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Electronic Music 101?

Posted by Cliff on from the techno-house-and-drum-n-bass-baby! dept.

Otter asks: "iTunes comes with a sampler of MP3s selected to appeal to the Apple demographic. The one that really caught my attention was a track by Sasha and John Digweed, which has inspired me to learn a bit about electronic music. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who likes that stuff and my local Tower Records only has Moby (didn't like it),Paul Oakenfold (not bad) and 11,000 'Best of Ibiza' sets. What are the must-haves I should start with? What are the best online communities and places to learn about new artists? Feel free to define 'electronic' as broadly as seems appropriate." I used to shop at Homebass, but they just went out of business, which is sad, as they had one of the most comprehensive selection of electronica that I have ever seen, and most of their tracks had MP3 previews. If you were going to try and turn a friend on to Electronica, what artists, songs, or even specific mixed sets would you suggest? What online sources of electronica are still around.

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  1. Goatsemon by FigBugDeux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    THIS IS NOT A TROLL

    check out goatsemon

    goatsemon electronic music

  2. Electronic Music P2P by CharlesV · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    www.soulseek.org for the best mp3 search tool i've ever used hands down, and one that happens to be catered to electronic music. Check it out, it's awesome.

  3. Re:[on by] A modest proposal Offtopic to article by josh+crawley · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    [on by] A modest proposal--------- A Known Troll at posting AC:0

    Jest of article posted...

    1: All the trolls will simply post AC as I am doing now. Proxies can be used to get around any ipid bans that result from AC trolls.

    2: They want us to troll and crapflood at 0 rather than -1? Fine!

    Since email sent to the Editors will probably be deleted, I am seconding "On By"'s proposal by posting at :2 default that I have. This will waste many slashdotters' time in weeding out Good AC posts from troll floods (that have to use ac to post). I ask a sincere question that you consider.

    I know that this article will be modded down as offtopic fairly quickly, but hopefully, it will reach the right people.

  4. Re:Yeah Baby! by aminorex · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Amazing that these lists omitted what to my mind is
    the single greatest force in musical innovation
    since Bela Bartok:

    Mouse On Mars

    --
    -I like my women like I like my tea: green-