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Re:Music for Programming by 3chelon on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @12:31PM (#12847391)
Yes, I find the sub-genres hard to describe. Future Sound of London. Burial. Four Tet. Boards of Canada. Some DJ Shadow. Suggestions welcome, actually, it's all a newish field for me...
Re:Music for Programming by rorygreen on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @07:16PM (#12850995)
You've got some really great selections there! I've picked a fairly random list of albums and EPs from a range of electronic music, I really hope you find things you like amongst it. Also I don't want to be the genre police but I wouldn't call any of this EDM, that term seems to have been adopted by a type of music of which, I guess I'll just say I'm not a fan. In no particular order:

Arovane - Tides (2000)

Tim Hecker - Virgins (2013)

Donato Dozzy - K (2010)

Autechre - Amber (1994)

James Holden - The Inheritors (2013)

Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers (2014)

Jon Hopkins - Immunity (2013)

Recondite - On Acid (2012)

Lemon Jelly - Lemonjelly.ky (2000)

Max Graef - Rivers Of The Red Planet (2014)

Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise (2010)

Plaid - Reachy Prints (2014)

Rival Consoles - Sonne (2014)

Shlohmo - Bad Vibes (2011)

St Germain - Boulevard (1995)

Traumprinz - Mothercave (2013)

Valerio Tricoli - Clonic Earth (2016)

Romare - Projections (2015)

Space Dimension Controller - Orange Melamine (2016)

Actress - R.I.P (2012)

Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)

Rob Clouth - Clockwork Atom (2014)

And shouts out to Datassette who appears to have done a bunch of the instalments on the music for programming site (mixes/playlists, whatever they are. I've never listened to any of them). This EP is gorgeous:

Datassette - The Aviatrix (2009)

Re:Music for Programming by 3chelon on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @10:02AM (#12854780)
Thanks for the list! The Massive Attack album is one I already love, so I'll check out the others.
Re:Music for Programming by blockoperation on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:55PM (#12851482)
If you like Burial, you'd do well to explore dubstep further. A good starting point would be the Dubstep Allstars series (especially volumes 2, 6 and 7.2 – they're all on YouTube) and the realdubstep subreddit (they happen to love Burial on there).
Re:Music for Programming by pimeys on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:04AM (#12852810)
Shackleton is the king here. Three EPs, Fabric 55 and Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs are dubstep at its best. Experimental, dubby and has occasionally having the step beat.