Posts Tagged ‘top five’

Five artists with day jobs

5. Russian Linesman

4. Low Technicians

3. Dan Deacon

2. The Hacker

1. The Architect

Trivia: The original “Russian linesman” was actually Azerbaijani.

Five artists named after places

5. Sydney Blu

4. Rktic

3. Boards of Canada

2. Telefon Tel Aviv

1. Venetian Snares

Honorable mention: Metro Area

Edit: Lifetime achievement award: Afrika Bambaataa.  (Thanks Darius.)

This list was surprisingly difficult to assemble.

Five mathematical songs

5. “Music is Math,” Boards of Canada.  (Bonus: “The Smallest Weird Number,” but only if you accept the axiom of choice.)

4. “Algebra,” Bryan Zentz.

3. “Phi*1700 (u/v),” μ-ziq.

2. “Pi*r^2″, Clint Mansell.  (Bonus: “2*Pi*r.”)

1. “Cross Product,” The Alpha Conspiracy.

Honorable mention: “Trickonometry,” Aaron Kelley.

Top five electronic film scores and soundtracks

5. Tom Tykwer et al, Run Lola Run.

4. Air, The Virgin Suicides.

3. Vangelis, Blade Runner.

2. Clint Mansell et al, Pi.

1. Wendy Carlos, A Clockwork Orange.

I don’t actually watch a whole lot of movies (so why are you writing this list? - Ed). I feel pretty confident in number 1, though.