If you love that check out flavien Berger Contrepoints and also Muddy Monk … french electro man. I can’t get enough. Rone also is great.
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Great thread!
Plenty favourites mentioned above: Lorn, Hopkins, Floating Points, Underworld amongst others.
Will add:
Djrum
Alva Noto
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Many thanks - will do!
This is interesting, and something that I think has been discussed before. Current mixing/mastering discussion often talks of these things in engineering terms, as if there’s just a proven mathematical way to ‘do a good mix’. This clearly helps a lot of you tubers and VST marketers to make money, but it does away with the fact that the thing is an art.
A classic example Cash’s cover of Hurt. From the ‘good mix’ perspective, his vocals are recorded way too hot, so when you get to the crescendo in the final chorus, they’re fraying with distortion, all crushed up. But sound engineers at that level aren’t going to make mistakes, and the other instruments are recorded ‘properly’, so it’s clearly intentional, and it fits perfectly the subject matter of the song.
Or Low’s Hey What, which a ‘good mastering’ friend of mine HATES because they just flood an otherwise ‘clean’ record with the heftiest distortion, but this is done at key moments, very clearly intentional. It’s an artistic choice again.
So, what are some people’s picks for intentional/artistic bad mix/masters?
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Tubular Bells 2. (youtube makes it sound shit)
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For me, perfect imperfection all over - love them!
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The Voices from the lake album has amazing production from start to finish, an epic journey where multiple tracks merge into one hour long piece of superbly produced music. One of the very few albums to get 5 stars on RA. Hard to believe it’s nearly 10 years since it was released, come on Dozzy/ Neel, wheres the follow up album?
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also: I realize I am probably “stretching” the definition of “electronic music” here.
I am mainly considering the mixing itself as the electronic component in terms of what enjoyment I get out of it. Like for instance this Coyote Oldman album from 1990. The source material is wooden flutes, but they are clearly using all kinds of reverbs in the mixing process. I still enjoy it all these years later:
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Muslimgauze, early Metalheadz jungle, Northern Electronics techno, Posh Isolation post-industrial. Everything dark, scratchy and kinda lofi.
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I’m a bit biased, 'cos the project head of this one is a good friend.
…but all of Kaya Project’s electronic/world music fusion tracks have have excellent treatment imo.
His Hibernation project (more glitchy electronica) is also stunning in terms of treatment. Youtube compression doesn’t really do it justice.
Didn’t know RHCP was considered electronic 
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David August
Album : D’ANGELO
I think the amount of pitch correction on vocals easily classifies it as electronic. 
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I forgot to mention Robert Rich. He’s done some amazing work on his albums. Bestiary and Fissures are excellent.
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I think George Fitzgeralds “all that must be” sounds great! Albeit I’m a novice at best when it comes to sort of thing…
Sophie - Faceshopping is another favorite, every hit is so rich in texture, the kick sounds like someone’s being mauled.
Sophie - it’s ok to cry also sounds lovely, the main synth feels very “airy” but still very present, sits very well in the mix and the whispering vocals are also very well placed in the mix…
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Pretty much everything made by Be Svendsen is mixed REALLY REALLY well!
And Stimming. And Yello.
“Pheasant” by Einmusik is also really good.
I don’t listen to a lot of electronic music (yet I love synths and drum machines). I do however love the vibe of the iconic first Suicide album and Ladytron’ Light and Magic. The latter has a dark thing going that takes the synthy edge off.
Even though I was born the year it came out, I think Scritti Politti’s Cupid & Psyche is a pinnacle achievement in mixing/mastering and arrangement as well. Considering how much of it utilized brand new technology at the time, the mastery of it is superb. It is such a conundrum in so many ways.
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I’m no connoisseur of electronic music, but I really enjoy the production on Shades of Marble by Trentemøller.
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