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Shorter electronic music?
Peen
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This might be a dumb question, but here we go: I don't know much about electronic music. I like it, specifically stuff like Gangnam Style and some of Skrillex's music (I only know ultra-popular exampes). I like the percussive kind of bass and the energy of it. But when I've done some exploring into general dubstep, for instance, I've found a whole bunch of 7 and 8 minute songs and that's too long. 4ish minutes is about the longest I can stand for that kind of track and then it gets repetitive and I'm bored.
Are there artists or albums I could be looking at? Or should I just get what there is and compulsively skip to the next track 4 minutes into every song?
Are there artists or albums I could be looking at? Or should I just get what there is and compulsively skip to the next track 4 minutes into every song?
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Justice
Chemical Brothers
Glitch Mob
Nero
All make more "standard" versions of songs as well as longer forms via live albums.
I second all of this, especially Nero. Justice is great, they can run long but they have radio-time stuff too.
Also Troublemaker, Flux Pavilion, Pretty Lights, Crystal Castles, Diplo/Major Lazer, Gemini, and check out UKF dubstep on youtube
Yep, all good suggestions. If you prefer the noisy/dirty stuff, check out Boyz Noize and Toxic Avenger as well. Let us know what you end up liking and we can steer you to more of it. Techno/EDM has a huge swath of styles that can be very different.
Psytrance was an early favourite genre of mine when I was getting into EDM. Check out Infected Mushroom despite the cliche-ness of that name.
Mord Fustang was probably my first love when it comes to stereotypical dancy electro. Check out The Electric Dream, favourite song by him.
Also I will second whoever said Pretty Lights. One of my favourite acts.
edit: and :^: to Pretty Lights.
http://www.professorkliq.com/
Some stand-out tracks are:
Bust this bust that
Pangea
Ode to Charles
And best of all, it's all Creative Commons Licensed, although i donated some cash to him for his album, "The Scientific Method Volume 2", which has never left my ipod.
Continuing sidenote - Bonobo is also fantastic for this, and for more crossover you have Massive Attack
Tycho
Electronic music that's designed more for listening to at home will be shorter or more song-length since that's about how long it takes to develop an idea and explore it a bit. I joke that a trance artist takes a 2-minute idea and makes a 10 minute song, while a good electronic artist will take a 2-minute idea and end up with an awesome 90-second song.
Flying Lotus's "Reset EP" and his "Los Angeles" album are pretty great, especially if you want to explore more without taking hours upon hours just to listen to some tracks. His Brainfeeder label also covers some excellent acts.
If you're just getting started, it's worth looking through Warp's back catalog. As a label, they were home to some of the early innovators of electronic music designed for non-club spaces. I think you can search by Label now on iTunes, so you can click though and check out their releases across multiple artists.
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