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I am into good (read that, musical, non-repetitive, not mindlessly derivative) electronic music, and can't agree more. I tried to like Skrillex. I don't get it.

by teilo 8y ago

mrguyorama 8y ago
I prefer dancy and melodic electronic music, and tend to dislike drum-and-bass and dubstep, yet there was a short (several month) period where Skrillex caught me. In the 7 minute songs, it had just enough of the qualities that fit me
zeroxfe 8y ago
I would love some recommendations.
- colecut 8y ago
  Relaxing: Emancipator, Phaeleh, Submotion Orchestra Worldly: Thievery Coporation, Thunderball Midtempo Pretty Lights, The Polish Ambassador, Defunk, most people who were on a PLMovement podcast (https://soundcloud.com/plmovement https://soundcloud.com/plmovement) Melodic DnB: High Contrast, Nu:tone, Calibre Trippy Bass: Tipper, AtYya
- teilo 8y ago
  Above and Beyond, Odesza, Axwell, Steve Roach (if ambient is your thing), Kaskade, Daft Punk, Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten. By the way, by "non-repetitive" I don't mean no repetition at all, but that there is movement in the music. It may carry the same theme and beat, but it's evolving and going somewhere, and not just the same exact bar repeated 15 times in a row.
  - zeroxfe 8y ago
    Thank you (and colecut) for responding. I'm loading 'em up right now :-)
  - atom-morgan 8y ago
    Good recommendations and I'd add an additional upvote for Above and Beyond. I feel like it's a good entrance into EDM.
- WalterSear 8y ago
  Amon Tobin
- romwell 8y ago
  These artists have been highly influential back in the day (and still are), and covered/defined a wide spectrum of electronic music: * Tangerine Dream * Jean-Michel Jarre * Kraftwerk * Vangelis * Klaus Schulze Start there, explore. The Last.FM "similar to Jarre" page has a ton of great music and directions[1]. One-off recommendation: Tomáš Dvořák aka Floex. He wrote the Machinarium soundtrack, which is one of my most favorite electronic music albums of all time[2]. One sub-genre of electronic music that I've been enjoying lately is the growing synthwave (retrowave, chillwave, outrun, etc - they are not that different) scene, with artists like Timecop 1983, FM 84, Kavinsky, Miami Nights 1984, Mitch Murder, Le Matos, Dance with the Dead, Carpenter Brut, Gunship, Magic Sword, Power Glove, etc. [1]https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Michel+Jarre https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Michel+Jarre [2]https://innerfx.bandcamp.com/album/machinarium-soundtrack https://innerfx.bandcamp.com/album/machinarium-soundtrack
fb03 8y ago
You should be into Venetian Snares then. Pretty much non-repetitive, mindlessly derivative and fairly musical.

I am into good (read that, musical, non-repetitive, not mindlessly derivative) electronic music, and can't agree more. I tried to like Skrillex. I don't get it.

by teilo 8y ago

I am into good (read that, musical, non-repetitive, not mindlessly derivative) electronic music, and can't agree more. I tried to like Skrillex. I don't get it.

mrguyorama 8y ago

I prefer dancy and melodic electronic music, and tend to dislike drum-and-bass and dubstep, yet there was a short (several month) period where Skrillex caught me. In the 7 minute songs, it had just enough of the qualities that fit me

zeroxfe 8y ago

I would love some recommendations.

colecut 8y ago
Relaxing: Emancipator, Phaeleh, Submotion Orchestra Worldly: Thievery Coporation, Thunderball Midtempo Pretty Lights, The Polish Ambassador, Defunk, most people who were on a PLMovement podcast (https://soundcloud.com/plmovement https://soundcloud.com/plmovement) Melodic DnB: High Contrast, Nu:tone, Calibre Trippy Bass: Tipper, AtYya
teilo 8y ago
Above and Beyond, Odesza, Axwell, Steve Roach (if ambient is your thing), Kaskade, Daft Punk, Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten. By the way, by "non-repetitive" I don't mean no repetition at all, but that there is movement in the music. It may carry the same theme and beat, but it's evolving and going somewhere, and not just the same exact bar repeated 15 times in a row.
- zeroxfe 8y ago
  Thank you (and colecut) for responding. I'm loading 'em up right now :-)
- atom-morgan 8y ago
  Good recommendations and I'd add an additional upvote for Above and Beyond. I feel like it's a good entrance into EDM.
WalterSear 8y ago
Amon Tobin
romwell 8y ago
These artists have been highly influential back in the day (and still are), and covered/defined a wide spectrum of electronic music: * Tangerine Dream * Jean-Michel Jarre * Kraftwerk * Vangelis * Klaus Schulze Start there, explore. The Last.FM "similar to Jarre" page has a ton of great music and directions[1]. One-off recommendation: Tomáš Dvořák aka Floex. He wrote the Machinarium soundtrack, which is one of my most favorite electronic music albums of all time[2]. One sub-genre of electronic music that I've been enjoying lately is the growing synthwave (retrowave, chillwave, outrun, etc - they are not that different) scene, with artists like Timecop 1983, FM 84, Kavinsky, Miami Nights 1984, Mitch Murder, Le Matos, Dance with the Dead, Carpenter Brut, Gunship, Magic Sword, Power Glove, etc. [1]https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Michel+Jarre https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Michel+Jarre [2]https://innerfx.bandcamp.com/album/machinarium-soundtrack https://innerfx.bandcamp.com/album/machinarium-soundtrack

fb03 8y ago

You should be into Venetian Snares then. Pretty much non-repetitive, mindlessly derivative and fairly musical.