Belong - October Language

Artist: Belong

Album: October language

Genre: Ambient/Shoe-Gaze

Belong is a New Orleans based duo that runs synthesizers and guitars through various effect processors that create dark, washy distortion and glitchy electronic textures. You could compare their sound to artists like Tim Hecker. This is one of my favorite ambient CDs! 

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Alarm Will Sound - Acoustica

Artist: Alarm Will Sound

Album: Acoustica

Genre: Neo-Classical

I thought I should follow up that last Aphex Twin post with this. It is most of the popular popular Aphex Twin songs played by a 20 piece orchestra. Intrigued? You should be. The arrangements are spot on. This is a gem for Aphex Twin fans as well as anyone who acoustic renditions of complex electronica.

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Aphex Twin

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Download Richard D. James Album

Artist: Aphex Twin

Album: Richard D. James Album / Windowlicker

Released: 1996

Genre: IDM/ Electronic

Aphex Twin, along with other 90s artists from the Warp label, were the front runners of modern electronic music. The height of Euro House and Trance music birthed IDM (intelligent dance music) - music with not-so-dancy drums and aimed for listenability rather than danceability. The most renown artist from this era is probably Aphex Twin. With the Richard D James Album, he begins to show his twisted sense of humor which is later magnified by his EPs, Come to Daddy and Windowlicker. With the success of his music, he bought a tank and a submarine.

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

Artist: Talk Talk

Album: Laughing Stock

Label: Verve/Polydor

Released: November 19, 1991

Genre: Minimalist/Post-Rock/Jazz

After starting off in the early 80's as a chart topping, synth-pop/new wave band, Talk Talk progressed their stylistic approach into a direction that would later help define the musical spectrum of post-rock. Talk Talk's final record, Laughing Stock, is a brilliant album composed of broad instrumentation, soaring dynamics, and genius improvisation with a vast and defining ambience behind its entirety. This record is fantastic and is deserving of anyone's listening.

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Efterklang

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Artist: Efterklang

Albums: Tripper / Parades

Genre: Cinematic / Electronic / Post-Rock

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Download Parades

Blending neo-classical with electronic and post-rock, Efterklang is now one of my new favorite bands. It's great!

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