Normtronics
by 
Norman Bates 
Favourite electronic albums. Comps excluded. As every chart I've made, it's work in progress. Comments are also in the making.
- Chart updated: 03/22/2016 13:15
- (Created: 03/10/2013 14:24).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Try also: 'Geogaddi' and 'The Campfire Headphase'. My favourite electronic album is a very disquieting mix of hip-hop beats, ambient and freaky voices.
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1998
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Try also : anything else by Cluster. Amazing album, quite different from their other works, poppier and catchier.
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1974
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357
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Try also: well, just about any. Personal favourites are 'Autobahn', 'The Man-Machine' and 'Computer World', but pretty much everything is fascinating. This is Kraftwerk's best IMO, "Ohm Sweet Ohm" particularly is to die for.
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1975
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Try also: 'Like Weather', 'Blood Looms and Blooms' and 'U&I'(I have my reservation about this one, still interesting though). Leila is totally overlooked, this scandal must be stopped, I'm counting on you. This LP is a mix of futuristic soul/r'n'b, creepy lullabies and sudden outbursts of noisy anger. Dreamy and sublime.
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Try also: well, you know. After a long spell of inactivity as Portishead, the band comes back to offer an updated version of their spleen. It's now angrier, krauter: clever move that makes 'Third' fit its era at least as well as 'Dummy' fitted its. Still unmistakably Portishead, totally different though. Effing geniuses.
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2008
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I don't have unconditional love for Schulze. He walks on a thin edge, risking at every step to fall into prettiness and vanity. However, this one is absolutely perfect. Try also: 'Irrlicht', avoid 'X' and 'Picture Music'.
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1968
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Electroclash was born here but never attained this level of consistency and sexiness. Rock n' roll with machines retains the savageness of early rock n'roll, vocalist Vega delivers exactly what it takes to make the record deeply deranging. Try also Martin Rev's eponymous solo LP if you're into this kind of electronics, and Vega's solo LPs if you're into this kind of rock n'roll.
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1977
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Or Burial, or the EPs.
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2007
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Or R.I.P.
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Normtronics composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1970s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 35 | 35% | |
| 2010s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Richie Hawtin | 2 | 2% | |
| Klaus Schulze | 1 | 1% | |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1 | 1% | |
| Kas Product | 1 | 1% | |
| Console | 1 | 1% | |
| Blake Baxter | 1 | 1% | |
| Moodymann | 1 | 1% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 07/17/2024 22:03 | Musyahid | 31 | 92/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2020 17:40 |  LedZep | 1,099 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2019 19:25 |  guzguzgarbit | 32 | 85/100 |
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From Norman Bates 04/23/2015 05:59 in Recommendations Thread
Norman Bates 04/23/2015 05:59 in Recommendations Thread“Thanks for the reccs guys, but now I'm actually in a mood: Can you guys give me your favorite electronic music or alternatively electronic music you think I'd like? Mostly looking for insight from Skinny/Lethal though. Not Skinny in any sense, but look if you can find something you don't know in…”
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bobbyb5 10/18/2017 14:12 | #199663
bobbyb5 10/18/2017 14:12 | #199663
Grooverider Mysteries of Funk, Superpitcher, DJ Spooky, and on and on and on. Awesome.
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greatson 10/02/2013 19:07 | #87468
greatson 10/02/2013 19:07 | #87468
Good List.
You are an extremely well-informed music lover.
Lot´s for me to descover.
Boards Of Canada on No1 ??
They are very contemporary but they´re standing on the shoulder of giants... So why not one of the earlier bands that helped to invent electronic music?
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guzguzgarbit 09/02/2019 19:30 | #242123
guzguzgarbit 09/02/2019 19:30 | #242123
You got things on here that deserves much more praise than they get... things like Isolée, Superpitcher, Grooverider, Console, Kenny Larkin, Jacno (!), Lindstrom or Richard Davis (I should stop now). And lots to discover too, very well done.
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RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/21/2013 07:39 | #74060
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/21/2013 07:39 | #74060
Nice collection. Not a fan of electronic music enough to do something like this, but appreciate this one.
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Musyahid 07/17/2024 22:06 | #304382
Very helpfull, I need it. (Edited)
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