I got into electronic music in the early 80's and it's been my preferred genre of music throughout my life. In the 80's the synthesiser was just starting to become affordable and the range of electronic music was relatively limited compared to today. Checked the Wikipedia website and there are loads of genres and sub-genres within electronic music and it's constantly evolving. That's great, but there's so much music out there which I've never heard but might like. For example, was listening to Nemone's Electric Ladyland on BBC Radio 6 Music recently and heard Poison Lips by Vitalic which I have never heard before but quite liked and that's from 2009.

Please post any tracks either you like or think I might like, past or present (preferably with links).

I will start with a few tracks to give you an idea of my tastes. There are so many to choose from that I don't know where to start, but here goes.

Jai Paul - Jasmine (don't know what genre this is but I love it)
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy (also one of my favourite videos)
Surgeon - Scorn (one of my favourite techno tracks)
Tim Harper - Battleground (first heard this in a Dave Clark Essential Mix from 1995)
Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time (would you believe this is from 1964?)

Hopefully, some of these tracks will be of interest to you and I'm sure you will post some great tracks I haven't heard before.

More to follow...

Check out Outrun/Futuresynth, which is 80s-influenced modern synth.

Some random examples:

FM Attack - Tears Don't Lie

Lazerhawk - So Close

Flashworx - One More Night in Tokyo

VEGA - She's Electric (this is Neon Indian's previous incarnation)

Try Rashkolnikov's Dream 'Hive' or 'Crash' (Urban Legend)

Some excellent choices so far and haven't heard any of them before.

Brilliant Keep them coming.

Phil Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

If you like retro 80s electronic then have a listen to Holy Ghost! They are a newish band who went out and bought old antique analouge synthesisers.

Love this song Teenagers In Heat


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhLMp_gZMqo&feature=kp

A few more of my favourites....

Propaganda ‎– Dream Within A Dream
Hardfloor - Into The Nature
Squarepusher - Dedicated Loop
Jeff Mills - Fuzz Dance

I'm going through a huge electronica phase right now so I;m really happy that this thread exists, some of my faves at the moment:

Factory Floor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex-8nR6hK-8

Oneohtrix Point Never
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvDzaQOSZ3E

Patten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqt21LtJx6o

Neneh Cherry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_52dYwPPCU

FKA Twigs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OydK91JjFOw

Holly Herndon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHujh3yA3BE

EMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvV1eYRKRNY

A great selection of tracks I've never heard before.

FKA Twigs is a bit sexy and I love the video, especially where she goes all glittery.
Holly Herndon is very odd, but I like odd.

Keep them coming.

Thanks, and yeah that Holly Herndon track is brilliant but totally wacky!

Two acts :- Kraftwerk & Tangerine Dream.

For Kraftwerk, start with Autobahn (1974) and go forward through their catalogue.

With Tangerine Dream, start with Phaedra (1974) and again go forward through their catalogue.

These two bands were ahead of their time forty years ago and are true pioneers of the genre.

Both bands lost it in the mid 80's when technology & software allowed the competition to catch up.

I am aware of Kraftwerk's work and agree that they were true pioneers of electronic music.
I have heard of Tangerine Dream, but not so familiar with their work. Will take a look into their catalogue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCdvOO1vhCc&feature=kp

'Click'...

Got into Underworld, probably like a lot of people, after hearing Born Slippy.
Rez is one of my favourites of theirs.

Some more...

Le Tigre - Deceptacon (DFA remix)
Tricky - Hell Is Around The Corner
Front 242 - Quite Unusual
Yello - Daily Disco

Gonna give these a listen later, only heard a couple that have been mentioned so far and really like electronic music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJyg1L08_N8

john foxx and the maths are definitely worth a look

Disclosure (w. Jessie Ware, vcls) - Confess To Me

Kraftwerk - Computer Love

BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Original Doctor Who Theme (1963)

Julio Bashmore (feat. Jessie Ware)- Peppermint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN4H-V6zK00

As well as Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk there were a number of German techno groups around in the 70's, I was lucky enough to see Can and Amon Duul live, this is a taster from them.

Amon Duul - De Gaudeloop
http://youtu.be/vaP0jKoJj3g

Can - Mushroom
http://youtu.be/pQ7pYfELOeY

Thought i'd give this thread a bump with some of my own favorites.

Underground Resistance - The Final Frontier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MTM4p0Hx0o

Drexciya - You Don't Know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJtlVKHAj0

Laurent Garnier - Acid Eiffel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPuA-Zun4rk



Dj Rolando - Jaguar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0f96HQbCY4

Nightmares on Wax - Aftermath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glpvqm-CtYY

I could go on but i'll leave it at that for now.

have a lot of electro music on my blog - hope you like


http://feetupeyesclosed.wordpress.com

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air

COUM Transmissions || Nude Supper

And a few more.

Tres Demented - BrainFreeze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMCi9RLtahE

Carl Craig - Sandstorms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWObSR0B90

Cybotron - Cosmic Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOBUqCIXXWY

Johnny Fiasco - Phantoms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TLK-Dzbg_o

Newcleus - Computer Age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67zWw4UfHWE

Dj Skurge - Electrocuter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_6IJv4UINM

Just from the name of your blog, I expected ambient or chillwave stuff like

Tycho - A Walk
Ulrich Schnauss - Knuddelmaus
Teen Daze - Ice on the Windowsill
Schiller - Dream of You
Washed Out - Amor Fati
Neon Indian - Polish Girl

screw it, that tycho album just so awesome I'll add another song:
Tycho - Coastal Brake

A few more...

The Soft Moon - Total Decay

The Threshold Houseboys Choir: Intimations Of Spring

VVV - Separate Planes