Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 1:21:03 GMT
1. Air - Kelly, Watch the Stars (Moon Safari). Two geeky French Architecture/Maths students (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunkel) decide they prefer music and form Air.
2. Ashra Temple - 77 Slightly Delayed (Blackouts). Very early electronica. Guitars plus early analogue synths/keyboards. Written, performed, and produced by one man - Manuel Gottsching.
3. Mike Oldfield - Far Above The Clouds (Tubular Beats). Mike Oldfield lets ace re-mixer 'York' loose on his back catalogue with spectacular results.
4. Atoms for Peace - Before your very Eyes . . . (Amok). Thom Yorke assembles a supergroup (Yorke, Flea, Waronker etc, etc), and produces a genuinely different, and innovative album. Everyone ignores it.
5. Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent). (Apollo). Eno and Daniel Lanois give us the soundtrack we didn't have to the 1969 Apollo moon landing. One of the most beautiful, haunting and ethereal pieces of music I have ever heard.
6. Deep Forest - Deep Forest (Deep Forest). Another French duo, (Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez) who this time sample some field recordings of Baka pygmies, add some chill-out beats, and et voila, a hit album.
7. John Foxx - Glimmer (B-side of No One Driving). Vastly under-rated pioneer of electronica. Someone who very early on, tried to explore the edges of the envelope.
8. Kraftwerk - Computer Love (The Mix). Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the two most influential bands ever. Period. End of discussion.
09. Lemon Jelly - In The Bath (The Bath E.P.). British electronic duo - Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin (what is it with electronic music and duo's?)
10. Little People - Mickey Mouse Operation - Moon. Laurent Clerc mixes classical (Beethhoven) and electronic to wonderful effect.
2. Ashra Temple - 77 Slightly Delayed (Blackouts). Very early electronica. Guitars plus early analogue synths/keyboards. Written, performed, and produced by one man - Manuel Gottsching.
3. Mike Oldfield - Far Above The Clouds (Tubular Beats). Mike Oldfield lets ace re-mixer 'York' loose on his back catalogue with spectacular results.
4. Atoms for Peace - Before your very Eyes . . . (Amok). Thom Yorke assembles a supergroup (Yorke, Flea, Waronker etc, etc), and produces a genuinely different, and innovative album. Everyone ignores it.
5. Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent). (Apollo). Eno and Daniel Lanois give us the soundtrack we didn't have to the 1969 Apollo moon landing. One of the most beautiful, haunting and ethereal pieces of music I have ever heard.
6. Deep Forest - Deep Forest (Deep Forest). Another French duo, (Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez) who this time sample some field recordings of Baka pygmies, add some chill-out beats, and et voila, a hit album.
7. John Foxx - Glimmer (B-side of No One Driving). Vastly under-rated pioneer of electronica. Someone who very early on, tried to explore the edges of the envelope.
8. Kraftwerk - Computer Love (The Mix). Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the two most influential bands ever. Period. End of discussion.
09. Lemon Jelly - In The Bath (The Bath E.P.). British electronic duo - Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin (what is it with electronic music and duo's?)
10. Little People - Mickey Mouse Operation - Moon. Laurent Clerc mixes classical (Beethhoven) and electronic to wonderful effect.