Where have all the decent electronic groups gone?

[owenw]

Call me old, jaded and cranky but I am sick to the back teeth with current commercial dance music.

Are there any decent dance/electronic/ambient type groups out there?

By "decent" I mean along the lines of Orbital (pre '99), Underworld (before Darren Emerson left) The Orb (pre '97), Massive Attack, Leftfield, Future Sound of London (early stuff) etc.

The UK dance music scene got really good in the early to mid nineties after the acid/hardcore/rave thing faded away.

Owen

[SOUNDSTYLE]

I'm sick with nearly all music at the moment, who isn't, unless you're a kid who thinks the cheeky girls are at the top of their list, which is why I stick to the late eighties and early nineties dance music mostly, and then there's Kraftwerk from the early seventies.
I like Fishcerspooner's album which was released a few months back though.

[owenw]

Been thinking of getting it too, thanks for reminding me about it

I got Versebridgechorus by Kinobe recently but it's not as good as I'd hoped.
I like Royksopp's album from last year too. Hope they bring out some more good music at some point.

I must get some good Kraftwerk albums (I bought that awful remix cd they did in the early 90's - and gave it away after a few listens)

Owen

PS: We are the cheeky girls.....

[Gambit]

Buy this and be happy.

[Spligsey]

Originally posted by Gambit
Buy this and be happy.

Dont forget the razor blades either

Adz

[Spligsey]

Originally posted by owenw
Been thinking of getting it too, thanks for reminding me about it

I got Versebridgechorus by Kinobe recently but it's not as good as I'd hoped.
I like Royksopp's album from last year too. Hope they bring out some more good music at some point.

I must get some good Kraftwerk albums (I bought that awful remix cd they did in the early 90's - and gave it away after a few listens)

Owen

PS: We are the cheeky girls.....

Electric Cafe is a good Kraftwerk album..

"Music.........Nonnnnnnn stoppppppp" (in my best robotic voice)

Adz

[Mr Cat]

what about Bonobo..? - their first album 'animal magic' is great, Dr Alex paterson's 'journey into paradise', thats great too...

I like the stuff you mention too... 8o)

[Rambo John J]

Originally posted by babble
Dr Alex paterson's 'journey into paradise', thats great too...

when did he release that? I'm a bit of an Orb fan and I've never even heard of that one
I wish I could track down a copy of the FFWD album, it's impossible to find these days.

[owenw]

Thanks for the recommendations guys...

Aunty Aubrey's Excursions... Part 1 is a pretty good collection of remixes by the good doctor if you don't already have it.

Anyone heard Kraftwerks' Tour de France Soundtracks?
Can't imagine it will compare to well against their 70's / early 80's stuff

Owen

[Rambo John J]

Originally posted by owenw

Aunty Aubrey's Excursions... Part 1 is a pretty good collection of remixes by the good doctor if you don't already have it.

I should really buy that on CD as my fluro turquoise vinyl took a battering when I used to spin it out DJing. They had some excellent remixes on there... it all went t1ts up on Excursions Pt 2 though, I thought. Maybe you can get too much of a good thing.

UFOrb's got to be one of the best albums ever made, I reckon I must've heard it a million times. Ultraworld's pretty special too.

Worth tracking down Chill Out by The KLF - if you don't already have it - without doubt the cornerstone of the ambient movement... after Eno, Tangerine Dream and the like laid down the original framework anyway. It's just like when Jimmy Cauty and Dr Alex used to do the chillout room upstairs at Heaven... in fact Chill Out is almost an Orb album, it definitely reeks of Alex and it stands the test of time without question.

[rake]

Well I dunno, there's plenty of decent stuff around.

Bent, Fila Brazilia, Tosca, Bonobo, Lemon Jelly, Yonderboi, Telepopmusik to name a few bands whose tuines keep my CD player spinning.

[Mr Cat]

Originally posted by Rambo John J
when did he release that? I'm a bit of an Orb fan and I've never even heard of that one
I wish I could track down a copy of the FFWD album, it's impossible to find these days.

Yeah, I've got the FFWD CD, it's ok, lot's of sample sounds, not much melodys, bit like Pomme fritz..?

as for jounrey into paradise, the first track is great, shows off the bass well, there's even a cover of albatross, ahem!

wish you could get some orb on DVD, that would be ace...

[Mr Cat]

Originally posted by Rambo John J
when did he release that? I'm a bit of an Orb fan and I've never even heard of that one
I wish I could track down a copy of the FFWD album, it's impossible to find these days.

try this link (amazon.com) -

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846

2-4 week order wait tho, but tthats the only place I can see it just now,

or try -
http://www.gemm.com/q.cgi?referred_b...+Alex+Paterson

[Mr Cat]

Rambo John J (or anyone else!) - do you have any other recomendations..? in the same style as the orb..?

cheers

[Mr Cat]

erm, I've just realised th it's - Voyage Into Paradise!
sigh, one of those days...