This is probably already been done somewhere but I thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread recommending good new albums to buy or download...



I'll start with...



Ils - Bohemia

well i just got my first orbital album there the other day. it's called In Sides. I also went n downloaded the 2 different bonus discs that came with it at some point. the album is fantastic. I love "The Girl With The Sun In Her Head" and "The Box"(also the 28 min version on one of the bonus discs) and the live version of "Halcyon"(the song used in the films Hackers and Mortal Kombat), never realised how good orbital really are.

Any other orbital fans recomend another of their albums for me to get next?

Gorillaz- Demon Days....... in my opinion 2nd best album of the year so far behind "Push the Button" ;-)

M.I.A. - Arular

Kasabian - Kasabian (it's still new here in the States! ;) )

LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

Thievery Corporation - Cosmic Game

Massive Attack - Danny The Dog (the movie is great too)

Have the Cosmic Game, but like only a few track. The first track with Flaming Lips is fine, the rest is oriental music and regge, not my climate, but hmm...very chillout. :)

Yeah, Cosmic Game is very chilled, but I dig the atmosphere it brings. Not an all-the-time record but still quite good.



Some more recommendations that are relatively "new":



Beck - Guero (my favorite of his since Odelay, though a bit more mellow)

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (very raw and powerful, a tight band with a bright future)

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i'll second the Bloc Party - Silent Alram





Sasha - Fundacion (out 6/13) I have already heard the sampler and it is pretty damn good.









"Fundacion : NYC is a snapshot of my recent residencies in New York and LA. It captures the spirit and the sound of the Fundacion night." - Sasha



Sasha's Fundacion residencies at New York's Crobar and Los Angeles' Avalon have been part of an overall renaissance in club land. He's been able to experiment with a revolutionary new DJ set-up that began with his 'Involver' album, which was released through Global Underground a year ago.



"'Involver' was my experiment with Ableton, my remix project. It really pushed the capabilities of Ableton in the studio. 'Fundacion : NYC' captures what I can now do with Ableton in a live capacity, this is my mix album." - Sasha



Created over a period of months, 'Involver' utilized the Ableton computer mixing system. It inspired Sasha to ditch the traditional Technics decks and CD players and take Ableton on the road. To do this, he and a technician friend worked for months creating a bespoke, state-of-the-art mixing console that Sasha has nicknamed 'The Maven'. This one-of-a-kind custom designed controller, along with Ableton Live software and an Apple G5, enables Sasha to sample, loop, layer and re-edit live in the booth and has transformed his DJing.



"It's like a live performance every night. It's the ultimate DJ experience." - Sasha



Completed in just a few days, 'Fundacion : NYC' is the sound of Sasha's Ableton/Maven set-up in live action and enables Sasha to mix some of the coolest electro-house sounds around with forgotten classics he has revived and reworked. Sometimes as many as five tracks come together at once to create completely new interpretations ? though Sasha's innate ability to clarify and streamline sound means things never get over-crowded. Instead 'Fundacion' captures a great DJ having the time of his life.



"It's completely re-energised me again. I'm jumping up and down in the DJ booth, and people can feel that on the dance-floor, they know." - Sasha



A brilliant example of just what Sasha has been able to do using the Maven can be heard on 'Tides'. This is one of the most complete transformations of any track on 'Fundacion : NYC'. Originally a downtempo, acoustic soul number by oddball German trio Beanfield, from their 2004 album 'Seek' - it was then given a sparse remix by Detroit techno maestro Carl Craig. Sasha in turn has rebuilt Carl Craig's rework into something epically melodic, yet still cool as ice.



"It's a fantastic record, but the original is just a kickdrum and a bassline, very stripped down, very minimal. For my kind of sets it didn't have the energy." - Sasha



After a six-month residency in the States, Sasha will be taking his Fundacion night to Ibiza this summer ? the third location to host the Fundacion experience. The newly re-furbished Space is to be Sasha?s home for five Thursdays this summer starting on 28 July until 25 August.





http://www.progressi...ndacion-NYC.asp

apocalypse Escribi�:

Any other orbital fans recomend another of their albums for me to get next?

Get 'Work', their 'Best of...' album. Or 'The Brown Album'.

......guero :x ...........just pure disapointment for me.......makes me hate sea change more too........looks like getting married was the worst thing for beck.........midnite vultures is his best

whirlygirl Escribi�:

M.I.A. - Arular

If you want I have a good remix of one of her songs.

Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze

The Charlatans - Up At The Lake

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

Kasabian - Kasabian (be sure to get the BLUE version!)

Lemon Jelly - '64-'95

Autechre - Untilted

Moving Shadow 05.1 Mixed By EZ-Rollers

Morcheeba - The Antidote

Amon Tobin - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory O.S.T.

Jesper Kyd - Hitman 3: Contracts O.S.T.

Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game

Laurent Garnier - The Smoke Making Machine

Nitin Sawnhey - Philtre

Beck - Guero

ooo, i like this thread, good idea Girlelectric ;-)





I'd say on the house music side of things i'd say that sebastian ingrosso and steve angello are pretty much ruling the roost, theyve been knocking out remixes and tunes fast and furiously, a bit like jacques lu cont was just recently.

some of my favourite records are



roman flugel - gehts noch? (steve angello who's who? remix)

Moby - Raining again (steve angello remix)

Mohito ft. Howard Jones - slip away (steve angello mix)

steve angello - acid

Sebastian ingrosso and john dahlback - lick my deck/we got the muzik

Deep dish - say hello (sebastian ingrosso and steve angello mix)

For sale - Buy now



On a drum and bass tip, i'd have to say ive been digging alot of Nu:Tone and logistics for a while. the guy that is Logistics is the younger brother of the guy behind Nu:Tone. If that makes sense 8O This is some really, soulful deep jazzy drum and bass, that'll get u dancin like a mad man. check out anything by logistics and also Nu:Tones album Brave Nu World or atleast download '3 bags full' for wicked sampling use of the tune on the Pearl and dean advert at the cinema.





I'll second...

tom vek fave track is 'nothing but green lights,' it reminds me of the killers for some reason

Planet funk - the illogogical consequence

Young_fan Escribi�:

Moby - Raining again (steve angello remix)

I prefer Ewan Pearson's mix. It is fucking wicked......really fucking wicked.

Slipvin Escribi�:

Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze

would you say its better then songs for the deaf?

Bosco Escribi�:

Slipvin Escribi�:

Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze

would you say its better then songs for the deaf?

No, but it's still a recommended album.

M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (think My Bloody Valentine, with synths - and better, if you ask me)

Funk D'Void - Volume Freak (emotive techno)

Primal Scream - Dirty Hits (their greatest hits; check the 2-disc version with all the remixes)

Chemical Brothers - Push the Button :D

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us

M83 - Don't Save Us from The Flames(Superpitcher mix) 8O

Skylined Escribi�:

whirlygirl Escribi�:

M.I.A. - Arular

If you want I have a good remix of one of her songs.

what mix?

The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered and Never Outgunned



listen to the album a couple of times and it will get to you.



also Evil Nine - You Can be Special Too