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Difficult though it may be for the old vanguard to accept, I believe most if not all vital innovation in the jam band format is coming from the industrial electronic musical sector.
Autechre are a great example of one such band who - late in their careers - have released dozens of hours of improvisatory and fresh takes on old material performed live and categorized by the year and city in which the performances took place.
These recordings are then - of course - fawned over and endlessly analyzed by obsessive devotees and electro-hippie freaks who collect, distribute, and bootleg them along with whatever other unreleased or previously unknown material they can independently gather.
It is, as ever, a brave new world, and change is confusing, but if you listen with an open mind you’ll surely find yourself entranced by Autechre’s Psycho-Electronic Experimentations …. Peace and Love✌️
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they’re fab in ways that we can barely parse. so much euphoria in chaos. they make more sense with every passing year
Jan 18, 2025
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firstly, if you like PS1 type beats you will LOVE:
- Skee Mask - Compro, specifically Kozmic Flush.
- Also you might dig the album Reso - Tangram
- Andy Stott is the king of atmosphere, but also prob has more grit than others
- This album by Transllusion also has some pretty sleek sound design goin on
- Sweet Trip's album Velocity:Design:Comfort straddles the realms of drum and bass, glitch, pop, and shoegaze like nothing else
- EPROM is prolly the heaviest on this whole list but takes a lot of inspo from the jungle and acid eras
if you like things more chill and spatial:
- try Burial. his album Untrue is considered a landmark work of electronic music
- This album from Djrum might also scratch that itch
- Boards of Canada are a staple of chill electronica
- Huerco S borders on soundscapes at times, but with enough movement to keep things interesting
- Floating Points makes really lush, almost orchestral electronic music with a lot of jungle and techno influence
- Leon Vynehall is similar to Floating Points but more of a house influence
if you want wacked out Machine Girl stuff with a lot of energy:
- Phuture Doom has the same level of acid-infused madness
- try Machinedrum too maybe? both draw heavily from footwork as a genre. I'd say Machinedrum is just happy Machine Girl in a way
- Maybe have a little Drexciya if you want something more classic
- if you like danceable rhythms, maybe other Detroit Techno stuff like Los Hermanos
the world of electronic music is so vast and diverse so explore wherever your ears lead! also paging aidanaguirre for the assist on this one
Jun 26, 2024
Kind of gives me the same feeling I got when I heard death grips for the first time and understood it. I love the fusion of genres here.
This subgenre and style of music is slowly taking over everything I listen to, and I think it’s kind of blanketing everything in the brooklyn music scene. Maybe is just me.
We’re in like the 4th? Revival of electroclash in the history of music, and certainly not the last. People can stay mad, but I love it.
Aug 31, 2024
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Actually putting aside the time and making the mental space necessary to start/return to conversations with all your friends around the world instead of just texting the same 3 people.
I’m terrible at this, but whenever I remind myself to do so it feels like I’ve once again tripped on life’s fundamental truth.
Mar 8, 2024
Bruce transforms a great early Tom Waits song into one of the greatest love songs of all time in a euphoric hometown live performance. An unselfconscious affirmation of the transcendent love that exists between the cracks of the day to day, and a reminder that the feelings we share for each other are what make life worth living <3
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You can hear the crowd scream with joy at every mention of a New Jersey landmark… beautiful.
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