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Any underground IDM recommendations?

by 6AA4FD 6y ago

nefitty 6y ago
I personally don’t have any recommendations but I’ve found awesome stuff by following other users with similar tastes. I get an email letting me know when they bought something new, and presumably if they like it enough to pay for it and share my taste then it will probably be really good.
Melting_Harps 6y ago
> Any underground IDM recommendations? If you're a fan of the 90s-2000 stuff from SF's SomaFM [1] their playlist is always pretty good, I actually ripped their entire station (back in the early 2000s there was only Groove Salad and maybe 2-3 others) for 6 months and bought pieces here and there as I went along. My favorite was a rare Lloop album, and a remix album of The Irresistible Force's track Nepalese Bliss. I always wanted a vinyl copy of Stryke - Introspection, I already have the CD version, but couldn't find it anywhere, even on Discogs after all these years. I got a bunch of Higher Intelligence Agency stuff, too somewhere in a box. It's hard to know exactly when IDM turns into Ambient, and where Ambient can cross over to Triphop on that station, but I found a ton of amazing stuff from really niche artists like Global Communication, Mark Pritchard, who eventually got into the same Dubstep sound I was into later on and got his stuff released on one of the most venerates labels at the Time (DeepMedi). He even came from Australia and played at the Dub War nights in NY with Joe Nice. I actually met Gel-Sol randomly in a chatroom, and he gave me a cut of his album with no strings attached [2] when I recognized his name back when I was an incoming freshman living in the dorms to listen and review while we spoke. I never saw him again after we spent all night talking about EDM/IDM artists we liked and the album ahead of its release. My GF at the time just rolled her eyes and told me I could have just told her I didn't want to hang out instead of making up some elaborate lie to stay in my room all night on the computer. I just played Few and Far Between while updating this with links and it still puts a smile on my face remembering that night. Those were crazy fun days that I'm still fond of, especially given where my musical tastes have gone throughout the years spanning/DJ'ng dark deep UK halfstep 140/170BPM and now into Darksynth and Dark Elctro as it doesn't make any sense as I originally come from the chiller, cerebral, calmer IDM ambient side of EDM, too. Here is another playlist with featured Groove salad tracks to check out [3]. Glad to see the Bandcamp guys checking in, thanks for what you do, guys! 1: https://somafm.com/ https://somafm.com/ 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCSzUMn4MA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCSzUMn4MA 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC92F5746C6D6A454 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC92F5746C6D6A454
- hnhg 6y ago
  Nice, I'm going to end up spending all day listening to Future Sound of London and Beaumont Hannant now :)
- syspec 6y ago
  Wow SomaFM is awesome, I never heard of it before, but I listened for like 30 min and already found 3 songs I love that I never heard off. Including a new one by a band that I thought broke up!
operatorius 6y ago
West Mineral, Experiences Ltd.
- dijksterhuis 6y ago
  Keeping track of new releases on these labels has become a complete obsession. That Ulla record sold out sharpish!!
Minor49er 6y ago
Trackermatte. I'd check out the album Ná. He also has an album on his Bandcamp page called "Growth" by "The Florists" that has a gorgeous closing track. Not sure he's underground (and more acid than IDM), but Ceephax Acid Crew is always excellent. I especially recommend the releases Acid Quakers 1000, Exidy Tours, World Dissolver, and Cro Magnox (but really, look up any of his music videos on YouTube. They're insanely fun) For more downtempo or glitchy type stuff, check out: Lanark Artefax - Whities 011 (Touch Absence is a track that shouldn't be missed. The music video is good too) Proem - Socially Inept Lusine - Condensed (the track Rushhour is superb) Grischa Lichtenberger - Graviton - cx (rigid transmission) Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete Albums not on Bandcamp worth checking out: Access to Arasaka - void(); Richard Devine - Asect:Dsect You probably know these, bit worth mentioning: Venetian Snares - "Hospitality" and "Rossz Csillag Alatt Született" Autechre - Oversteps Alva Noto - "Xerrox" series
- cjsawyer 6y ago
  Trackermatte has “22 active listeners” on spotify. Looks like I need to branch out.
- dijksterhuis 6y ago
  > Lanark Artefax - Whities 011 Just copped this the other week! Good record.
- tomduncalf 6y ago
  > Touch Absence One of my favourite tracks of the last few years, such great production I know a few of the others (used to love that Proem album, big Alva Noto fan), will check the rest. Thanks!
  - slx26 6y ago
    Just listening to it for the first time, I feel the song is unconsciously inspired by Radiohead's "Idioteque". Lots of interesting recommendations there though!
    - 6y ago
dijksterhuis 6y ago
Some of these labels veer towards electro sometimes but there's some decent IDM mixed in at the least. * Analogical force https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com * Further electronix https://furthurelectronix.bandcamp.com/ https://furthurelectronix.bandcamp.com/ * Touched - quite varied output, some IDM https://touched.bandcamp.com/ https://touched.bandcamp.com/ * CPU records https://shop.cpurecords.net/ https://shop.cpurecords.net/ Here are some more labels from the chilled out side: * City centre offices * Morr music * ~scape * Kit records https://kitrecs.bandcamp.com/ https://kitrecs.bandcamp.com/ Artists: * BRAINWALTZERA (big tip!) * James Shinra * Cristoph de Babylon * Doghn * Bochum Welt * The Remote Viewer (especially the "black" album, can't remember the name) * Jan Jelinek (dub IDM sort of) * Global communication
EamonnMR 6y ago
I can't promise they're underground but... https://elmc.bandcamp.com/album/melt https://elmc.bandcamp.com/album/melt https://brainwaltzera.bandcamp.com/album/marzipan-ep https://brainwaltzera.bandcamp.com/album/marzipan-ep https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com/album/af005x-voiceless-x https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com/album/af005x-voiceless-... https://rognvald.bandcamp.com/album/lord-rover https://rognvald.bandcamp.com/album/lord-rover https://williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com/album/automaton-2 https://williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com/album/automaton-2

Any underground IDM recommendations?

by 6AA4FD 6y ago

Any underground IDM recommendations?

I personally don’t have any recommendations but I’ve found awesome stuff by following other users with similar tastes. I get an email letting me know when they bought something new, and presumably if they like it enough to pay for it and share my taste then it will probably be really good.

Melting_Harps 6y ago

> Any underground IDM recommendations? If you're a fan of the 90s-2000 stuff from SF's SomaFM [1] their playlist is always pretty good, I actually ripped their entire station (back in the early 2000s there was only Groove Salad and maybe 2-3 others) for 6 months and bought pieces here and there as I went along. My favorite was a rare Lloop album, and a remix album of The Irresistible Force's track Nepalese Bliss. I always wanted a vinyl copy of Stryke - Introspection, I already have the CD version, but couldn't find it anywhere, even on Discogs after all these years. I got a bunch of Higher Intelligence Agency stuff, too somewhere in a box. It's hard to know exactly when IDM turns into Ambient, and where Ambient can cross over to Triphop on that station, but I found a ton of amazing stuff from really niche artists like Global Communication, Mark Pritchard, who eventually got into the same Dubstep sound I was into later on and got his stuff released on one of the most venerates labels at the Time (DeepMedi). He even came from Australia and played at the Dub War nights in NY with Joe Nice. I actually met Gel-Sol randomly in a chatroom, and he gave me a cut of his album with no strings attached [2] when I recognized his name back when I was an incoming freshman living in the dorms to listen and review while we spoke. I never saw him again after we spent all night talking about EDM/IDM artists we liked and the album ahead of its release. My GF at the time just rolled her eyes and told me I could have just told her I didn't want to hang out instead of making up some elaborate lie to stay in my room all night on the computer. I just played Few and Far Between while updating this with links and it still puts a smile on my face remembering that night. Those were crazy fun days that I'm still fond of, especially given where my musical tastes have gone throughout the years spanning/DJ'ng dark deep UK halfstep 140/170BPM and now into Darksynth and Dark Elctro as it doesn't make any sense as I originally come from the chiller, cerebral, calmer IDM ambient side of EDM, too. Here is another playlist with featured Groove salad tracks to check out [3]. Glad to see the Bandcamp guys checking in, thanks for what you do, guys! 1: https://somafm.com/ https://somafm.com/ 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCSzUMn4MA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCSzUMn4MA 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC92F5746C6D6A454 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC92F5746C6D6A454

hnhg 6y ago
Nice, I'm going to end up spending all day listening to Future Sound of London and Beaumont Hannant now :)
syspec 6y ago
Wow SomaFM is awesome, I never heard of it before, but I listened for like 30 min and already found 3 songs I love that I never heard off. Including a new one by a band that I thought broke up!

operatorius 6y ago

West Mineral, Experiences Ltd.

dijksterhuis 6y ago
Keeping track of new releases on these labels has become a complete obsession. That Ulla record sold out sharpish!!

Minor49er 6y ago

Trackermatte. I'd check out the album Ná. He also has an album on his Bandcamp page called "Growth" by "The Florists" that has a gorgeous closing track. Not sure he's underground (and more acid than IDM), but Ceephax Acid Crew is always excellent. I especially recommend the releases Acid Quakers 1000, Exidy Tours, World Dissolver, and Cro Magnox (but really, look up any of his music videos on YouTube. They're insanely fun) For more downtempo or glitchy type stuff, check out: Lanark Artefax - Whities 011 (Touch Absence is a track that shouldn't be missed. The music video is good too) Proem - Socially Inept Lusine - Condensed (the track Rushhour is superb) Grischa Lichtenberger - Graviton - cx (rigid transmission) Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete Albums not on Bandcamp worth checking out: Access to Arasaka - void(); Richard Devine - Asect:Dsect You probably know these, bit worth mentioning: Venetian Snares - "Hospitality" and "Rossz Csillag Alatt Született" Autechre - Oversteps Alva Noto - "Xerrox" series

cjsawyer 6y ago
Trackermatte has “22 active listeners” on spotify. Looks like I need to branch out.
dijksterhuis 6y ago
> Lanark Artefax - Whities 011 Just copped this the other week! Good record.
tomduncalf 6y ago
> Touch Absence One of my favourite tracks of the last few years, such great production I know a few of the others (used to love that Proem album, big Alva Noto fan), will check the rest. Thanks!
- slx26 6y ago
  Just listening to it for the first time, I feel the song is unconsciously inspired by Radiohead's "Idioteque". Lots of interesting recommendations there though!
  - 6y ago

dijksterhuis 6y ago

Some of these labels veer towards electro sometimes but there's some decent IDM mixed in at the least. * Analogical force https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com * Further electronix https://furthurelectronix.bandcamp.com/ https://furthurelectronix.bandcamp.com/ * Touched - quite varied output, some IDM https://touched.bandcamp.com/ https://touched.bandcamp.com/ * CPU records https://shop.cpurecords.net/ https://shop.cpurecords.net/ Here are some more labels from the chilled out side: * City centre offices * Morr music * ~scape * Kit records https://kitrecs.bandcamp.com/ https://kitrecs.bandcamp.com/ Artists: * BRAINWALTZERA (big tip!) * James Shinra * Cristoph de Babylon * Doghn * Bochum Welt * The Remote Viewer (especially the "black" album, can't remember the name) * Jan Jelinek (dub IDM sort of) * Global communication

EamonnMR 6y ago

I can't promise they're underground but... https://elmc.bandcamp.com/album/melt https://elmc.bandcamp.com/album/melt https://brainwaltzera.bandcamp.com/album/marzipan-ep https://brainwaltzera.bandcamp.com/album/marzipan-ep https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com/album/af005x-voiceless-x https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com/album/af005x-voiceless-... https://rognvald.bandcamp.com/album/lord-rover https://rognvald.bandcamp.com/album/lord-rover https://williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com/album/automaton-2 https://williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com/album/automaton-2