I may be one of the few fans on the board so here are my favs from this past year or so. I may throw in a few artists that aren't new but new to me.
Tennis-Europe On Horseback CD(2001-record label=BiP-HOp). Excellent dubby, abstract electronic music. Fantastic bass. Think Boards Of Canada with dub basslines.
Rhythm & Sound w/ the artists & the versions CDs(2003-Asphodel licensed from Basic Channel). These collect almost all of the 12"s from the Basic Channel sub-label Burial Mix. Each 12" would pair the duo up with legendary dub/reggae singers with an a-side vocal and a b-side dub(which is the source of The Versions). A+!
Susumu Yokota-I've been wearing out these 2 albums by this guy for a few weeks now. One album is titled Grinning Cat(2001) and the other is The Boy And The Tree(2002). Reminds me of maybe Irresistible Force meets Keiichi Suzuki(he's the guy who produced the classic Satellite Serenade) and The Orb. Both are on the Leaf label. He uses a lot of weird disjointed loops that at first listen don't seem to go together but it all comes together quite nice before too long. Leaf. Go to the audio portion and he's got lots of samples on numbers 42, 43, 44 & 45. EDIT-I've now bought Laputa(2003) & Sakura(1999) and I have to admit...this is some of the best new stuff to my ears and I wish I would've heard about him earlier.
Bluetech-Prima Materia(2003 ? 2004 on Waveform). One of the better Waveform releases I've heard lately. More along the lines of Sounds From The Ground or the A.D. comps. I liked the Open Canvas album from a few years ago. Kinda Robert Rich-like.
Steve Roach/Byron Metcalf/Mark Seelig-Mantram(2004 on Projekt). One of my very favorite artists who can do no wrong in my opinion. I have 50 or so discs of his and pretty much get anything he produces.
I've been wearing out the Maurizio & Basic Channel reissue cds.
Stuff I'm intersted in but haven't been able to find/buy yet:
Pete Namlook/Speedy J new collaboration.
Jonah Sharp/Mixmaster Morris collaboration.
Yagya.
Gas-Pop.
Deadbeat. I hear this is REALLY good.
Here are a few of my favs of all time so PLEASE recommend something to me:
Pete Namlook-Air I & II
Global Communication-76:14
The Orb-UFOrb
Lustmord/Robert Rich-Stalker
Steve Roach-The Magnificent Void
A Positive Life-Synaesthetic
Cabaret Voltaire-The Conversation
