Free Pony Theory ~ Electronica note

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IDM: The Early Years (1991-1993)
10 Essential Releases

IDM began in the early nineties as a British response to Detroit techno (and especially to Carl Craig’s varied beats). The melding of Detroit dance soul with cerebral prog. rock and classical influences created a distinctive sound that’s since been lost. Here’s a list of seminal long-players which capture that early “intelligent” feeling.

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1 Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk Buy
2 Blue Lines Massive Attack Buy
3 Selected Ambient Works: 85-92 Aphex Twin Buy
4 Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld The Orb Buy
5 Dummy Portishead Buy
6 Ambient 1: Music For Airports Brian Eno Buy
7 Endtroducing... DJ Shadow Buy
8 Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers Buy
9 Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers Buy
10 Homogenic Bjork Buy
11 Orbital 2 Orbital Buy
12 Substance New Order Buy
13 dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld Buy
14 Innovator Derrick May Buy
15 76:14 Global Communication Buy
16 (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise Art of Noise Buy
17 Utd State 90 808 State Buy
18 Homework Daft Punk Buy
19 Leftism Leftfield Buy
20 Music For The Masses Depeche Mode Buy
21 Maxinquaye Tricky Buy
22 Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada Buy
23 Bytes Black Dog Productions Buy
24 Everything Is Wrong Moby Buy
25 The White Room Klf Buy

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Rephlex Manifesto:

RePHLeX is a new UK label set up in 1991 by myself and my partner Richard
James (the Aphex Twin). We felt that there was a void in the country's dance
music that few were attempting to fill and so we stepped in with several very
definite aims:

Firstly, we hope to promote "Innovation in the dynamics of Acid" - a much
loved and misunderstood genre of house music forgotten by some and indeed
new to others, especially in Britain. We aim to help feed the underground
hard-line of house, providing quality "techno"; principally for dance but
also highlighting the increasingly popular style of electronic listening
music.

Secondly, we aim to demonstrate to the rest of the world that British dance
music CAN be entirely original. In the main, we plan to disregard the
all-to-common breakbeat and resist the laziness of sampling other people's
music. We also want to show that you can make a kick-ass drum beat without
preset drum-machine sounds - R.I.P. TR909!!

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Warp Records
Rephlex
Planet Mu