Underground Dance Music Thread Genre • Page 93

I must be on my tenth listen of the Iglooghost album. Initially found it very impressive but perhaps too claustrophobic for a sunny Friday.

But I've reached for it all weekend. There's a stronger sense of the tracks as songs this time but at no expense of the intricate details of the world-building, and he hits that senselessly attractive sweet spot of being simultaneously light and inescapably punishing. On a micro and a macro scale he's nailed it.

Also the best album cover of 2024 so far.

 

I love Radiohead's Idioteque but know little about electronic/IDM other than the stuff my friend who's a DJ/underground music snob shows me

where should I start?

other things I like: squarepusher, early brian eno, portishead. but nothing as much as "Idioteque"

 

you'd maybe enjoy Boards of Canada and other ambient-tinged stuff based on what you've called out. pretty tough pointing in any direction though given how massive "electronic/IDM" is as a genre (moreso a catch-all than an actual sonic description). I wouldn't limit myself though. maybe look out for lists online of "best gateway to IDM albums" or something like that to figure out what you like and then you can narrow it down to subgenres to explore deeper.

 

Clark’s self-titled album is a great entry point

 

the dj ***** fox album is really good but may belong more in the ambient thread

 

Boards of Canada and Clark are great choices. I’d also take a look at Aphex Twin for something classic and Machinedrum for a more modern producer

 

Great production here

 

All of this is hitting

 

Pumped to listen to this

 

Hell yeah, I'm into it

 

This is nice, a little more ambient than I usually listen to:

 

!!!

 

riyl: DJ Koze, Four Tet

 

This is killer

 

been listening to a lot of James Holden lately

 

Unsurprisingly great

 

RIYL: Actress

 

Insane camera angles here and such a fun set

 

really like the new Skee Mask album

 

Aye. I was going to post that one

 

RIYL Overmono

 

Also shared in the ambient thread

opiated, oceanic dub-techno with rippling bass that’ll send shivers down your spine. riyl Deepchord, Rhythm and Sound, Pole, maybe the new Skee Mask

 

Banger

 

Powering me through Monday: