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I've been digging some fantastic abstract-ish electronic music lately, and I'm basically looking for any exciting recommendations out there. There's a label called Digitalis Recordings, and they're releasing some absolutely sublime stuff, lately a record titled 'Communication' by an artist called Bugskull. It's just phenomenal.

Also been listening to a lot of the stuff released on Leaving Records(.com), especially the head honcho over there, Matthew David, is making some fabulous stuff. I'm sure most of you will know of his remixes of Flying Lotus tracks and some stuff released from Dublab.

Anyone into any of this stuff and got any good recommendations?

wordsound has released lots of dark, abstract dub/hiphop/illbient, i suggest tryin their stuff.
http://www.wordsound.com/
http://www.discogs.com/label/WordSound

and the "clicks and cuts"-compilations on mille plateaux are really great, especially part3:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Clicks-C ... ase/109244

Allright, man, thanks for the recommendation. Will check it out.

Amon Tobin

that Bugskull is great stuff thank you!!


not sure if these are what you are looking for, but these suggestions would be 'abstract' over a variety of genres...


first my own band, masik...we play abstract jazz & experimental electronics...just played the Salvador Dali Museum...
www.myspace.com/masik420


also anything from ClouddeaD or any related entities(Dose One, etc) is pretty damn abstract...


Kaoru Abe is about as abstract as you can get, but thats just jazz.


also for older Abstract sounds try Tangerine Dream, St Captain Freakout & Acid Mothers Temple...
lots of psych jam crap but the ambient electronics they get into will fuck your mind proper

Autechre, Richard Devine...Some Clark stuff is really abstract in my opinion...

listen to everything on 12k and raster noton

Check out these stores for mp3s or records...
http://www.boomkat.com
http://www.bleep.com

anything on warp records is pretty awesome (Plaid, Battles, Bibio, Harmonic 313, Hudson Mohawke, Time Exile).... maybe some stuff on Ninja Tune Records as well...

Some of Flying Lotus' Crew in the States are pretty interesting too, Samiyam, Ras G, Free the Robots, Burial, Gas Lamp Killer....

digitalis is mostly drones, so i think you can find other labels releasing very similar stuff like type, root strata, wagon, miasmah...

I recently discovered LHF who are an abstract 7 man crew based in London,and according to the FACT interview with Blackdown have just signed an ep & album deal with Keysound Recordings.

http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/

I went looking for mixes from these guy's on the forum and after doing some digging found serious stacks of original work ,these are the myspace details and below are a few mixes that i found made up entirely of their own beats..

Have a listen for yourself...i was massively impressed by the depth of influences that permeate their sound

http://www.myspace.com/helixier - Double Helix
http://www.myspace.com/raizms - Amen Ra
http://www.myspace.com/lowdensitymaterial - Low Density Matter
http://www.myspace.com/nofixedabodebrudda - No Fixed Abode
http://www.myspace.com/soularman - Solar Man
http://www.myspace.com/octaviour - Octaviour
http://www.myspace.com/deepsidewax - Escobar Seasons

LHF - Keepers of the Light Vol.1
http://www.divshare.com/download/8555591-b90

Solar Man- “Cerafin”
No Fixed Abode- “Flowers”
Solar Man- “Cold Hearted”
Low Density- “New Gun”
Amen Ra- “Hidden Life Force”
Amen Ra feat. Double Helix- “Song to Auset”
Low Density Matter- “Definitions”
Amen Ra- “From Whence We came”
Double Helix- “Futuristic Dream”
Double Helix- “Ghost”
Amen Ra- “N22/The Aves”
Double Helix- “The Possibilities 2009”
Double Helix- “Black Ops”
Amen Ra- “Unknown Sources”
Amen Ra and Double Helix- “God Walk”
No Fixed Abode- “Static”

"INFILTRATION VOL.1"
http://www.divshare.com/download/2080806-1e6

Double Helix- "Unity Dub"
Low Density Matter- "Eternal Truth"
Double Helix- "Hard Times"
Amen-Ra- "Connection"
Amen-Ra ft. Double Helix- "London Underground"
Double Helix- "Judgement Day"
Amen-Ra ft. Double Helix- "Borderline"
Double Helix ft. Low Density Matter- "Flux"
Amen-Ra- "Murk"
Double Helix- "Originators"
Double Helix- "The Chains"
Amen-Ra- "Tired Dub"
Amen-Ra- "No Fear"
Double Helix- "The Approach" (Out on Kursed Recordings, mp3 release)
Octaviour- "Misty Mountain"
Outro
Amen-Ra vs. Double Helix- "Demon Slayer"
Amen-Ra vs. Double Helix- "Shadows"

"INFILTRATION VOL.2"
http://www.barefiles.com/download.php?id=2246

Amen Ra - The Origin
Amen Ra and Double Helix - Steelz
Amen Ra and Double Helix - Mystery
Octaviour - I Carry Message
Amen Ra and Double Helix - Soul Power
Escobar - Back To Xenon
Double Helix - Touch The Feeling
Escobar - Vibrationz
Double Helix - Gusto
Escobar - Apparition
Amen Ra - Step By Step
Escobar - Smoke Signal
Double Helix - The System
Escobar - Starlight Prophecy
Low Density Matter - Precognition
Amen Ra - Most High
Low Density Matter - Friday Night Project
Low Density Matter - Tranquil Forest
Amen Ra - Escapades
Escobar - No Wonder
Amen Ra - Ode To Life
No Fixed Abode - Secrets

"INFILTRATION VOL.3"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HKZCM8TJ

No Fixed Abode- "Bring Us"
Double Helix- Untitled
Double Helix- "Night Of The Temple"
Double Helix- "New Gun"
Double Helix- "Inward Journey"
No Fixed Abode- "Remembrance"
Double Helix- "Brainwashed"
Double Helix- "Weed Psychosis"
Double Helix- "Mind Patch"
Double Helix- "Moment In History"
Amen-Ra- "Take It All Back"
Octaviour- "Urban Rose"
Double Helix- "The Coo"
Double Helix- "Bamboo Dub"
Double Helix- "Bact To Roots"
Double Helix- "Foundation"
Double Helix- "Back To The Wall"
Double Helix- "Strangers"
Amen-Ra- "Nectar" (Double Helix Remix)
Amen-Ra feat. Double Helix- "Lessons"
Double Helix- "Midnight Oil"
Amen-Ra feat. Double Helix- "Broken Glass"
Amen-Ra and Double Helix- "Graveyard Shift"
No Fixed Abode- "Overmind"
No Fixed Abode- ??
??-??

"INFILTRATION VOL.4"
http://www.divshare.com/download/4937690-d52

Low Density Matter- "Tranquil Forest"
Amen-Ra- "Ode"
No Fixed Abode- "Dependence"
No Fixed Abode- "Izwha Refixed"
Double Helix- Untitled
Low Density Matter- "So Simple"
Low Density Matter- "Precognition" (Amen-Ra Refix)
Double Helix- "Late Night Frequencies"
Double Helix- "Digital Voodoo"
Amen-Ra- "We Have Visitors" (LHF Skit 2)
Amen-Ra- "Lightseeker 2"
Amen-Ra- "Driftin"
Double Helix- "Strangers 2"
Double Helix- "operator"
Amen-Ra- "Help Yourself"
Double Helix- "Know Yourself"
Low Density Matter- "Area Status"
No Fixed Abode- "Chinese Watergarden" (LHF Skit 4)
No Fixed Abode- "So Rare"

"INFILTRATION VOL.5"
http://www.divshare.com/download/6030281-97f

Amen-Ra- "Fine Tuning"
Double Helix- "Voyages"
Double Helix- "Detached From Reality 2008"
No Fixed Abode- "Commuters"
Double Helix- "Life Forms"
Amen-Ra- "Space Migration"
Double Helix- "Unchartered Lands"
No Fixed Abode- "Fragrance"
No Fixed Abode vs. Double Helix- "Underground Angel"
No Fixed Abode- "Indian Street Slang"
Double Helix- "Hermes"
Vibezin- "Touch n Go" (No Fixed Abode remix)
Double Helix- "Know Yourself"
Low Density Matter- "Reflections"
Low Density Matter- "Blue Steel"
Low Density Matter- "Star Gazing"
Amen-Ra- "Hibernation revisited"
Double Helix- "Gatekeeper"
Double Helix- "The Helix"
Amen-Ra- "Sleepy Head"
No Fixed Abode- "Prizms"
Double Helix- "Cryosleep 2008"
Amen-Ra- "Pirate Signal"
No Fixed Abode- "So Rare"
No Fixed Abode- "Gaia"

Tune in to:

maybe you like this one:

I'm currently listening to this:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Pierre-Scha ... 83779.html

If you like the stuff on Digitalis, you should maybe listen to some tunes by Jasper TX. Very abstract, in fact most of it's usually improvs. The recent album he did with Anduin is great. May I also suggest Machinefabriek. Some of it turns out to be quite raucous, some of it is utterly sublime. Xela and A Broken Consort (Richard Skelton) also. Fennesz is about as abstract as it gets. His albums Endless Summer and Live In Japan are tops.

Oh, and before I forget, Taylor Deupree does some great abstract recordings. My personal favourites are Northern and Sea Last. Proper lovely, drifty stuff.

Chuckledust wrote:Oh, and before I forget, Taylor Deupree does some great abstract recordings. My personal favourites are Northern and Sea Last. Proper lovely, drifty stuff.

aye, like i said up there^

"listen to everything on 12k and raster noton"

tomm wrote:

Chuckledust wrote:Oh, and before I forget, Taylor Deupree does some great abstract recordings. My personal favourites are Northern and Sea Last. Proper lovely, drifty stuff.

aye, like i said up there^

"listen to everything on 12k and raster noton"

Indeed you did. Not everything on 12k is Taylor Deupree, and not everything that Taylor Deupree does is on 12k, or abstract either. But you're right - those two recordings are by him, on that label.
Without trying to split hairs I'm not sure why you'd tell someone looking for abstract music to listen to Raster Noton. There can't be many record labels that do un-abstract, programmed music better than them.

well he owns and runs the 12k label and the majority of the odd material on there is fantastic.

12K is one of my favourite record labels. I'm quite keen on some of Machinefabrieks stuff too. Have you listened to 'Under The Spires'?.............as a record label. They do well.

'Type Recordings' is worth a mention as a good, abstract label too. Lots of quality throughout.