Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (2010)

The first thing to be said about Cosmogramma is that it is, in any aspect, an album which is way ahead of its time. In fact, it is probably the most futuristic record I have heard since Radiohead's Kid A (no surprise Thom Yorke contributed a vocal track on this one). Flying Lotus' genius Steve Allison blends all kinds of musical genres into a complex, multilayered masterpiece: Hip Hop, House and Free Jazz just to name some of them. The result sounds strangely accessible and organic, considering such an insane effort. In a recent interview the artist himself described his work as an experimental space opera, which pretty much sums up what the album sounds like: Pop music for the 23rd century.

1.) Clock Catcher

2.) Pickled!

3.) Nose Art

4.) Intro/A Cosmic Drama

5.) Zodiac Shift

6.) Computer Face/Pure Being

7.) ...And the World Laughs With You

8.) Arkestry

9.) Mmmhmm

10.) Do the Astral Plane

11.) Satelllliiiiteee

12.) German Haircut

13.) Recoiled

14.) Dance of the Pseudo Nymph

15.) Drips/Auntie's Harp

16.) Table Tennis

17.) Galaxy in Janaki

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

Boxcutter - Oneiric (2006)

Somewhere between dancefloor and armchair, Northern Irish genius Barry Lynn a.k.a. Boxcutter found his niche. Lynn fuses intelligent dance music with dubstep, resulting in eccentric sound collages. The whole album is a dreamlike, stunningly beautiful experience and definately worth a listen if you enjoy experimental electronica.

1.) Tauhid

2.) Grub

3.) Skuff'd

4.) Gave Dub

5.) Brood

6.) Mossy

7.) Rikta

8.) Sunshine V.I.P.

9.) Bad You Do

10.) Silver Birch Solstice

11.) Hyloz

12.) Chlorophyll

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

Venetian Snares - Rossz Scillag Allat Szuletett (2005)

Canadian electro wizard Aaron Funk aka Venetian Snares got the inspiration for his 2005 album during a trip to Hungary. Therefore most of the samples used on the record belong to classical Hungarian compositions. Funk drowns walls of paranoid string arrangements (he learned to play the violin for this) in shitstorms of  hurricane breakbeats and his trademark hardcore drumpatterns. Though almost inacessible at times, the result is an evil, dark as fuck electronic masterpiece.

1.) Sikertelenség

2.) Szerencsétlen

3.) Öngyilkos Vasárnap

4.) Felbomlasztott Mentökosci

5.) Hajnal

6.) Galamb Egyedül

7.) Második Galamb

8.) Szamár Madár

9.) Hiszékeny

10.) Kétsarkú Mozgalom

11.) Senki Dala

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