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Getting a friend into EDM
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| Alex |
Ok so this person knows a very little bit about this music but quite likes it.
I'm looking for classic live sets, promos, albums, essential mixes etc. I'm talking the best of the best in the past 9 years.
Mostly looking for House/Techno/Tech House/Prog House/Electro House
I've been out of the loop for a while and going through my collection of CDs and stuff I just can't for the life of me think of what might be a good intro to this kind of music.
So far I'm thinking stuff like:
Sasha - Involver (First one)
Maybe some Justice
Some MSTRKRFT
For essential mixes I have absolutely no idea but I know there have been some truly mind blowing ones and I'd appreciate you guys suggesting some that fit my rather vague parameters. |
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| neatski |
Haha, I just posted this elsewhere, but I think Umek's Essential Mix is mind blowing. Techno = yum.
Then again often trance is the most accessible to people just starting to get into EDM so you might want to start with that. |
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| Alex |
| My friend actually thinks trance is kind of . So I don't want to start off with trance. |
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| Adam420 |
| Have him listen to Steve Mac;s EM from last year. It really has a touch of everything house and techno in there that;s why I like it so much. |
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| Capitalizt |
| quote: | Originally posted by Alex
My friend actually thinks trance is kind of . So I don't want to start off with trance. |
Give him some chillout mixes. Corentin's ambient mixes are f*cking amazing..I highly recommend them. My brother who has never listened to EDM loved these when I put them on his ipod.
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...%20priority=1.0 |
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| Trance-Canada |
Older stuff...
Pusler, Rank 1, Junkie XL, Cosmicman, Wippenberg, Blank and Jones, Kamaya Painters, Kai Tracid, Cocooma... There are alot, just search :) |
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| tortoise |
ummm. some albums
Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Chemical Brothers - Dig your Own hole
The Crystal Method - Vegas , Tweekend
Kumo - Kaminari (DnB)
Way Out West - Way out West, Intensify
Infected mushroom - the gathering
Astral Projection - In The Mix
Juno Reactor - Shango
Fatboy Slim - Better living through Chemistry
The Jackal motion picture Soundtrack.
The Auranaut - People Want to be Needed (Album)
X-Dream - Radio |
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| Domesticated |
:stongue:
People new to electronic music don't like techno or ambient, and certainly not psy-trance without vocals or cheesy guitars. They like relatively un-repetitious tracks with structures that are nevertheless simplistic (i.e intro, chorus, break, chorus, refrain, chorus, outro) and usually vocals.
People who've spent their whole life listening to rock, hip-hop or pop are used to plenty of vocals, little repetition and obvious, in-your-face melodies that are catchy and extremely recognisable, which is why songs like Children and Sandstorm became so popular despite a lack of lyrics.
If your friend is a rock fan, I'd start him off on Hot Chip, Boyz Noise or Justice as you already suggested. If he's into other stuff at the moment or is more willing to dive headlong into electronic music, commercial house music is very approachable. Axwell, Daft Punk, Mylo, Linus Loves, Calvin Harris and Ian Carey would all work well in this respect. From here he'll be able to discover other things and gain a slow appreciation of more repetitive and subtle music.
edit: as the guy above said, big beat and stuff of that ilk is also good. Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, The Prodigy, Underworld etc. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
big beat and stuff of that ilk is also good. Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, The Prodigy, Underworld etc. |
This, basically. This was the kind of music that got me into the EDM, so it must work a little bit :p |
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| Alex |
| Thanks fellas, and it isn't a him it's a her. I suspect that changes things actually. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
It'd be nice to know what she likes already, so there's something to work from. I don't see any reason to force it by administering certain albums. Just work from what she already likes and think about what she'd naturally progress to.
(Edited for gender.) |
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