if you think electronic music is limited to shpongle and psytrance, then you have no idea how broad electronic music is.
Krautrock and psy rock also integrate elements of electronic music, using effects pedals and samplers, tape loops, etc.

ambient is a great subgenre..robert rich, pete namlook, helios, loess..

the modular synthesizer is arguably more expressive than the electric guitar can ever be

I know perfectly well how broad the electronic genre is, and I too am a great defender of the possibilities it offers beyond more mundane instruments. But my point is that I want to enjoy those mundane sounds for a change. I've had many trips on all kinds of electronic music (and none of it will ever take Shpongle's throne), but I want to try something else now.

Anyway, good stuff so far guys, keep it coming.

shpongle has nothing on FSOL, banco de gaia, or eat static. they basically laid the groundwork for shpongle

Thank you so much for this recommendation! Im tripping now and in the middle of the cd, and am really amazed! Very special stuff. Thank you once more

I guess einstein's got nuthin on Newton then... he laid the groundwork, right?

in case my post got overlooked, look at the bottom of page 1. i hate being the last post on the page - makes me feel so negelected...


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I can't really recommend anything in the "human music" category, as I'm almost exclusively drawn to alien sounds... A strong desire to escape, you know.

Anyway, here are some albums from my collection which I think of as possible candidates:

- Keith Jarrett: Changeless
- Mahavishnu Orchestra: Between Nothingness and Eternity
- Nils Petter Molvaer: Khmer
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Mustt Mustt
- Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny: Beyond the Missouri Sky
- Pink Floyd: The Division Bell
- Samir Jourban: Tamaas
- U.F.O.: United Future Organization
- Yello: Pocket Universe

And finally one I had tested and can say for sure it delivers:

- Pink Floyd: Ummagumma (the four tracks on the live album)

Thank you so much for informing me about Rodrigo and Gabriela! Amazing music.

I see where you're coming from, but humans don't really have enough limbs to take advantage. I always figured synths a jack of all trades yet a master of none, unless you have 2 people working them, one on keys and one on parameter tweaking. You could also argue that a synth is just a fancy electric piano and as soon as guitar midi equipment gets up to speed they will become very easily one and the same.
All that said though, I think the guitar has had it's time and although it's an instrument I hold very close to my heart, I'm sick of the site of them.

To my ears nothing is more emotional than a very stripped down bamboo flute. There's something really beautiful about shaping the very air you breathe into music with a single piece of wood

Although not very psychedelic, Ulrich Schnauss's take on ambient electronic music is a more soft and ethereal sound that soothes the soul. I recommend anything from 'Far Away Trains Passing By' and 'Goodbye'.

One of my personal favs from his early work:

I'm familiar with Ulrich Schnauss, though I haven't tried listening to his music whilst under any influence. Might give it a shot.

Greatful Dead

Talking Heads

Tool - a little dark but still very psychedelic

The Mars Volta - A little angry but very psychedelic

King Crimson

Pink Floyd

The Doors

Radiohead

There's tons of stuff!

Helios! Electronic ambient with real instruments as well, amazing!
At least to me they have a very organic feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQszBGXcXw0

They truly are remarkable! The first time i ever heard them was during a Salvia OBE; since then they have been by me side through every exploration. They ad such a positive organic vibe to the experience. Always happy to spread the love.

I never leave earth without them

3erd eye thanks for pointing Rodrigo and Gabriela out to me
when i was younger before he died
my father would play like these 2 do
this bring up so many memoryes
my friends would trip on it
when he would play stuff like (eye of the wich buy king diamond ' lol just to shock us )
in the same fashion as these two would if thay had coverd it
then when he got drunker hed start playing his own stuff youd just sit and listen
and these two are the closest to it .
and now im a fan
once again thanks

If you are looking for relaxing, my all time favorite chill song is Solitaire Eve by Asoka - http://www.kravi.com/solitaireeve.mp3

Enjoy

And for those who might want a little background about the track - http://www.kravi.com/words.html

Rodrigo y Gabriela are unreal... the Orion (Metallica) cover on the eponymous album is amazing! Thanks for the heads-up

Jefferson Airplane, The Doors and Jimmy Hendrix

Jefferson Airplane's white rabbit is the ultimate psychadelic song
The Doors break on through, The End, and Riders of the Storm are just amazing as well

Thx again dude.

Pete Namlook - State Of Mind
http://www.youtube.com/w...v=uWLR2beAOO4&fmt=18