For physical media, some of my favorites are: Annette Peacock - I'm The One This lady was signed on with RCA in the 70's. David Bowie cited her spaced out synth aesthetic as an influence for Ziggy Stardust. She was also one of the first to use a Moog on stage, though she was singing through a modulating filter rather than using it as a generator. The CD I have was signed by her, but the reissue wasn't mobbed -- in fact I was a month late and I still got copy #107 of 150-- so you can probably still find signed copies floating around. Conehead Buddha - The Man With The Hat Really solid ska outfit. The Man With The Hat is live and really well rehearsed, with more-complex-than-your-average-ska-band harmonies, rapping, and a tight a capella climax near the end. They never got too popular, but they're worth listening to if you're into that kinda thing. Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene Electronic music from 1976. Jean-Michel Jarre helped further popularise electronic music, making more poppy and danceable music later in his career. His early works are dominated by progressive, textural electronic compositions like Oxygene, though. It's all done with tapes up until his album Zoolook, which is the first ever entirely digitally produced album, taking advantage of sampling by using snippets of languages from around the world. plus, it's catchy as hell- I definitely recommend Zoolook. Isao Tomita - The Snowflakes Are Dancing More 70's electronic music, this time electronic covers of Claude Debussy. Tomita does it beautifully, too. He uses formant synthesis for vowel synths that sound alive, and really captures the direction and emotion of the music. If there were ever a synthesis virtuoso, it's this guy. La PPish - Paya Paya I found this CD at a thrift store. Couldn't read it, but listening to it revealed some japanese ska. The engrish JUMPINGU DANSU DANSU DANSU really gets me, and it's noise-tinted so there's some sonic interest there for me. strangely likeable.