Help educate me re: best tunes

Hi

I have been DJing for around 10 years, and I've been getting more into what I consider an Electro-influenced side of Techno (or House?). To give you an idea, I love thick, nasty basslines, some breakbeats, vocals only if they're not cheesy, Acid influences, and glitches. I'm into artists like Extrawelt, Petter, Trentemoller, Minilogue, etc.. Maybe more well-known, but I'm open to smaller artists as well.

I'll post this in other forums to cover myself.

Can you recommend absolute essential tunes that would fit into my style and expand it? I think I will be playing out again soon, and I would like to come out fighting.

Cheers for any help

If it were down to me id tell you to got listen to all robert hoods stuff, then stuff like mika vainio, murcof, redshape, axis to fully appreciate the minimal sound. But if you dont wanna do that have a look at some of this for a start. This is quite comercial stuff but im sure its what your after. This list is very broad E.g) in the techy list some are choppy and cut up, others rolling and quite fast.

more techy Artists:
Plastikman
Dustin Zhan
Agaric (think thats the spelling)
Gaiser
Barem
Pan-Pot
Onur Özer
Alex Under
Len Faki
Adam Beyer
Par Grindvik
Akufen
Tony Rohr

More melodic:
Steve Bug
John Tejada
Troy Pierce
Dusty Kid
Duoteque
Dubfire
Alex Smoke
Shlomi Aber
Booka Shade
Italo Boyz
Agnes
Isollee
Luciano
Jay Haze
wighnomy brothers

Labels:

Rekorder
Enemy
Minus
Poker Flat
BPitch control
Mobilee
Vakant

tim xavier

Check tracks and remixes from Lützenkirchen,great stuff..
I can also recommend ´Moogs on Acid´by Steve Rachmad,one of the best tracks this year..

try Si Begg, Neil Landstrumm, Tobias Schmidt, Subhead, Dave Tarrida on labels Sativae, Scandinavia, Subhead, Tresor etc

moog on acid is very good

On the housier tip, check Ghostly International. Artists like James T. Cotton, Matt Dear and Lusine.

Also, you might be into Daniel Wang, Lawrence and Matias Aguayo.

One awesome electro producer is Gerald Donald. He has made some blinding records under quite a few psuedonyms:
Drexciya
Dopplereffekt
Ectomorph
Arpanet
Heinrich Muller

Happy digging!

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On the housier tip, check Ghostly International. Artists like James T. Cotton, Matt Dear and Lusine.

Also, you might be into Daniel Wang, Lawrence and Matias Aguayo.

One awesome electro producer is Gerald Donald. He has made some blinding records under quite a few psuedonyms:
Drexciya
Dopplereffekt
Ectomorph
Arpanet
Heinrich Muller

Happy digging!

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Ill second ghostly international! Although IMO James T COttonmakes pure electonic noise as apposed to house music.

i love tracks made by David Keno

More melodic >> Agoria

Check for latest two releases by Kai Tracid.
This guy released a lot commercial music in the past but he's changed the style now and i like it!

nice to see another angelino on here :)

some good recs ^^

would add:

steve rachmad's output as ignacio and sterac
all basic channel
all maurizio
all chain reaction

none is really electro :laughing:, but it's just quality head music

oh yeah and cari lekebusch's couple EPs under the pseudonym "the mystik letter k" are really killer electro

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oh yeah and cari lekebusch's couple EPs under the pseudonym "the mystik letter k" are really killer electro

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ooh, i found an album under this name on Beatport, and it rocks. thanks.

i'll let you know if i actually start playing out soon. i'm thinking about a Monday slot at a place on Vermont.

in k-town or hollywood?

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Minilogue, etc..

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you like Kylie?

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in k-town or hollywood?

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Hollywood

sweet. charles bukowski land. or scientologist land. or both :laughing:

met me know, dude...

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Check tracks and remixes from Lützenkirchen,great stuff..

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OK, some of this is close to what I need. I'm wondering if Extrawelt has just ruined me on other music? It's like they write music exactly to my tastes. Their really good tracks avoid being minimal, have huge basslines, are melodic, glitchy, etc..

Cheers

A few more examples of what I'm after:

Extrawelt - Fernweh & 51 Poland Street rmx
Minilogue - Space
Fairmont - Flight of the Albatross
Petter - Left Turned (this track is incredible)
Trentemoller - Killer Kat

Deffo into there being a distinct mood to the track. I guess melancholy can be good in doses.

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More melodic >> Agoria

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ooh, a couple nasty ones from this guy! most are a bit too... fluffy? for me, but a couple are great. "Code 1026" and "La 11eme Marche (A. Kowalski rmx)" do it for me.

thanks

oh shit - forgot about Johannes Heil. i have some stuff to buy.

Maybe ya should check the labels ´Kompakt´and ´Speicher´too..

And,off course,D.A.V.E. the Drummer´s ´Mutate to survive´label