r/electronicmusic

I’ve been thinking a lot about electronic tracks that feel almost cinematic without becoming soundtrack music, tracks where the arrangement feels like it’s travelling somewhere, rather than just cycling through sections.

Not necessarily “epic” or maximal either. Sometimes it’s a small number of elements evolving in a way that gives the track direction.

What are some tracks that give you that feeling? Especially interested in leftfield dance / UK electronic stuff that feels like movement, pressure, city-at-night energy, etc.

Sometimes delving into the catalogue of a label you like is a better way to find musical gems than leaving it up to the bias of the algorithm, so I would love your recommendations.

Note: I'm a fan of Ninja Tune, Warp, Tru Thoughts and a few others.

I made an interactive comic with an illustrator friend that demos a few things about additive synths.

Parts 1 and 2 are done.

I'd like to do more parts. I want to do one on biological relevance (adults and children feel like they are singing "the same note" when they are octaves apart, as the the child is reinforcing all of the adult's even harmonics).

Maybe one about how we hear? (we have an messy FFT-like analyzer inside our ears).

A pipe organ is essentially a big ass analog additive synth...

Or maybe there are more fundamentals (uhm) that would be useful. Let me know what you don't "get" about additive or if there are topics you think are cool.

Some ones l like that have vocal samples, odd sounds, singing but usually through only part of the song.

….All this - Point Point
I Love You - Kavion
Alice - Pogo

Also looking for recommendations that are more trance like, similar to:

Innerbloom - Rufus Du Soul
About You - XXYYXX
Lovely Bloodflow - Baths

Stuff that hits with that snare!
Thank you!!

APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO JUMPED IN ON THIS :))) see u at the rave, or on the next one! & go listen to SPEEEDBUMP 01 😄 ✌🏽

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Devastating news :(

He was such a kind soul... RIP buddy...

from The Campfire Headphase (Japanese Edition)

Here is a question I've wanted to figure out for years... I grew up in the late eighties/early nineties, and loved all the electronic music samplers you could buy: mixtapes, live shows, and compilations on cassette tapes.

But what I found weird is that a lot of the songs were by "one hit wonders" who were never heard from again. I've got tapes with hundreds of artists, but rarely with two songs by the same "person".

So, were there:

1. tons of electronic artists who only made one song and then quit?
   or
2. most of the eighties gabber/tribal/rave songs were actually by well-known producers who made up fake band names so it didn't look like the whole set was recorded by one person?

This is one of my fav albums ever made. I am a pop punk and Midwest emo guy that’s my genre of music. But in 2019 I got kinda in to electronic music. I’m very very picky about what I like in this genre. I like ambient the most. This album is genius imo. I love how it can be relaxing and also thought provoking and scary at the same time. I love to drive to this album cause it just relaxes me and helps me focus on the road. #3 is a top 20 song of all time for me and #20 is a top 50 song of all time for me. I like Aphex Twin but imo none of his other albums are even close to as good as this one.

What are your thoughts on this album.