Any fans here of Stereolab, Spacek, Zero 7, Ursula Rucker, Bjork, Cinematic Orchestra etc...

[Arkitech]

I've been slowly building up a nice collection of electronica/down beat/lounge type music. Groups like Stereolab and Zero 7 fit that bill really nicely, but I'm always looking for new artists to check out. So who do you listen to that fits in the electronica lounge type of description.

 

[Arkitech]

up for the music fans

 

[deftron]

Portishead > *

 

[loup garou]

Have you checked out Hooverphonic, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation?

:thumbsup: to Portishead too.

 

[ironcrotch]

Lemon Jelly

 

[Ikonomi]

Thievery Corp, Groove Armada, Boards of Canada, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Dzihan and Kamien.

 

[luv2chill]

Just to add a few... Air, DJ Shadow, Jazzanova, Katalyst, Royksopp, Saint Germain, and Tosca.

l2c

 

[UglyCasanova]

Some of these more so than others, but all kinda :

The Books
Boards of Canada
Air
Do Make Say Think
Broken Social Scene
The Helio Sequence
Notwist
The Six Parts Seven

edit: how could I forget, Tortoise

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: luv2chill
Just to add a few... Air, DJ Shadow, Jazzanova, Katalyst, Royksopp, Saint Germain, and Tosca.

l2c

Oh man, I forgot about Tosca. Definitely. Royksopp kind of trips me out. It's like listening to some sort of weird candy or something.

 

[wheresmybacon]

For down-ish type stuff I've always enjoyed Theivery Corproation and Nightmares on Wax. I'm not sure if that style's what you're after though... I hate trying to navigate genres in electronic music. There's so many it's just retarded.

If you like downtempo you might also check out some of LTJ Bukem's stuff. It's technically D n B, but it's so floaty and atmospheric - it's really easy to listen too; not your typical phrenetic Jungle shiat. The Progression Sessions series features MC's (Conrad), so stay away from those if Vocals aren't your bag. "Journey Inwards" is a really good starting point.

 

[abaez]

Solex :heart:

 

[sharkeeper]

Bela Fleck

 

[Gibson486]

heard of stereo lab long ago (back in high school), liked them, somewhat. Never bought an album though.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Portishead, Lamb, Everything but the Girl.

 

[lepixz]

Sneaker Pimps.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

But lately....I've been listening to various artist compilation series like:

Kandi series, Beach house series, cafe del mar series, enigma mixes by dj bacon, serve chilled series, and winter chill series.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: deftron
Portishead > *

yeah Portishead kicks butt, I like those guys



grrr now I wish I had their CD with me at work

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: werk
Have you checked out Hooverphonic, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation?

:thumbsup: to Portishead too.

I have a couple of albums by Theivery Corp that I like, but I've yet to hear anything by Hooverphonic and Massive Attack.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: luv2chill
Just to add a few... Air, DJ Shadow, Jazzanova, Katalyst, Royksopp, Saint Germain, and Tosca.

l2c

Oh man, I forgot about Tosca. Definitely. Royksopp kind of trips me out. It's like listening to some sort of weird candy or something.

lmao

I love Royksopp, I used to play their 1st album to death.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
For down-ish type stuff I've always enjoyed Theivery Corproation and Nightmares on Wax. I'm not sure if that style's what you're after though... I hate trying to navigate genres in electronic music. There's so many it's just retarded.

If you like downtempo you might also check out some of LTJ Bukem's stuff. It's technically D n B, but it's so floaty and atmospheric - it's really easy to listen too; not your typical phrenetic Jungle shiat. The Progression Sessions series features MC's (Conrad), so stay away from those if Vocals aren't your bag. "Journey Inwards" is a really good starting point.

Agreed, its insane how categories there are under electronica. Just off the top of my head:

Drum n Bass
Downbeat
Jungle
Techno
Trance
House
Acid Jazz
Ambient
Dub
Industrial


That's all I can think of offhand but I'm sure I'm missing about 20 or 30 more styles

 

[lepixz]

Massive Attack were the starters of trip-hop.

 

[Czar]

huge zero7 fan here

Check out Sia, the singer from Zero7

and Múm
http://notendur.centrum.is/~czar/misc/m...%20-%20green%20grass%20of%20tunnel.mp3

and Lamb

and Cranes

and Sigur Rós

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Tried the Cafe del Mar and Buddha Bar compilations already? Not bad places to start.

 

[Encryptic]

Lot of good suggestions already.

Nightmares on Wax
Massive Attack
Hooverphonic
Gus Gus
Thievery Corporation
Kruder and Dorfmeister

You might also check out SomaFM. They've got some really good streaming Internet radio channels including one called Beat Blender that plays a lot of downtempo and trip-hop stuff. I'd also recommend their Drone Zone and Groove Salad channels that play atmospheric and ambient stuff. The best part is that they're totally free and there is zero advertising on there. Just load the stream into Winamp or whatever and have at it. I listen to them all the time while I'm working on my computer at home.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
Lot of good suggestions already.

Nightmares on Wax
Massive Attack
Hooverphonic
Gus Gus
Thievery Corporation
Kruder and Dorfmeister

You might also check out SomaFM. They've got some really good streaming Internet radio channels including one called Beat Blender that plays a lot of downtempo and trip-hop stuff. I'd also recommend their Drone Zone and Groove Salad channels that play atmospheric and ambient stuff. The best part is that they're totally free and there is zero advertising on there. Just load the stream into Winamp or whatever and have at it. I listen to them all the time while I'm working on my computer at home.

Long live Groove Salad.