I’m a noob when it comes to electronica. I teach Sonic Pi in middle school and this summer decided I needed to learn more about electronic music (I’m a very old-school blues guy). So I dove down the rabbit hole and haven’t come up since!
So I’m looking for recommendations. Here’s what I’ve found that I really love so far, just for a reference point: Boards of Canada, Tycho, and Aphex Twin. I don’t know what that says about my taste, but I’d love more similar stuff. And while I think I’m leaning ambient, I also realize that I teach middle schoolers. So I need a healthy dose of danceable stuff.
I’m finding the more I listen to, the more I get ideas for song and music creation: beats, sounds, etc.
Ideas? Thanks in advance!
Bob Irving
Porter-Gaud School
Charleston, SC @birv2
some things to listen to (on Youtube) in no style or genre order (all somehow associated with Electronica):
Ametsub
Animal Collective
Aparat
Autechre
Arovane
Bluetech
B12
Basic Channel
Biosphere
Black Dog Productions
Bowery Electric
Burger & Ink
Can
Chris Smith
Deepchord
Derrick May (and other belonging to Detroit Techno)
DJ Rum
DJ Shadow
Donato Dozzy
Four Tet
Francesco Tristano
Gas (Wolfgang Voigt)
Goldfrapp
Higher Intelligence Agency
Ilpo Väisänen
Jan Jelinek
Jon Hassell
Jörg Burger (The Modernist)
Ken Ishii
Loscil
LTJ Bukem
Luke Vilbert
Mika Vainio
Moby
Mouse on Mars
Monolake
Pete Namlook
Photek
Plaid
Seefeel
Senking
The Irresisbable Force
The Marcia Blaine School for Girls
The Orb
Vermont
This is more or less a random collection. Maybe you’ll get a copy of: All Music Guide to Electronica (editor: Vladimir Bogdanov) (not really fresh but a lot leads to follow). If you are oldschool and like to read about. Otherwise Youtube’s recommendations get you from here to Nirvana.