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As long as we're asking for album recommendations, does anyone have any
ideas where to find electronic music that doesn't fall into the
"rock/jazz/new-age" categories? Stuff more into the 'electronic-symphonic'
or 'idiomatic electronic music' genres?

I've bought all of the Carlos/Tomita/Vangelis stuff available (as well as a
few weak Carlos imitators). I rely on my old vinyl for what little Subotnik,
Mort Garson, Amin Bhatia, Mychael Danna, etc. that I could find. Over the
last twenty-five years I've played my Varez, Stockhausen, Xenakis, and the
"Forbidden Planet" soundtrack to death. I have a couple of CDs called
"Computer Music Volume [x]" with John Chowning's original FM works, etc.
I've been ending up with a CD collection that's 40% [sci-fi] soundtracks
because that kind of music is the closest thing to orchestral weirdness
being put out.

Any suggestions?

I have been very disappointed lately to find that music stores have pretty
much eliminated what meager "Electronic" bins they had. They seem to feel
that New Age, and in some cases Jazz, covers it all. To me, it seems like a
whole sector of Electronic Music (with a capital 'E') has disappeared from
the earth. If any of you helpful folks can point out some titles I might
like and may have missed, I'd love to add them to my library.