electronic music


I am looking for new classical music that uses mostly or only electronic instruments. But not slow stuff -- Eno, Luther Adams, etc. -- but with more energy. Electronic instruments offer possibilities that objects (classical instruments) don’t and I would like to listen to something that makes musical sense, not just thumping DJ electronic stuff. Any recommendations? many thanks in advance.

petar3

Showing 2 responses by mikld

Gonna have to stretch a bit since most are not strictly "classical" music with electronic instruments, but I second the list by @acman3 

Apex Twin is the arguably the grandaddy of modern electronic music, and an excellent place to start. he ranges from accessible/beautiful sombre ambient (Brian Eno), to lighthearted ambient techno, to insane club music, to scary nightmarish soundtracks, with a whole world of original thought between. Always interesting.

​​​​​​​Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nils Frahm and Floating Points hit that cross section between Classical and electronic you were specifically asking for IMO

Four Tet is a personal favorite, not quite in the classical realm, but so excellent

I'd also recommend GAS (Wolfgang Voigt) and Daedalus (Alfred Darlington)

Not 100% electronic or classical, but might be of interest here: Colin Stetson. He is a genius saxophone player. Check out his reworking of Gorecki's Sorrow. his other work is great too.

Also, Max Richter.

@petar3 : hope this exploration is proving to be enjoyable. 

Please add to your list Stars of the Lidspecifically their albums The Tired Sounds of... and And Their Refinement of the Decline.