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I urge those of you who like good music, and aren't averse to electronica, to get hold of some Autechre tracks. They are the greatest electronica band ever, as far as I'm concerned, and I remembered this today as I was listening to their epic "Second Peng" on the bus. I consider several of their tracks to be the most beautiful and/or melancholic music ever made. They're easy to get hold of, too, as you can buy their entire back catalogue from Bleep. Go on, treat yourself.

My favourites:

• Second Peng: rich, abstract, majestic, mournful - possibly my all-time favourite record
• CapIV and Gantz Graph (both on this superb EP)
• Piezo (pretty)
• Surripere (bear with it, the middle section is a fantastic dislocated grind)
• Leterel (the nearest thing they've had to a "hit record" - the BBC used it on one of their trailers recently)