jacderida

Picture of my collection:


I also have a lot of digital releases (as in, legally purchased downloads). I now prefer this over vinyl: I care more for music than format. However, I will always maintain my own digital collection rather than using Spotify or other streaming services.

General Interests
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I'm really open minded about music and will give anything a try, but I'm particularly fond of this kind of stuff (in no order, except the first item):
Legowelt and all aliases (without a doubt my all time favourite artist), Ambient/Drone/Experimental, Techno, Acid, Old School Hip Hop & Electro, Old School Techno/Hardcore (R & S and the like), Old School Jungle, Electro (stuff like Drexciya), Detroit Techno, Chicago House, Disco, Early Electronic/Musique Concrète/Tape Manipulation (BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Tod Dockstader, Xenakis etc.), Aphex Twin and all aliases, 60s/70s Krautrock, 60s/70s Psychedelic Rock, 60s/70s Italian Prog, Industrial (though more stuff like Throbbing Gristle, Severed Heads, Skinny Puppy etc., as opposed to Nine Inch Nails or stuff like that), Library Music, Soundtracks (especially horror), Italo Disco, Jazz, Exotica (like Martin Denny)...

I stopped collecting music for around 3 or 4 years, but I'm now back into it with a passion. Right now, I'm trying to complete a lot of excellent stuff I missed, but I'm also slowly keeping abreast of new stuff; in the near future, I'm going to put a lot more effort into identifying good new stuff.

Completion Projects (more to be added)
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Legowelt (all albums, EPs, compilations, remixes, and releases he appeared on; repeat for all his aliases (of which there are *many*))
Aphex Twin (as per Legowelt, and the same applies to any other artist listed)
Ceephax Acid Crew
Le Syndicat Electronique
L.I.E.S. (Long Island Electrical Systems)
Strange Life Records
Bunker Records
Stilleben Records
Nightwind Records
Invasion Planète Recordings
Zusammen Records
Plague Recordings
Trunk Records
BAKK
Data Discs
Rephlex
Riverette
Unknown To The Unknown
Crème Organization
Roller Disco Records (Even although this is only a mix CD label)
Drexciya
Heinrich Dressel
MinimalRome

Completion Projects (Soundtrack Stuff)
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Death Waltz Recording Company
Mondo (3)
One Way Static Records

Completion Projects (Krautrock and Old Psych Rock Stuff)
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Brain
Ohr
Pilz (2)
Kosmische Musik

Ratings
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My rating scheme:
5/5: I will rate an album 5 if every track is amazing, or if there are several tracks on the album that stop and make me think, "wow, this release is really worth having in my collection." Same applies to 12 inches, but on a lower scale. If there's 1 amazing track among 3 or 4 tracks on the record, I'd still be inclined to rate 5.
4/5: Very good or good, though perhaps I might not come back to it that often.
3/5: Meh. Would sell.
2/5: Awful. Would sell in a heartbeat.
1/5: As per 2, but maybe there's something wrong with the pressing or something like that. I don't think I've actually used this rating yet.