Underworld Electronica contemporaries

[iamneorev]

Originally Posted by BIKstyle

Thank you for the lists! I have to admit I never heard of Fluke before (or forgot, the 90s were tough), but 3 albums are on their way to me now to join my collection thanks to this thread!

Fluke's album Risotto is in my top 5 albums of all time. Oto is also great. Some tracks on Risotto are reworked Oto tracks. They have some amazing singles/EPs with great reworks/remixes that takes their tracks in new and different directions. The Atom Bomb singles with Atomixes 1 thru 6 is especially a good one.

[BIKstyle]

Originally Posted by iamneorev

Fluke's album Risotto is in my top 5 albums of all time.

Wow! Waiting for the postman to ring ...

Now I am curious: What would be the other 4 albums? Thanks for the EP/single info, l'll keep that in mind. It took me years to find out the older UW EPs can in no way be compared with the usual 12" remix overdose.

[iamneorev]

Originally Posted by BIKstyle

Wow! Waiting for the postman to ring ...

Now I am curious: What would be the other 4 albums? Thanks for the EP/single info, l'll keep that in mind. It took me years to find out the older UW EPs can in no way be compared with the usual 12" remix overdose.

My top 5 albums?

The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
Fluke - Risotto
Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
Leftfield - Rhythm And Stealth

These 5 albums have had a huge influence on me and inspired me into getting into music production. Of course, these artists made other amazing albums, but I picked my personal favorite from each. I could create quite an extensive list of faves.

[purlieu]

I miss those '90s electronica singles where the band reworked their own material in really interesting ways. FSOL were the kings of it, but UW and Orbital did great jobs, Moby did a few good ones as well (notably the various formats of Hymn).

[iamneorev]

Amazing track from Oto...


I'll give my left nut for a non-vinyl version of this track. I have a lossless rip of the vinyl. Sadly there is a very rare promo CD with it on it. I did find a copy of the Edit ripped from a promo.


I wish Fluke would pull an Underworld and reissue their albums expanded.

[negative1]

i like bands like 'hybrid', 'sasha', ''bt', and others, but they started to delve into more IDM, and other
categories. i think a lot of those guys are still going strong.

my biggest problem with all the new music is it comes in bite size digital chunks, or
very limited vinyl only.

that's actually not a problem either, but most of the tracks average 3-5 minutes.

whatever happened to the nice 6-8-10 minute epic songs. i guess they're dead now.

later
-1

[BIKstyle]

Originally Posted by negative1

whatever happened to the nice 6-8-10 minute epic songs. i guess they're dead now.

All from this decade, all within the 7-9 minutes range, all quite epic IMHO, and work both on the floor and and at home.
Organic and intelligent Progressive House/Deep House:

Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze Mix)
https://soundcloud.com/secney/herber...ly-dj-koze-mix

DJ Koze - Magical Boy (Matthew Herbert remix)
https://soundcloud.com/pamparecords/...al-boy-matthew

Stimming & Solomun - Ghostdog
https://soundcloud.com/tylerdurden42...lomun-ghostdog

Dntel - My Orphaned Son (Die Vögel Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/pamparecords/...aned-son-die-v

Moderat - Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/aidandeno/mod...-dj-koze-remix

Die Vögel - The Chicken
https://soundcloud.com/pamparecords/...ie-v-gel-a-the

Marek Hemmann - Left (feat. Fabian Reichelt)
https://soundcloud.com/marekhemmann/...abian-reichelt

[purlieu]

Originally Posted by negative1

whatever happened to the nice 6-8-10 minute epic songs. i guess they're dead now.

Paul Hartnoll said relatively recently that the reason recent Orbital albums are shorter is people don't listen to long tracks anymore, as Spotify, iTunes etc. has reduced listeners' attention spans - and yet the one complaint I always see about their recent stuff is the tracks are too short! recent UW stuff has been similar, and FSOL have taken it to the extreme, with most of their recent records being 15-24 tracks, mixing up three-four minute pieces with one minute interludes. The Orb have at least throw in a few longer tracks, particularly on Moonbuilding (everyone seems to love this one but me - I find it exceptionally boring) and a couple of tracks on No Sounds Are Out of Bounds (which sounds like a half finished album to me - lots of beats but where are the tunes?!)

[holden]

Here are a few other classics from the nostalgia files:
Way Out West
Freestylers
Roni Size
Juno Reactor
Propellerheads

Back in the CD era, I'd buy techno compilations (amp, Wipeout, grooveradio, urbal beats... looking at you!) And usually get turned on to something new. Mind you, this happens on streaming services now, but I dunno, maybe I was more excited by new music and more receptive in my youth.

A newer artist I really dig is Jon Hopkins. He collaborated with Karl and Eno on Pure Scenious, and can switch between teeth rattling techno and airy ambient no problem. His last two albums, "immunity" and this year's "singularity" are amazingly well produced and do have some longer tracks. Watch him on YouTube playing "Open Eye Signal" or "Everything Connected"... man's feeling it!

[purlieu]

Originally Posted by holden

Way Out West

Ah yeah, their debut still gets the occasional spin around here. Fit into that same progressive house / trance sound as Chicane's debut and ESCM by BT, before trance went fully into the commercial 'Ibiza' sound.