Hello! I was going to write today's "Song of the Day" about modern soul music! Why not, you ask? Because it's Valentine's Day on Monday. Seems more appropriate, no? Tune in for that one in particular, there will be some sweet tunes to get in the spirit of the day and such.
Instead, today's song is from the experimental electronic music genre. There are many names for this type of music! Reviewers call it IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Aphex Twin finds that pretentious and calls it "braindance", but either way it's music. Some of the big artists in this area are Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Autechre, Amon Tobin, Tycho, Venetian Snares, Squarepusher (my favourite!), ยต-Ziq, Plaid, and pretty much anyone from the Planet Mu and Warp Records labels. The song of the day, however, is:
edIT - Ashtray
He's not a conventional IDM artist (if such a thing exists), but his album Crying Over Pros for No Reason is straight up incredible. He's a genius with beats, and while his recent work pales doesn't deliver in the same way, still check all of his stuff out. Anyhow, enjoy the links!
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