Favorite album ever

[MonoTeksist]

Mine is "The Art Lukm Suite" by Holy Ghost.
Here's track 01:
youtu.be/rr2vUPYjXso

Pure blop techno, cool as hell.
What's yours?

[Revaron]

That's an absolute banger of an album, total paranoid mindfuck and absolutely drilling, it's one of my favourites as well. Listened to it most recently just a few weeks ago. The stage shows they were doing when touring that were demented. Good shout that, respect.

As for mine, honestly I don't know, but if I was to limit it to techno related stuff then maybe Interstellar Fugitives, or Octave One - Off the Grid, listened to that right the way through loads of times. Luke Slater would have multiple ones in the running too.

[kronk]

not sure if i have one, but i cant think of anything better than the first suicide lp

youtu.be/5z7K-oUpYLs

[mindstuff]

Alice in Chains - Dirt

[Críoch]

Can't choose one. Every single moment of the following are imprinted to my mind & a handful are normally to be found in the car. Have repurchased over the years to replace lost, broken or given away copies.

Glenn Miller - Best Of
Jimmy Smits - Best Of
Nina Simone - Best Of
Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles
Jacobs Mouse - Rubber Room
Spiritualised - Ladies & Gentlemen
Acid Bath - The Kite String Pops
Sepultura - Chaos AD
Nailbomb - Nailbomb
Helmet - In The Meantime / Betty
All early AFX / Caustic Window
Luke Slater - Wireless
Autechre - Tri Repeate
Two Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminders
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza
Freestylers - We Rock Hard

[jordanneke]

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

No filler, listened to it a lot. His rapping is second to none.

There's also a story woven through the album. Not just a collection of songs.

youtu.be/ZY6FpZYNiIA



youtu.be/XW_5s_F9IzI

[Mono-xID]

There are too many to list but here are some LP's I always come back to.

Portishead - Dummy
VA - Shaolin Soul Vol. 2
Rage Against The Machine - s/t
The Devil Dogs - Saturday Night Fever
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Blondie - Parallel Lines
GZA - Liquid Swords
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Nas - Illmatic
GG Allin - Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies
Everything by All Them Witches

And while we are at a techno forum, the ultimate techno album

Joey Beltram - Places

[Pelecaras]

In No Particular order but they are always the ones that get the most plays:

Earthling - Radar (the best trip hop album by far, the lyrical invention alone is mind-blowing)
John Frusciante - The Empyrean
Portishead - Portishead
Portishead - Third
John Frusciante - Shadows collide with people
Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
Deftones - Adrenaline
Tool - 10'000 days
Deftones - Around the Fur
Incubus - The fungus among us
Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E
Primus - Sailing the seas of cheese
Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx (I)
Ataxia - Automatic writing
Ray Lamontagne - God willing and the creek don't rise
Buckethead - Colma
Captain Beefheart and his magic band - Trout mask replica

I second Joey Beltram's 'Places' as the greatest techno album as he didn't go all arty and just stuck to what he was good at.

[Pelecaras]

Mine is "The Art Lukm Suite" by Holy Ghost.
Here's track 01:
youtu.be/rr2vUPYjXso

Pure blop techno, cool as hell.
What's yours?

Think I saw them live at Atomic Jam circa '97-98. I seem to remember them having a fake electric chair on stage with them?
I have this record, it's got a great narrative.

[2latuile]

Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures".

[Críoch]

Yes. Love Substance also.

One of my favourite bands. Just love how the recordings sound. Know every note of all the songs.. the nuances of how the instruments are played.

Genuinely had to stop listening to them as they were making me feel sad. Spent a lot of time in my late 20s commuting to work on the train, listening to JD. Everyday for months. Was too much

Possibly one of the main reasons why I decided to change my work / life balance. So much time to think & plan when you are packed like a sardine. Roasting & sweating in the summer.. Roasting & sweating in the winter, but trying not to catch the vomiting bug.

[Revaron]

Mine is "The Art Lukm Suite" by Holy Ghost.
Here's track 01:
youtu.be/rr2vUPYjXso

Pure blop techno, cool as hell.
What's yours?

Think I saw them live at Atomic Jam circa '97-98. I seem to remember them having a fake electric chair on stage with them?
I have this record, it's got a great narrative.

I was there. As I recall it... hazily, lol, it was a medical/gurney type chair, in which Art Lukm was variously restrained in a straightjacket and stuff, and there were nurses jabbing him with big ol' needles and otherwise 'treating' him, and I think there were agents after him as well, and general warpedness. Totally mental show.

[kronk]

Yes. Love Substance also.

One of my favourite bands. Just love how the recordings sound. Know every note of all the songs.. the nuances of how the instruments are played.

Genuinely had to stop listening to them as they were making me feel sad. Spent a lot of time in my late 20s commuting to work on the train, listening to JD. Everyday for months. Was too much

Possibly one of the main reasons why I decided to change my work / life balance. So much time to think & plan when you are packed like a sardine. Roasting & sweating in the summer.. Roasting & sweating in the winter, but trying not to catch the vomiting bug.

[[wesellboxes]]

Somewhat pedestrian choices but if I'm being honest about what's lived with me over the years:

Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld/UF Orb
The Beautiful South - 0898
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder/Queen Is Dead/World Won't Listen
Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies/Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants/Beaucoup Fish
B12 - Time Tourist
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
One Dove - Morning Dove White
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Autechre - Incunabula/Amber
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92/Vol II
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To children
New Order - Technique/Substance
Orbital - Brown LP
Pet Shop Boys - Please/Disco
Carl Craig - Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art
The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms

[Pelecaras]

Mine is "The Art Lukm Suite" by Holy Ghost.
Here's track 01:
youtu.be/rr2vUPYjXso

Pure blop techno, cool as hell.
What's yours?

Think I saw them live at Atomic Jam circa '97-98. I seem to remember them having a fake electric chair on stage with them?
I have this record, it's got a great narrative.

I was there. As I recall it... hazily, lol, it was a medical/gurney type chair, in which Art Lukm was variously restrained in a straightjacket and stuff, and there were nurses jabbing him with big ol' needles and otherwise 'treating' him, and I think there were agents after him as well, and general warpedness. Totally mental show.

Shit yeah, those agents (dressed in black suits if I recall) made me paranoid as fuck as I was sure one had pointed at me. LOL!!! Those were the days. used to love the jam!

[MonoTeksist]

Would've been awesome to have experienced Holy Ghost live once! Sounds right up my alley the craziness of it all.
Joey Beltram indeed also did a great one.
FSOL's Lifeforms is amazing as well.

I'm surprised there seem to be so little techno albums on a techno forum!
I haven't even heard of most of the artists some of you mentioned.
Another mention: Aphex Twin's I Care Because You Do is also pretty special.

[Críoch]

G'wan Tommy T

[[wesellboxes]]

I'm surprised there seem to be so little techno albums on a techno forum!

Would say these are my favourite albums ever, maybe some of them will grow to be, but straight up techno LP's I return to time and time again:

Luke Slater - Freek Funk
Planetary Assault Systems - Arc Angel
Basic Channel ‎– BCD
JK Flesh - Suicide Estate
Voices From The Lake - Voices From The Lake
Drexciya - Neptune's Lair / Harnessed The Storm
Plastikman - Sheet One/Artifakts (bc)
Radioactive Man - Radioactive Man
The Martian - LBH 6251876
DJ Rolando ‎– The Aztec Mystic Mix
Surgeon - Balance
Gary Beck - Bring A Friend
The Black Dog - Tranklements/Liber Dogma

[Ben Kohonays]

Also too many to list, I'll try to keep it to desert island choices - in no particular order.

Slam - Past Lessons/Future Theories
Leftfield - Leftism
Underworld - Everything, Everything
Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel
Can -Tago Mago
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Courtney Pine - Closer To Home
Gary Numan - Telekon
AC/DC - If you Want Blood, You Got It
Joy Division - Closer / Unkown Pleasures
New Order - Movement / Power, Corruption And Lies / Low Life
Art Of Noise - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Who - Who's Next
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim / Surfer Rosa / Doolittle
Kate Bush - The Dreaming / Running Up That Hill
The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black
Wu Tang Clan - Enter The 36 Chambers
Artery -Into The Garden
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
The Velvet Underground & Nico - Self Titled
Public Image Ltd - Second Edition
Mariza - Fado Em Mim
Liaisons Dangereuses - Self Titled

[Evert]

If I had to pick one it would be Speedy J's "A Shocking Hobby".
It also features one of my favourite tracks ever: Balk Acid. It's still the fucking shit after all these years.

youtu.be/-EGKzFSE-bE