# Really good trance, techno, elctronica, etc. ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906 "2002-10-12T01:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/1 "2002-10-12T01:43:49Z")
I have only recently discovered this type of music. It is pretty. Anyone have suggestions as to what I should pick up? Look for? Avoid? Are there any “classics” of these genres? What are the exact differences? I am currently listening to “born slippy by underworld, it is pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/2 "2002-10-12T01:58:34Z")
Jesus Jones “Doubt” and “Perverse” Black Grape Happy Mondays EMF The Shamen ---
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/3 "2002-10-12T03:36:34Z")
ATB ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/4 "2002-10-12T03:42:14Z")
You should go to Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music. I don’t have the URL bookmarked here and don’t want to bother doing a search for it, but if you do a google search for “Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music” you should find it. Really nifty site, has samples of several dozen genres of electronic music, with commentary, brief historical notes, etc. Takes a while to load, though, even with broadband. ---
**Author:** ![vivablur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@vivablur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivablur)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/5 "2002-10-12T03:50:24Z")
Try Tim “Love” Lee’s “Tales of the Selector.” You will want to have sex and if you play it for the right person you will. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/6 "2002-10-12T10:42:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > \*\*Jesus Jones “Doubt” and “Perverse” > Black Grape > Happy Mondays > EMF > The Shamen \*\* (nearly) all good bands, but trance? Techno? Nahh. How about: The Age of Love Leftfield Paul Oakenfold CJ Bolland Jeff Mills Gigi d’Agostino Rabbit in the Moon Hardfloor Carl Craig Carl Cox Nightmares on Wax Laurent Garnier Andrew Weatherall Coldcut (etc) ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/7 "2002-10-12T11:23:29Z")
Emergency Broadcast Network, _Telecommunication Breakdown_. (That’s a recommendation, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/8 "2002-10-12T11:53:07Z")
Try the Bonkers set of albums for some hard trance / house. You can listen to some (a bit too commercial IMHO) trance [here](http://www.di.fm/) or you can download some (non-copyrighted) mixes [here](http://www.bangingtunes.com/links/djmixes.asp?bhcp=1) (be warned - they are BIG files) ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/9 "2002-10-12T13:42:15Z")
I’d say Underworld’s _Born Slippy_ is pretty classic. Gotta love Chemical Brothers _Block Rockin Beats_ and Daft Punk’s _Da Funk_ too. But there’s heaps - just keep an ear to the ground for anything you might like. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/10 "2002-10-12T17:00:25Z")
**Orbital** is a nice place to start. I really like their albums _II_ and _Insides_, but they’re all good, pretty much. Check out the track _Halcyon+on+on_. You’ll probably like it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Clawman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@The\_Clawman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Clawman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/11 "2002-10-12T17:15:26Z")
Someone already mentioned Leftfield, but can I further endorse this by recommending their “Leftism” album as as good an introduction as anything out there. There are also tons of good compilations available: I’d recommend pretty much anything produced under the Cream or Ministry of Sound imprint as a good overview of the current state of play. If you like a slightly dubbier/chilled sound, try Massive Attack’s “Protection”. Also try an see if you can stream Radio 1’s (in the UK) Friday and Saturday night output. I can’t check just now, but I’m sure a lot of this is archived on the BBC site. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/12 "2002-10-12T17:33:30Z")
The Beatles were doing electronica back in 1966! Listen to “Tomorrow Never Knows” on their _Revolver_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/13 "2002-10-12T17:39:59Z")
The Beatles were doing electronica back in 1966! Listen to “Tomorrow Never Knows” on their _Revolver_ album. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/14 "2002-10-12T19:39:13Z")
Excellent recommendations, **Crusoe**. I’ll add: The Avalanches Deep Dish dZihan (pronounced “Jay-sahn”…dont’ ask me why) & Kamien, Gus Gus Herbert Scott Hendy L.S.G. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/15 "2002-10-12T21:07:34Z")
Prodigy BT Bt is pretty, Prodigy is not really pretty, but they do play kickass electronica. The Propellerheads are pretty too. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/16 "2002-10-13T02:30:52Z")
Aphex Twin’s **Selected Ambient Works Vol. II** is one of the most gorgeous things ever recorded. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/17 "2002-10-13T02:43:49Z")
Also: DJ Tiesto [In Search of Sunrise Vol. 3](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006BXJM/qid=1034475949/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-2344756-1636647) The Orb [UFOrb](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005HTY/qid=1034476096/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-2344756-1636647?v=glance) The KLF [White Room](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002VMN/qid=1034476369/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/103-2344756-1636647) Early Moby I’ll go along with Prodigy, BT, Propellerheads, The Avalanches, Leftfield, Orbital, Chemical Brothers…shoot, most everything mentioned so far. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/18 "2002-10-13T03:59:32Z")
Hell yeah, **BT** ’s _Movement In Still Life_ kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/19 "2002-10-13T04:08:20Z")
Goodness!! I feel overwhelmed. Can you guys suggest particular songs? I did enjoy the Halycon number, I got it off the excellent “Hackers” soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906/20 "2002-10-13T04:16:24Z")
Question from one who knows nothing about electronica: Where do Fatboy Slim, Moby, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk and Crystal Method fall in? What’s the difference between trance, techno and electronica? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-trance-techno-elctronica-etc/131906.md?page=2)