The IDM & Downtempo Lounge

[luckyface]

It seems like there are more than enough people here to support such a thread, so I think it is time to start one up. All of the electronic love on the board goes to the likes of Daft Punk, Justice, and the Chemical Bros. of the world. We need to give some love to the other side of the electronic spectrum.

So to all who listen to the quieter side of electronic music, who are you into?

[suprefan]

Well of coruse just put Boards of Canada at the top.

[bmack86]

Hell no. Aphex Twin. I like him loads more than Boards of Canada. 4 is one of the best songs ever recorded. It's as close to perfection as he'll get.

[xxxxxxxxxx]

The answer is The Orb

[PassiveTheory]

Hmmm... Does Portishead count?

Cause Portishead > BoC & Aphex Twin.

For me:

1. Portishead
2. Air
3. Boards of Canada
4. Massive Attack
5. Aphex Twin
6. Thievery Corporation
7. Zero 7
8. Morcheeba
9. Autechre
10. Supreme Beings of Leisure

[suprefan]

No Portishead does not count.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 is as low key as you can get....

[SFChrissy]

The answer is The Orb

I haven't listened to any Orb in a long time...thanks for the reminder!!!

[luckyface]

I like Aphex a lot, but I wouldn't even put him in my top 10. He is a little too weird for me at times. Ambient volume 1 though is a pretty amazing album. I'd probably have to put BoC on top as well, although there are many others that are almost as good, if not equal.

And sorry Passive, I wouldn't count Portishead in this category, either. From the looks of your list, we need to steer you towards some less "mainstream" downtempo as well.

[disgustipated]

Four Tet

[luckyface]

Love Four Tet on his albums, HATED his live show. I actually walked out before he finished his set. He was throwing in this large distortion noise every 5-10 seconds in every one of his songs. That coupled with the fact that the openers started 2 hours late and I had to be up at 5 AM the next day meant that I left once hearing She Moves She.

[disgustipated]

i have never seen him live. Love the albums though.


also,


Bibio

[orbit]

Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 is as low key as you can get....

I used to like more Autechre's Incunabula than Aphex's SAW2, but then SAW2 grew up a lot with every listen. SAW1 has a lot of great melodies there as well, sometimes better than SAW2, and Incunabula has some great beats. Each one of them have its unique wonders.

[orbit]

Well of coruse just put Boards of Canada at the top.

I love BoC, and I'm a big fan, but to be fair and trying to give an unbiased opinon I don't know if they are the top of everything ambient/downtempo related. MHTRTC was and is a very influential album for myself, and it still sounds awesome, but there are other great works out there. Global Communication's 76.14, FSOL's Lifeforms, Biosphere's Sustrata, or the last Stars of the Lid album are perfect examples of that. For a lot of people, those albums could top easily any BoC work, and it's not surprising.

[Daft Fro]

Ulrich freaking Schnauss

[luckyface]

Hey Orbit, I don't know why I never discovered this until recently. But have you picked up Tom Middleton's solo album that was released towards the end of 2007? I knew he was in Global Communication but I never heard about a solo album. It is excellent!

[orbit]

Yeah, well, I assume you are talking about Lifetracks. I think I posted about it a while ago. Anyway, I wasn't so excited about it before the release, because Tom kind of went bad after Global Communication, but then listened to the samples and sounded awesome. I got the album and loved it.

His 3disc compitlation/remixes just came out a couple of days ago, I havent heard it yet, but from what I've seen in the tracklisting it looks great, at least the 2nd and 3rd disc.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

I used to like more Autechre's Incunabula than Aphex's SAW2, but then SAW2 grew up a lot with every listen. SAW1 has a lot of great melodies there as well, sometimes better than SAW2, and Incunabula has some great beats. Each one of them have its unique wonders.

you know what is funny? I own every Aphex album except SAW1....

[Lazaro]

what about Murcof?

he's amazing....

1 Kruder & Dorfmeister
2 Massive Attack
2 The future sound of London
2 Brian Eno
3 Boards of Canada

[jazzz]

Luke Vibert
Future Sounds of London
Four Tet
Pan Sonic
David Sylvian
The Orb
Richard H. Kirk
Yello
Burial
Throbbing Gristle
Talk Talk (spirit of eden/the laughing stock)
Ulrich Schnauss
Cabaret Voltaire
Can
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[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

ah..Four Tet...surprised no one mentioned that earlier...


BTW: Did anyone see him when he opened up for Radiohead?

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