downstairs mix up (rare trax 2)

Downstairs Mixup (rare trax 2)  Another friendly mixup from nicearms.  This one's a bit more varied and wild, so hold tight!  Track Listing:   1.  Push Button Objects - Non Existant (keyed in by Gescom) [1998] 2.  Mr Nogatco - Bionic Fuse [2006] 3.  Acid Wolf - MMM [c. 1995] 4.  Yo! Majesty - Club Action [2008] 5.  Zeph and Azeem - Come On Come All [2007] 6.  AFX - Analogue Bubblebath 5 track [1995] 7.  Yoshio Machida - Setagaya Art Museum, Sep 28 2008 (Excerpt) [Wire Tapper 2009] 8.  Amon Tobin - Switch [1998] 9.  The Cult - Li'l Devil [1987] 10. Coil - Remote Viewing 4 [remastered with bonus remixes edition - 2006] 11. Thomas Fehlmann - Dusted With Powder [2007] 12. DJ QBert - Inner Space Dental Commander [1998] 13. Cypress Hill - Boom Biddy Bye Bye [1995] 14. Fennesz - The Colour Of Three [2008] 15. Plaid - Dett [Warp 20 Unheard - 2009] 16. Autechre - Bronchus One [from An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Second       A-Chronology 1936-2003 (2), track written in 1989] 17. The Shins - Turn On Me [2007]   Duration: 66 minutes and 3 seconds File: MP3 at 256kbps  Torrent includes Remote Viewing 4 and Bronchus One as individual mp3s.

electronic music is the sound of science fiction

And that's precisely why I love it so much.
From the theremin (which also obviously evokes horror [often hand-in-hand with sci fi]) to Vangelis' cheesy analogue synth extravaganzas to Autechre's explorations into the increasingly complex and generative, I fucking love it. And it's not just music that uses synths, but music that uses technology and maybe even old and acoustic instruments but in new and interesting ways.
What I think I love most about electronic music is that it combines an aesthetic of the not-yet (or projections thereof) with philosophical ramblings of the limits of experience - just like science fiction. And all of this in a nice, portable and realtime format that's one of the most emotive media available. Well, for me anyway music tends to be the most affective of all media.

Above is a clip by Boards of Canada called Dayvan Cowboy. If electronic music is the sound of science fiction, then BoC are its purveyors of retro. It's the sound of tomorrow today made as though it were yesterday.
And below is Autechre's mindblowing filmclip for Gantz Graf, directed by Alex Rutterford. It's the sound (and look) of tomorrow blowing up.