If not Chris Clark than who?

The Field is the best thing that has happened to electronic music in the last few years, in my opinion.

Apparat

what was the criteria again?

i reckon dmx should replace cylob

it does seem odd not to see clark up amongst the list...bet he's wondering what else he needs to do :p

amon tobin? monolake?

alva noto subforum would be cool, loads of interesting music of his to talk about, but he'd be a bit out of place here imo

  On 7/27/2009 at 11:56 PM, vamos scorcho said:

check out takagi masakatsu

this.

Also, I would say basically the Raster-Noton collective. More specifically, SND and Alva Noto. I also really really <3 Oval, but he hasn't released anything in a while.

We also need a new Brothomstates full release soon. God damnit.

  On 7/27/2009 at 10:32 PM, encey said:

I think the question itself is bound to generate misunderstandings and pointless arguments based on those misunderstandings, because 'good' and 'best' need to be further specified. For instance, your asking about 'the best electronic music' ... in what context? In da club? The best programming? Sound design? Melodies? What doesn't sound like most other electronic music being made today? I know a lot of this is implicit in what you're asking, but if you can be more specific, that might carve out a more well-defined space for reasoned debate on this.

you're

Clark definately deserves it more than anyone else. I say he deserves it more than Cylob and dare I say Vibert.

Other than him, Amon Tobin.

for the last 5 years or so, i've really been into the acid and electro stuff coming out of Trondheim

meh

some one please link me to a youtube video, or something of your favorite clark song. I am just not in to him, and i want to hear what you think is his best.

  On 7/28/2009 at 3:30 AM, Kcinsu said:

some one please link me to a youtube video, or something of your favorite clark song. I am just not in to him, and i want to hear what you think is his best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C3Fd5QuM6Y

Chris Clark > Clark

  On 7/28/2009 at 2:13 AM, xxx said:

  On 7/27/2009 at 10:59 PM, narkeworld said:

Asmus Tietchens

 

I just have to say that you have the hottest avatar WATMM has ever known.

One of the best EPs in history, imo.

mouse on mars, bochum welt, ceephax, cylob, venetian snares, datach'i

nice timing

this is the best clark imo. so fresh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymh13G8YgQE

i wrote a ton in this post for some reason. maybe somebody will discover a new artist that they like in it

this is another great clark song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C08k2--aSdQ

clark did used to be on his way to being one of my favorites. if he had continued to release music that sounded unique and less insanely frantic i probably would have liked him more. as it stands, i do like him quite a bit, just not as much as i once did. i'm sure the day will come when i realize that i was wrong and fall completely in love with his recent work. then again, maybe that day won't come. i don't know. i definitely like totems flare and turning dragon, just not as much as other music in that area.

the black dog's past two releases have been brilliant

also ricardo villalobos is very good, but not one of my absolute favorites. just very, very good

then there's murcof which i like a lot but still minimal music isn't exactly my thing. i like minimalism, but not necessarily "minimal," if you know what i mean. turning down the volume on some sounds so that they sound more subtle is not my idea of brilliance, though murcof creates very good textures and melodies. i need to spend more time with it. matmos is also very good.

i recommend people look up michna. might be of interest. electro/ idm / melody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fvfQNkk5Nc

lithops. incredible, incredible work. especially mound magnet pt. 2. seek it out. for the uninformed, he is jan st werner from mouse on mars. his solo work is just as good. more intense and digital.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EO46wLLdno

another excellent sonig artist that is very little known is vert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqggBI63g4Y

and there is the minimal, similar to mouse on mars jan jelinek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPswDVG5whU

WIPS

Clark for me is underated and is the best British electronic producer for perhaps the last 5-10 years, basically post- Drugks/Confield.

Globally you are looking at The Field, obviously not brilliantly complex or Autechre like production values but his first LP is just brilliant and beautifully simple.

opeth

i don't get The Field

genghis tron

do people still not know the difference betwen THEN and THAN?

i just don't understand how you can go through life and not know the meanings of simple everyday 4 letter words

THE AND

Innit, every time I read the title it gets on my tits.

the answer, three years ago, would be; richard devine and chris clark. but chris clark's recent output is complete shit, and devine seems to be working for his corporate overlords somewhere doing sound design, so i dunno.

maybe; bitstream, monolake (though are they really idm? i guess not), freescha, certain artists on ai records (eoc, datassette), claro intelecto (though again, maybe not idm), mr 76ix, apparat ...