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Uhhhhmmmm Feck Buttons......'insert drool here'
I have The Henge from Steve Moore and like it quite a bit. Not as much as Zombi though.
BTW there's a Scottish, I believe, electronic artist from the 80s called Steve Moore as well. Pretty cool stuff, and perhaps suited for this site as well.
I am listening to Aqua by Edgar Froese at the moment. I still love your review of it Alan - very floating and picturesque, befitting the music quite brilliantly.
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Posted: July 06 2012 at 11:29
I've actually never really gotten into Squarepusher much, but his new album sounds like it is interesting based on some videos I've seen. He's a really great bassist, anyway.
Is anyone else here besides David a F**k Buttons fan?
I need to write a review of the Steve Moore album I've been listening to lately. I haven't done an electronic review in a long time :\
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Posted: July 06 2012 at 07:39
My Aphex Twin preference is definitely for his earlier stuff. The two Selected Ambient Works albums are nothing short of genius by my reckoning. Heliosphan in particular is incredible. All the Analogue Bubblebath tracks are fantastic too. I find Drugqs a difficult listen, but I respect it's genius.
Has anybody heard the Global Communication album 76:14. Now there's an incredible electronic album that in my view is truly progressive. I know the guidelines that state why the likes of AFX do not qualify for PA but surely Global Communication do. I'm not going there though .
With regard to FSOL, the irony is that whilst they are not on PA , one of their albums is . FSOL have been rejected before, however by way of a technicality, one of their albums, Fields of Ephidrina is. This was recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous before they branched off as a separate project in the direction of psych rock (alienating a great many of their fans ). It is an FSOL album, pure IDM and you will find that on the 'chives . Pretty good it is too, though not as good as the seminal Lifeforms.
An FSOL album I would totally recommend is Environments 2. Very much in the vein of Lifeforms but dare I say it, even better. A truly stunning album of beautiful ambience and textures that is as good as I've heard in a long long time.
Finally, my other half kindly bought me a cd as a gift, and it's only Redshift's new album Colder. I'm really looking forward to hear this and will get the chance to do so over the weekend. I'll report back next week with my initial verdict.
Big Aphex Twin fan here as well, although I must admit liking his early albums far more. His ambient works are just sky-soaring beauties.
Getting back on track here, I saw Redshift mentioned and I would just like to say that I too really like this band. Been listening to Ether the past two weeks, and I am seriously loving every second of it.
Think I'm going on an electronic review spree in a little while, although I have so many Kraut and avant ones I wanna do as well
One album I feel gets little or no attention is Wolfgang Riechman's Wunderbar. I love the simplicity and easy to follow melodies of this release, and I may well review it one of these days. This is the selftitled opening cut, which I currently have an enormous crush on:
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 11:18
Yeah, I enjoy the energy on his later albums. He's recently been doing some live remixes of Penderecki compositions and something else, which sound really good and are available on youtube.
I enjoy Aphex Twin quite a lot and do consider him to be a progressive artist under the electronic music umbrella, but he's not "progressive electronic" as per PA's definition. The albums that he's released so far that have the closest resemblance to progressive electronic on PA are his two Selected Ambient Works albums, but even so, it's rarely progressive (though beautiful).
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 09:19
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infandous wrote:
Good to see this thread! As a huge fan of Schulze (my absolute PE
favorite) and Tangerine Dream, I think I need to check out Redshift.
I've actually read the reviews, and they also get a thumbs up from Andy
Tillison of The Tangent. For those who don't know, his solo albums
feature quite a bit Kosmiche style.
The Honing album mentioned is a favorite of mine. Got to check some of this other stuff out, especially Zombi.
You know something Gus, I thought I was the only one who like The
Tangent's electronic excursions. I actually prefer them to some of the
main tracks . I wasn't aware of Tillison's solo albums but heard he was planning on a TD-type album, and I'd be all over it.
Redshift cds are pretty hard to get hold of, but their widely available for download on amazon, and pretty cheap too. Enjoy.
Well, there is no "TD type album" really, and I don't think he's
planning to do one, but both solo albums, "Fog" and "Murk", have a lot
of that style (along with bass, drums, keys, guitar type stuff all done
by Tillison). "Fog" probably has the most Kosmiche stuff. Not sure if
that one is available anymore, but you can get "Murk" on the web site.
I'll look for the Redshift, thanks!
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 07:51
infandous wrote:
Good to see this thread! As a huge fan of Schulze (my absolute PE favorite) and Tangerine Dream, I think I need to check out Redshift. I've actually read the reviews, and they also get a thumbs up from Andy Tillison of The Tangent. For those who don't know, his solo albums feature quite a bit Kosmiche style.
The Honing album mentioned is a favorite of mine. Got to check some of this other stuff out, especially Zombi.
You know something Gus, I thought I was the only one who like The Tangent's electronic excursions. I actually prefer them to some of the main tracks . I wasn't aware of Tillison's solo albums but heard he was planning on a TD-type album, and I'd be all over it.
Redshift cds are pretty hard to get hold of, but their widely available for download on amazon, and pretty cheap too. Enjoy.
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 15:22
Good to see this thread! As a huge fan of Schulze (my absolute PE favorite) and Tangerine Dream, I think I need to check out Redshift. I've actually read the reviews, and they also get a thumbs up from Andy Tillison of The Tangent. For those who don't know, his solo albums feature quite a bit Kosmiche style.
The Honing album mentioned is a favorite of mine. Got to check some of this other stuff out, especially Zombi.
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 08:01
There's been no mention of Redshift either. I don't know if any of you have heard them. They are on PA but there are very few reviews on here to consider I'm afraid.
If the Berlin School is your bag, you have to check these guys out. You get a very Tangerine Dream-ish sound circa 74-77, full of pulsing sequencers and anologue synths. A huge bonus is the albums are twice as long as TD's too. If you're willing to overlook the fact they are clearly very influenced by the likes of Phaedra and Rubycon some 35-40 years ago and listen to the music on it's merits then you are on to a winner.
It's like discovering a dozen unreleased TD albums from the 70s. I have several of their albums and honestly, some of their work, particularly the albums Redshift and Ether, is clearly superior to the artists that inspired them.
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Posted: July 01 2012 at 18:17
infocat wrote:
Tried to listen to Force Majeure on Spotify and was given message "This album is not available in United States". Carp! Ended up listening to Atem instead. Pretty good. A lot like Zeit, which I love.
Speaking of "Majeure", I see that the band Majeure, a project of A.E. Paterra (Zombi) is not listed here. Seems to me it should be, but I am no expert on Progressive Electronic. Anyone else familiar with it?
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. FSOL have been rejected before, however by way of a technicality, one of their albums, Fields of Ephidrina is. This was recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous before they branched off as a separate project in the direction of psych rock (alienating a great many of their fans 
. Pretty good it is too, though not as good as the seminal Lifeforms. 
. I'm really looking forward to hear this and will get the chance to do so over the weekend. I'll report back next week with my initial verdict.
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