Folktronica Essentials

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As sampling ramped up in the ‘90s, many producers—particularly those with backgrounds in indie rock and instrumental music—came to a startling conclusion: Electronic music didn’t have to sound electronic. In addition to the usual synths and drum machines, they could avail themselves of acoustic tones evocative of another era, teasingly mixing digital techniques with the sepia-tinged timbres of yesteryear. Folktronica was born, and pioneers like Four Tet, Caribou, and Lali Puna set about reworking the synthetic textures of IDM with plucked harp, fingerpicked guitar, and brushed percussion, all rendered as gently as a snowflake settling on an eyelash. The concept had legs: The French duo Air parlayed the sound into film soundtracks, and Argentina’s Juana Molina spun it into a kind of avant-garde ambient pop, while Bon Iver picked up the baton and ran in the other direction, seeding full-on indie folk with rich layers of glitch and Auto-Tune.
Air
Cherry Blossom Girl
Air
Talkie Walkie
Four Tet
She Moves She
Four Tet
Rounds (Special Anniversary Edition)
Beth Orton
She Cries Your Name
Beth Orton
Trailer Park
DJ Koze
Bonfire
DJ Koze
Knock Knock
Panda Bear
Bros
Panda Bear
Person Pitch
The Books
It Never Changes to Stop
The Books
Lost and Safe (Remastered)
Jim O'Rourke
Ghost Ship in a Storm
Jim O'Rourke
Late Night Tales: Another Late Night - Zero 7
Björk
Cocoon
Björk
Vespertine
Gold Panda
You
Gold Panda
Lucky Shiner
Bon Iver
Holocene
Bon Iver
Bon Iver (Deluxe Edition)
Caribou
Hendrix With Ko
Caribou
Up In Flames (Special Edition)
Colleen
I’ll Read You a Story
Colleen
Colleen Et Les Boîtes À Musique
Bibio
Petals
Bibio
Petals - Single
Carmen Villain
Lifeissin
Carmen Villain
Lifeissin - Single
März
Everybody Had a Hard Year
März
Love streams
Matmos
For the Trees
Matmos
The Civil War
Psapp
Tricycle
Psapp
The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
David Kitt
Still Don't Know
David Kitt
Yous
13 & God
Men of Station
13 & God
13 & God (feat. The Notwist)
DJ Koze
Jesus
DJ Koze
Knock Knock
Mark Pritchard
Give It Your Choir (feat. Bibio)
Mark Pritchard
Under the Sun
Fridge
Cut Up Piano & Xylophone
Fridge
Happiness
Low
Always Trying to Work It Out
Low
Double Negative
Mia Doi Todd & Flying Lotus
My Room Is White (Flying Lotus Remix)
Mia Doi Todd & Flying Lotus
La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita
Food
Khymos
Food
Molecular Gastronomy
Nils Frahm
Familiar
Nils Frahm
Balance Presents
Grizzly Bear
Eavesdropping (Simon Bookish Remix)
Grizzly Bear
Horn of Plenty (The Remixes)
Bullion
Blue Pedro
Bullion
Blue Pedro - Single
Feist
Mushaboom (Mocky Remix)
Feist
Open Season
Low
Do You Know How to Waltz? (Vert)
Low
OwL (Low Remix)
Ultramarine
Queen of the Moon
Ultramarine
United Kingdoms (Expanded Edition)
Bon Iver
33 “GOD”
Bon Iver
22, A Million
Her Space Holiday
Something To Do With My Hands
Her Space Holiday
The Young Machines
Caribou
After Hours
Caribou
Andorra
Efterklang
Modern Drift
Efterklang
Modern Drift - Single
Juana Molina
Micael
Juana Molina
Son
Schneider TM & Kptmichigan
The Light 3000
Schneider TM & Kptmichigan
Binokular - EP
Colleen
This Place In Time
Colleen
Les Ondes Silencieuses
September Collective
Natura
September Collective
All the Birds Were Anarchists
Nicola Cruz
Puente Roto
Nicola Cruz
Prender el Alma
Beth Orton
Whenever
Beth Orton
Trailer Park
Hood
You Show No Emotion At All
Hood
Cold House
Bibio
Town & Country
Bibio
A Mineral Love
Cheek Mountain Thief
Cheek Mountain
Cheek Mountain Thief
Cheek Mountain Thief
Four Tet
Everything Is Alright
Four Tet
Pause
März
The River
März
Wir sind hier
Grizzly Bear & Nicolas Jaar
Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
Grizzly Bear & Nicolas Jaar
Brian Eno x Nicolas Jaar x Grizzly Bear - Single
Nicolas Jaar
Keep Me There
Nicolas Jaar
Space Is Only Noise
Björk
Unison
Björk
Vespertine
Expectations
Sleeping Ute (Grizzly Bear Remix)
Expectations
Sleeping Ute (Grizzly Bear Remix) - Single
Bon Iver
22 (OVER S∞∞N)
Bon Iver
22, A Million
Juana Molina
Salvese Quien Pueda
Juana Molina
Tres Cosas
Dntel
(This Is) the Dream of Evan and Chan [Remastered]
Dntel
Life Is Full of Possibilities (Deluxe Edition)
Tunng
Hustle
Tunng
...And Then We Saw Land
Carmen Villain
Observable Future
Carmen Villain
Both Lines Will Be Blue
Styrofoam
After Sunset
Styrofoam
A Thousand Words
Air
Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)
Air
The Virgin Suicides (Original Motion Picture Score)
The Low Anthem
Lover Is Childlike
The Low Anthem
The Hunger Games (Songs from District 12 and Beyond)
Lali Puna
Faking the Books
Lali Puna
Faking the Books
DJ Koze
Nices Wölkchen (feat. Apparat)
DJ Koze
Amygdala
Colleen
I'm Kin
Colleen
Captain of None (Bonus Track Version)
Hood
Any Hopeful Thoughts Arrive
Hood
Outside Closer
Nobody & The Mystic Chords of Memory
The Seed
Nobody & The Mystic Chords of Memory
Tree Colored See
Gold Panda
Reprise (T Hemingway Remix)
Gold Panda
Reprise
Caribou
Children Play Well Together
Caribou
Start Breaking My Heart (Special Edition)
Juana Molina
Sin dones
Juana Molina
Halo
Panda Bear
Mr Noah
Panda Bear
Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (Bonus Mr Noah EP Edition)
To Rococo Rot
Telema
To Rococo Rot
The Amateur View
CocoRosie
Terrible Angels
CocoRosie
La Maison de Mon Rêve
Four Tet
And Then Patterns
Four Tet
Everything Ecstatic
Bibio
Jealous of Roses
Bibio
Ambivalence Avenue
Figurine
IMpossible
Figurine
The Heartfelt
Dengue Dengue Dengue & Sara Van
Guarida
Dengue Dengue Dengue & Sara Van
Siete Raices
The Notwist
Consequence
The Notwist
Neon Golden
Hayden Calnin
We Can Take Our Time
Hayden Calnin
Soon Forever - EP
Mary Lattimore
It Feels Like Floating
Mary Lattimore
Hundreds of Days
The Books
Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again
The Books
Thought for Food (Remastered)
Message To Bears
Mountains
Message To Bears
Folding Leaves
Silje Nes
Branches
Silje Nes
Opticks
Capitol K
Anon
Capitol K
Island Row
Mice Parade
In the Water There Are Islands, In the Land There Are Lakes
Mice Parade
The True Meaning of Boodleybaye
El Búho
Manana Tepotzlan
El Búho
Cenotes - EP
Jon Hopkins & King Creosote
Bubble
Jon Hopkins & King Creosote
Diamond Mine
High Places
From Stardust to Sentience
High Places
High Places
Prefuse 73
Storm Returns (A Prefuse/Tommy Guerrero Interlude)
Prefuse 73
One Word Extinguisher
José González
This Is How We Walk on the Moon
José González
This Is How We Walk on the Moon - Single
Nils Frahm
Human Range
Nils Frahm
All Melody
múm
We Have a Map of the Piano
múm
Finally We Are No One
Tunng
Crow
Tunng
Songs You Make at Night
Juana Molina
Vive Solo
Juana Molina
Un Día
Panda Bear
Dolphin
Panda Bear
Buoys
Gold Panda
Fifth Ave
Gold Panda
Companion
Bibio
À tout à l'heure
Bibio
Silver Wilkinson
Mark Pritchard
The Arched Window
Mark Pritchard
The Four Worlds
Schneider TM
Reality Check
Schneider TM
Zoomer (Bonus Version)
F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm
Perff
F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm
Music For Wobbling Music Versus Gravity
Haiku Salut
Becauselessness
Haiku Salut
Etch and Etch Deep
Colleen
Push the Boat onto the Sand
Colleen
The Weighing of the Heart
Low
Dancing and Blood
Low
Double Negative
Four Tet
Evening Side
Four Tet
Morning / Evening
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