Considering what the introductory pages on hyperreal say, I'm surprised no
one has mentioned:
Various Artists - Artificial Intelligence (Warp)
Various Artists - Artificial Intelligence II (Warp)
These, particularly the second one (watch out for the limited edition 2cd
version) still define most of what I like about the genre, even all these
years after thier release.
For those who dont know, they represent the more melodic side of IDM, and AI
II is so well put-together - it progresses really naturally like the best
albums by a single artist do and like so many "bitty" compilations do not.
Beautiful. AI 1 is worth having if only for "The Egg", a track which for me
defines all that was good about Autechre's original fluid/angular style.
There are other good tracks but most of the best ones are on other Warp
albums which are also, ofr me, must-haves. These three being my favourites:
Black Dog - Bytes
B12 - Electro Soma
Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves
d0ktor
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy G Biv <roy-g-biv@eudoramail.com>
To: idm <idm@hyperreal.org>; Jamie Johnson <jajohnso@logantele.com>
Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: (idm) Classics and "Must-Haves"
quoted 15 lines Start with the basics!
>Start with the basics!
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>Kraftwerk - 'The Man Machine'
>Kraftwerk - 'Computer World'
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>> Could any of you list some "Must-Have" or Classic
>> IDM albums.
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>>Thanks
>>Jamie
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