The Electronic Music Recommendation Thread

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Vanilla

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for but it seems good to me!

Not bad! It's more upbeat than what I'm looking for though. I'm trying to find something very moody and desolate sounding. The song "Gone" (album version) by M83 is a pretty good example of what I mean, but I can't find a YouTube video of it.

Originally Posted by misspoptart

This isn't electronic (really), but it's the song I always listen to while walking in

Maybe you'll like it anyway, Janz!

I did like it! This kind of mood is pretty close to what I'm looking for, though I'd still like it to have that frosty electronic edge to it.

Either of you have any other suggestions?

[rotorio]

myshetta on youtube!

this guy is amazing! posting him here so people can listen and recommend this guy to othere people

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Anyone have any suggestions for desolate, icy-sounding electronic music? I'm looking for the kind of thing that's evocative of empty, frozen landscapes lit by starlight.

I can certainly dredge up a bunch of Dark/Black Ambient that fits your description:



















Most of this kind of music has a tendency to live within the sort of criteria you describe.

[Janszoon]

^Very cool stuff Freebase! I'm definitely interested in checking some of those artists out, but it's quite a bit more subdued than what I'm looking for. I guess I'm not explaining it well. I'm looking for cold and desolate but also vast and powerful, like a glacier or a snow covered mountain or an ice sheet stretching to the horizon. I'm thinking of something like this (skip to about 2:45 if you want to bypass all the build up):

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

^Very cool stuff Freebase! I'm definitely interested in checking some of those artists out, but it's quite a bit more subdued than what I'm looking for. I guess I'm not explaining it well. I'm looking for cold and desolate but also vast and powerful, like a glacier or a snow covered mountain or an ice sheet stretching to the horizon. I'm thinking of something like this (skip to about 2:45 if you want to bypass all the build up):

Hmm... to me that sounds more uplifting, bright and warm. I think more of a daytime sky and clouds when I hear that M83 song. But I can check around for stuff I may have or know about, or can find out about, that mimics that sound in the M83 song. I just wouldn't describe it like you did.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Hmm... to me that sounds more uplifting, bright and warm. I think more of a daytime sky and clouds when I hear that M83 song. But I can check around for stuff I may have or know about, or can find out about, that mimics that sound in the M83 song. I just wouldn't describe it like you did.

It's interesting how two people can hear such different things in a piece of music. That song I posted is definitely cold, lonesome nighttime music to me. It's big and powerful sounding but also heartbreaking. Maybe it's just that I'm basing my opinion on the album version which I unfortunately couldn't find on YouTube.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's interesting how two people can hear such different things in a piece of music. That song I posted is definitely cold, lonesome nighttime music to me. It's big and powerful sounding but also heartbreaking. Maybe it's just that I'm basing my opinion on the album version which I unfortunately couldn't find on YouTube.

Yea, to me everything about it screams uplifting. Certainly not depressing or sad in any way. The only way I can equate that to anything tearful is if we're talking about the kind of tears that someone would have being reunited with their family after many years of torture in a North Korean prison camp.
But even then, it's still uplifting.
Because no more North Korean prison camp.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Yea, to me everything about it screams uplifting. Certainly not depressing or sad in any way. The only way I can equate that to anything tearful is if we're talking about the kind of tears that someone would have being reunited with their family after many years of torture in a North Korean prison camp.
But even then, it's still uplifting.
Because no more North Korean prison camp.

I don't think it's depressing either, that's not what I'm looking for. To me the sort of frozen landscape that the song evokes isn't depressing, it's starkly beautiful and desolate, vast and humbling. It's like being somewhere wide open and empty where you can see millions of stars in the sky, and staring up them is overwhelming in its beauty but also sobering with the realization of how very small you are.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

I don't think it's depressing either, that's not what I'm looking for. To me the sort of frozen landscape that the song evokes isn't depressing, it's starkly beautiful and desolate, vast and humbling. It's like being somewhere wide open and empty where you can see millions of stars in the sky, and staring up them is overwhelming in its beauty but also sobering with the realization of how very small you are.

Man, you should have said that to begin with! lol

[Janszoon]

So... any more suggestions from anyone for my request?