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Why I Love Electronic Music (so Far)

Bored in my bedroom, so here it is: 65 electronics albums that have had quite an impact on me. List is very very very loosely ranked and made. Bear in mind that I was a newbie only months ago. Have still lots and lots to learn. I expect a whole new bunch of favorites for me in the next few years. Electronic music has changed my life and visiting Sputnik has helped me cultivate it. Most of these are obvious and deviantly confirmed albums you probably already know (thank you Deviant...I'm still waiting for DnB recs). But there's everything on here: synthpop, drum & bass, house, dubstep, IDM, techno, you name it... Making for a much eclectic & personal list I hope/I guess. So Why Do I Love Electronic Music? And as always, recs are welcome!
65Deadmau5
4x4=12


I hold a soft spot for it, since it was one of the first house albums I truly enjoyed.
Fresh, young-spirited, somewhat inventive, several floor-fillers.
64Amon Tobin
Supermodified


Amon Tobin is a crafter. You taste his drums like exquisite food. A labyrinth of
rhythms. Complex work.
63Dom and Roland
The Big Bang


Dom, Inventor of the Tramen Break. The Big Bang happens in my ears! This is why I
love DnB: It is restless.
62VNV Nation
Empires


EBM is not house, nor trance, nor techno. Well what is it then? A little bit of each.
Inspiration: Victory Not Vengeance. Yes. Listen to "Saviour" for a tremendous end-
of-the-world dance masterpiece.
61Infected Mushroom
Vicious Delicious


Psytrance. Bleeps, bloops, glorgs, glurgs, pzzzziii, pzzzuuu. One of my first
electronic albums. Nostalgia.
60Distance
My Demons


Shadows everywhere! Dubstep full of curious echoes... and monstrous bass.
59Noisia
Split The Atom


Title track goes like this: teh-teh-teh-teh... teh-teh-teh-teh... tah-tah-tah-tah...
teh-teh-teh-teh.
58Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles II


Dance & melancholy. I saw them live once. I went Total-Nuts during "Baptism".
57Neuroticfish
Les Chansons Neurotiques


Futurepop cool as hell, meant to be played loud under neon-lights.
56State Of Mind
Take Control


DnB you can both dance & daydream to. "Sunking" calls for you! Let's do this! Now!
55Clubroot
Clubroot


O delicate O sweet O vast, "O Me O Life, of the questions of these recurring"...
54 Black Sun Empire
Cruel and Unusual


Another reason why I love DnB: It is glorious.
53Underworld
Beaucoup Fish


Techno & house. Underworld: One of the greatest dance acts in the Multiverse.
"Moaner" will play during the Apocalypse. Get ready.
52The Prodigy
Music for the Jilted Generation


Rebel. Elite. Superb. Breakbeat for free thinkers! Thank you Liam Howlett.
51New Order
Power, Corruption and Lies


All I need to do is open "Age of Consent" and smile. Despite the album title and the
lyrics, New Order will always celebrate life in the end. Noble.
50Simian Mobile Disco
Attack Decay Sustain Release


I always dream of sex when I listen to this. Sharp, so sharp... and wet, and
sensual! Mmmm...
49Erasure
Wonderland


Vince Clarke is quite the synthhead. And yes, Erasure made other songs than
"Always". Baroque & theatrical synthpop to lift up your mood.
48Autechre
Incunabula


The Sound of the Infinite. Bike Windwind 444 let me rest in you.
47DJ Shadow
Endtroducing.....


TO MIDNIGHT!
46Gary Numan
The Pleasure Principle


Right before the 80s, there was this. Holy shit moment when I discovered that the
bassline on "M.E." is the one sampled by the Jaxx on "Where's Your Head At"!
Mindblown.
45Depeche Mode
Black Celebration


Atmosphere, yearning souls & keyboards.
44Tim Hecker
Virgins


Wooooowww............I feel dizzy. I've been waiting for such an album.
43Pet Shop Boys
Actually


Another holy shit moment when I heard "Heart". "Hey I know that song!!" The Single
Most Addictive Vocal Hook. Oh-ah-oh-oh-ah. Oh-ah-oh-oh-ah.
42Calyx and Teebee
Anatomy


Not an album - it's a movie! Drum & Bass meets Black Hawk Down meets Indiana
Jones. Kind of.
41Leftfield
Rhythm And Stealth


How do you make an album after Leftism? Somehow Neil Barnes and Paul Daley
managed it. Tribal vibe, as always... Thank you for the adventure. Make a third one
please.
40Daft Punk
Homework


Obvious reasons. Can't get more iconic than that. "Around the World" for Earth
President. I could have chosen Discovery too.
39The Chemical Brothers
Further


Because The Chems want you to enjoy existence. Thanks Tom & Ed. Now would
you come to Canada?
38mind.in.a.box
Crossroads


Melodies & visions. Bangers too. The closing opus of the mind.in.a.box trilogy.
Run.For.Your.Life!
37Basement Jaxx
Rooty


Playful. Adorable. Eccentric. Pyjama party! Anyone?
36Klatu
Mutual


Polished. Crafted. Visionary. Dub. Step. Gar. Age.
35Justice
Cross


Why I Love Electronic Music? This album is why.
34Amon Tobin
Permutation


David Lynch meets The Mummy meets electronic music. Drums!
33The Crystal Method
Vegas


The Matrix has you. Vegas has you. Breakbeat has you.
32New Order
Technique


Because New Order.
31Daft Punk
Alive 2007


2007 Daft Punk: Best Daft Punk.
30Claro Intelecto
Reform Club


Both pensive and comforting. Sound. Silence. Breath. Peace.
29A Guy Called Gerald
Black Secret Technology


Good ol' Gerald. He is regularly posting on Facebook. Thoughts, poems, ideas. Such
a gentleman. Black Secret Technology is a whole jungle poem too.
28Simian Mobile Disco
Unpatterns


SMD are probably one of the most underrated electronic acts around. Why don't
people talk about them? Unpatterns is tasty & mysterious altogether.
27Fatboy Slim
You've Come A Long Way, Baby


I will never ever forget the first time I heard "Right Here, Right Now". I had it on
repeat for dozens of listens.
26Underworld
Second Toughest in the Infants


Highways & helicopters. Perhaps the most ambitious Underworld album.
25Basement Jaxx
Remedy


The Jaxx were the next logical step after Pet Shop Boys. Remedy is the best ice
tea you have ever tasted.
24Adam Freeland
Coastal Breaks II


Breaks. That is all.
23Orbital
Orbital 2


I love this expression: tumble down the rabbit hole.....................orbital
hole...............
22Swarms
Old Raves End


When despair approaches... Old Raves End is here. God Bless You.
21Passion Pit
Manners


Exuberant is the word! Joy. Excess. Celebration.
20BT
Ima


Genesis Chapter 1: In the beginning Ima created the heaven and the earth. Yup!
19Kraftwerk
Trans-Europe Express


As Pure as Vanilla. The Great Originators. Of course.
18 Photek
Form and Function


Drum & Bass for the ninja in each of us. Some of the most deeply innovative DnB
tracks.
17Depeche Mode
Music for the Masses


We're flying high / We're watching the world / Pass us by. Oh, Alan. Oh, Dave. Oh,
Martin. Oh, Depeche Mode.
16The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land


Most contagious breakbeat.
15Pet Shop Boys
Discography: The Complete Singles Collection


Golden beats. What a songwriter Neil Tennant is! West End Girls. It's A Sin. Being
Boring.
14Boards of Canada
Geogaddi


Mysteries. Enigmas. Secrets. Geogaddi is full of them.
13Burial
Untrue


For love & humanity. Don't worry. I'm here. Hold on to life.
12ASC
The Astral Traveller


The Spaceship of my dreams. Andromeda here we come.
11Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works 85-92


Like a second mother.
104hero
Parallel Universe


Drum & Bass for Ladies & Gentlemen! Welcome! May I offer you a glass of 4hero?
9Autechre
Tri Repetae


IDM for Ladies & Gentlemen! Welcome! May I offer you a breath of Eutow?
8Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Architecture & Morality


"Souvenir" & "Maid of Orleans" most beautiful synthpop songs. The New Wave
Kraftwerks.
7The Chemical Brothers
Dig Your Own Hole


The Great King of Coolness.
6Underworld
dubnobasswithmyheadman


Karl Hyde one of the reasons why I am almost bisexual. Heartfelt & sweet, sweet
techno.
5The Orb
U.F.Orb


Meet you all in Babylon & Ting. I shall never want to leave. Lose myself in The Orb.
4The Future Sound Of London
Lifeforms


Because I can't conceive to live without this album.
3New Order
Substance


Because hope is one of the greatest feelings.
2Leftfield
Leftism


The Great King of Dance. I am a Leftist. Are you?
1Depeche Mode
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