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Off Topic / Electronic Music General Megathread

« on: October 17, 2011, 04:21:08 PM »

I've noticed people here enjoy electronic music. I, like many of you, do as well. ITT we will be talking about it. Listed below are some important subgenres.

IDM
IDM stands for intelligent dance music. Some important acts in the genre include Aphex Twin, Autechre (pictured at the top of thread), Boards of Canada, Squarepusher and Venetian Snares. It's a pretty complex genre of electronic music.

Squarepusher - Vic Acid
Autechre - Dael
Aphex Twin - Window Licker

Techno
Techno is a genre of electronic music that emerged out of Detroit Michigan. It is mainly a blend of early electronic music with soul, jazz etc. I don't really listen to it that much so that's really all I can say.

Hardfloor - Acperience 1

Industrial
Industrial is a type of electronic music that is generally very harsh sounding. Many fusion genres exist, such as industrial rock, metal and electro-industrial.

Coil - The brown town Staircase
Skinny Puppy - Testure
Nine Inch Nails - Mr. Self Destruct Many industrial purists don't consider NIN real industrial but I do.

House
Everyone knows what House is.

Daft Punk - Prime Time of Your Life
Justice - DVNO

I don't listen to much house which is why I posted entry level stuff.

Drum 'n' Bass
Drum 'n' Bass is characterized by fast breakbeats and heavy basslines. One of my favorite types of electronic music.

Goldie - Timeless
London Elektricity - Bare Religion
Roni Size - Snapshot

Dubstep
Heavy bass. Tight beats. No brostep please.

Skream - Hedd Banger
Burial - Archangel
James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream forget Yeah I just posted James Blake.
Digital Mystikz - Haunted

Ambient
Ambient music doesn't have to be restricted to electronic music, but a lot of it is. It's generally slow and a lot of people regard it as background music. I have found out if you take the time to pay attention to it it's greatly rewarding.

Eluvium - As I Drift Off
Stars of the Lid - Requiem for Dying Mothers
Tim Hecker - Hatred of Music

Trip-Hop
Fusion of Downtempo and Hip-Hop. One of my favorite types of electronic music.

Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps
Portishead - It Could Be Sweet
Aether - Rain or Shine
Unkle - Eye for an Eye

Jungle
From Stuntman021: The granddaddy of drum and bass. 140 bpm, reggae vocals, the amen break, and heavy bass combine to form pure magic.

Shy FX & UK Apachi - Original Nuttah
Omni Trio - Tripping On Broken Beats VIP

Hardcore Techno
Light hearted synth patterns, pulsing kick, pianos, and heavy sampling make hardcore one of the most popular genres played at oldschool raves.

DJ Paul Elstak - Rainbow in the Sky
Technohead - Banana-na-na (Phun Phactory Mix)
Nakatomi - Children of the Night

Gabber
Hardcore's evil twin. Distorted, dark kicks, 180 bpm, hard synth patterns, and an overall atmosphere of unrest.

Angerfist - Dance With The Wolves
Evil Activities & Neophyte - Murder
Neophyte - Braincracking

Other subgenres I don't feel like writing anything up for

Hip-Hop
Glitch-hop
Jazz-hop
Electro-pop
Synthpop
Trance
Noise
And a ton of other stuff

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Off Topic / Emo- May the Emo Gods Grant Us more Whiny Vocals and Twinkly Guitars

« on: September 16, 2011, 09:57:01 PM »

Before you're like "haha emo go cut yourself friend XD" lemme take the time to explain what Emo is.

Emo is a sub-genre of rock music featuring melodic guitars and confessional lyrics. It is not about slashing wrists, handicapped haircuts and crying. The genre was pretty much corrupted into a clothing scene for whiny teenagers, and effectively ruined a great genre. Perhaps the biggest offshoot of the emo genre is screamo. Screamo is usually more aggressive and dissonant than emo, and as the name implies has screamed vocals. Emo itself is an offshoot of the emotive hardcore, or emocore genre, which included bands such as Rites of Spring and Drive Like Jehu. In the 90s the genre was led by such acts as Sunny Day Real Estate, Cap'n Jazz, Mineral, and to a lesser extent Weezer. A lot of people nowadays confuse pop-punk for emo and metalcore for screamo, while they couldn't be further apart. The modern emo scene isn't as popular but is quite active underground. 

I will now post some good emo tracks.

Early Emotive Hardcore:
Rites of Spring - For Want Of
Drive Like Jehu - Here Come The Rome Plows
(Not exactly Dashboard Confessional is it?)

90s Emo:
Jawbreaker - Kiss The Bottle
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven (This is the band pictured at the top)
Weezer - El Scorcho
Cap'n Jazz - Little League
Mineral - If I Could

Modern Emo:
Joan of Arc - Post Coitus Rock
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - Keep What You Have Built Up Here
Snowing - So I Shotgunned A Bear and Went Back to Bed(this band actually broke up this month ;_; )
Moving Mountains - Alastika

Screamo:
Saetia - Some Natures Catch No Plagues
Circle Takes the Square - Interview At The Ruins
I Would Set Myself On Fire For You - Six
Pianos Become the Teeth - Houses We Die In
Orchid - I Am Nietzsche

Modern Post-Hardcore with elements of Emo:
Thursday - Cross Out the Eyes
Thrice - So Strange I Remember You
Glassjaw - Mu Empire

And that's it. Hopefully you've gained a greater understanding of what emo is and have found some new music to enjoy.

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Off Topic / Last.fm

« on: August 05, 2011, 10:09:55 PM »

Last.fm! Listen to internet radio, get recommendations, personalized charts, be apart of the largest music community on the internet!

Anyone else use this wonderful site? If so post profiles or something. Here is me.

And always remember:

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Off Topic / Vinyl Records

« on: July 20, 2011, 10:59:35 PM »

Anyone collect them? I recently started getting into it. my turntable is an Audio-Technica AT-LP60. I don't own very many records though. And most of the records I do own are gifts from my Uncle for my birthday. So a bunch of classic stuff. This is my collection so far.

Moving Mountains - Waves
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#Infinity

And now the classic stuff.

Pink Floyd - The Wall
Yes - Fragile
Rainbow - Straight Through The Eyes
Styx - The Grand Illusion
The Best of Jethro Tull
Rush - S/T
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - Caress of Steel
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
Kansas - Leftoverture
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4

I plan on getting more stuff soon. Mainly indie-stuff.

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Off Topic / HEALTH

« on: July 20, 2011, 06:49:56 PM »

I figure I may as well jump on the bandwagon and make a thread for one of my favorite bands at the moment.

HEALTH

Health is a band from Los Angeles, California. Their music is a blend of noise rock, dance and dance-punk. They have released two studio albums and  2 remix albums. Also, their drummer is a loving BEAST.

Self-Titled

Their first studio album. It is the noisiest of the bunch.

Heaven
Crimewave
Tabloid Sores (live)
Crimewave (live)

Get Color


The second studio release. It is generally more melodious and danceable than the first.

Die Slow
In Heat
We Are Water (live)
Nice Girls (live)

And have some stuff from the remix albums too.
Crimewave (Crystal Castles Remix)
Die Slow (Tobacco Remix)

And there you go.