’tis a melancholy march monday
What can I say, I'm a fool for horrible alliteration.
tehgeekmeister's pick
Enjoy the Moment, by Bop
Perfect chill track, but with more going on than your average ambient. I'm not sure what to classify this as, to be honest. It's got drum and bass roots, but it's certainly a chill/ambient track. As to where that puts it? I don't know, genres are beyond me, and they should be beyond you, too.
Also, a quick pointer to Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music. Good if you want to get a bit of a grip on EDM as a whole, but don't take it too seriously. Be sure to look at the disclaimer.
final day of london elektricity
stardust's pick
Just One Second, by London Elektricity
To wrap this week up, I thought we needed a chill tune. There aren't words to describe how this track makes me feel, other than it's a good, kind of surreal feeling. Thank you, London Elecktricity.
acoustic dance music?
tehgeekmeister's pick
Subject Beautiful, by Phoneheads (live in Tonhalle)
I found this track yesterday on the DNB subreddit yesterday. Has the same basic musical structure as liquid DNB, but with live strings substituted for synths, and no overpowering bassline. When I showed my friend Tyson this, he dubbed it ADM: acoustic dance music. I think it fits. The live video for London Elektricity we posted yesterday is similar to this, inasmuch as it is performed live by musicians, rather than orchestrated from samples/synths by a DJ. I certainly wouldn't say one approach is better than another, but balance is good.
day six of london elektricity
stardust's pick
Houston We Have No Problem, by London Elektricity
From the first CD in the two disc London Elektricity Medical History release. Medical History is a series Hospital Records does of older tracks from producers on their label.
days four and five of london elektricity
stardust's picks
Bare Religion, London Elektricity
From London Elecktricity's newest album Syncopated City, I give you Bare Religion: An almost dark tune that retains the calm and dreamy feel of his previous albums.
The Strangest Secret in the World, London Elektricity
From the album Power Ballads. I freaking love this track, the rest of this album is a little weird to me and more experimental than some of London Elecktricity's work, but this track is exceptionally well done. (This is a live version, but it's quite similar to the version on Power Ballads.)
live electronic/dub/reggae ish shit.
tehgeekmeister's pick
Made, by Dub FX
This is the kinda stuff I wanted to focus on this week, reminds me of the Kid Beyond I posted a few days back. Great track, but it's outside the nearly cookie cutter world of perfectly timed beats and over produced synths and samples that normally dominates in EDM. I love EDM, but it's important to remember the organic as well.
london elektricity, day three, and other miscellaneous crap.
Before we get to the music, a quick announcement: starting Very Soon Now there will be two posts a day, on average. We've decided to separate our posts out into individual ones in the future, as it fits our workflow better.
stardust's pick
Fast Soul Music, by London Elektricity
This is the first track I heard by London Elecktricity. It's fairly calm and melodic, like a lot of his work tends to be. You can find this track on the album Billion Dollar Gravy.
tehgeekmeister's picks
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
This is the wobbly wednesday bit, felt like throwing you some good liquid dnb even if I said I'd focus on other stuff this week. But that's what the next track is all about. Great track, throw the volume up as loud as you can. This one has never failed to hit me really hard.
Pompeii, by E.S. Posthumus
E.S. Posthumus blew me away when I first discovered them. Absolutely flawlessly produced music, and really quite unique. It's definitely not EDM, but definitely electronic. Yet with an undeniably classic feel. It's meant to be movie music, and you can tell this while listening to it.
more london elektricity, our first psytrance track.
stardust's pick
Main Ingredient, by London Elektricity
This track is from the album Billion Dollar Gravy. I'm fairly certain this is a love song, and a weird one at that. I was not under the impression that people had a sell by date, thanks for clearing that up for me. (tehgeekmeister's note: This is a liquid drum and bass track for sure. All London Elektricity is, and it seems he was instrumental in the birth of liquid dnb, given he started Hospital Records, one of the major liquid dnb labels.)
tehgeekmeister's pick
Break the Beat, by Ranji
This is our first psytrance track so far on the blog, and one of my personal favorites. Best listened to loud enough that it overpowers everything else around you, and paid a good bit of attention to.
a week of london elektricity and obscure stuff.
This week Stardust will be focusing on London Elektricity, who runs Hospital Records, and I'll be sharing some samples of more obscure/experimental music with a bit of an electronic feel, though mostly not EDM (electronic dance music) (well, depending who you ask).
stardust's pick
Billion Dollar Gravy, London Elektricity
Kicking off the week of London Elecktricity tracks, I give you Billion Dollar Gravy, a drum and bass anthem that is heavily played by Drum and Bass DJs worldwide.
tehgeekmeister's picks
Wandering Star, Kid Beyond (cover of the Portishead original)
This is an amazing beatboxing cover of the Portishead track of the same name. The original would certainly be trip hop, but this being a beatboxed cover, I'd guess this is closer to experimental than actual trip hop. Discovered this Saturday night at a blues dancing house party, and fell in love with it. Along with quite a bit of the rest of that DJ's set. We'll probably see at least one more track from that set this week. Good trip hop, industrial, and things that border on EDM but aren't quite will be the focus.
Beauty Beats, by Beats Antique
From what I can gather this is music built from the ground up for belly dancing. The band describes themselves as "electro-acoustic gypsy hip hop straight from a time machine" on their twitter, but I'd put them between trip hop and experimental, just like the last track. Amazingly danceable stuff, good old school feel, but also appropriate bits of an electronic feel/use of glitching. Good stuff.
breakbeats, a neglected genre
tehgeekmeister's pick
Don't have much to say about these tracks individually, I'm not very well acquainted with breaks, which is unfortunate, because it's a great genre. It was my first real love after happy hardcore, and I plan to explore it some more soon. Enjoy it, kids!
