johnny_frog Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 All the bands and other bits pieces I'm involved with are quite rock/metal orientated with some folk slipped in from time to time. One of the drummers I work with has asked if I'd be interested in doing something in a much more electronic/dance vein... being the wrong side of 35 and having never really been into this genre I must confess complete ignorance of this style of music. The group he'd mentioned was Jojo Mayer and Nerve, any suggestions of other similar artists/acts I should be listening to to get my head round what he has in mind? Anyone able to help an old dog new tricks? Cheers muchly Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Do you have a budget for effects pedals? I'd say a good start would be to listen to any of the artists from [url="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Quango-Sport/release/6435"]this cd[/url] as it has a lot of the same chilled drum & bass style that you refer to with some JoJo Mayer and Nerve. When it comes to the more frantic Nerve stuff, I'd have a listen to Aphex Twin or Squarepusher. It's quite a departure from your normal fare - enjoy! Edited April 16, 2012 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregHughes Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Orbital, Underworld and Chemical Brothers are all worth checking out. There are loads more too but they are good quality electronic music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Shpongle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Try Lamb, Kosheen, Aphex Twin, Prodigy, Sunlight Square for something a bit more funk sided. And Mr. Scruff! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetricMike Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Must admit I wasn't familiar with the music of Jojo Mayer and Nerve but having listened to it, it seems very drum n bass influenced and drum n bass is normally heavily computer sample/synth based. However there are a some artists who have carried it off live. Amogst my personal D n B favourites are DJ Marky, High Contrast, Zero T, Blu Mar Ten, S.P.Y. and Netsky and you might try giving them a listen. On the live side The Bays make great live dance music (all improvised), but as their philosophy is never to record (or rehearse!), so you will have to check out youtube to find examples of their stuff and a lot of it suffers from poorish quality recording quality. There is also some live stuff from Roni Size and London Elektricity that you might check out. On the more commercial side Chase & Status and Pendulum are now headlining festivals with drum n bass influenced music. Personally I find them both a little too bombastic but they are very popular. Some good suggestions from the posts above as well for artists playing dance/electronic stuff in genres other than drum n bass, to which I will add Trentmoller whose live set at the Big Chill a year or two ago was absolutely stunning. Try this for an example of them playing live, (best listened to late at night). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RqvPkByI1A[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Fluke. They have a varied back catalogue. Worth checking out. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkOAajavItk&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkOAajavItk&feature=related[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43CLoWlNjGY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43CLoWlNjGY[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewarwickbass Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 London Elektricity do some nice live stuff, proper band like! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOruqzEI6Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 [quote name='davewarwickbass' timestamp='1334589357' post='1618101'] London Elektricity do some nice live stuff, proper band like! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOruqzEI6Mo[/media] [/quote] Wow that was awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_frog Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thanks a lot, some interesting stuff there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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