Originally posted by: Gigantopithecus
Originally posted by: darthsidious
I (mostly) abhor modern techno/trance, but I just revisited Prodigy's 2 classic albums - The prodigy experience, and Music for the Jilted Generation, which seem to be infinitely superior to most of the mainstream stuff today. As I was out of touch with the electronic scene at that age, are there any other artists/ albums that I should listen to?
Here's my youtube contribution :
Prodigy - Out of Space
Erm, Prodigy's about as mainstream as electronica's ever been. I also find your lack of faith in modern techno disturbing, but if you're listening to stuff that is as mainstream now as the Prodigy was in the 90s, I'm not surprised.
That said, I'd recommend the following 'big beat' albums from the 90s & more recently:
Fluke - Risotto (
"Absurd" &
"Atom Bomb" are killer tracks)
A few other people have mentioned Orbital, I think you'd like
Middle of Nowhere &
Orbital 2 aka the Brown Album the best. Though the track
"Satan" on Orbital 1 aka the Green Album is also good.
I don't care how mainstream BT is,
Movement in Still Life is a very solid CD.
Hybrid's
Wide Angle is another 'classic' big beat album.
Hah, can't believe I almost forgot Crystal Method's
Vegas.
"Keep Hope Alive" video.
Empirion's
Advanced Technology is also great. I think they remixed a Prodigy track somewhere along the line. "Narcotic Influence" is classic rave music.
Someone else mentioned the Future Sound of London (FSOL), but I think you'd probably want to start with
Accelerator &
Dead Cities. A lot of their videos are on YouTube, shouldn't have any trouble finding them. Check out "We Have Explosive" & if you like "Papua New Guinea", you'll probably like their later, more chill/ambient/trippy CDs.
Any discussion of more mainstream 90s techno must mention Green Velvet. See if you can track down
The Nineties., it has all of his singles on it. Except
La La Land.
BTW: If you want more genuine, less commercial late 80s/early 90s techno, you really need to stick to less well-known artists like Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, Basic Channel, etc.