Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums

Anything by Boards of Canada (Warp Label)
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 1 and 2
Global Communication 76:14 incredible!
Tetsu Inoue Fax Label material...smooth and chill
Ulrich Schnauss....fantastic
Bill Laswell just about anything as well
Early Autechre material Amber would be a great selection

oh there is so much the list can go on and on......:)

two new discoveres for me which are the among the best I have heard...new to me that is

Bugge Wesseltoft: Moving
Steve Kuhn: Trance

both are heavily influenced by jazz but are very chill and atmospheric...recording quality is quite good as well....Steve Kunn's album is visionary in that the orginal pressing was in 1976...waaay ahead of its time

Speaking of old stuff from the 70's..
klaus schulze released an album called "moondawn" in like 1973.. it is pretty analogue sounding but trance music none the less. similar but not exactly like some of the material released currently or in the 90s.. according to one web site, moondawn is the most accessible album for the american audience being that it was widely released states side in the 70s..

in other kraut bands.. the album zeit by tangerine dream is quite a classic.. some realllly wicked manipulations done to audio on that one.. again it is like early 70s..

but these albums are more on the avantgard tip instead of the alternative tip.. not that there is much of a distinction between the two but to me it is noticable...

I'm familiar with about 90% of the artists listen on this thread.

To my mind there is one artist that is head and shoulders above the rest both musically and sonically. O.K maybe just a head if I'm being concervative.

SHPONGLE

I originally made a fetailed write up. Lots of information. Anyways. Phones crash. I’ll just list the names. All of these artist can be found on YouTube or Soundclud before purchase. 

As Tower Records once had their section 
Desert Island Discs. 

Additionally,  I would use Discogs, and Ebay for comparative pricing. 40 on eBay. 5 on discogs, or vice versa. Shop smart. 
lots of these Artist on Bandcamp. You can purchase FLAC or WAV. Though the highs always sound muted. Not recommended. 

Discogs also provides a great synopsis of all artis and various projects. 

For Podcast 

Elie Verveine

Cio Dor, also produces. 

Kerri Chandler also produces. 

Donato Dozzy, also produces.

Fred P, also produces

Carl Craig, also produces 
 

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Mainly production. Some podcast. 

Moodyman

Mika Vainio

Rod Modell

Steven Hitchell

Echososoace

Levon Vincent

Theo Parrish

Yesterdays New Quintet 

Alva Noto & Ryuchi Sakamoto. Both do  solo production as well. Though their work  together. Stellar!!

Jimi Tenor

Senor Coconut 

Flying Lotus

Radio Fore

Sahko Records Helsinki Finland

Sotofet / Sex Tags Mania

Theo Parrish / Sound Signature

Jeff Mills, / Axis Records 

Carl Craig

Valdislav Delay

4 Hero - Two Pages. Import Album. Not domestic. 

Savath &  Savalas - Post Folk, Portuguese/electronic 

Sonar Kollektivr presents “Secret Love” Volumes 1 - 6.
Still low key. Though most accessible on this list. Definitely purchase the entire collection. Post Fiolk, electronic close to 8 hours of music. I usually throw it on shuffle.