Top 5 favourite dance/electronic music albums
Theres not much talk about dance music on these forums, but I see mentions of decks every now and then, so there must be a few of you out there! What are your top five favourite dance/electronic music albums?
BT: This Binary Universe
Hybrid: Wide Angle
U.N.K.L.E: Never Never Land
The Freestylers: We Rock Hard
Adam Freeland: Now and Them
Mostly a bit old, but
Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin- Girl/Boy EP
The Orb- Adventures beyond the Ultraworld
Bodenstandig 2000- Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3
Clark- Totems Flare
(showing restraint and limiting it to 5)
I have a bit of a mixture, but in no particular order:
Ministry Classics
Leftfield - Leftism
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Prodigy - Music for the jilted gen
Soulwax - most of the remixes
Goldie - Timeless
Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin
Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
Leftfield - Leftism
Bonobo - Days To Come
Shameless bump...
Some good choices here! Mine would be:
Carl Cox - F.A.C.T
Journeys by Dj - Coldcut
Dj Kicks - Kruder and Dorfmeister
Paul Oakenfold - Perfecto Fluro
Daft Punk - Homework
cheers, Nick
I'm not very clued up on dance/electronic music, though I do like some. Do Seefeel count? Here's a list without anyway, particularly like the first four.
F.U.S.E - Dimension Intrusion
RED SNAPPER - Prince Blimey
LAMB - Lamb
BOARDS OF CANADA - Music Has The Right To Children
SABRES OF PARADISE - Sabresonic II
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Brian Eno - Apollo
David Bowie - Low
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
As an old skool raver, I don't think there are any albums or compilations that include genuine track mixes (i.e. versions played in clubs) from the very early '90s; and I've looked really hard. It's mostly chart mixes, while few CDs contain tracks one would consider genuinely reflective of the scene pre-Prodigy. I have flight cases full of very early '90s dance tracks on vinyl, but these are typically 12" releases rather than albums.
This is from a slightly later period, though I consider it the pinnacle of progressive drum and bass:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infinity-Big-Bud/dp/B00002DDQD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF...
Even if you're not into this kind of music, the album may surprise you. I still play the CD to this day and used it as a tester for my new CDP.
Global Underground 004 - Paul Oakenfold
Global Underground 008 - Nick Warren
Kraftwerk - The Mix
Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth and Stealth Remixes.
As an old skool raver, I don't think there are any albums or compilations that include genuine track mixes (i.e. versions played in clubs) from the very early '90s; and I've looked really hard. It's mostly chart mixes, while few CDs contain tracks one would consider genuinely reflective of the scene pre-Prodigy. I have flight cases full of very early '90s dance tracks on vinyl, but these are typically 12" releases rather than albums.
This is from a slightly later period, though I consider it the pinnacle of progressive drum and bass:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infinity-Big-Bud/dp/B00002DDQD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF...
Even if you're not into this kind of music, the album may surprise you. I still play the CD to this day and used it as a tester for my new CDP.
thats because they were all on tape packs 
I this not an oxymoron thread?
Great thread! Here goes...
Moodymann - Silent Introduction
LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression
Kenny Larkin - Metaphor
Eat Static - Implant
Orbital - Orbital (The Brown Album)
The Prodigy - Experience
Benny Benassi - Hypnotica
Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace
Carl Cox - F.A.C.T. (CD 2)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Dave Pearce - Dance Anthems (CD 1 and 2 are rubbish but CD 3 is pure hard-trance perfection)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way Baby
Prodigy - Experience
Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Underworld - 1992-2012 Anthology
As an old skool raver, I don't think there are any albums or compilations that include genuine track mixes (i.e. versions played in clubs) from the very early '90s; and I've looked really hard. It's mostly chart mixes, while few CDs contain tracks one would consider genuinely reflective of the scene pre-Prodigy. I have flight cases full of very early '90s dance tracks on vinyl, but these are typically 12" releases rather than albums.
This is from a slightly later period, though I consider it the pinnacle of progressive drum and bass:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infinity-Big-Bud/dp/B00002DDQD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF...
Even if you're not into this kind of music, the album may surprise you. I still play the CD to this day and used it as a tester for my new CDP.
All that old stuff was the best but you are right when you say you just can't get it on CD. Loads of old vinyl on Discogs though.
In no particular order.
Royal House - Can You Party 1989
Sasha & John Digweed - Renaissance: The Mix Collection 1994
Klute - The Emperor's New Clothes 2007
FABRICLIVE16 - Adam Freeland 2004
Acid Trax Volume 2 1988