Oh uh ummm...gee they're all so good. I mean, how do you choose JUST one? I guess I like that one track...what's the name...goes "WAAAAP BUH BUH BUH SCREEEEE"? That's a good starting point. I mean, it IS a little advanced to the average listener; he's practically a Miles Davis of electronic music (his last album is essentially the Bitches Brew of EDM, sooo difficult for me to wrap my head around). And then like...those other 2 songs he did? You know the ones I'm talking about right? Something about boomerangs and one about an annual eclipse? Yeah those are my favorite dope Skrillex beats.
So...
Merzbow - Silent Night
Skrillex - Boomerangs
Colonel Adams - Trapped
Power Rangers - the green one
Pizza - Pepperoni & Black Olive
Hotel - Trivago
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Yeah but we’re talking tracks here. So which 3 Skrillex tracks?
On 4 Jun 2021, at 21:35, c. jones <coda27@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'm a gatekeeper, so I just tell them Autechre or Merzbow to scare them off from all the "glitchy left-field abstract electronic noise & bleeps" I like so much. If I really liked them, maybe I'd recommend Girl/Boy song by Aphex Twin (that entire album is THE most archetypical work of mainstream IDM as far as I'm concerned, there were prominent online artists the following years that reinforced the sound more for me though...anyone remember MP3.com?) or really anything from Boards of Canada; Aphex & BOC seem to be the stepping stone for a normie's foray into IDM. I'm pretty sure whenever I tell people I like IDM, they're mishearing me and think I mean EDM anyway, so Skrillex. I recommend Skrillex. Any Skrillex song. Listen to Skrillex or die. Throw away all your tapes & CDs and replace them with Skrillex albums. Have you downloaded your Skrillex yet? Don't worry: I'm sending you all Skrillex files anyway.
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Subject: Re: Archetypical IDM
Autechre - lera
James Holden - Gone Feral
Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin Mix)
And another vote for Red Hot Car, has to be included!
On 4 Jun 2021, at 18:08, Hugh Davison <hugh@hughdavison.com> wrote:
Loving these lists guys - if any of you felt like including links I wouldn't complain
😂
Being the lazy bastard I am
Here are three of my current favs:
Gas - Zauberberg<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsLvEkefTc>
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Closed Circuit<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxoQTPFtyw>
Abul Mogard - Half Light of Dawn<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uf8hFbm0Ls>
I may be swinging a little off centre here, so forgive me...
but worth a listen nonetheless...
On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 6:12 PM John D <john.m.dalton.iii@gmail.com<mailto:john.m.dalton.iii@gmail.com>> wrote:
Spooky - Fingerbobs
Squarepusher - Fat Controller
BOC - Happy Cycling
Hello list,
given the following conversation that at least some of you should be familiar with:
They: "What kind of music do you like?"
You: "Electronic music."
They: "Oh, techno? I love that, too."
You: "Well, not really techno... let me show you."
Assuming you'd think .oO(IDM), pick three tracks from the top of your head and/or the bottom of your heart to help them understand. They don't need to be the "best" tracks (whatever that means) or the most popular (who cares), but what you think is somewhat suitable for a nonverbal/acoustic definition of your perspective of what's going in this part of the universe. (I know it's difficult. Maybe it should be albums instead of tracks or five or fifty instead of three, but for the sake of simplicity...) I start, in no particular order:
Autechre - Gantz Graf
Aphex Twin - Ziggomatic 17
Boards of Canada - Turquoise Hexagon Sun
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