THIS THREAD IS HILARIOUS!
I am having a hard time keeping a straight face hearing Artificial
Intelligence and FSOL being tipped in such hushed tones. Makes me feel old,
but proud to have been there as this wave of electronica was breaking.
My recommendations are similar to others (AE, some Aphex, etc.), but here
are a few off the the track being beaten by this thread:
Biosphere -- Substrata (super icy ambience, but sometimes there's sunlight
on that ice)
Woob -- Woob
(out of print, the label em:t, went under. Tracks from their catalogue can
be heard at
http://www.emit.cc)
Spooky -- Found Sound
(a band that quit while they were ahead, quite an amazing album, has a bit
in common with Ae, esp. the way some tracks seem awfully harsh to begin
with, but soon win you over with a stealthy bit o' melody)
Spooky -- Stereo EP
(4 tracks, 4 incredibly different tracks, all amazing)
Orbital -- Brown Album
Gas -- Pop
(anything by Gas, really. Remember there are 2 Gases in circulation Mike
Voigt and Mat Jarvis. I am talking about M. Voigt, tho' M. Jarvis is OK
too.)
Higher Intelligence Agency -- Freefloater
(another band to exit while in top form. I don't know for sure that they're
gone, but its been a while. This CD is a bit of a genre-bender kinda minimal
electro-disco. Great.)
Black Dog -- Music for Adverts (and short films)
(Polyrhythmic extravaganza, quite spare sounding, but with lots happening.
Note: first track is NOT spare sounding, its kind of a maximalist ditty.)
There's more of course...
Matt
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