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Just Curious

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Posted on March 10, 1999 at 21:20:31
T. Buns


 
How many of you regualrly listen to electronic music? I'm talking about things like The Orb, Amon Tobin, Orbital, and the like? It's quite good and anybody discounting it can't truely be considered a music fan.

 

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Re: Just Curious, posted on March 10, 1999 at 21:54:00
bryan


 
I don't really, other than some Yello once in a while. I do like some other music by the likes of Dead Can Dance and other off the cow path world beat stuff. Can you recommend a specific stellar release or two to get someone started? I know some people think electronic music is more system show off material but IMHO if its good stuff then its to be enjoyed just like any other type of music.

 

Re: Just Curious, posted on March 11, 1999 at 07:19:35
Jack G


 
You mean your basic New Age/ ambient/synthesizer type music? I have quite a bit of it-hundereds of discs in fact. Some of it is quite good, tho the best(with a few exceptions) seemed to be from the late 70s-mid 80s.
enjoy,
Jack

 

Start Up, posted on March 11, 1999 at 17:10:26
T. Buns


 
The Orb
-The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Amon Tobin
-Permutations (great if you are a jazz fanatic)
Orbital
-Insides (the one without "The Saint" CD, this bonus CD replaced a far superior bonus CD that was originally included)
Propellerheads
-decksdrumsandrockandroll (I just got it and am really into it, but I don't want to put it on a "must own" list quite yet)

I really like "into the labrynth" can you recommend another dead can album?
Peace, Tim

 

Re: Just Curious, posted on March 11, 1999 at 20:27:48
Jim Kain


 
I know the Orb and Orbital, as well as FSOL and have been listening to various kinds of electronic music since the 60s, like Jack. I first started with Wendy Carlos' Switched on Bach and Clockwork Orange. But it was the seventies groups like Tangerine Dream, AshRa Temple, Klaus Schulz, Vangelis, and Michael Hoenig which really got me deep into electronic soundscapes. A lot has changed regarding the technology over the years; the way they made the music then was much different than it is now, since the synthesizers were really in their infancy. But what seems to remain the same is the layering of rhythms and sounds over extended lengths of time to create that trance effect. I think there will always be musicians and audiences around to explore this type of music.

Let me know some of disks you would recommend.

thanks,

Jim

 

spirit chaser, posted on March 11, 1999 at 21:28:20
bryan


 
Thanks for the recommendations. I'll check them out. Have you ever seen the ads in some audio rags that are for a band or artist called Vox? By the looks of the ad I always thought it must be electronic music.

DCD's best cd is Spirit Chaser, IMHO. I think its better than Into the Lab...

Another band very similiar to DCD is Delerium. They even sample from DCD on a couple of their discs. I like their cd called Karma. Its a good one. Sarah McLaughlin sings one of the numbers too.

One more band, along the same vein, is Deep Forest. I like the release called Boheme.

Later...

 

Re: Just Curious, posted on March 12, 1999 at 05:11:05
Jack G


 
For softer, more ambient type, you might wish to try Liquid Mind's "ambience Minimus" or "slow world". For something alittle faster but prettier,and actually *feminine* sounding, try Suzzanne Ciani's "Velocity of Love". If you prefer a cross between Tangerine dream and Pink Floyd(non-vocal) try Wavestar's "moonwind". Also highly recomended, is:
Jonn Serrie's "And The Stars Go With You", "Planetary Chronicles 2", "tingri". For Deep space, Just about anything on the Fathom label.
Jack
PS Back in the days of switched on bach, Wendy Carlos was still Walter Carlos.

 

addendum, posted on March 12, 1999 at 07:33:07
Jim Kain


 
Thanks for the tip on "liquid mind". I've got some Ciani, Serrie, and Wavestar (though I only found that on cassette). I'm not aware of the "Fathom" label, so I'll check that out. Have you heard any Constance Denby, Steve Roach, or Dueter? More good space music.

enjoy

 

PS, posted on March 12, 1999 at 07:40:49
Jim Kain


 
You're right: it was Walter Carlos who turned me on to synthesizers (I still have the original LP); it was Wendy who introduced me to the concept of transsexuality. For that I will be forever confounded.

 

Re: addendum, posted on March 12, 1999 at 08:05:07
Jack G


 
Yes, I have all of Denby's stuff, 12 of Roach's discs, 3 of Deuters. Fathom is the Spacier stuff from HOS-its a spin off. Micheal Sterns is on that label now, but his best stuff is on his old(his own) label, the M'ocean Label-unfortunately, most are out of print.

Jack

 

Check out "The Ozric Tentacles", posted on March 12, 1999 at 08:22:14
Moses


 
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that's a lot of space, posted on March 12, 1999 at 09:03:07
Jim Kain


 
thanks for the tip.

 

Re: Just Curious, posted on March 25, 1999 at 06:14:01
Cato


 

I have almost every TDream and the Tangerine Dream - Ricochet is IMHO a must have.

Check out Harold Budd, especially when he played with Brian Eno - if there is such a thing as elegant trance, this is it.

Harry Pearson from Absolute Sounds put together a CD called Absolute Space, a decent compiliation of various artists.

 

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