From .. Sent Tue, Oct 12th 1999, 04:51
>Start with the basics! >Kraftwerk - 'The Man Machine' >Kraftwerk - 'Computer World' i second these picks, cant go wrong with "the basics." also check out other classics (imo) white noise- electric storm tim blake- crystal machine aphex twin- i care because you do, saw i and ii blah blah blah look for names such as eno, tangerine dream, and roach. there is lots more but i wont go on with it on the more recent side the "must-haves," i must have right now are bodenstandig 2000 maxi german rave blast hits (underrated and fucking hilarious) labradford e lux so anything by panasonic, godspeed you black emperor, dmx, pram, anyways you get the picture....weird shine on you diamond, shine on =] >From: "Ross Balmer" <xxxx@xxx.xx.xx> >To: "IDM" <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "Roy G Biv" <xxx-x-xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> >Subject: Re: (idm) Classics and "Must-Haves" >Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:38:46 +0100 > >Considering what the introductory pages on hyperreal say, I'm surprised no >one has mentioned: > >Various Artists - Artificial Intelligence (Warp) >Various Artists - Artificial Intelligence II (Warp) > >These, particularly the second one (watch out for the limited edition 2cd >version) still define most of what I like about the genre, even all these >years after thier release. > >For those who dont know, they represent the more melodic side of IDM, and >AI >II is so well put-together - it progresses really naturally like the best >albums by a single artist do and like so many "bitty" compilations do not. >Beautiful. AI 1 is worth having if only for "The Egg", a track which for me >defines all that was good about Autechre's original fluid/angular style. >There are other good tracks but most of the best ones are on other Warp >albums which are also, ofr me, must-haves. These three being my >favourites: > >Black Dog - Bytes >B12 - Electro Soma >Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves > >d0ktor > >-----Original Message----- >From: Roy G Biv <xxx-x-xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> >To: idm <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>; Jamie Johnson <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> >Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 9:32 PM >Subject: Re: (idm) Classics and "Must-Haves" > > > >Start with the basics! > > > >Kraftwerk - 'The Man Machine' > >Kraftwerk - 'Computer World' > > > > > >> Could any of you list some "Must-Have" or Classic > >> IDM albums. > >> > >>Thanks > >>Jamie > > > > > > > >Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail >account at http://www.eudoramail.com > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com