Electronica, anyone ?

Hi dis. I couldn`t agree more. I listen to a range of music types but do have a leaning towards electronica (underworld, four get, burial, M83, memory tapes, the knife etc). Sounds marvelous, particularly through my recently acquired Acoustic Energy AE1 mkiii SE speakers! 

Would somebody care to define what "electronica" actually is?

steve

Have youlistened to Anjunadeep by above and beyond?, or try Peter Gabriel live blood

This is a good definition 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronica

Pixies - we have similar Naims - just love the sound of mine, though will look at your speaker choice.

Did you buy yours on the Leisure Peninsula ?

Is the Burial cd good ? From memory there is a Four Tet / Burial collaboration I haven't heard (yet).

Chrs

dis

I listen to a load of electronica on my system - Kraftwerk, Depeche and New Order of course, but also the Tangs, Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Chris & Cosey, Plastikman, Autechre, Aphex, LFO, Underworld, Goldfrapp, DAF, Der Plan, Die Krupps, Air, Orb, Muziq, YMO, Black Dog, Boards of Canada, To Rococco Rot, Four Tet etc etc and it sounds friggin' great. The music requires replay equipment with strong, fast dynamics and a flinty tone, which I think Naim gear has.

Yes, we do have similar set ups and mine is currently singing amazingly well as I enjoy a late night glass of single malt Talisker listening to Fever Ray (electronica at its best!). Yes speakers bought on the leisure peninsula, replacing some very good stand mounts, but these add more detail, precision and tight bass and are what my Naim set up deserves. The Burial album I'm listening to is the Street Halo/Kindred ep combination which is excellent.

I couldnt agree more when i added my XPS-DR earlier this year i found electronic music seems awsome, 85% of what i listen to is electronic, im still going through my back catalogue.

Pixies - mine's a glass of Belgian beer ! Ah, yes, Fever Ray. The Scandinavians  (can I include Iceland ?) do electronica well : anything from the Fonal label, Silje Nes, Mum, Sigur Ros, Royksopp . .

Liam - I see you like French elec. - any favourites ? (Kid Loco, Chapelier Fou ?)

cheers 

Have you tried the recently released electrospective CD's?

They are samplers tracing the history of electronica, 

Delia Derbyshire, David Varhaus, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Silver Apples, T.O.N.T.O Expanding Head Band, Beaver & Krause and, of course, Sir Keith Emerson. 

Having started my electronica journey with Kraftwerk TEE, back in the day, I'm keen to trace the roots a bit. Or maybe it was the BBC RW Doctor Who theme that got me started whilst still in short pants.

Any tips for a good compilation of seminal elec. pre, say 1970 ?

 Just who sold their theramin to the devil at the crossroads ?

> Any tips for a good compilation of seminal eleconic music pre-1970?

Start with the greatest electronic musician of them all 

Delia Derbyshire 

1. Electrosonic (probably difficult to get at a sensible price)
2. The Tomorrow People (Amazon)

3. BBC Radiophonic Music (Amazon)

4. White Noise: An Electric Storm (Amazon)

If you can find the T.O.N.T.O (The Original New Timbral Orchestra) music then well worth it. Malcolm Cecil started with a Moog modular synthesiser and added a second Moog III, four Oberheim SEMs, two ARP 2600s, modules from Serge Tcherepnin, EMS, Roland and Yamaha, and his own custom modules. 

+I to what Guy posted above.

This is one of my most played albums.

This band and album are worth a look,

Also NUE!/Klaus Shulze and 70sTangerine Dream.

This CD is brilliant but not easy to find at a normal price these days.

All there albums are brilliant imo but the one above is my most played.

And don't forget Redshift.

Stu.

Also try some,

Free System Project.

Radio Massacre.

Fanger & Schonwalder.

Stu.

What about Thomas Dolby for some post 1970 electronics ... the great late Magnus Pyke on vocals you can't go wrong - it's like poetry in motion.

I will always remember seeing TD on tv in the early 80s showing a bloke what his new Fairlight could do in his home studio and thinking I want one.

They were mega bucks at the time around £30,000 i think the price was.

How things have changed.

There is some good stuff on youtube, type in Fairlight Keith Emerson.

Stu.

Thanks Stu  - the videos of Sir Keith are fantastic ... hadn't seen them before. I doubt many know his work on the movie scores, but I'm lucky enough to have many of the recordings (probably got more by Emo in my digital music library than any other musician/composer). 

Emerson Plays Emerson is a truly great album, but I bet most folk don't even know it exists. 

I didn't know about the Emo plays Emo album until you told me about it.

That said i have you to thank over the years for a few bands and albums i had never heard of before.

Stu.

If anyone is interested - there is a (apparently very limited) re-master/re edition on both cd and 180g vinyl of Tonto / Zero Time.

Will not be easy to find, but I can put up details if anyone wants?

Steve,

Put it up.

Links are ok in the music room within reason.

Lots of stuff coming from Spain now.

Stu

Stuart is playing some brilliant stuff on his BBC Radio 6 Music show right now.

It will be up online to listen to if anyone is bothered.

Stu.