matt,
i'm wondering which aspects you weighted by choosing the albums,.
also the high ammount of mix albums seems strange to me.
and the, to me, somewhat random choice of older electronic stuff
i mean why kraftwerk, tangerine dream and eno, and no hancock for instance?
and yes i should replace lots by others..
i mean no axis/the other day, model500, vs. twice jon beltran?
should not be my choice.. computer-world should be my kraftwerk one, and a
mr fingers one will be on their as well, as robert hood should be, and
definitely photek
but then again, it's all a matter of personal taste isn't it?
:)
At 15-9-00 -0400 20:44, you wrote:
Here's something to spark some much needed
critical analysis on this list: if you had to name the
fifty best AND most important electronic CD's of
the past 25-odd years, what would they be?
Here are my picks. I've been working on this for a
while; believe me, I have considered most albums
people are going to point out are absent. However,
I'd love to discuss why you think that record is important.
And yes, I do know Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson,
Black Dog, and some others are not on here, and I think
I can defend my decisions.
--
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works, Volume 2 (Warp)
Autechre: Chiastic Slide (Warp)
Balil: Parasight (Rising High)
Basic Channel (BCP/EFA)
Biosphere: Substrata (All Saints)
Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (Matador/Warp/Skam)
Brian Eno: Ambient 1 - Music For Airports (EG)
Brian Eno & Harold Budd: Ambient 2 - The Plateaux of Mirrors (EG)
B12: Electro-Soma (Warp/AI)
B12: Prelude Part 1 (B12)
Claude Young: DJ Kicks (Stud!o K7)
Carl Craig: Landcruising (Blanco Y Negro)
Derrick May: Innovator (Transmat)
Derrick May: Mix-Up, Volume 5 (Sony Japan)
Detroit Escalator Co.: Soundtrack [313] (Ferox)
Dettinger: Intershop (Kompakt)
DJ Rolando: The Aztec Mystic Mix (Underground Resistance)
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing (Mo'Wax)
Fumiya Tanaka: I Am Not a DJ (Sony Japan)
Fumiya Tanaka: Mix-Up, Volume 4 (Sony Japan)
Future Sound of London: Lifeforms (Astralwerks)
Gas: Pop (Mille Plateaux)
Giorgio Moroder: From Here to Eternity (Repertoire)
Global Communication: 76:14 (Dedicated)
Harold Budd w/Brian Eno: The Pearl (EG)
I-F: Mixed Up in the Hague, Volume 1 (Panama)
Isolee: Rest (Playhouse)
Jeff Mills: Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo (React)
John Beltran: Earth & Nightfall (R&S/Distance)
Kraftwerk: Autobahn (EMI)
Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express (Capitol)
Kruder & Dorfmeister: The K&D Sessions (Stud!o K7)
Monolake: Interstate (ml/i)
Moodymann: A Silent Introduction (Planet E)
Negativland: U2 (SST)
Paperclip People: The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich (Planet E)
Pete Namlook: Air I&II (Instinct)
Placid Angels: The Cry (Peacefrog)
Plug: Drum 'n' Bass For Papa (Nothing/Blue Planet)
Reload: A Collection of Short Stories (Infonet)
Sterac: The Secret Life of Machines (100% Pure)
Tangerine Dream: Phaedra (Virgin)
Tangerine Dream: Rubycon (Virgin)
Terrence Parker: Tragedies of a Plastic Soul Junkie (Stud!o K7)
Tetsu Inoue: World Receiver (Instinct)
The KLF: Chill Out (TVT/Wax Trax)
The Martian: LBK-6251876 (Red Planet)
Theo Parrish: Sound Signature Sounds (Sound Signature)
The Orb's Adventures Through the Ultraworld (Island)
The Philosophy of Sound and Machine (A.R.T./Rephlex)
Underground Resistance: Revolution For Change (Network)
--
This list is _far_ from finished.
I haven't gotten these CD's yet, that will in all probability make
it on and replace less potent discs:
Dettinger: Oasis
Thomas Brinkmann: Rosa
Moodymann: Forevernevermore
Jedi Knights retrospective
So, of course, as good albums appear, I will update this, although
new releases would have to be something else to break through
with CD's of the above caliber. Also, I am not sure whether
Drexciya's "The Quest" should be included....if anyone has a good
argument either way, let's talk. It's been a while since I remember an
intricate, articulate 313 debate.
Matt
