19th November 2007
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  | so you want to listen to some electronic music
hey pals.
we all like electronic music here right?
I would post in the all bout the music forum but that place is kind of stanky and no one goes there. I already did post a nice thread there but its stagnant.
lets maybe get down on some good music together.
Ill give out a few of my choice electronic albums and tell you a little about them too. you do the same.
Fourtet: Everything Ecstatic i heard the guy who makes this call it folktronica. actually he was referring to his other album Rounds (great btw). He said he wanted EE to go beyond that label. maybe it did but whatever its still really cool and uses diverse sounds as well as some piano sounds.
The Chemical Brothers: Surrender probly my favorite from them and great intense slammy sounds with great guest vox.
Kelpe: Sea Inside Body This album rules. its hard to find but is my favorite pickup of electronic music in the past 2 years. It has a darker feel but still uses some organic type sounds a la fourtet and has a swelling type of feel. i once described it as dark chocolate. I need 2 get the other albums ASAP!
also of note, Amon Tobin's Foley Room is really cool as usual from him, but he went with a little bit of organic type sounds. I love it. still over the edge of course!
PS. none of this would be described as trancey or housey. except maybe superstar DJs off of Surrender.
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19th November 2007
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#2 | | Gear nut
Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Minnesota
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The Infinity Project - Mystical Experiences: I am simply intrigued by this album due to the organic nature of all the sounds. You can hear the warmth of the analog vibrating through the album's entirety. Also, with the way Raja incorporates his flute into all their music, it just makes it that much more rich and lively. Flying through space hasn't been any better for me. 
Biosphere - Patashnik, Substrata & Microgravity: Sorry, had to put all three here. I would really consider Biosphere one of my favorite all time ambient artists. It's hard to describe other than very soundscapish and Microgravity adds a little bit of that space knick to it. Any one of these for whatever reasons are highly recommended. Could write a book on every album I'd recommend, really.
Dimension 5 - Transdimensional: Okay, so it's trancey. Progressive Goa trance at it's finest, er, the first of it's kind and the finest I've heard. This is more due to the nature of this album. The music is alive, warm, and infinitely melodic. It makes me float around in my brain, opening the various doors to different thoughts only to see more doors leading in every which way direction. Neural pathways communicating throughout. The music is rich in depth and never ceases to amaze, especially Deep Space 5d. I like the last track on the album called Flow; it uses Timothy Leary samples. Despite having sold the original Intastella release for 150 bucks last March, it was recently rereleased on Suntrip for all to enjoy again. Released originally in 1997. A must have for any goa nerd who thinks shpongle and hallucinogen is the best evargh!!! =]
Uh Oh, I did it: Shpongle - Are You Shpongled? - The first and by far, the greatest achievement of the Shpongle Duo. It's warm with the equipment Simon has and he's definitely a master of each piece of gear he incorporates into his tracks. He has a ton of knowledge and is definitely shown in this album. This is rich with life and very attacking in the mental arena. The lushness in here seems to come rather sharply and works very well put together. Again, Raja playing the flute makes Shpongle come together in a more lively way. This by no means has anything to do with Shpongle being number 1, this album by all means deserves credit though way beyond their 2nd and 3rd albums. Get this if you have not yet, or at least give it a listen. WARNING: Pregnant gals do not like this album. It frightens them in some strange way. At least my ex, it sure did  she hated me when I'd pop the record on the player and let the needle scrape.
Many many more, but I could do this all night, so I'm going to stop there. And after seeing Hallucinogen live this past August, I realized Simon's music is meant more for listening to live, because Hallucinogen's music although great, just doesn't work in the CD player at home or in the car. He's definitely got it happening as a live act though, wow! [sorry for the plug ]
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19th November 2007
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#3 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by kindkind  Ill give out a few of my choice electronic albums and tell you a little about them too. you do the same. | Some good stuff here; Important Albums | |
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19th November 2007
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#4 | | Lives for gear
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Underworld - Second Toughest of the Infants, Dubnobasswithmyheadman
LeftField - Leftism, Rhythm & Stealth
Crystal Method - Tweekend
- These three bands are my holy trinity of electronic dance music. Immaculately produced, amazing programming, smooth ass-moving sonic craftsmanship. lots of groove, even on the slower more laid back tracks.
Gridlock - Formless, Trace
Portion Control - Wellcome
Skinny Puppy - Mind : The Perpetual Intercourse, Too Dark Park, Rabies.
- with these three i love the textures. spectacular atmospheres & dynamic builds.
the ability to seamlessly go from peaceful melodic Brian Eno like drones to gritty electronic intensity harsher than most metal. really powerful stuff.
Massive Attack - Mezzanine, 100th Window
Ozric Tentacles - Jurrassic Shift, Strangitude
Peter Gabriel - Us, Security
- OK not strictly electronic bands but that’s just it. These bands seamlessly blend electronic with electric & acoustic instrumentation. They also imply much of the craftsmanship & dynamic intensity of the bands above. This is the area i'm currently exploring with my own sound.
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20th November 2007
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#5 | | Gear nut
Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Minnesota
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical Astral Projection - Dancing Galaxies. The epitome of great psy-trance. | You're only picking that over The Astral Files simply because of the Dune samples =] haha!!!
The best album for 1997, Juno Reactor - Bible of Dreams.
I really recommend Dimension 5 - Transdimensional. It blows Dancing Galaxy away! Man, all three of those albums were released in 97.. What a good year for melodic psy.
-d
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20th November 2007
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#6 | | Gear nut
Joined: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Stevil LeftField - Leftism, Rhythm & Stealth
Crystal Method - Tweekend | Couldn't agree more, those are definitely on my list. I love all the Crystal Method albums but Tweekend IMO has a unique energy and timelessness to it. With Leftfield though, the two albums are quite different and are amazing in seperate ways.
Other albums for me include: The Prodigy - Fat of the Land, for sheer power and enormity. Some stores have it under "rock" and I can see why. Tipper - Surrounded. I'm desperately trying to get more of this guy's albums. This album has some of the most amazing downtempo electronica, with a side-serving of glitchiness. I love so much about it I could write about it for hours. Timo Maas - Music for the Maases 2. A very solid selection of dance tracks. I learned a fair amount about remixing and dance music structure from this, among other things. Even though every track is pumping, it's not as unrelenting and hard on the ear as many dance albums. Urban Species - Blanket. A great trip hop album. The sounds are so rich and textured, the production sounds post 1999 (to me anyway), the lyrics are thoughtful and clever, and the vibe is great. Thievery Corporation - Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi. While newer Thievery albums are also nice, this debut album is simple and timeless and is less commanding on the ear than the others. It's great to play while working.  | |
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20th November 2007
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#7 | | Lives for gear
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Boards of canada : geogaddi , music has a right to children , Campfire headphase
Vangelis : blade runner sound track
Tipper : critical path , surrounded , relish the trough , tip hop , seemingly upspeakable something.
DM : Violater , songs of faith and devotion
Schpongle : are you schpongled?
Clark/Chris Clark : Body riddule / Herr berr ?? forget the name exactly.
Plaid/Black Dog : lots over the years to many to mention
Although not purely electronic.... Cinematic Orchestra : ma fleur , man with a movie camera , motion
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20th November 2007
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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ya i'd like to listen to some electronic music, can we get any recommendations on albums from say... 2007?
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20th November 2007
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#9 | | Gear nut
Joined: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by gfx Tipper : critical path , surrounded , relish the trough , tip hop , seemingly upspeakable something. | Aargh now this is just frustrating! Critical Path is becoming rare and valuable  | |
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20th November 2007
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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Its refreshing to know that electronic music is so varied and deep. I listen to electronic music almost exclusively yet have never heard of about 80% of the acts listed so far.
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20th November 2007
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#11 | | Gear nut
Joined: Nov 2007
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I've heard quite a few but I have a Shpongle album I don't like much so I'd better listen to 'Are You Shpongled.'
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20th November 2007
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#12 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Niagara
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Hallucinogen Twisted - I still Cant believe that record came out in 95. Best programming ever for the time, and a lot of those tracks still stand up today. A whole ton of ARP 2600 as well
Juno Reactor Bible of Dreams - Another production tour de force from Ben Watkins and crew. They took it to a whole new level with this album. Memorymoog city as well!
Skinny Puppy - Last Rights - Amazing everything. A great combination of combining lo fi and hi fi stuff into this phenomenal amalgamation of all that is awesome! :P The synths on this record come alive and talk to me.
Boards of Canada The Campfire Headphase - This was their best album IMO. Perfect combination of deep beats, melody, and amazing programming. They use the Ensoniq ESQ-1 like its going out of style on all their albums, but I think it was best utilized on this one.
Cevin Key The Dragon Experience - Get it.
Dave Gahn - Hourglass - Great programming, and incredible mixing combines to make this one of the must have albums for fans of electronic music this year. I'm not sure who programmed it, but it has a largely DM vibe that was missing on his last outing.
Anything Infected Mushroom
OOOD Free range - Not the best album in the world, but two tracks, Oh MY, Good Golly Me, and Eye Of The Beholder are great examples of their work. One is very hard and in your face, and you cant do anything but jump around the room like a maniac, and the other is so full of melody, you will just shut your eyes and raise your hands to the sky!!! | |
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21st November 2007
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#13 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 270
| Shulman In Search of a Meaningful Moment, Random Thoughts, and Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart.
very imaginative and constantly evolving songs and effects. good use of melody and harmony. not afraid of strange time signatures. proof that electronic music is not dead in the modern age
Bluetech prima materia & elementary particles...
nice double album of effects well integrated with dubbish/downtempo/electro stuff. a nice thing for diversifying the collection.
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21st November 2007
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#14 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by Slim ManDjango Aargh now this is just frustrating! Critical Path is becoming rare and valuable | I'm assuming you've been here: http://www.tippermusic.net/
and there's this, though it's not vinyl: http://www.addictech.com/store/advan...887dbf4a6ef48e
the whole album used to be there. Dunno why it's not anymore. the guys who run the site are really cool, and if you point it out to them, they will probably get it back up ASAP......
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21st November 2007
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#15 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical There is no good modern electronic music. ...sorry, but it's all gone pretty bland in the last few years. | Just because your fav bands are all washed up now doesn't mean everybody is making bland music. that's a pretty stupid generalization. How about...certain genres have gone pretty bland in the last few years, I'll agree to that. like bigbeat, IDM, drum n' bass...all that was glorious in the 90's.
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21st November 2007
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#16 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orlando |
some great albums listed. I still like DnB, thats what I produce now. I like how aggressive it is, and yes a lot of it is stale, but that's how it goes..even the hipster Disco is stale after 6 months of being hot (i still like Simian Mobile Disco though)
I would say anything by Noisia especially Block Control is ****ing great.
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21st November 2007
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#17 | | Lives for gear
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yup hipster disco is pretty beat, can only take a discobeat + synth pop sound so far. good new sounds are def. simian - like my favorite stuff out right now, some hollatronix, claude vanstroke, justice, d deacon, matthew herbert, flying lotus, actually prefuse's new track 73 bells is reeeally well done, I really wish Chok Rok followed up on their EP - that was some fresh shit..anybody know what happened to him/them?
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21st November 2007
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#18 | | Gear nut
Joined: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by DJDJ I'm assuming you've been here: Tippermusic.net
and there's this, though it's not vinyl: addictech
the whole album used to be there. Dunno why it's not anymore. the guys who run the site are really cool, and if you point it out to them, they will probably get it back up ASAP...... | Incidentally, Tippermusic.net led me to addictech
and yes, that's where I saw about four songs available. I'll contact 'em though. Thanks!
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22nd November 2007
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#19 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by grantlandau ya i'd like to listen to some electronic music, can we get any recommendations on albums from say... 2007? | Don't know what you're into but The Album Leaf recently put out another great EP and David Morley's 'Ghosts' is quite nice as well.
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22nd November 2007
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#20 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Lisbon, Portugal
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Alright then. Name some new electronic music that doesn't sound bland.
| Actually name some new music that doesn't sound bland !
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22nd November 2007
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#21 | | Gear Head
Joined: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical Alright then. Name some new electronic music that doesn't sound bland. | Ricardo Villalobos
Junior Boys
Kalabrese
Justin Martin
Mlle Caro
Steve Bug
Matthew Dear/Audion/False
Fairmont
Ewan Pearson
Murcof
Pantha Du Prince
The Field
DeepChord
Vladislav Delay/Luomo/Uusitalo
Lawrence
Deadbeat
Efdemin
Burial
Gabriel Ananda
Gui Boratto
Sleeparchive
Henrik Schwarz
Jay Haze
Joel Mull
Andy Stott
My My
if I sat down with all the dj mixes and albums I've bought this year, I could probably come up with a few 100 more names for you, but I think you get the point...
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22nd November 2007
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#22 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 743
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical Alright then. Name some new electronic music that doesn't sound bland. |
See post #20. I guess you're willing to lump the Divine Chemical in with your generalization.
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23rd November 2007
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#23 | | Moderator
Joined: Dec 2004 Location: in a low orbit
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical Okay, I just sat down and looked up all of those artists you just listed, and I hate to say this, but the only ones that impressed me were Murcof and Jay Haze. The rest of them were pretty uninspired. And this also leads me to another point: most of these guys were 'playing' laptops. That's not a show. Watching somebody toy with their computer is boring, I don't care how many visuals you put on the screen behind them, there's no showmanship involved.
@Jazzpunk: Digging this David Morley guy you pointed out. Call me a geek, but I'm really digging his production values. Everything sounds so rich (and analog!) from what I've heard of Ghosts so far. Definitely going to have to get a hold of this album. | Haha this turning into a YES-NO argument  LOL
DLMorley is a regular contributor on gearslutz.
And an cool person in real life. thumbsup
agree (again  lol) about the laptops, some morons pretend to do something by jumping wildly around them, headbanging, which makes it look even more silly. 
ricardo villalobos rocks though! don't you DARE to deny this LOL  
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23rd November 2007
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#24 | | Gear Head
Joined: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical Okay, I just sat down and looked up all of those artists you just listed, and I hate to say this, but the only ones that impressed me were Murcof and Jay Haze. The rest of them were pretty uninspired. And this also leads me to another point: most of these guys were 'playing' laptops. That's not a show. Watching somebody toy with their computer is boring, I don't care how many visuals you put on the screen behind them, there's no showmanship involved. | So, let me get this straight; I bothered typing all that, while all the time you were looking for an exciting performance?! 
I thought you were 'just' looking for some good music...
Just so you know, btw, several of those people are all about the hardware, they're not 'boring laptop nerds'...
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23rd November 2007
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#25 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical @Jazzpunk: Digging this David Morley guy you pointed out. Call me a geek, but I'm really digging his production values. Everything sounds so rich (and analog!) from what I've heard of Ghosts so far. Definitely going to have to get a hold of this album. | 'Rich' is a great way to describe Ghosts. I've been geeking out on how well that record is mixed as well (particularly how deep and well defined the low end is). Have you seen the studio pics on DM's site? What a great space to make music in!
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25th November 2007
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#26 | | Gear Head
Joined: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by DivineChemical By unimpressed, I did mean that the music was rather unexciting. I was just commenting on their over-reliance on laptops in live usage as an aside. | I see. What music do you like then?  | |
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25th November 2007
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#28 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Originally Posted by slipstytch | got to play a few shows with him last summer, he's a nice dood and Sunshine projector is a good album. Some of the hardcore IDM fans hate on him for ripping off BOC tho. Either way he knows his way around a virus synth and plays a good sounding set.
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26th November 2007
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#29 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by grantlandau got to play a few shows with him last summer, he's a nice dood and Sunshine projector is a good album. Some of the hardcore IDM fans hate on him for ripping off BOC tho. Either way he knows his way around a virus synth and plays a good sounding set. | Hate sucks, seems like anything no matter what it is will be hated by someone who likes to hate things.
Some of his song structures and vibes are very similar to BOC, but I don't find it to be near as trippy and no tape manipulation like BOC!. His songs are just warm and friendly, and he really knows how to decorate motifs - not to mention that his music breathes like it's alive. BOC is all their own no matter what, their creative stamp is unique to themselves.
Sweet you got to play with him I hope to get a chance to check out one of his shows some day.
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26th November 2007
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#30 | | Doesn't need more gear
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 801
| Super Collider "Head on" 
Jamie Lidell & Cristian Vogel together, playing some fvket up funk.
Excelent live show! World's End Girlfriend
 
Aphex type of drums with emo strings & guitars.
1 cup of mushrooms with 2 cups of WEG, mix it, and of you go... Venetian Snares
Has grown alot since his first releases. Now mixing classical instruments with insane breaks. Si Begg
One of the most original remixer, composers around. If you wanne dance and hear sound flip from one side to the other, this is your guy.
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