I know the org is not necessarily pro-electronic music, but I wanna make this thread anyway ; fans of electronic music, make your lists!! Oh, and it doesn't matter the sub-genre, as long as the song features electronics...

1. Depeche Mode - New Life (1981)

2. Basement Jaxx - Red Alert (1999)

3. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (2001)

4. Depeche Mode - Halo (1990)

5. Prince - DMSR (1982)

6. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (2007)

7. Madonna - Vogue (1990)

8. Nine Inch Nails - That's What I Get (1989)

9. Daft Punk - Revolution 909 (1997)

10. Massive Attack - Safe From Harm (1991)

11. Kylie Minogue - Slow (2003)

12. Simple Minds - Glittering Prize (1982)

13. David Bowie - Subterraneans (1977)

14. Björk - Hyperballad (1995)

15. Human League - Don't You Want Me (1981)

16. Brian Eno - Backwater (1977)

17. U2 - Lemon (1993)

18. Real McCoy - Another Night (1993)

19. Moby - Porcelain (1999)

20. Pet Shop Boys - Jealousy (1990)

[Edited 7/7/10 4:28am]

Hey Joe, I show you a real listen of electronic songs later.

2 Questions:

-Does this thread suck or what? 1 answer??, c'mon

-Does anyone give a fuck about electronica here in the org?

That's tough for me as I listen to very little purely electronic/synthetic music. I really like a lot of stuff some might call experimental (Can, Scott Walker, Robert Wyatt, Neu) but few acts that are exclusively electonic.

Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Spring Heel Jack - Suspensions
Plastikman - Goo
The Field - A Paw in My Face
Coil - Windowpane
The Field - Silent
Ministry - Flashback
Plastikman - Lastrack
Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination
OMD - Enola Gay
Saint Etienne - He's on the Phone
Autechre - Parhelic Triangle
Caribou - After Hours
Pet Shop Boys - Dreaming of the Queen
Underworld - Spoonman
Venetian Snares - Einstein Rosen Bridge
Psychic TV - I C Water
Brian Eno - 1/1 and 2/1
Four Tet - Sleep, Eat Food, Have Visions
Throbbing Gristle - Heathen Earth (the entire album just blends together - I'm not sure if there are individual tracks)

i'll have to get back to you on this one tomorrow

1. Anytime You Need A Friend (Ministry Of Sound Mix) - Mariah Carey
2. Bad Girls (Summer2k's 12" Re-Edit Edit) - Donna Summer
3. Better Off Alone (Signum Remix) - Alice Deejay
4. Blood On The Dance Floor (TM's Switchblade Mix) - Michael Jackson
5. Call Me (Ralphi's Intense Dub) - Deeelite
6. Can't Fight The Moonlight (Thunderpuss Club Mix) - Leanne Rimes
7. Dancing Machine (Paul Oakenfold Remix) - The Jackson 5
8. Don't Stop The Music (Solitaire's More Drama Dub) - Rihanna
9. Fame (The Game) (Ralphi Rosario Club Mix) - Donna Summer
10. Halo (Gomi Club Edit) - Beyonce
11. I Don't Believe In Hate (Drip Drop) (Yinon Yahel Radio Edit) - Amber
12. I Feel Love (Extended) - Donna Summer
13. I Hate This Part (Digital Dog Club Mix) - The Pussycat Dolls
14. I'm A Fire (Solitaire Club Mix) - Donna Summer
15. I'm Outta Love (Above & Beyond Mix) - Anastacia
16. Love Is The Healer (Jonathan Peters Sound Factory Mix) - Donna Summer
17. Lovin', Livin', And Givin' (Devotion's Almighty Edit) - Diana Ross
18. Mr. Music (Andy's Lovin' Belly Boy Mix) - Donna Summer
19. Shut Up And Let Me Go (Chris Lake UK Vocal Mix) - The Ting Tings
20. So What (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit) - Pink
21. When I Grow Up (Digital Dog Remix) - The Pussycat Dolls
22. Whitney Houston Megamix (Jody Den Broeder & Warren Rigg Mix) - Whitney Houston

Ooops! I went two over your limit...and I wasn't even really done:) But, there you have it! From A to Z in by music library based on a browsing glimpse.

JoeTyler said:

2 Questions:

-Does this thread suck or what? 1 answer??, c'mon

-Does anyone give a fuck about electronica here in the org?

Don't ever call the genre "electronica" ever again. THAT word was invented by the news media because they lacked key details of the history of electronic music and it's subgenres.

[Edited 7/7/10 19:21pm]

My list in no specific order:

Kraftwerk -- Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk -- Robots

Gary Numan -- Cars

Prince -- Automatic

Yellow Magic Orchestra -- Firecracker

The Human League -- Being Boiled

The Human League -- Don't You Want Me

Yaz -- Don't Go

Denise & Baby's Gang -- Disco Maniacs

Dazz Band -- Joystick

DJ Rap -- It's Good To Be Alive

New Order -- Blue Monday

The Chemical Brothers -- Block Rockin Beats

The Egyptian Lover -- Egypt, Egypt

BT -- Smartbombs

Depache Mode -- People Are People

Informational Society -- What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)

Midnight Star -- Operator

Les Rythmes Digitales -- (Hey You) What's That Sound?

Lady Gaga -- LoveGames

some of my favorites in an alphabetical order:

Björk - Pagan Poetry

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Regiment

Chromeo - Bonafied Lovin' (Tough Guys)

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Dawn of The Dead

Empire of The Sun - Half Mast

Empire of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

Friendly Fires - In The Hospital

Kylie Minogue - Fragile

Ladyhawke - Dusk Til' Dawn

Ladytron - Black Cat

Martin Solveig - C'est La Vie

Moby - Pale Horses

Moloko - Forever More

Moloko - The Time Is Now

Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

Pet Shop Boys - Dreaming of The Queen

Sam Sparro - Can't Stop This

Scissor Sisters - Mary

Scissor Sisters - Paul McCartney

Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain1t Love)

and from 2010:

Goldfrapp - Dreaming

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

Gorillaz - Stylo

Groove Armada - History

Groove Armada - I Won't Kneel

Groove Armada - Just For Tonight

Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Hot Chip - One Life Stand

Kelis - Song For The Baby

Kylie Minogue - Everything Is Beautiful

Kylie Minogue - Too Much

LCD Soundsystem - All I Want

LCD Soundsystem - Home

LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit

Marina & The Diamonds - Girls

Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road

Miami Horror - Moon Theory

Scissor Sisters - Any Which Way

Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light

Scissor Sisters - Skin This Cat

sorry for not sticking to an overall top 20, i just couldn't

LOVE this thread Joe! Im always looking for new tunes for my Ipod to run too and this is my favorite kind of music!!

Thanks to all who are posting! Im writing them down!

Paul Oakenfeld - Gamemaster

Android Lust - Dragonfly

VNV Nation - Joy

VNV Nation - Standing

Project Pitchfork - Timekiller (And One Remix)

Solitary Experiments - Do You Feel?

Front Line Assembly - Predator

Front Line Assembly - Predator (Final Conflict Mix by Collide)

Nine Inch Nails - Sin

Skinny Puppy - Assimilate

Wolfsheim - Once in a Lifetime

Wolfsheim - Find You're Here

Goldfrapp - Twist

Mentallo & The Fixer - Inner Peace

KMFDM - Stray Bullet

Icon of Coil - Dead Enough for Life

Delerium ft. Kirsty Thirsk - Justify My Love

MIA - 20 Dollar

Jaia - From Tokyo

Dismantled - What a Tragedy

Covenant - Dead Stars

Project Pitchfork - Behind the Fog

Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat

The Devil's Angry Nutsac - Dr. Synth Lives!

Gridlock - Retina

Front 242 - Headhunter

Pig - Prayer, Praise & Profit

Clock DVA - Fractalize

Epsilon Minus - Erase

Velvet Acid Christ - Angels in Bondage

Grafton Primary - Relativity

I don't have time to make a top 20 right now, but I will come back to this.

Strings of Life - Derrick May

Numbers - Kraftwerk

Egyptian Lover - Egyptian Lover

Clear - Juan Atkins

Alleys of Your Mind - Juan Atkins

Technicolor - Juan Atkins

Cosmic Cars - Juan Atkins

Cars - Gary Numan

Breathe - The Prodigy

Blam Honey-Uterus

iamamiwhoiam-9.1.13.669321018" ("owl")

Velvet Eden-Street of alice

Art of trance-Panorama

Bjork-Big Time Sensuality

Enigma-Sadness()

Coil-The Snow

Qntal- Ad Mortem Festinamus

Seileen-Carnival Of Blood

Kaya-Kugustu

Kaya-Carmilla

Kaya-Kagami Oni

Kaya-Perverse Rendenvouz

Kaya-Ophelia

Kaya-Chocolate

Blam Honey-Enita

Blam Honey-Tranceparent Sky

Schwarz Stein-Perfect Garden

Schwarz Stein-Last Hallucination

Schwarz Stein-Profane Gene

Another Cell-Funerary Dream

Kaya- Funerary Dream

[Edited 7/14/10 10:46am]

I'm bumping this thread up on purpose to play something electronic.

Jamie Jupiter is an alter-ego of The Eguptian Lover. Computer Power contain one of the hardest hitting drum machine beats of all-times.

Dang, this is going to be tough. I'll provide a list, though.

TonyVanDam said:

I'm bumping this thread up on purpose to play something electronic.

Jamie Jupiter is an alter-ego of The Eguptian Lover. Computer Power contain one of the hardest hitting drum machine beats of all-times.

Annoying Darth Vader voice, but yeah, the drum beat was sick

I didn't know that you were such a hardcore fan of electronic music Tony...

i think i could make a list of about 100 songs, with multiple entries by groups/artists like

autechre, aphex twin etc etc.

but i decided to just make a quick, simple list of the songs that pop into my head when

i try to think of my favorit electro songs of the last few decades.

also decided not to feature any group or artist more than once. i'm gonna burn myself

a disc with this list for future listening pleasure

alva noto & ryuichi sakamoto - siisx
burial - archangel
fluke - bullet
styrofoam - forever, you said forever
aphex twin - actium
valgeir sigurdsson - focal point
ellen allien & apparat - under
the various - thunnk
leftfield - dusted

the knife - silent shout
future sound of london - dead cities
autechre - clipper
orbital - the box part 2
tunng - out the window with the window
isan - scraph
radiohead - pulk/pull revolving doors
underworld - dirty epic
waldeck - death of a piano salesman
the orb - little fluffy clouds
matmos - roses & teeth for ludwig wittgenstein

JoeTyler said:

TonyVanDam said:

I'm bumping this thread up on purpose to play something electronic.

Jamie Jupiter is an alter-ego of The Eguptian Lover. Computer Power contain one of the hardest hitting drum machine beats of all-times.

Annoying Darth Vader voice, but yeah, the drum beat was sick

I didn't know that you were such a hardcore fan of electronic music Tony...

My favorite subgenres are electro, house (chicago AND french), techno (detroit), breakbeats, synth-pop, & synth-funk/electro-funk.

Here's my list in no particular order:

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

New Order - Shellshock

Herbie Hancock - Rockit

Moby - Porcelain

The Prodigy - Climbatize

The Movement - Jump!

Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs

Ministry - Halloween Is Every Day

George Kranz - Din Daa Daa

Fatboy Slim - The Rockefeller Skank

The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

Moodswings feat. Chrissie Hynde - Spiritual High (State of Independence)

Zapp/Roger - Computer Love

Midnight Star - Freakazoid

Enigma - Return To Innocence

Art of Noise - Beat Box

Lil Louis - French Kiss

Gary Numan - Cars

Dee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart

Massive Attack - Teardrop

[Edited 7/17/10 20:37pm]

728huey said:

Art of Noise - Beat Box

"yeah?..."

"oh no...oh no i don't believe it"

pa ba bam

how could i forget about this one? it should have been one of the very first ones to come to mind.