Guitar infused remix by Bibio of Clarke’s “Ted”:
Good guitar and amp sounds in glitch dub techno. Definitely moody.
Kerala Dust does it really well.
Chicks on Speed don’t play guitars…
…but Peaches does.
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This thread just reminded me of Mark McGuire!
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I really like the mix of guitars, synths, and (sometimes) electronic drums on old the Ladytron stuff, especially Witching Hour.
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Yeah, I love the first three albums but have always felt this one is so underrated. I remember the label put it out with barely any fanfare as well, I had a hard time even finding a copy in the week of release.
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Ah yes, I love Jeff Parker’s album Forfolks!
Andrew Peckler’s latest release has a similar thing going on.
Correction: I was mistaken. Jeff Parker was in Tortoise, not Portishead, but he’s worth checking out if you like minimal guitar with electronics.
…another one I haven’t seen mentioned here is the band Disco Inferno. Their guitars were connected to midi which would trigger sampled soundscapes as they played.
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totally dig this one :
Reading through this thread makes me wonder;
Where (or who?) is the line between a band using electro sources/instruments and an actual electronic act using live instruments?
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No love for Durutti Column! Vini Reilly 
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Also I’ll nominate Gilla Band. They don’t really use synthesizers but the guitarist Alan Duggan uses his guitar in a very synth way - heavily processed, walls of noise - and their live shows are more akin to a rave than a “rock concert”.
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need new tortoise so bad 
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Interesting distinction without a real answer.
I see a lot of acts I consider “electronic” up their live game and incorporate live instruments and excellent players in after earlier focus on studio work.
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Ratatat!
Well, not especially dark or moody, but they’re the first group I thought of for guitars in electronic music.
I’ll second 65daysofstatic. Really cool sound that does get dreamy and dark at points. I love their Wild Light album and have listened to it countless times.
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The guitar solo at 4:25 is sooo gud
My band, Society Burning, has been combining synth and guitar for a long time (industrial rock). While synth dominant, guitar and also bass can feature as well.
Examples - (hope I am not being too presumptuous!)
Americant (guitar and bass, I play bass here along with synth bass, and other synth very present)
War on the Truth ( I play all the crunchy guitars - synth bass etc)
Internal Combustion No. 3 ( guitars in chorus, lots of synth action)
One more: Awaken (2024 mix). I play bass (again doubled w synth bass), my buddy Brian beings the guitar, and lots of other heavy synth and drum loops.
And just because, one of my solo efforts. I play all the synths / drum programming/ guitar and sing all but the ‘pain’ and ‘lies’ lines.
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Yeah, important distinction. Live drums, electric guitar, rock vocals and rock song structures make a rock band, even if there’s a sequencer, a synth bass and a couple of samples thrown in. Ie Depeche Mode (post 1990), industrial metal, etc.
While I’d argue that DAF have always been an electronic act, even when they had a live drummer. Their whole form of music is based around looping (and transposing) a 16 step sequencer, resulting in those atonal, alienated bass lines – which are not derived from rock, blues or jazz.
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