Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place (2003)

Monday - Paracetamol, the fourth track on A Strangely Isolated Place
When one thinks of Germany, one hardly thinks of happy electronic music. Darker genres like industrial, trance, and drum'n'bass are the first things that come to mind. Enter Ulrich Schnauss, breaking this mold with some of the happiest and laid back tracks I have ever heard. Ambient soundscapes and chill broken beats are commonplace, in fact the whole release seems to be permeated with what seems to be infinite optimism. It's an incredibly epic and powerful sound that has a certain energy to it - it calms, it inspires and it motivates. It opens your eyes to the endless possibilities of our world, and reminds you of all the amazing things you can find if you just take a good look around.


Track number three, A Letter From Home

Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out! (1997)

Bentley Rhythm Ace is a lesser known electronica group. Most known for this one track "Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out!", which came with their first album. To be honest, I don't think their albums are worth digging too much into, but this one track made it through, and became a very popular single. Funky big-beat style, very similar to Propellerheads.