I haven't been buying much music for the last 4-5 months and I've been off the list during that time as well. I was wondering if anyone could give me some recommendations for good techno that has come out recently. I like a lot of different styles from very abstract to housy to very dancefloor techno, but all with an experimental/tricky edge. Rather than try to explain what exactly I like, it'll be easier to just list some artists and labels I like. Here goes:
Kit Clayton
Stewart Walker
Pole
Theorem
Sutekh
James Ruskin
Oliver Ho
Dirk Diggler
Christian Vogel
Richard Bartz
Herbert
Vladislav Delay (I don't really like the Luomo stuff, though. Vocals aren't my thing.)
Chain Reaction
Mosaic
Vertical Form
~Scape
Perlon
Playhouse
Klang
Delsin
Mille Plateaux
Kanzelramt
Raum
Pretty standard [idm] fare, I realize, but that should make it easy for you to think of stuff I might like. =] Other recommendations for other great idm-ish releases (Focus, Warp, etc) are also welcome.
Also, I recently moved to San Francisco, so if anyone wants to give me info on local events and good record stores for this kind of stuff, it would be much appreciated.
easy,
_zach_