tranz Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 You are spot on it has been a challenge to combine my love of tubes with electronic music. It boiled down to the right amp design. The naf is push pull dual mono with huge dynamics coupled with 100 db efficient speakers. Tube warmth without the woolly bass. Good to read that it is possible. I had to swap the tubes as the combo with the speakers was just not fast enough for the beat. Link to comment
Nikhil Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Big fan of Daft Punk. I have a few Ambient Electronica albums. Here is my recommendation ... Bersarin Quartett BERSARIN QUARTETT - II [CD|2xLP|DIGITAL] | PREORDER & STREAM Custom Win10 Server | Mutec MC-3+ USB | Lampizator Amber | Job INT | ATC SCM20PSL + JL Audio E-Sub e110 Link to comment
Kiwicol Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Good to read that it is possible. I had to swap the tubes as the combo with the speakers was just not fast enough for the beat. I think the speakers play a big part for sure, the matterhorns are horn loaded and very efficient. Even on full tubes they are blisteringly fast. Did you swap the tubes out completely or try tube rolling? Mac Mini 2012 SSD 8 GB Ram running Audirvana 2.1 > Music Library - Firewire 800 Lacie Rugged 2 TB External HDD > IFi iUsb > Gemini and Mercury Digital Cables > Lampizator Big 5 Dueland Cast Caps > New Audio Frontiers Supreme Special Edition 300b Integrated Amp > Bastanis Matterhorn Speakers > Antipodes Komako Speaker Cables and Interconnects > Home made power cords with Furutech sockets and IEC Connectors > Primacoustic Absorption panels Link to comment
church_mouse Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I may have been late coming to her work but I love the stuff by Juana Molina and think she can get away with being described as electronica. I also think Biosphere is near the top for ambient. David MacMini, Mytek Manhattan I DAC, Avantone The Abbey Monitors, Roon Link to comment
elnino Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot Link to comment
solrighal Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Röyksopp yet. Their latest release is outstanding imo. I also listen to.. Tycho Trentemøller Shpongle, Infinity Project, Celtic Cross, Younger Brother (anything involving Simon Posford basically) Burial Yello (of course, my 'desert island artist') Machinedrum Recondite Kraftwerk (of course) Leftfield Massive Attack Mike Oldfield (does he count?) OMD Japan David Sylvian Moby And yes, valves can work beautifully with electronica. Link to comment
RickDastardly Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Quite a few good ones mentioned already. Here are some of my favourites: Aphex Twin (incl. Polygon Window, The Tuss etc.) Luke Vibert (incl. Wagon Christ, Plug, Kerrier District etc.) Drexciya (incl. The Other People Place, Transllussion) Dopplereffekt Aleksi Perälä (check out his bandcamp) Trackermatte (check out his bandcamp) Jodey Kendrick (incl. Black Narcissus) Cylob Global Goon Chris Clark mu-Ziq Beatwife Model 500 Simian Mobile Disco Tim Hecker Biosphere Squarepusher Karsten Pflum Ceephax/Ceephax Acid Crew DMX Krew Dave Monolith (incl. MNLTH, Photodementia) Legowelt Boards of Canada EOD/CN These are the electronic artists I listen to most. There are others too. I' mac big fan of this genre. Link to comment
iansen Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I assume audiophiles who listen to these genres are the exception rather than the norm but was keen to throw it out there. Most audio stores seem to share your assumption. I really don't understand why though. As Electronic Music fans we listen to the complete sound spectrum, rather than specific, favoured instruments. And, in my experience, the makers of electronica are deep into sound: in using electronics to make sound and also to reproduce it. That's why I always take one of Aphex Twin's sound engineers with me when I go to audition equipment! Most played this year? Aphex Twin's Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Part 2 Some of the introverted, melancholic, glacial, minimalism of the recent sino-grime revival: Visionist's I'm Fine Part 1 and I'm Fine Part 2 Fatima Al Qadiri's Asiatisch album on Hyperdub (the same label as Burial) Link to comment
iansen Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 [video=youtube;Fi3p-ts_Te0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi3p-ts_Te0 Link to comment
iansen Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 And of course Detroit's Juan Atkins aka Model 500 collaborating with Berlin's Mark Ernest's (one half of Basic Channel) remixed by Chilean minimalist Ricardo Villalobos... over 45 minutes... Link to comment
jrd1975 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Few more for this most excellent list! Dub Collosus - Dub Me Tender Viragi - Moving The Air Bombay Dub Orchestra - Tales From The Grand Bazaar* BT - Ima* OTT - Live At Terminal West Peaking Lights - Cosmic Logic Link to comment
whoozwah Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 A fantastic resource that I've found for new EDM is Ektoplazm - Free Music Portal and Psytrance Netlabel - MP3, FLAC, and WAV Downloads where they have all sorts of stuff (mostly psytrance and derivatives thereof). All the artists on there have released their music under the Creative Commons license so it's fully free and legal to download. The best part is that each release on the site can be had in mp3, FLAC or WAV. If I am anything, I am a music lover and a pragmatist. Link to comment
DaliFan6 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I loooove Jon Hopkins - Immunity and track from that "Open Eye Signal" Also love Moderat.... Link to comment
DaliFan6 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Also well worth a blast - Jamie XX and Nicholas Jaar Sent from my iPad using Computer Audiophile mobile app Link to comment
RickDastardly Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I second Jon Hopkins and Nicholas Jaar. The latters recent release on R&S (Fight) was very nice. I would love to hear more Darkside stuff though. I'm listening to a lot of DJ Stingray (313) at the moment. Really great Detroit electro. I am also really digging a couple of albums made almost entirely using only a Buchla Music Easle synth: Donnacha Costello's "Love From Dust" and Anthony Child's "Electronic Recordings from the Maui Jungle Vol 1". The latter in particular is blowing me away, as is his recent release (From Farthest Known Objects) under his Surgeon alias. This is the squelchiest, most organic and alien sounding Techno I have heard for a while, and is probably going to be a 2016 aoty contender for me...if it isn't, then 2016 will be a great year for electronic music. Link to comment
RickDastardly Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Plus Nils Frahm....he does not seem to put a foot wrong at all these days. Looking forward to hearing his collaboration as "nonkeen"...The a Gamble album is out today. Link to comment
Emcee Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I'm in to a lot of the previously mentioned artists but some of my favorite ambient/electronic albums are by the very prolific Pete Namlook and/or Klaus Schulze. Just love those old school analog synthesizers. Link to comment
solrighal Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Did someone say old school? Link to comment
PhilR Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm in to a lot of the previously mentioned artists but some of my favorite ambient/electronic albums are by the very prolific Pete Namlook and/or Klaus Schulze. Just love those old school analog synthesizers. Agreed. This is one of my go-to ambient journeys: Synology DS1515+ > PS Audio P10 > Innuos Zenith Mk II running Roon Core > IsoRegen/LPS-1 > Lyngdorf TDAI 2170 > Tekton Double Impact Speakers Link to comment
tranz Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 There is a Dutch radio station, Radio538, which streams live from their studio DJ shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Great way to hear the latest. They have a video feed too. Friday from 21:00 : Global Dance Chart, followed by Armin van Buuren's State of Trance, then Martin Garrix, and ending with Tïesto. Saturday starting at 20:00: Dance Department, followed by Hardwell, then Nicky Romero, then Afro Jack, Fedde le Grand and ending with David Guetta. http://www.538.nl/radio Free! Hard to beat. Link to comment
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