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since i've been caning the 'step for the last year or so, i've been seriously neglecting my interest in wider music..

in the late 90s/early 00s i've been massively into artists like the orb, future sound of london, boards of canada, fila brazillia, cinematic orchestra and most of warp/ninja tune's stuff, old aphex, two lone swordsmen, amon tobin etc etc

so what have i been missing the last couple of years? particularly any new bands that might have escaped my attentions with the emphasis on ambience, melody and beats

since i've been caning the 'step for the last year or so, i've been seriously neglecting my interest in wider music..

I hear that! I've got into the habit of only buying tunes that fit with what I already have and play out, it's self defeating

I'd recommend the new Iggy album 'Preliminaires'. He's finally wriggled out of his jeans, put on a shirt and gone down the Nick Cave route. It all sounds like the best bits of 'Avenue D'.



"Poor Old Iggy..."
http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=48180

joey youngman is a house producer who produced a phenomenal chill-out track called conflict resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkGDwkD8tIU

Then, gramatik is a producer of only downtempo and chill-out music. check his oddly-titled album "street bangerz vol. 1" (b/c they're not bangers in the crazy, hyper sense). some of the songs get kind of repetitive but he has a good groove.

wisp (free albums at www.wisp.kaen.org)
mrs. jynx
tipper
tim exile
clark/chris clark
bogdan raczynski
astrobotnia/ovuca/aleksi perala
ceephax

Takagi Masakatsu

Found out about this artist a few weeks ago. Some truely beautiful music.

No homo

Definitely second Clark (best producer since 2000 or so), though he's a little out there, and the recent album is more techno-oriented.
Prefuse73
Tom Burbank
and there's a really wicked instrumental hip-hop album everyone should download (it's free) http://www.degiheugi.sickl.net/degiheugi.html


Also, I got bunch of mixes you might like on my site, especially:

http://photozayko.netfirms.com/MZ/Zajko ... egamix.mp3
http://photozayko.netfirms.com/MZ/Zajko ... liff18.mp3
http://photozayko.netfirms.com/MZ/Zajko ... sion13.mp3

air - moon safari is a really nice electronica/downtempo/chill album and so is royksopp - melody a.m

i would definately check out Welder (aka Eskmo)

awsome downtempo with emphasis on beats, melody and excellent original sound design.

In my humble opinion, the best downtempo /chill album of recent years is clearly Lars Bartkuhn's The New Continent (Sonar Kollektiv). There's a sample and review of it at the Commercial Break site -- http://www.commercial-break.biz/the_new_continent.html. (You might have already heard the track Goodbye Dancing Hello God.) Oh, and the Cinematic Orchestra is still going strong (http://www.commercial-break.biz/mafleur.html)

Saphyre wrote:air - moon safari

and premiers symptomes is gotta be one of my favorite air releases

Afterlife is sick. Don't know if they've done anything recently though.

Lone is good

Check this track, like boards of canada crossed with hip hop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSCfS1zXBI

Koop
Blue Six
Linkwood

etc............

Some artist recommendations;

Secede - ambient, droney, melodic stuff
Kettel - IDM-ish/ambient, lots of nice melodies
Opiate - sample-guru, saw him play an amazing live-set in november
Emeralds - droney and beautiful ambient
Band Ane - the girl who makes this is as sweet as her music, great live show too
Lukid - hip-hop based, but more experimental, chill, some lovely samples
Req - hip-hoppy, chill
Gas - droney ambient/dub techno
Rumpistol - also sample based, got an extremely clear and nice sound
Burger/Ink - these are pretty old I think, but I haven't ever met anyone who's heard of them, chill stuff
Blamstrain - finnish ambient guy, interesting music you can fall asleep to

fly lo is u,,,,, but u already probs know that




onra is sick
prefuse 73 as some dude above me said

and this dude from japan called nujabes is on some super chill shit

kind of a broad summary and these may venture into other subgenres:

suba
boards of canada
kruder and dorfmeister
amon tobin
cinematic orchestra
dj krush
dj shadow
dj spooky
nightmares on wax
skalpel
brazilian girls
attica blues
thievery corporation




i did a downtempo mix a couple of years ago...


http://www.patternawareness.org/mp3/som ... le_mix.mp3


Tracklisting:

DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike track 09
DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike track 03
Aphex Twin - Ageispolis
Bit Meddler - Dermetfak
Boards of Canada - Oirectine
DJ Krush ft. CL Smooth - Only the Strong Survive
Cal Tjader - Black Orchid
Ovos - Loups
Seefeel - Come Find Me (AFX remix)
Burnt Friedman and the Nu Dub Players - It's Thunder
Boards of Canada - Nlogax
Jega - Phlax
DJ Krush - Deck-athron
Mr Scruff - So Long
Otaku - Barbarian Whores
Mums the Word - Chipped Paint
Mr Scruff - Ug