Who is on your "Favorite Producer List" ?? new and old..
Not in any order but here goes..

Shafiq Husayn
Om'mas Keith
Rick Rubin
Madlib
Kariem Riggins
RZA
Owusu & Hannibal
Quincy Jones
Roy Ayers
Herbie Hancock
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theres already a thread but it cant hurt to drop it again

flying lotus
amon tobin
aphex twin
photek
omar rodriquez (mars volta, defacto)
burial
bonobo
fourtet
prefuse 73
dj shadow back in the day...havent heard anything good from him lately

Damn! I'm horrible..I should've checked first..

OMAR RODRIGUEZ! mmaaannn throw him in my list as well, how could I forget!

along with Prefuse and AFTA 1..

bomb squad
prince paul
clouddead
dj premier
eric b
dust brothers
chemical brothers
luke vibert
richard james
mike paradinas
mike saul kane (depht charge)
guy-manuel de homem-christo, thomas bangalter
giorgio moroder
new kingdom
juan atkins
kevin saunderson
king tubby
lee perry
burial
felix the housecat
photek
goldie
joey beltram
dj shadow
dj sneak
dj vadim
dj krush
arthur russel

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i forgot king tubby...and Lee scratch.... these lists are never ending anyway arent they??

..LEE SCRATCH!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe25AEniN9o

@hurlingdervish ...truth, i guess its best to narrow these list down to top 5 and why

i sample HD to answer



cheers

You forgot the illest of them, made one of the most sonically pleasing albums of all time on a sp 202, the lee scratch perry of hip hop, mad scientist

ODD NOSDAM- STOP SLEEPING- CAT WAS STRAIGHT ROCKIN SP'S BEFORE MADLIB AND DOOM MADE IT COOL, LEGENDARY FOR MAKING CRAZY BEATS WITH SO CALLED "TOYS"

sorry for the caps, but he is way too slept on

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madlib (thanx sleeps numb)
j dilla
mick harris (scorn, lull)
justin broaderick (godflesh, jesu)
bill laswell (material, praxis)
spectre
kerry chandler
roy davis jr
alex empire
dr dre


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The usual suspects.....


atm though im feeling lone (from notts same as me) and hudmo..

also on the dubish side of things zomby and ikonika, sickness!!!

dam funk too, i could go on forever...

il be making a lee scratch mix around xmas time when i get my decks setback up, so look out for that

Hip-hop, etc., in no particular order:
Madlib
Dam-Funk
RZA
DJ Muggs
DJ Premier
Prefuse 73
MF DOOM
Large Professor
Peanut Butter Wolf
Jake One
Pete Rock
Count Bass D
Beatnuts

And for Jazz:
Quincy Jones
Wayne Henderson
Bill Cosby
Teruo Nakamura

Sorta...

George Martin
Large Professor
Dan the Automator
Madlib
Phil Spektor
Tony Visconti
RZA
Prince Paul
oh yeah DJ Shadow circa 1996 aka human hip hop beat avatar

nice with the mention of bill laswell guru

hes one of the few producers left in the traditional sense of the word

yes. i appreciate.
i like his works with material and praxis too (expecially the one with john zorn, titled "sacrifist").
have you listen to the anthology from wordsound record called "crooklyn dub consortium: certified dop vol1"? great ill experimental dub from the middle of the '90 with bill laswell + other (ill) dub heads...http://www.wordsound.com/catalog/WSCD003.html

for "producers" in the same vein as me *coughcough*

photek: i just really love everything about modus operandi. he had some great tracks afterwards but the majority of them couldn't live up to that masterpiece.

venetian snares: a lot of people in the breakcore "scene" lambast newcomers for loving venetian snares. there is a reason people love this guy. he has taken a chaotic genre like breakcore and created some beautiful and intelligent music. a lot of the music in that genre is tongue-in-cheek and not too serious, and some of snares stuff is like that too, but when he wants to he can really turn it on. winter in a belly of a snake and Rossz csillag alatt született are classic albums.

luke vibert: probably my favourite "idm" artist. i just love the funkiness in everything he does.

plastikman: richie hawtin's early work as plastikman is brilliant. there is a reason all those annoying hipster bastards kneel at his feet.

jeff mills: really has done some cool projects with "experimental" type techno albums. love his minimal work.

robert hood: internal empire and minimal nation are absolute minimal techno classics.

dj premier: has created some of the greatest hip-hop beats ever. still bangs out classics. a living legend. nuff said.

pete rock: see above.

j dilla: a lot of people jock him nowadays but there is a reason for that. he is dopesauce.

madlib: the kid has got loops for days and days and days. really knows and loves music.

el-p: funcrusher plus, the cold vein and fantastic damage. 3 brilliantly produced hip-hop masterpieces. funcrusher plus is the epitome of that dirty futuristic style.

source direct: probably my favourite producers ever. of all their tracks i think they only have around 2 or 3 that aren't straight out fire. and they were tracks done at the end of their career.



honourable mentions: dan the automator, flying lotus, mf doom, burial, current value, shitmat, enduser.