

subby...why you stop?

Dammit! I'm always late to the game! I was gonna post that!

\+1 to you, sir. You win this round.

somemoron: Freakin Rican: [i840.photobucket.com image 306x229]

subby...why you stop?

Dammit! I'm always late to the game! I was gonna post that!

\+1 to you, sir. You win this round.

lol, one of my favorite ones!
also since my girl at the time was filipino

Onomatopoeia trifecta in play.

Link (new window)

The system... is down.

hamdingers: The system... is down.

you are not supposed to play with the light switch.

BalugaJoe: hamdingers: The system... is down.

you are not supposed to play with the light switch.

We installed that light switch so that you could turn the lights on and off. NOT SO YOU COULD THROW LIGHTSWITCH RAVES

/just sticks to Orbital and is happy

my favorite favorite morcheeba song (new window)

you care
oontz oontz oontz

Guidette Frankentits: [www.explosm.net image 571x322]

YES! Thank you....love that one

Old school list:
Coil
Underworld
Charlie Clouser
Oakenfold
Coldcut

New school list:
Earworm
The Hood Internet
Pretty Lights
MSTRKRFT
Soulwax

list is epic fail sans Kaskade

FTA: here are 10 current and fantastic artists from a diverse array of electronic styles and sub-genres. There's electro, synthpop, nu-disco, electro-funk, darkwave, electro-R&B, and French house and even some dub all up in this selection

So in other words, about as diverse as a cup of youghurt.

PYROY: Also, no one has EVER looked cool while standing behind a keyboard.

What about jumping behind a keyboard?

LewDux: PYROY: Also, no one has EVER looked cool while standing behind a keyboard.

What about jumping behind a keyboard?
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I can't stand Bright Eyes because they suck.....but another reason was a few years ago, the concert channel aired them at Montreux Jazz Fest, and at the end of their set, Conor Oberst starts kicking/banging on his keyboard, and then the rest of the bard starts in, dude is kicking his bass drum, the guy starts banging his guitar on the amp.....thing was, they weren't really committing to it.

it was like, "let's all act like we're going The Who on our shiat, but.....dude....all i'm saying is we have 20 more gigs after this, so.....you don't really break my keyboard, and I won't really break your amp. I mean, completely lose control onstage and all, you know, get lost in the moment and express your rage on your instrument, but.....don't really do any damage. deal?"


It was just completely jellydick.

morans.

The thing with electronic music is that it's such a diverse and fragmented genre, first exposure comes with a lot of caveats: do you like hard or soft sounds?, do you want to dance or you want to just listen?, mainstream or underground?, past or present?, etc.
For instance, with dubstep (since Skrillex was mentioned in TFA), my gateway to it was Rusko. Now, it might be mainstream garbage now (for some), but at least it gave me a direction (my mind was blown with the bass sounds), which allowed me to discover Skream, Benga, DMZ, Burial, older (better) Rusko , the FabricLive series and so on.

So I guess it also needs some willingness to explore and read up much deeper than other genres, mainly because the mainstream gives you SUCH a different outlook on genres that are actually massive and diverse (just think about David Guetta and House music), and sometimes the only thing a newbie has is the mainstream.

TL;DR - Electronic music rocks, but you need someone to guide you into it. (just like beers)

nameofperson: TL;DR - Electronic music rocks, but you need someone to guide you into it. (just like beers)

Really, it's all based on record labels. If you find an artist you like, you go listen to everything on their record label.

From the list of artists you posted:

Burial - Hyperdub
Benga, Skream - Tempa, Hotflush, Planet Mu, etc.

Hotflush alone would turn you on to at least three awesome artists...Scuba, Sigha, and Vaccine. Planet Mu is a huge label, with tons of stuff from Milanese to Boxcutter. As for Hyperdub, there's Kode9 and Space Ape, Zomby, King Midas Sound, etc.

Honestly, I have a hard time figuring out how people find electronic music so difficult to navigate. It's so amazingly easy if you just follow the record label rule and use Discogs as your guide.

Glitchwerks: nameofperson: TL;DR - Electronic music rocks, but you need someone to guide you into it. (just like beers)

Honestly, I have a hard time figuring out how people find electronic music so difficult to navigate. It's so amazingly easy if you just follow the record label rule and use Discogs as your guide.

Yeah, but that also has its problems as well, just see all the hatin' that ensues with the Ministry of Sound records. But, I do agree with you, labels are an excellent way to navigate the genre.
The internet also makes it very easy, although with troll-tastic reviewers you have to take everything with a grain of salt. Still, I guess that's half the fun (for me at least).

Some recommendations:

Robert Hood - Minimal Nation (Detroit Techno)
GAS - Zauberberg (Ambient Techno)
Boxcutter - Oneiric (Dubstep)
Virgo Four - Virgo (Chicago House)
burger/ink - [las vegas] (minimal techno)
Echospace - The Coldest Season (Dub Techno)
Luomo - Vocalcity (Microhouse)
Autechre - LP5 (IDM)
Fila Brazillia - Maim That Tune (Downtempo)
Moritz von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
(there really aren't any good Acid House albums, so:) Phuture - Acid Trax
The Other People Place - Lifestyles of the Laptop Café (Electro)

Glitch, I'm fairly sure part of the problem is the LP vs. Single/EP conundrum - most good electronic music is released on singles

nameofperson: Yeah, but that also has its problems as well, just see all the hatin' that ensues with the Ministry of Sound records. But, I do agree with you, labels are an excellent way to navigate the genre.

IIRC, Ministry of Sound generally doesn't release a lot of original music, they just do compilations. Keep in mind I haven't looked at a thing they've done since the late 90's, so if I'm wrong and they now have their own roster of artists I apologize for being incorrect.

nameofperson: The internet also makes it very easy, although with troll-tastic reviewers you have to take everything with a grain of salt. Still, I guess that's half the fun (for me at least).

Although I use a specific bit torrent site dedicated to electronic music, there's a ton of resources out there. Boomkat, Hard Wax, Juno, etc.

I personally don't even bother with reviews any more. I just listen to the tracks for myself.

I don't see the artists I really love lately getting a lot of mention any where.

Echospace & DeepChord, Redshape, Mike Dehnert, and Petar Dundov.

PYROY: I don't like electronic music, it just seems like a shortcut to making music. And judging by the volume of people making it and putting it up on soundcloud, I'm gonna say I'm right. Anyone can push a button, and if someone else walks up and pushes that same button, it's going to sound exactly the same.

Also, no one has EVER looked cool while standing behind a keyboard.

okay, i get it now. i just went to your soundcloud page. you play a bunch of "punk" like stuff, it seems. and you like the word 'ninja'. i guess you'll never enjoy electronica coming from those sensibilities. it's a shame, too. it's so 'get off my lawn' to not accept something as an actual musical field just because it doesnt come from a status quo instrument. that stuff can be insanely complicated but because it doesnt have strings or drum set it's 'like cheating' or some other diminishing opinion.

it's just as much of a shortcut to music as the swaths of people who gravitated to punk because they thought crappy, unpolished sounds would be similarly easy. or 3-chord blues. or folk guitar. or any lyrics-based music that didn't require instrumental complexity.

i dont have a problem with you not liking it. your reason for not liking is stupid though.

/btw yer music isnt too bad
//not a big fan of the style though
///but not because it is a 'shortcut' or anything

nameofperson: Glitchwerks: nameofperson: TL;DR - Electronic music rocks, but you need someone to guide you into it. (just like beers)

Honestly, I have a hard time figuring out how people find electronic music so difficult to navigate. It's so amazingly easy if you just follow the record label rule and use Discogs as your guide.

Yeah, but that also has its problems as well, just see all the hatin' that ensues with the Ministry of Sound records. But, I do agree with you, labels are an excellent way to navigate the genre.
The internet also makes it very easy, although with troll-tastic reviewers you have to take everything with a grain of salt. Still, I guess that's half the fun (for me at least).

The main issue is that you'd first have to know about the record label rule and "Discogs", whatever that is.

/it's like navigating metal subgenres, except the band names are legible

Knara: The main issue is that you'd first have to know about the record label rule and "Discogs", whatever that is.

This is Discogs.

konigsforst: Glitch, I'm fairly sure part of the problem is the LP vs. Single/EP conundrum - most good electronic music is released on singles

Maybe, I dunno.

Hey, tell me what you think of Petar Dundov. This guy is like my favorite artist on the planet right now. 10-15 minute long spiraling, trancey old school electronic tunes. Reminds me of old school acid mixed with Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream.

Glitchwerks: Knara: The main issue is that you'd first have to know about the record label rule and "Discogs", whatever that is.

This is Discogs.

konigsforst: Glitch, I'm fairly sure part of the problem is the LP vs. Single/EP conundrum - most good electronic music is released on singles

Maybe, I dunno.

Hey, tell me what you think of Petar Dundov. This guy is like my favorite artist on the planet right now. 10-15 minute long spiraling, trancey old school electronic tunes. Reminds me of old school acid mixed with Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream.

I only had a single of his; Waterfall I think (that's the one with the Soultek remix?). I liked it. I should check out more of his stuff.

Glitchwerks: Knara: The main issue is that you'd first have to know about the record label rule and "Discogs", whatever that is.

This is Discogs.

The point being, you don't know what you don't know.

You can ease your way into metal by listening to popular rock because there's a trail of media in various formats.

Electronic music? Much more obfuscated.

/and i think fans like it that way

Knara: Glitchwerks: Knara: The main issue is that you'd first have to know about the record label rule and "Discogs", whatever that is.

This is Discogs.

The point being, you don't know what you don't know.

You can ease your way into metal by listening to popular rock because there's a trail of media in various formats.

Electronic music? Much more obfuscated.

/and i think fans like it that way

Sort of - I've enjoyed about %15 of the open-to-the-public electronic music events that I've attended and I've enjoyed about %95 of the underground events. The public events often have a lot of people just there to be seen/to hook-up/find drugs/whatever; they aren't into the music and it farks up the atmosphere.

Same thing at rock and whatever else events. Though to a lesser degree.

/and of course the whole DJ thing of not wanting other DJs to find out who made your "secret weapons".

Glitchwerks: ...Reminds me of old school acid mixed with Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream.

Holy crap, haven't heard that name mentioned in thirty years. Had a friend that was really into his music, pretty trippy stuff.

So if I like Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk and Prodigy ... what, exactly am I liking and how does it match up with what all of you are talking about? Because I thought I liked electronic music, but I've just got zero idea about what's going on in this thread. Or even TFA (but I really dug that Mord Fustang track).

woogs: So if I like Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk and Prodigy ... what, exactly am I liking and how does it match up with what all of you are talking about? Because I thought I liked electronic music, but I've just got zero idea about what's going on in this thread. Or even TFA (but I really dug that Mord Fustang track).

chem bos - big beat
NIN - industrial/industrial rock
daft punk - filter house
prodigy - big beat

the camo and krooked video is quite eye-pleasing. nice.

woogs: So if I like Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk and Prodigy ... what, exactly am I liking and how does it match up with what all of you are talking about? Because I thought I liked electronic music, but I've just got zero idea about what's going on in this thread. Or even TFA (but I really dug that Mord Fustang track).

You might like:
Virgo Four
Mouse on Mars
GAS - Zauberberg (very different from anything you listed, but I think everybody likes GAS. and, yes, it is all caps)
for stuff more like the majority of what I listed, you might try Anthony Shakir. I say this because he's got some breakbeats and vocals. Maybe try the song "One Beat". Most of the stuff I originally posted is w/o vocals, mellower than what you named. But since you said Daft Punk, you might look into House music.

for those of you still trying to determine what style you like, might i suggest di.fm?

woogs: So if I like Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk and Prodigy ... what, exactly am I liking and how does it match up with what all of you are talking about? Because I thought I liked electronic music, but I've just got zero idea about what's going on in this thread. Or even TFA (but I really dug that Mord Fustang track).

Ooh, thought of another. Since you like aggro stuff - Anthony Rother - Sex with the Machines. Might be too repetitive though.
Or, I dunno, this: Link (new window)

How in the hell is High Contrast not listed here? His remixes of tracks like 'Renegade Snares' are farking fantastic.

UtileDysfunktion: Glitchwerks: ...Reminds me of old school acid mixed with Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream.

Holy crap, haven't heard that name mentioned in thirty years. Had a friend that was really into his music, pretty trippy stuff.

Klaus is still making music, and it's still damn good.

woogs: So if I like Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk and Prodigy ... what, exactly am I liking and how does it match up with what all of you are talking about? Because I thought I liked electronic music, but I've just got zero idea about what's going on in this thread. Or even TFA (but I really dug that Mord Fustang track).

konigforst broke down the subgenre tags for you. Really, that stuff is just "pop music" of the electronic genre. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, but there's literally thousands of artists you might like that you are missing out on.

Most people specialize in specific subgenres. For me, that's dub techno, classic Detroit, minimal techno, tech-oriented dubstep, ambient, atmospheric drum n bass, etc.

Those styles just have sounds I like the most.

Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (new window)

High Contrast - Renegade Snares remix (new window)

FSOL - Papua New Guinea (new window)

High Contrast - Papua New Guinea remix (new window)

Utah Saints - Something Good (new window)

High Contrast - Something Good remix (new window)