Your favorite sound design-oriented electronic pop innovators of past 5+ years?

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So good

I also always really love how those stomps/kicks hit in their song from their other EP:

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Iโ€™m finding it hard to finding something at the level of Silent Shout )The Knife) or The Inevitable End (Royksopp) absolute electronic pop perfection.

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Sophie and Current Value.
Sophie, because signature. Though you hear Autechre and Aphex as influence.

Current Value, because signature, innovative, sounddesign. This guy is/ was way ahead of his time.
Here is an Album you can listen to :
Current Value - Deadly Toys (Full Album) - YouTube

Innovative as in rythms for drum and bass :
Current Value - Consequences - YouTube

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This is looking less and less like โ€œjustโ€ a remix / live release. Absolutely stoked; love them to death.

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Current Value is crazy :sunglasses:

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Exactlyyyy it feels like thereโ€™s no focus or depth to it anymore. It stopped being pop, now itโ€™s just hyper.

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i donโ€™t know if this is really sound design-oriented, but it was the first thing that came to mind and i love this song even though itโ€™s definitely not the sort of thing i usually listen to

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Friend turned me onto this new one:

Which had me revisiting gems from the wonderful world of Orange Milk Records

Best amazing sound design oriented artist 2019 / 2023:

  • Amon tobin
  • Max Cooper
  • G/MZ ( German Gomez )
  • Alva Noto,
  • Richard Devine
  • Clan Balache
  • Aphex Twin
  • Ryoji Ikeda
  • Apparat
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Woo great thread, found this searching for Oli XL whoโ€™s sound I looove. Wondering if anyone has thoughts and ideas on some of the techniques used? It feels really far removed from just sequencing drums and synthesizers which is my bread and butter. Iโ€™m not even sure how to approach making music like this

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