<<Stuff I tried and wasn't crazy about:
Squarepusher: Big Loada (most of the tracks didn't seem to go
anwhere...)>>
First a personal note:
I'm nuts about Big Loada, or at least the first
half of the album. Out of all the albums you've
listed (excepting a couple I haven't heard) it's
probably my favorite. Yup, even counting BoC.
Unlike a lot of the more frenetic IDM, Big Loada
is a very accessible album and that's important
to me. I've got all sorts of "heady" IDM (a
couple Schematic releases come to mind) that's
technically superb but just doesn't make the cut
in the rocking-out department. I have to say the
second track on Big Loada--the ragga jungle rip
off--is off the wall. And the first and third
tracks (on the Warp version anyway) are good
clean drill 'n bass that doesn't get too carried
away with fuckery-for-fuckery's-sake. I'd
probably agree with you that the last half of the
album has a few tracks that drag on a little
longer than necessary, but overall I think the
album is one of my top three IDM picks.
I've got the Warp release with 7 tracks, but if
you've got the North American release on Nothing
then you get the added bonus of maybe two EPs
including the most beautiful drum 'n bass track
ever, Port Rhombus.
<<Two Lone Swordsmen
Wagon Christ
Funkstorung
Mu-ziq>>
I think judging from your other list those are
all pretty safe bets... Funkstorung can kind of
go both ways. You seem to like the more melodic
and chill side of IDM and for that I'd have to
say Funkstorung's "Post Art" EP is one of my
favorites. But if you're not crazy about
Squarepusher you might not be crazy about most
of Funkstorung's releases which tend to have a
lot of stop-and-start beat juggling where the
songs kind of deliberately trip over themselves.
People have been knocking u-ziq's "Royal
Astronomy" on here but I thought the album was
very interesting, again in a melodic (as opposed
to technical) kind of way. I'd recommend it,
although you gotta be careful with most of
Paradinas's stuff.
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