Laurie Anderson | Big Science
The 1982 debut studio album by the American performance artist and musician.
Artists & Albums that Made a Difference
An electronic music listening guide inspired by the book "Electro Shock! Groundbreakers of Synth Music" by Greg Rule — which is no longer in print, but which we really liked. Over the course of editing this book, the author sent invites to a variety of industry insiders asking them to submit a list of their favorite or most influential electronic pop records of the past decades. The result was a wide-ranging batch of submissions, that can be considered as a good starting point. We present a timeless selection of the most influential albums.
Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works
The 1992 debut album by the British electronic music artist and producer, whose real name is Richard D. James.
The Art of Noise | Who's Afraid of ...
The debut studio album by the British avant-garde synth pop group was released in 1984.
Beaver & Krause | In a Wild Sanctuary
This 1970 new age album by Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause featured many innovations in electronic music.
Björk | Homogenic
The third studio album by the Icelandic recording artist was released on 22 September 1997.
David Bowie | Low
The eleventh studio album by the British musician and co-producer Tony Visconti, released in 1977.
Kate Bush | The Dreaming
The fourth studio album by the British singer-songwriter, recorded over two years and released in 1982.
Byrne/Eno | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
The first collaborative studio album by musicians Brian Eno and David Byrne, released in 1981.
The Chemical Brother | Dig Your Own Hole
The second studio album by the electronic music duo was released in 1997 in the United Kingdom.
Cibo Matto | Viva La Woman
The debut trip hop and alternative hip hop album by the band Cibo Matto, released in 1996.
Cirrus | Drop the Break
The 1997 album contains familiar tones of house, trip hop, and breakbeat culture.
Daft Punk | Homework
The debut studio album by the French house and electronic music duo was released in 1997.
Banco De Gaia | Last Train to Lhasa
An album by Banco de Gaia which was released in 1995. It was available as double CD or triple LP.
Depeche Mode | Speak & Spell
The debut studio album by the British electronic music band was released in 1981 by Mute Records.
Devo | Q: Are We not Men?
The debut studio album by the American new wave/post-punk band was released in August 1978.
Thomas Dolby | Golden Age of Wireless
The debut album by the British musician contains new wave & synth-pop and was released in 1982.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Brain Salad Surgery
The fourth studio album by the British progressive rock band was released in 1973.
Brian Eno | Music for Airports
A ambient, minimalist, and electronic studio album by the British musician was released in 1979.
Eurythmics | Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)
The second studio album by the British pop duo Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart was released in 1983.
Peter Gabriel | So
Influenced by art rock & world beat, the fifth studio album by the British musician was released in 1986.
"Electro Shock! Groundbreakers of Synth Music" Insides
"One of the major things we've done from the beginning is using rough guitar effects. We've got quite a large collection of Electro-Harmonix pedals and stuff like that. They always put a bit of bite into things."
The Chemical Brothers about mangling synth sounds with effect pedals
"Much of the album was done on a (Roland) Juno-106. You can get so much out of that synth. Also a significant amount of it was done on the (Korg) MS-20 — the more spiky sounds. A few things that people think are guitar are actually the MS-20."
William Orbit about producing Madonna's "Ray of Light"
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