After reading a ton of posts over the past little while, I still don't
really know if some of you have the same tastes in IDM as I do. I know
that current artists being discussed are:
Cex (I've heard snippets of... may have some potential for listening
enjoyment)
Kid606 (smaller snippets... turned it off quickly when trying him out at
work... Uh-oh --- NOT something to listen to at work!)
John Leafcutter (first track off concourse sounded dry and noisy)
Marumari (enjoyed some of The Wolves Hollow.. haven't heard the new
album yet)
B12 (good "classic" IDM...)
Aphex Twin's upcoming album (wow those drukqs website sounds almost
scared me)
Autechre's Confield (I find it hard to listen to ... gave it a couple
chances)
etc. etc. etc.
I love the melodic side of IDM as well as some drum and bass and of
course a broader range than I want to go into right now. Currently, I've
been interested in Gimmik, L'usine, Crunch, EOG, Quench, Yunx, Mr.
Projectile, Novel23, and still enjoy Plaid, Mouse on Mars, Arovane,
older Autechre & AFX, just to name a few. But I've got a lot of new
music I have yet to listen to.
What I'm getting at is, I'd like to know what some of your favorite
tracks/songs are ... ones that you can listen to over and over and they
never get boring, or tracks that you recently discovered that really
stand out, or floaty tracks that make your body hairs stand on end and
you have to close your eyes and lose yourself in it.
I don't know if this has been done before here... but here are some of
mine (in no particular order, and not really the best of the best
because I might forget some others that I adore. And mostly 'floaty'
tunes, although I enjoy aggressive stuff too):
1) pub - summer (rmx by Arovane) --- A current "ahhhh". What a sweet,
melodic tune. Discovered it only a few weeks ago. Gives me goose bumps.
2) Avid Acrid Jamshred - Aphex Twin --- Literally brings tears to my
eyes. (oh, and goose bumps again)
3) Steve Roach - Begin Where I End --- (ambient). Gorgeous chord
progressions on primarily strings. Sleep music.
4) Dang Spot - Plaid ---- I never tire of this one. It's just so FUN and
quirky!
5) Dude - "Wave" from Toytronic's Neurokinetic compilation --- Melodic
IDM. Light, high synths layered over fairly simple percussion.
6) L'usine - "Mod" from A Pseudo Steady State ---- A semi-slow build to
a very enjoyable groove. Good car tune.
7) Download - Cunning -- Great car tune. Brown beats with sporadic
swirly pinks.
Anyway, enough for now, I'm getting carried away. Sorry this is so long.
--Sharon
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