Underground Dance Music Thread Genre

Q: How do I get into Electronic Music?

A: Great question! Electronic music encompasses so many different sub genres that the list below will vary wildly album to album, so be sure to give as much of it a shot as you can, and don't give up so easily because there is a pretty big barrier to entry with some of these in terms of accessibility but are rewarding in huge ways if you just open up and let them in. The albums and EPs listed below either got me into these styles when I discovered them 4-5 years ago or are just really fucking great albums from the last few years that I love a lot. Feel free to ask about any of these below and if you have suggestions of your own let them be known!

Also, this list leans much more contemporary but there are definitely a lot of classic electronic albums that you should check out as well. Works from Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Portishead, Mr Fingers, Frankie Knuckles, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, etc. are worth checking out to understand the history of dance music. Anyway, without further ado, here's a huge list of electronic records that I love! This stuff has the potential to be every bit as emotional and hard hitting as any other genre of music.


burial - untrue
burial - kindred
burial - street halo
burial - rival dealer
machinedrum- room(s)
machinedrum - vapor city
sepalcure - sepalcure
sbtrkt - sbtrkt
james blake - james blake
james blake - cmyk
james blake - overgrown
four tet - rounds
four tet - there is love in you
four tet - pink
four tet - morning/evening
djds - friend of mine
djds - stand up and speak
john hopkins - immunity
arca - &&&&&
levon vincent - levon vincent
anthony naples - body pill
arca - xen
arca - mutant
lotic - heterocetera
caribou - our love
caribou - swim
salem - king night
holy other - held
madeon - adventure
the field - cupids head
the field - from here we go sublime
the field - looping state of mind
holden - the inheritors
baths - ocean death
baths - obsidian
baths - cerulean
gold panda - lucky shiner
evian christ - kings and them
evian christ - waterfall
dj koze - amygdala
dj koze - dj kicks
rustie - glass swords
rustie - EVENIFYOUDONTBELIEVE
john talabot - fin
kastle - polytopia
kastle - stay forever
dj rashad - double cup
koreless - yugen
the range - nonfiction
araabmuzik - electronic dream
samo sound boy - begging please
samo sound boy - your love
jerome lol - deleted/fool
lol boys - changes
andy stott - luxury problems
andy stott - we stay together/passed me by
balam acab - wander/wonder
balam acab - child death
clams casino - instrumental mixtape 1
ryan hemsworth - guilt trips
ryan hemsworth - still awake
daniel avery - drone logic
tnght - tnght
clark - clark
floating points - shadows
floating points - elaenia
jamie xx - in colour
jamie xx & gil scott-heron - we're new here
forest swords - engravings
joey anderson - invisible switch
nicolas jaar - space is only noise
nicols jaar - nymphs I/II/III/IV
darkside - psychic
oOoOOo - oOoOOo
scuba - personality
scuba - claustrophobia
todd terje - it's album time
zomby - where were you in 92
zomby - with love
zomby - dedication
holly herndon - platform
jlin- dark energy

 

bwana is putting out a record on luckyme sooooon

 

yes do that, also xen, and also this, his best release

 

baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop baby don't stop

no idea if that belongs here but what a song, what a song. also subbin

 

any questions about anything on that list holler at me i love all those records/EPs

 

i forgot thug entrancer just put out a new album, his last one was great, super dark ambient footwork type stuff. wonder if the new one is along the same lines, guess ill find out in the morning.

 

jk im listening now its lit af this is great

 

Hi

 

did anyone listen to the ital tek record yet?

 

anna meredith tho

 

moved album list to OP

 

what a list

 

I need to find the time to dive into this. Electronic music is something I've been exploring more so this will be a great starting place

 

only record on there i havent heard is salem, hm

 

Hm what?

 

bolded the ones i would do first jake may or may not agree. if you like four tet youll like floating points, that record was phenomenal. the field is great too i think youll like him

 

uhhh yeah id say sepalcure, balam acab, and machinedrum are absolute must listens. also kastle. v bad not to include them to me, they are v important to me!!!!

 

damn thats a certainly weird place to start haha definitely one of the least essential in terms of my favs but still a very good album and i included because its really accessible and easy to get into

 

listen to like, cupid's head or with love or something

 

oh definitely listen to cupid's head, i mean dont stop lucky shiner now but do check out cupid's head next chance you get to check something out

 

did the first track sound familiar to you?

 

Sepalcure and machinedrum were just oversights ha

 

Yeah I mean he wanted something a little more upbeat. I thought about pointing him to the field but I don't really think cupids head is all that positive hah. Pretty, yes. Just different