# Favorite Electronic Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925 "2002-09-04T06:22:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/21 "2002-09-05T14:29:33Z")
Also, Collide’s pretty cool, and I love the first album by the Sneaker Pimps. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/22 "2002-09-05T14:34:51Z")
Also, Collide’s pretty cool, and I love the first album by the Sneaker Pimps. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/23 "2002-09-05T15:14:03Z")
**Walter/Wendy Carlos** – any classical works (Swiotched-on Bach, SOB II, Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Swiotched-on Brandenbergs, etc.) I hate all of his/her original works. **Jean-Michel Jarre** – Oxygene **Unknown** – I have an anonymous album of classical synthesizer music. Among other things, it has a _great_ version of Bach’s **tocata and Fugue in D Minor** that’s better than Carlos’ **Rick Wakeman** – too many to mention ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/24 "2002-09-05T16:13:44Z")
Slightly different choices… **Morton Subotnik** : Silver Apples from the Moon / The Wild Bull Evocative and brainy experimental music from the 60’s. Features the greatest synth ever built and lots of sounds that kids these days think are new. **Francis Dhomont** : Forêt Profonde Some people may not call this music. Call it sound art then, close the lights and let it take you somewhere else. **Laika** : Music From the Satellites Rock? Pop? Electronica? I’m not sure what to file this under but that’s why I like it. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/25 "2002-09-05T18:20:51Z")
I’m a Daft Punk fan - in fact I’m listening to _Around the World_ right now. Also, Klint has a song (I think it qualifies as electronic music) called _Diamond_, specifically the remix. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/26 "2002-09-05T18:34:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mswas \* > \*\*heh, anyone that lists Art of Noise and Wendy Carlos can’t claim to be completely ignorant of electronic music. 😉 > > I know that there is an electronic music contingent on the boards. I’ve talked to a lot of em. > > Erek \*\* I like Walter Carlos’ stuff as well. 😉 Also, Fatboy Slim and Kraftwerk. ---
**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/27 "2002-09-05T18:34:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mswas \* > \*\*heh, anyone that lists Art of Noise and Wendy Carlos can’t claim to be completely ignorant of electronic music. 😉 > > I know that there is an electronic music contingent on the boards. I’ve talked to a lot of em. > > Erek \*\* I like Walter Carlos’ stuff as well. 😉 (please do not misinterpret, I mean music) Also, Fatboy Slim and Kraftwerk. ---
**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/28 "2002-09-05T18:34:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mswas \* > \*\*heh, anyone that lists Art of Noise and Wendy Carlos can’t claim to be completely ignorant of electronic music. 😉 > > I know that there is an electronic music contingent on the boards. I’ve talked to a lot of em. > > Erek \*\* I like Walter Carlos’ stuff as well. 😉 (please do not misinterpret, I mean music) Also, Fatboy Slim and Kraftwerk. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/29 "2002-09-05T18:40:08Z")
Heh Jovan and Attrayant, I think the experimental edge rides the edge of obscure to being archaeological finds. However Attrayant, if they use electronic instruments, they fit this thread, and are definitely worth mentioning. Morton Subotnik sounds interesting from the description. Speaking of obscure, I finally found Schaft Switchblade which I’ve only found on mail order from Japan and I never had 50 bucks to available for one CD since then. It’s amazing, it’s a project headed up by Raymond Watts from Pig, with people like Coil and Autechre throwing their weight in. Erek ---
**Author:** ![ElevatedSteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@ElevatedSteve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElevatedSteve)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/30 "2002-09-05T19:13:06Z")
My top ten electronic albums: (It is REALLY hard to limit them to ten, as I have about 600 favorite electronic albums) (this list is not ordered) Erasure - Chorus Depeche Mode - Violator Red Flag - The Crypt Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual Mesh - Who Watches Over Me? Cause and Effect - Another Minute Strange Angels - Somewhere in the Night Sky A-ha - Minor Earth Major Sky Camoflauge - Voices and Images Various - Nobodys Diary: a tribute to Yazoo especially that last one! (My band - Elevated Sins - is on it!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/31 "2002-09-05T19:18:54Z")
Heh Jovan and Attrayant, I think the experimental edge rides the edge of obscure to being archaeological finds. However Attrayant, if they use electronic instruments, they fit this thread, and are definitely worth mentioning. Morton Subotnik sounds interesting from the description. Speaking of obscure, I finally found Schaft Switchblade which I’ve only found on mail order from Japan and I never had 50 bucks to available for one CD since then. It’s amazing, it’s a project headed up by Raymond Watts from Pig, with people like Coil and Autechre throwing their weight in. Erek ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/32 "2002-09-05T23:35:15Z")
I find myself going for long stretches of time where I listen to only electronic stuff then get this sudden thought of “oh my god! Guitars!” Then I go long strectches with guitar music and think “oh my god! Synths!” Rinse. Repeat. It’s kind of annoying. Anyways… My major loves over the years have included: **Ministry** (earlier stuff is more electronic, but I like their later stuff up to _Dark Side of the Spoon_ - that one just sucked in so many ways) **Meat Beat Manifesto** (_Storm the Studio_ is an ignored masterpiece, and _99%_ and _Satyricon_ are exceptionally good “alternative” dance albums) **Skinny Puppy** (warning: this is not happypopmusic!) **Orbital** (they peaked with _Snivilisation_ and _In Sides_, everything since then has been downhill) **Aphex Twin** (especially his more ambient stuff, but _Drukqz_ just didn’t do a dang thing for me) **The Art of Noise** (mmm, Anne Dudley) **Depeche Mode** (but only the stuff from the 80s) **808 State** (_Ex:El_ and _Gorgeous_ are amongst the best technopop I’ve ever heard) and **Kraftwerk** (Yay! I got see these hermits live in 1998!) Some acts I’ve gotten into in the past few years include: **Add N to X** (3 Moogs and sometimes a live drummer - when they have the drummer they make some great rock music) **VNV Nation** (I hate their name, but _Empires_ is an exceptionally good album, it really surprised me how much I liked it) **Rapoon** (one man ambient act from former **:Zoviet\*France:** -ster Robin Storey, rather hard to describe, but if you like **Aphex Twin’s** _SAW II_ or **Brian Eno** you should like **Rapoon** ) And, what the hell, **Synaesthesia** (one of Bill Leeb’s side projects, space music really, but I like it more than **Delerium** ) ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/33 "2002-09-06T00:12:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Semp \* > \*\* > > **VNV Nation** \*\* What are they named after? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/34 "2002-09-06T00:19:57Z")
Do Mogwai count? or Sigur Ros? Tortoise? Tosca? I’m bad with music styles… ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/35 "2002-09-06T00:53:53Z")
VNV stands for Victory Not Vengeance. Tars: Mogwai and Tortoise DEFINITELY count. Tortoise is great. I know a lot of people into Sigur Rose but I don’t know them myself and Tosca I don’t know. Semp: Rapoon is pretty good, I have Cold War Drum n Bass. Erek ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/36 "2002-09-06T03:48:47Z")
Does Wesley Willis count? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/37 "2002-09-06T05:22:34Z")
Ack…oh so many choices and eras to pick from… Kraftwerk-Radioactivity Cabaret Voltaire- CrackDown Coil-Horse Rotorvator Front242- official version Skinny Puppy- ViVisectVi Front Line Assembly- Tactical Neural Implant Delerium-Spheres Lustmord- Where The Black Stars Hang KLF-chill out Juno Reactor- Shango Download- Effector/Eyes of Stanley Pain/Furnace Imminent Starvation- Nord Beefcake-i forget the title…🙂 VnV nation- Praise the Fallen/Empires Covenant- Sequencer gridlock- Trace/Further i’m sure there are more…i just can’t think of them at the moment… ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/38 "2002-09-06T05:33:07Z")
Heh, I dunno is Wesley Willis electronic? I generally don’t listen to joke bands, while his lyrics are funny I haven’t sought out listening to his music so I dunno if it’s electronic or not. I always thought it was kind of punky. Erek ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/39 "2002-09-06T06:03:28Z")
heh Covenant Sequencer is also one of my faves. Coil Horse Rotorvator is amazing as well as far as Download I think I am the only person who thinks that III is one of their best albums. It certainly has one of the best covers of an album ever with the art by Dave McKean. Erek ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925/40 "2002-09-06T14:34:24Z")
Wesley Willis uses only the demo track on his keyboard, as well as some other samples. When he’s with a band, they may play other instruments, but on his own he’s pure electronic. I definitely agree that he’s punk-like, but he is most definitely not making joke music, even if it is humorous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-electronic-music/126925.md?page=3)