The Electronic Music Thread

Talvekoidik

idm, glitch, ambient, noise, electronic
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Talvekoidik is the electronica side-project of a very talented German musician, Kai, founding member of S.K.E.T. (Hands Productions). With his first release as Talvekoidik -an Estonian word meaning a foggy, winter like atmosphere (or word by word “winter dawn”) - Kai offers us an album of brilliant and original electronica that finds its influences in Gridlock and Beefcake as well as in Scandinavian, Baltic, Arabic and African musical traditions.

Conceived in terms of rhythmic structures supporting catchy melodies, “Silent Reflections” is a work full of oppositions and contrasts enriched by a Celtic feeling, a somewhat epic touch. Alternately powerful, fragile and rough, Talvekoidik’s music is a mature, expressive and subtle demonstration of Kai’s talent as a “sound architect”.
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Quite dark and cinematic, similar to Kattoo.

[video=youtube;S9qG5Db7QrE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qG5Db7QrE[/video]

[video=youtube;l7rXSeRAtgI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7rXSeRAtgI[/video]

[video=youtube;pGobQc1Cw_E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGobQc1Cw_E[/video]
 
Flying Lotus

electronic, hip-hop, experimental, instrumental hip-hop, downtempo
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Los Angeles resident Steven Ellison. a.k.a. Juno Leed a.k.a. Flying Lotus is an electronic artist/hip-hop beat-maker, occasionally linked to artists such as Madlib , J Dilla and fellow LA resident The Gaslamp Killer for his more abstract and sometimes jazz-tinted style. Flying Lotus, often abbreviated to FlyLo, is currently signed to Warp Records, although he released his first album, 1983 on Plug Research Records, the label to which he belonged from 2006-2007. His June 2008 release, Los Angeles, with cover art designed by Build & Timothy Saccenti, was released to positive critical reviews. As well as serious album work, remixes and production for artists such as Oddisee and John Robinson, FlyLo is also responsible for many of the musical loops heard during the ‘bumps’ on Adult Swim, as well as being a casual filmmaker.

Being the great-nephew of Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane’s wife, Ellison comes from a musical heritage about which he says: “My greatest influences are my family, I’m lucky to have been around so many accomplished musicians.” When discussing the sources of his imagination and inspiration, he explains that : “I see these tracks as little short films that play in my head… I have this beautiful lemon tree in my backyard, and on a sunny day the light shines through. Little things like that inspire me.”

His new album Cosmogramma has received universally positive reviews, with cover art by Leigh McCloskey.
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[video=youtube;YxQWT05OYs0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxQWT05OYs0[/video]

[video=youtube;OjuI57_rtys]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjuI57_rtys[/video]

[video=youtube;tQvb9j6lAZA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQvb9j6lAZA[/video]

Loving these tracks from his latest album. :cool:
 
Access to Arasaka (re-mentioning :))

idm, ambient, glitch, experimental, industrial
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Taking his name from the “Cyberpunk 2020″ off-shoot card game “Netrunner”, the once elusive Access To Arasaka has seemly come out of nowhere to take the electronic music community by storm with his debut full-length CD album ‘Oppidan‘ in 2009.

A futuristic journey of a cerebral nature, demonstrating a virtual equinox of surgical beatwork and densely-layered atmospheres, ‘Oppidan‘ transcended complexity and innovation in electronic music to arrived at the very edge of its own inner space.

The Rochester, NY producer’s cyberpunk influences are evident as he skillfully paints each sonic soundscape with expert precision and meticulous attention to detail. The artist describes his music as “a mixture of every influence I’ve ever had, past and present. As the general idea of this project is a way to describe the future I anticipate, the sounds and styles themselves are an homage to every song that has already taken me there.”
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New album out, called 'void();'. Highly recommended for a unique sound/type of music you've never heard. Dark, technical, rich and cinematic. The release article sums it up well (includes track download and clips).

http://tympanikaudio.com/releases/ta045/

After the out-of-nowhere success of his debut CD ‘Oppidan‘ in 2009, the Rochester, NY producer Access To Arasaka returns a year later, stronger and more focused than ever, with a stunning new album on Tympanik Audio titled ‘void();‘.

Sixteen new tracks of dark sonic futurism inspired by the history and future of system hacking. From the phone phreaks to the console cowboys; dirty hippies using blue boxes at payphones 40 years ago, to the unborn children wandering cyberspace 40 years from now. An open invitation for the listener to imagine what a computer might attempt to comprehend when its system is under such an attack. Perfectly dark, cinematic, complex, and hauntingly surreal. This is what we have all been waiting for…
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=access+to+arasaka+void&aq=f
 
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Susumu Yokota

ambient, electronic, japanese, electronica, chillout
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Susumu Yokota is an electronic artist from Japan and widely accepted as one of the most talented composers and producers in electronic music today. His roots are in house and techno, DJing at events like “I Love Techno” in the early 90’s. Over the years his music has progressed into ambient and ambient-techno genres. He became quite famous around 2000-2001. Today, his discography includes some 30+ albums, encompassing 7 or 8 different genres of electronic music within them. On his most well known albums he uses spinning samples of piano, voice, guitar and rhythmic components to create a musical landscape filled with everchanging moods and complex song structure.

His best albums are said to be: “Symbol” where he used samples of classical music pieces, melodies from Vivaldi, Shostakovitch, Mahler, Albinoni are found within it, “Sakura” (LEAF 2000) “Grinning Cat” (LEAF 2001), “The Boy and the tree” (LEAF 2002) and his last CD (with Vocals) “Wonder Waltz” (LO 2006). On “Wonder Waltz” he co-operated with Czech avant-garde violinist and singer Iva Bittová.
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'Symbol' is an amazing album!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FykvNkgb4uE
 
assagai said:
nice track, people still getting incredible mileage out of the amen break!

maybe check out some of the other stuff on the planet mu label, eg. Distance, µ-Ziq, Vex'd, Venetian Snares etc.
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The backbone of DnB is a 60's drum fill? Sheeaatt. Will check tthe artists out thx.
 
PostmanPot said:
Abfahrt Hinwil
IDM, Electronic, Experimental

Abfahrt Hinwil is Chris Cunningham (co-owner of Toytronic Records and no relation to the music video director) and Martin Haidinger (AKA Gimmik). Most of their songs shift between soft ambient and driving electro, with gorgeous techno melodies throughout. They have a full-length CD on Toytronic called Links Berge Rechts Seen (“Mountains On The Left Lakes On The Right”) and a few vinyl-only releases as well.
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Gimmik helps bring us some more playful uppity stuff. ;)
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I see this album is now free at Last.fm. :) Highly recommended!

http://www.last.fm/music/Abfahrt+Hinwil
 
Slightly OT question... :)

Any of you "more detailed" Electronic listeners got the Logitech Z2300 speakers? Mine are arriving soon. Wondering how they're going to fess up to my current Logitech Z4s, which I love to bits (except they started distorting/vibrating when rich/cinematic music played...)

Eish, 40watt RMS -> 200watt RMS... Might need to give the neighbours my cell # in case the bass is too heavy... :D
 
Logitech's tend to have "boomy" bass, although I've heard that the Z4's sub is similar to the Z2300's.
 
The Z4s do have a great sub, which I use at about 1/3 volume most times as it can be a bit boomy. It is a sealed sub enclosure, so AFAIK makes the sub a bit more accurate and slightly less boomy than other Logitech subs. Z2300s use a ported sub, hope it's as good! Got a feeling I might have to keep the bass turned right down... :D

Also interested in the quality of the satellites.

And hoping the mids will be a bit more pronounced than the Z4s.

Klipsche, or whatever the brand is, have a really nice set of 2.1s with a separate mid driver. Bit pricey though, and not readily available in SA.
 
Just thought I'd post these, received a mailer about them from Frontosa. They probably are a bit gimmicky, listed at only R588 ex VAT.

On the website, they claim to have a 20Hz- 20KHz frequency response. Sounds a little ambitious, since AFAIK that's the entire range of a human ear? :D

Would love to know how these sound though.

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