Electronic
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the electronic music genre. Combine with other tags for subgenres, e.g. “electronic+indie.”
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Massive Attack – “Blue Lines” (1991)
Some days, I think Blue Lines has better album flow than Mezzanine. “Safe From Harm” hits as soon as the sun fully sets, the skies darken, the streetlights dim, and not a voice can be heard coming from the barely-lit alleyways of the city. A sense of danger approaches—you’re a stranger in a bad part… (read more)
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Strawberry Switchblade – “Strawberry Switchblade” (1985)
Strawberry Switchblade formed in 1981 and released their one and only self-titled album in 1985, an ostensibly synth pop album with curiously subtle dream and twee pop flair. This is particularly significant because both of the latter scenes were only just emerging at the time the album dropped. At what might first may seem a… (read more)
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Shoji Meguro – “Persona 3: Original Soundtrack”
Shoji Meguro is possibly the greatest video game composer of all time, and Persona 3 is one of his greatest works. Put two and two together… Meguro blends a variety of modern pop, electronic, and hip hop music, flourishing it with even more genres such as nu jazz, blues, and classical music to make a… (read more)
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The Smashing Pumpkins – “Adore” (1998)
On The Smashing Pumpkins’s fourth studio album, the band trades in its guitar heavy grunge-influenced playing for the more subtle, sensual textures that pervaded the band’s previous album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Gone are the roaring guitar and vocal screams of Billy Corgan, replacing them, the subdued synthesizers and mellow atmosphere of Adore.… (read more)
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Björk – “Homogenic”
Undoubtedly one of Björk‘s greatest albums, but I can’t imagine myself ever liking Homogenic more than Post. As a matter of fact, even putting aside my personal feelings, I still consider Post to be the superior album. Homogenic falls off a bit in the album’s second half, and lacks the adventurism of Post to help… (read more)
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Portishead – “Dummy” (1994)
Never really bought the hubbub surrounding Portishead and Dummy. Whereas Massive Attack were creative in ways beyond restriction, seamlessly melding electronic music, hip hop, lounge, soul, industrial, and rock, Portishead is content with wallowing in an update of blues and lounge music. And they aren’t even very good at it. The beats are completely basic and the… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Low”
Evidently, every time I come back to Low by David Bowie, I’m a little less impressed. It’s a condensed, lightened version of textures that were already thoroughly explored in the Berlin School movement. I don’t see the point. When he pulls the reigns in a bit more and develops a sort of ambient pop sound… (read more)
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Hooverphonic – “A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular”
One of the greatest nighttime albums ever made. A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular is Hooverphonic at their top-dollar best. A bit sad it’s their debut, as it means they only go down from here. Still, they had a ways to fall. Blue Wonder Power Milk is great in much of the same vein, though it replaces some… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Black Tie White Noise”
‘Black Tie White Noise’ in its entirety defines "cheesy," and is uneventful to boot. Bowie enters the ’90s with a downtempo whimper. (read more)
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Ladytron – “Gravity the Seducer” (2011)
A huge departure for Ladytron. ‘Gravity the Seducer’ has an atmospheric vibe that borders on ambient pop as it softly glides by. (read more)