Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough (2001)

On their debut album, New Orleans-based electronica duo Telefon Tel Aviv create beautiful experimental ambient. Its far out cinematic soundscapes in combination with the minimalist beats (a blip here, a crackle there) make Fahrenheit Fair Enough sound like the soundtrack of a deep dream. This is the perfect album to relax and chill out to after a hard night of dancing, partying and getting shitfaced. 

1.) Fahrenheit Fair Enough

2.) TTV

3.) Lotus Above Water

4.) John Thomas on the Inside is Nothing But Foam

5.) Life is All About Taking Things in and Putting Things Out

6.) Your Face Reminds Me of When I Was Old

7.) What's the Use of Feet When You Haven't Got Legs

8.) Introductory Nomenclature

9.) Fahrenheit Far Away

Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker (1997)

Formed in Düsseldorf as early as 1993, electro-duo Mouse on Mars has been around for almost two decades now. By fusing a huge variety of electronica with a touch of ambient they soon became firmly established in the experimental house scence. The most exciting thing about their music is the fact that, in spite of its experimental nature - being typical headphones music (full of ambient soundscapes, spacy crackles as well as general weirdness) - it turned out quite danceable and did surprisingly well in the clubs. In this spirit,  Autoditacker is a gold mine for electro-aficionados.

1.) Sui Shop

2.) Juju

3.) Twift Shoeblade

4.) Tamagnocchi

5.) Dark FX

6.) Scat

7.) Tux & Damask

8.) Sehnsud

9.) X-Files

10.) Schnick-Schnack Meltmade

11.) Rondio

12.) Maggots Hell Wigs

Pole - 3 (2000)

German producer Stefan Betke ,who named himself after the Waldorf 4 Pole-Filter, has made some of the most interesting ambient records of the past two decades. On his third album he coats minimalist dub hooks  with dozens of layers of tape hiss, reverb and crackles. Due to the analog recording process the sound is incredibly warm and organic. Pole's dreamy at times hypnotic soundscapes best unfold, when listened with headphones.

1.) Silberfisch

2.) Taxi

3.) Karussell

4.) Überfahrt

5.) Rondell 2

7.) Klettern

8.) Strand

9.) Fohlenfurz

Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children (1998)

Listening to this record will instantly make you feel like an explorer, as BoC take you on a voyage through dreamy ambient soundscapes and hypnotizing rhythms.The Scottish electro duo's debut album is arguably their best record to date and one of Warp Records' all time classics. 

1.) Wildlife Analysis

2.) An Eagle in Your Mind

3.) The Color of the Fire

4.) Telephasic Workshop

5.) Triangles and Rhombuses

6.) Sixtyten

7.) Turquoise Hexagon Sun

8.) Kaini Industries

9.) Bocuma

10.) Roygbiv

11.) Rue the Whirl

12.) Aquarius

13.) Olson

14.) Pete Standing Alone

15.) Smokes Quantity

16.) Open the Light

17.) One Very Important Thought