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Faunts

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I believe everyone knows at this point that radio is terrible.

The radio can be good, if you have a digital radio that can take you to certain stations. The everyday stations with the current hip music, however, doesn't really appeal to people such as Legolover and I who want music that can mean a little more to us, whether it be emotionally or artistically.

 

I agree that a lot of electronic music these days is beginning to sound very familiar, to the point where from song to song there's not much of a difference in identity and it all becomes background noise. And yeah, I'm really surprised at how many songs are about partying and flirting these days, which seem to be subjects that don't really go anywhere, and when going to an actual party the music basically has no theme.

 

To point out the obvious, there's Daft Punk. Their music isn't necessarily somber, but they sure to know how to create a good, original techno tune. Then there's Cascada ("Every Time We Touch"), Basshunter ("Dota", "All I Ever Wanted", and "Now You're Gone"), Eiffel 65 (the ever-so-fun "I'm Blue"), ATC (I just like their music in general), and I'm just a fan of a lot of 90's electronic music in general. Again, not somber and especially meaningful, but they have a few good songs with catchy and memorable tunes. I guess I'm falling for stereotypes here, but while writing this post I decided to listen to electronic music on Pandora, and I'll come back it anything stands out that fits your descriptions.

 

EDIT: I thought of STYX and the song "Mr. Roboto". That's a meaningful song.

The musical piece called "Heavy Light", the last in Animusic 2, is clearly a great composition executed through the electronic medium, and is certainly enhanced by the animation it was composed for.

 

Merida

I believe everyone knows at this point that radio is terrible.

Wait wait wait! What about classic rock stations? At least they largely play music which was good enough to remember fondly this many years later.

 

Of course, I may be biased seeing as my family owns a total of three radio stations...

I was making a exaggeration for the sake of humor. Classic rock station and classical music stations are probably the biggest exception to radio's general terribleness.