A newly created thread to merge all of the recommendations in to. There seems to be a lot of separate threads about Amon, Burial, VS, etc (as easily known bands).

So...Give some recommendations and a little write up about some electronic album(s) you enjoy. It doesn't have to be easily accessible stuff, or any certain style of electronic.

Personally I am enjoying the Amon Tobin stuff, Burial - Untrue, Oval, Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, u-Ziq, Gaslamp Killer, Skalpel, Four Tet, Leftfield, Autechure, Prefuse 73.

A lot of it is kind of jazz oriented with drum and bass over it or mixed with other styles of music. Oval is glitch(i think?) and slightly different than most of the stuff. More of a computer sound to it, imo. Burial has a kind of warm sound similar to Four Tet. I envision it sounding like a vinyl, even if it's a cd ripped FLAC.

Any more less common recommendations would be great. Most of this stuff everyone knows.

these have been getting some action lately...
Aphex Twin - The Richard D James Album
M83 - Dead Cities, Read Seas & Lost Ghosts

Squarepusher

burial is electric? deary.

Mark De Gli Antoni - Horse Tricks

Its the solo album from the samplist from soul coughing. i'm not sure if samplist is the word, but this album is on a whole other level.

Raymond Scott - Manhattan Research Project

Electronic Music from before rock n roll

Recently I have been listening to some psychill/psytrance stuff, namely:

Carbon Based Lifeforms
Solar Fields
Phutureprimitive


Also been listening to more experimental ambient, a mix of some old artists and some new (to me):

Old:
Tim Hecker
Belong
Helios
Oval (yeah, this is glitch EH)

New:
William Basinski
Hikikomori
Chihei Hatakeyama


Yeah.

Probably not what you're looking for but I'm listening to the Digitalism album Idealism and it's pretty good.

William Basinski

Is this the guy that does Disintegration Loops? I have heard his name tossed around before. How would you describe the experimentation? Is it a Steve Reich kind of reapeating/building deal?

Yes, he is the DL guy. No, not like Steve Reich. Like extreme minimalism. Same as Chihei Hatakeyama. As in, a song is just a long modulation and mutation of a certain texture and tone combination.

Bump because I just recently got into Tim Hecker and Harmony in Ultraviolet is fucking awesome. Radio Spiricom

Does anybody like Oval

94 Diskont I believe it is called would be my favorite. Ovalkommers and Ovalprocess, I think they are called, are also really good.

Check out Belong - October Language.

Bump for three reasons:

1. I see what you were saying about "I Never Lose. Never Really"

2. Hecker's "Harmony in Blue III" is absolutely gorgeous.

3. New Ferresz album.

I don't know who you are but you just said good things about 3 of the greatest bands ever so you are cool in my book.

I'll have to get the new Fennesz

I haven't listened to it yet but I got it today.

I really like Amon Tobin a lot.

Here's a recommendation that I think you might find interesting. The Orion String Quartet recorded Leon Kirchner's four string quartets. Only the third has elements of electronic music in it, but all four are interesting. His style is melodically expressive but removed from the sound of traditional harmonic structures. It feels a bit off-kilter.

lake trout - alone at last (live w/ dj who)

definitely some tobin and dj shadow influences