Electro/House Megathread

[kurups]

I'm honestly just interested in discussing the genre with other people that enjoy it - as well as introducing it to people that otherwise haven't heard it. From what I remember, and I'm sure it's not too different now, the majority of the members listen to mostly variations of rock - but we'll see if we can't expand that If not, hey - was worth a shot.

I'm not too sure how everyone's experience with the genre is - but a brief overview:

Electro is an artistic musical form in the wide world of electronic music culture. With few exceptions, the definition of the electro sound is the use of drum machines as the rhythmic base of a track. Rhythm patterns tend to be electronic emulations of breakbeats, with syncopated kick drums, and usually a snare or clap accenting the downbeat.
Staccato, percussive rhythms dominate electro, with beats often provided by the Roland TR-808 drum machine. The TR-808, created in 1980, has an immediately recognizable sound, and remains popular in electro and other genres to the present day. Other electro instrumentation is generally all-electronic, favoring analog synthesis, funk-style bass lines, sequenced or arpeggiated synthetic riffs, and atonal sound effects all created with synthesizers. Heavy use of effects such as reverbs, delays, chorus or phasers along with synthetic ensemble strings or pad sounds emphasize the common science fiction or futuristic theme of the lyrics and/or music. Most electro is instrumental, but a common element is vocals processed through a vocoder. Additionally, speech synthesis may be used to create robotic or mechanical lyrical content. Some earlier electro features rapping, but that lyrical style has become less popular in the genre from the 1990s onward.

House music is strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. House music generally mimics disco's percussion, especially the use of a prominent bass drum on every beat, but may feature a prominent synthesizer bassline, electronic drums, electronic effects, funk and pop samples, and reverb- or delay-enhanced vocals.

Combine the two, and you have the modern version of two fairly old genres. A genre that is currently my personal favorite, although not too long ago Metal would have taken the cake. Big difference between the two

Often times you'll have rap lyrics implemented into the genre - as without the gangster beats and what not it does actually sound freaking awesome. Not to put down rap - for those of you that are frequent listeners.


I have MP3's in 320kbs (top quality) of all these songs as well as many many others. Just ask and I'll upload and send them your way.

Anyway - here are some youtube links of some of the more renown artists (Artist in bold):
______________________


Justice


Album - † Literally, that's the album name. Pronounced Cross (obviously)

Genesis: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKNt-GY1ww[/media]
Let There Be Light: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSJ4WintrrY[/media]
D.A.N.C.E: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjWPyDMk8k8[/media]
New Jack: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfDQg2dF8uw[/media]
Phantom: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQWuWfxMXA0[/media]
Phantom pt.II: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR035Mhd58o[/media]
Valentine: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX3hPSXwudU[/media]
The Party: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbN5B93mpFE[/media]
DVNO: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nWnLxYzuBE[/media]
Stress: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5S0dkLZoTg[/media]
Waters of Nazereth: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJu_3CPhC4[/media]
One Minute To Midnight: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7XTqHbsrdY[/media]







MSTRKRFT


Album - The Looks

----
Work On You: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xxvmT7NgDk[/media]
Easy Love: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIchZt2dhMw[/media]
She's Good For Business: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC4KYl3PzdU[/media]
Paris: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7OMMZ4ZNKg[/media]
The Looks: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnsBsc-r9Qk[/media]
Bodywork: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH6S2YG1tNg[/media]
Neon Knights: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Yn1C5-dqw[/media]







Bloody Beetroots
Album - I Love the Bloody Beetroots

----

Mac Mac: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhbfUQUcPqI[/media]
Harvest Time: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2JP3U8qt8Y[/media]
Ezekiel Eats Red Hoodie:
Public Enemy: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZnueLxU9YI[/media]
Bluto Fcks Popeye: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVkMbVDsrRc[/media]
I Love The Bloody Beetroots: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElFN-QbsZzA[/media]
My favorite track by them, not on the album -
Dimmakmmunication: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltxZWZzFKt0&feature=related[/media]
____________________________________


This is just a few of the many many artists out there producing right now. You can learn more about both upcoming and well established artists at http://www.missingtoof.com. They have tons of links for songs to play, you navigate it like any other blog site - just scroll down and click what you think sounds cool. They update it monthly and there's a link on the right for previous months.

Anyways guys - I hope you enjoy it, and if not hey that's totally cool! Let me know if any of the links don't work or are mislabeled. Also if you have any requests I probably have it, and if not can find it and upload it for you.

[eralebus]

One of my favorite electro bands are
Psyclon Nine

Also Dawn of Ashes are pretty damn good

(just looks them up on myspace, I would post a link, but not enough posts yet >_< lol)



Oh and for just good ole dancing music, dj splash and basshunter are great

[kurups]

One of my favorite electro bands are
Psyclon Nine

Also Dawn of Ashes are pretty damn good

(just looks them up on myspace, I would post a link, but not enough posts yet >_< lol)



Oh and for just good ole dancing music, dj splash and basshunter are great

Well, that's not the same type of dance music I mean haha, I'm talking America's twist on Dance.
(Really, it's American - thanks to gay black men in Chicago)
And the French's twist on House music (dance pretty much).