{"id":636,"date":"2012-02-14T21:10:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T02:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/http:\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/best-music-of-2011-best-electro\/"},"modified":"2016-12-26T14:16:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T22:16:46","slug":"best-music-of-2011-best-electro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/best-music-of-2011-best-electro\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Music of 2011: Best Electro"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Best Electro of 2011 – PART I<\/h2>\n

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Image via LaughterKey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

At last, the best electro of 2011. I’m not ranking these, they’re in alphabetical order. Forthcoming is the second half of this list, as well as the Best Indie Rock and the best Dance and the Best Chill Music. It’s about time, eh?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Born Gold – End of Days (2:38) <\/a><\/h3>\n

Born Gold – Lawn Knives (2:04)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Born Gold were born as GobbleGobble and have changed their names for whatever reason. I don’t like the new name, it makes them sound like another trite eletro band, when they’re probably the most original act on this list. Both of these songs are glitchy, fast, and explosive. They finally put out an album in 2011, so I can take this chance to lavish praise on their sound, which is something like what a zombie-Gameboy would sound like if it had been run over by a train. Not that their sound is 8-bit necessarily…I don’t know what’s the source behind their sound, I just know I like it.<\/p>\n

Butcher Blades – Jigsaw Limbs (3:41)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Butcher Blades were a late addition to the list. Jigsaw Limbs is a song that is both as gorgeous and celestial as a cathedral. It’s also a song that’s as dark as that same church’s hundred-year-old cemetery. It’s a lot to pull off in one song, and it does so by swinging between heavenly voices and a mean fucking beat.<\/p>\n

Body Language – You Can (Keep Shelly in Athens Remix) 3:26<\/a><\/h3>\n

Such lovely voices, and then when they stop singing there’s an oddly melodic gutteral sound, like a five-year old trying to imitate the sound of a kazoo. I don’t know, I like the original almost as much as the remix. Here’s the video for Body Language \u2013 You Can, which do you like best?<\/p>\n