by Prop » 12 May 2022 Read
2. British electric production duo John Nowell and Dan Ormondroyd. This tune in particular can be heard setting the mood in cult classic film Layer Cake, featuring lead vocals from Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld.
4. Another British electronic production duo. These guys produced a massively underrated album in the 90s that captured ideas of techno, progressive house, dub and ambient, and would go on to become respected as a truly pioneering record. The track in question comes from the difficult second album, which also featured a tune used in a Guinness tv advert: “Tick follows tock…” The duo contributed to the soundtrack of Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave. The even more difficult 3rd album - Alternative Light Source - didn’t capture the imagination like the debut. Most people seeking it out were now well past 40 and beyond the days of soft-focus chemical hedonism. An impossible fourth album is on its way.
7. The project of far-out Aussie multi-instramentalist Kevin Parker. His music has been described as psychedelic, but it’s written using solid principles of pop production and arrangement. Parker once described a creative epiphany brought about through psilocybin mushrooms, the Bee Gees and cocaine. Other tracks include The Less I Know The Better.
8. Brazilian producer, composer and musician. He’s released 8 major studio albums under record label Ninja Tune. His music has been used in various films including The Italian Job (2003) and computer games, most notably Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. His early music centred around sampling and resequencing breakbeats from Jazz and Blues, later moving towards complex sound design. His 5th album, Out From Out Where, heard him create and incorporate more original samples into his work, modifying specific frequencies, and creating completely new sounds.
10. Yet another British electronic music duo, Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard also founded founded the Evolution Records and Universal Language Productions record labels. Their first LP, 76:14, is an acclaimed album from the ambient and 1990s electronic music genres. They have also recorded as Jedi Knights, Secret Ingredients, The Chameleon, Link & E621, and Reload; have done remixes for various artists under each of their aliases, including a 1993 Reload remix of "On" by Aphex Twin and a 1997 Jedi Knights remix of "Home" by Depeche Mode.