The Return of the Challenge Thread - February 2020

[cul8er]

Day 4 - It’s Icy out
Spin your coldest IDM/Electronic record

Day 4 - It’s Icy Out
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

Beat me to this one!

So here is Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes.

 

[CrazyDiamond84]

Day 4: It's Icy Out
Aphex Twin-Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2

Im not too familiar in the categorization of electronic music, but Aphex Twin was all over pitchforks list of best "idm" music. So I'll play one of his! Moreso relaxing, ambient music than dance music, but it's 830 am

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Day 4: It's icy out

Polmo Polpo - Like Hearts Swelling

I don't listen to much electronic music, and when I do it's almost always digitally. This record is definitely more ambient than IDM, but it's probably the closest I've got.

 

[AndySlash]

day 4 - it’s icy out



phaseone - if i tell u

 

[Dark Star Boogie]

Day 2 - Happy Groundhog’s Day

My favorite hip-Hop release of 2019, and in my top 2-3 of the year overall, Bandana is an album I really haven’t grown tired of yet. It’s an amazing cinematic journey of an album.

According to Spotify, “Fake Names” was my second most played song of 2019. An instant classic for me.

 

[Dark Star Boogie]

Day 3 - What’s That Smell?

Since Parliament has already been played, I went with this Experience Unlimited record which I haven’t spun since last summer. Let’s get funked up!

 

[sahomerrocks]

Day 4: Icy Cold IDM

Burial - Untrue

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 4: It’s Icy Out

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma



I’m SO thankful this pick hadn’t been played yet, it’s one of only a handful of electronic albums I have and the only IDM album I have.

 

[Selaws]

Day 4 - It’s Icy out

DJ Kicks - Peggy Gou (2019 on !K7 Records - Limited to 100 copies)

The 'Enhanced Limited Edition' copy of Peggy Gou's DJ Kicks. 2LP gatefold is signed by Peggy, and includes a polaroid collage and a lenticular postcard (the album cover with/without the tiger). I picked this up without realising just how limited it was, and the price has rocketed on ebay/discogs (one went for around £100 which is insane).

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 4 - It’s Icy out
Spin your coldest IDM/Electronic/Ambient record

Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough
For me IDM was always the comedown music that I enjoyed after a party or concert or while studying (definitely more often the former than the latter). Nowadays it’s more often my soundtrack while reading or working. It’s headphone music, more intimate and personal than a lot of the music I enjoy. Telefon Tele Aviv’s debut Fahrenheit Fair Enough is chalked full of glitchy meditative goodness.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

day 4 - it’s icy out

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phaseone - if i tell u

I am digging this!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 4: It’s Icy Out

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

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I’m SO thankful this pick hadn’t been played yet, it’s one of only a handful of electronic albums I have and the only IDM album I have.

LOL! I have to thank VMP for releasing the FlyLo records. I didn’t realize how much of a niche style Electric/IDM was. I actually updated the challenge to include Ambient music too hopefully it opens it up a bit more.

 

[gafacaode]

Day 3 - Funky!

 

[gafacaode]

Day 5 - It's icy out

Let's keep it FlyLo adjacent

 

[dhodo]

Day 4 - It’s Icy out
James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Animal Spirits



This area of my collection is sorely lacking. Definitely need to focus on getting some IDM.

 

[DeadwaxDude]

Day 4 - It’s Icy Out

Boards Of Canada - Campfire Headphase

 

[MadLucas]

Day 4 - It’s Icy out



Talvin Singh’s OK isn’t just icy... it’s glacial.

 

[4080]

Day 4 - It’s Icy out
Spin your coldest IDM/Electronic/Ambient record



Boards of Canada "Tomorrow's Harvest"

This isn't my day, the IDM/Electronic/Ambient is fairly non existent in my collection

 

[Matt M]

Day 4 - It's Icy Out

Flying Lotus - Pattern + Grid World

I really can't decide if I like this, should probably sell these. This really isn't my genre, but glad I gave it a shot.

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

Day 5 - OG

Afua Adjepong - The Chaker

In classic style, I realised in an attempt to try to play as many black artists this month as possible I was in danger of not doing very well on a different type of diversity: gender. I don't have that many African records by females but this is a great pop/reggae album from 1980 on the mighty Essiebons label from Ghana. Often, I find the female vocals from this era in West Africa are rather childish - there's a bit of that here but it's still a fantastic set of songs.