UMT 2012: Genre #29 - Electronic

[slick]

For the provisional round, rank your top 5 artists from 1-5. The top 8 artists will advance to the next round. Here are the 32 artists in the next genre.... Electronic. Enjoy!

Air
Animal Collective
Annie
Aphex Twin
Basement Jaxx
Bjork
Black Eyed Peas
Crystal Castles
Daft Punk
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Fatboy Slim
Gorillaz
Hot Chip
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
M.I.A.
Massive Attack
Moby
Orbital
Passion Pit
Portishead
Primal Scream
Royksopp
The Chemical Brothers
The KLF
The Knife
The Prodigy
The xx
Tricky
Underworld
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

[slick]

1. Portishead
2. Gorillaz
3. M.I.A.
4. LCD Soundsystem
5. Bjork

[Henry]

My least favorite genre so far.

1. LCD Soundsystem
2. Daft Punk
3. Animal Collective
4. Hot Chip
5. Air

[Greg]

1. Daft Punk
2. Tricky
3. Massive Attack
4. Gorillaz
5. Aphex Twin

[Kingoftonga]

1. Kraftwerk
2. The Knife
3. Bjork
4. Gorillaz
5. Daft Punk

[Midaso]

1.Kraftwerk
2.The Chemical Brothers
3.Underworld
4.Daft Punk
5.Massive Attack

[John]

1. Annie
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. LCD Soundsystem
4. Air
5. The Knife

[Jirin]

1. The Knife
2. LCD Soundsystem
3. Portishead
4. Primal Scream
5. Animal Collective

Another one of those insanely loaded groups.

[Nick]

1. LCD Soundsystem
2. Massive Attack
3. Portishead
4. Daft Punk
5. M.I.A.

Though special shout outs go to Animal Collective, Bjork, Primal Scream, and Kraftwerk, all of whom are in my top 100 artists. Regular shout outs go to Gorillaz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, Air, Hot Chip, and Aphex Twin, all of whom are right outside my top 100 artists.

I guess I really like electronic music.

[Stephan]

1. Massive Attack
2. Daft Punk
3. Gorillaz
4. Kraftwerk
5. Moby

[Henrik]

Complaining time again
Here are several artists that should be in other categories I think, with many deserving electronic artists not moving on as a result. Also, have Junior Boys, The Orb and Boards of Canada appeared anywhere else?

I don't see myself as an electronic junkie, but this is my best top 5 of all.

1. Kraftwerk
2. Björk
3. Massive Attack
4. Portishead
5. The Knife

Bubbling under:
The KLF
Gorillaz
Air
M.I.A.
Moby
Royksopp
The Prodigy
The xx

[antonius]

1.Kraftwerk
2.Portishead
3.Massive Attack
4.Bjork
5.LCD Soundsystem

[dr_Robert]

1. Primal Scream
2. Portishead
3. Massive Attack
4. The xx
5. Björk

[ako]

1. Kraftwerk
2. Björk
3. The Knife
4. Massive Attack
5. Air

Could have made the list any other morning.
Daft Punk

[Nassim]

1) LCD Soundsystem
2) Hot Chip
3) Animal Collective
4) Portishead
5) The Knife

Kraftwerk, Gorillaz and the Chemical Brothers would have made my top 5 in at least 26 of the previous 28 genres

[Michel]

1. Tricky
2. Bjork
3. The Knife
4. Portishead
5. LCD Soundsystem

[Moonbeam]

I'm starting to worry that 2 of my favorite artists (Eurythmics and Kylie Minogue).

I'm engaging in some strategic voting here in hopes that my favorites can advance.

1. Annie
2. Björk
3. LCD Soundsystem
4. Kraftwerk
5. Gorillaz

[Gillingham]

1. Aphex Twin
2. Portishead
3. Massive Attack
4. Björk
5. The xx

I don't want to whine, but I guess I have to say something.
So the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Annie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Primal Scream and even M.I.A. are in the electronic category. Where does that leave Autechre, Boards of Canada and Burial for example, I wonder?

[Rodelero147]

1. Bjork
2. Portishead
3. LCD Soundsystem
4. Daft Punk
5. M.I.A.

[slick]

I'm starting to worry that 2 of my favorite artists (Eurythmics and Kylie Minogue).

I think you will like next Tuesday...

[SuperFurry]

Insanely hard round!!

1. LCD Soundsystem
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. The Prodigy
4. Primal Scream
5. Animal Collective

Portishead
The Chemical Brothers
Gorillaz
Aphex Twin
Massive Attack
Underworld
Air
M.I.A
Daft Punk
The XX
Bjork
Kraftwerk
Tricky
The Knife
Orbital
Basement Jaxx
Crystal Castles
Hot Chip
Fatboy Slim
Moby
The KLF
Annie
Royksopp

[Moonbeam]

1. Aphex Twin
2. Portishead
3. Massive Attack
4. Björk
5. The xx

I don't want to whine, but I guess I have to say something.
So the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Annie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Primal Scream and even M.I.A. are in the electronic category. Where does that leave Autechre, Boards of Canada and Burial for example, I wonder?

Annie has more claim to this category than The xx, I think.

[Gillingham]

1. Aphex Twin
2. Portishead
3. Massive Attack
4. Björk
5. The xx

I don't want to whine, but I guess I have to say something.
So the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Annie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Primal Scream and even M.I.A. are in the electronic category. Where does that leave Autechre, Boards of Canada and Burial for example, I wonder?

Annie has more claim to this category than The xx, I think.

You're right, I should have put The xx in that list as well.

Electropop is some kind of electronic music (guess that's why BEP are in here as well), but it's so different from a lot of other electronic acts. That could be said of trip-hop as well, actually.

But there's a lot of variety in most of the previous genres too. Possibly it just seems more obvious here. For me at least.

[Brad]

1. Portishead
2. Gorillaz
3. Bjork
4. The Knife
5. Air

Thanks!

[Dan]

1. Kraftwerk
2. Björk
3. Portishead
4. Daft Punk
5. The Chemical Brothers

[Romain]

1 Gorillaz
2 Bjork
3 Air
4 Kraftwerk
5 Animal Collective

[Petri]

Air
1. Animal Collective
2. Massive Attack
3. Bjork
4. The Knife
5. Portishead

[Schwah]

1. Bjork
2. Daft Punk
3. Tricky
4. Portishead
5. LCD Soundsystem

Stacked group today.

[slick]

RESULTS... (40) voters...

70 - Bjork
63 - Portishead
52 - LCD Soundsystem
49 - Massive Attack
48 - Daft Punk
38 - Gorillaz
38 - Kraftwerk
25 - The Chemical Brothers
______________________________
22 - The Knife
21 - Animal Collective, The Prodigy
20 - Black Eyed Peas
15 - Tricky, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
13 - M.I.A.
12 - David Guetta
11 - Air
10 - Annie
9 - Primal Scream
8 - The xx
6 - Aphex Twin, Deadmau5, Hot Chip, The KLF
5 - Moby, Passion Pit
3 - Underworld
2 - Fatboy Slim
1 - Basement Jaxx, Crystal Castles
0 - Orbital, Royksopp

[slick]

Others...
LCD Soundsystem. Daft Punk. Gorillaz. Chemical Bros. XX.
1. Massive Attack (I submit that "Blue Lines" is one of the best albums of all time) 2. Portishead 3. Air 4. Animal Collective 5.Kraftwerk
1. Bjork 2. Massive Attack 3. Portishead 4. Chemical Brothers 5. Fatboy Slim
1. Portishead 2. Gorillaz(Awesome Concert) 3. Daft Punk. 4. The Prodigy 5. Crystal Method.
1. LCD Soundsystem 2. Massive Attack 3. The Chemical Brothers 4. Daft Punk 5. Tricky
Passion Pit, BEP, Daft Punk, Guetta, The xx
Black Eyed Peas, Gorillaz, Moby, The Prodigy, Daft Punk
David Guetta, Deadmau5, Daft Punk, Massive Attack, The Chemical Brother
David Guetta, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, Deadmau5, Basement Jaxx
1. Black Eyed Peas. 2. Bjork. 3. The Prodigy. 4. Daft Punk. 5. Kraftwerk.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bjork, Portishead, MIA, Black Eyed Peas
The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Black Eyes Peas, Gorillaz, Bjork
Chemical bros, prodigy,
Klf, black eyed peas,mia
1. Animal Collective 2. LCD Soundsystem 3. The xx 4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 5. Crystal Castles
-Bjork -Portishead -Massive Attack -Tricky -Fatboy Slim
1.) M.I.A. 2.) Gorillaz 3.) The KLF 4.) Prodigy 5.) Moby

[Stephan]

I was a little worried there Kraftwerk might be edged out by the likes of Animal Collective, but fortunately they're still in.

[musictoad]

1. Stereolab
2. Autechre
3. Massive Attack
4. Squarepusher
5. Tortoise

Shame 4 of those 5 weren't options.

[Jirin]

The Chemical Brothers beat The Knife? Boo email voters!

Knife: AM 22, email 0
Chemical Brothers: AM 5, email 20

[Gillingham]

The Chemical Brothers beat The Knife? Boo email voters!

Knife: AM 22, email 0
Chemical Brothers: AM 5, email 20

I could have put The Knife on one, in stead of Aphex Twin. AFX wasn't going to make it anyway...