Ken Ishii - Butter Bump

(Note: Ken Ishii = Electronic Music)

The mechanical, grinding tones often found in Ken Ishii's music have helped his tracks to stand out over the years. It's especially interesting as he is able to do this in a way that doesn't wear down on the listener. With these sort of tones, I find a lot of songs gradually numb my ears as they go on, but Ishii finds a way to balance these tones so that I'm not left exhausted and looking for something else to listen to after a couple of tracks.

One of my favorite songs from him is Butter Bump, released in 1997 on his album "Metal Blue America". It has this continuous, driving low-end grind that is played off a treble-y echoing bit that skitters across the top of the song at regular intervals, all while throwing in a bunch of industrial elements. It's a top notch song, and the video is pretty neat too with its constantly changing images, and futuristic motif. You can check it out below. It's definitely worth a listen if you are into electronic music.