Vanguard

A few days before he comes to play for the Nuits Sonores festival in Lyon, France, these three tracks below are good examples why Ricardo Villalobos is now considered to be one of the most important techno producers of our time.

This is Avant-garde.

Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter


Shackleton - Blood On My Hands (Ricardo Villalobos Apocalypso Now Mix)


Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar

Please Come To Those Who Rock The Most

Clancy Eccles - Bag A Boo

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Reggae Merengue


Max Romeo & Glen Adams - Jordan River

L'Amour Electrique n'Est Pas Un Mythe

What the hell took me so long before I discovered Acid Mothers Temple, this incredible japanese band/collectif/sect ? With almost three records every year since 2000, there's a lot to do with these guys. Producing constantly good music and producing it on heavy quantities is the mark of real artists I guess. It seems that their tracks are often based on long, psychedelic rock jams. For our listening pleasure, they have decided not to exclude any exotic instruments from their already rich compositions. Oscillating between pure spaced-out noise extrapolations and ambient style chilled out paths, the music of Acid Mothers Temple is hot, hot, hot.

Acid Mothers Temple - Five Dimensional Nightmare

Modern Society - Being A Schizo In The 21st Century

Shining - 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson cover)

Money Will Ruin Everything

- Je vais profiter de la fraîcheur de la nuit pour courir la poste, reprit la duchesse, et, comme mon absence peut être de quelque durée, je n'ai point voulu sortir des états de Son Altesse Sérénissime sans la remercier de toutes les bontés que depuis cinq années elle a daigné avoir pour moi. A ces mots le prince comprit enfin ; il devint pâle : c'était l'homme du monde qui souffrait le plus de se voir trompé dans ses prévisions ; puis il pris un air de grandeur tout à fait digne du portrait de Louis XIV qui était sous ses yeux. A la bonne heure, se dit la duchesse, voilà un homme.

Supersilent - C-5.1

Indie Records Collection #3

Yo La Tengo - Detouring America With Horns



Flying Saucer Attack - For Silence



Nirvana - Curmudgeon



The Breeders - No Aloha

I ♥ Ben Katchor

Jacaszek - II



The Dead Weather - Hang You From the Heavens



Liechtenstein - Everything's For Sale

Indie Records Collection #2

Pavement - Half A Canyon



The Kingsbury Manx - Pageant Square



Labradford - Lake Speed



Cowboy Junkies - Crescent Moon

NUKE PLANT AERIAL #9 (This one's a real classic)

One of my favorite electro tracks... Ever.

Isolée - Beau Mot Plage