Amazon Prime's Electronic Music Choices Are Meager

As of today, Amazon Prime subscribers can access more than a million songs via the company's new music streaming service. If a million tracks sounds like a low number to you, that's because it is—Spotify's library claims to have 30 times as many tunes available—but we're hopeful that Amazon will expand its collection in the coming weeks and months. After all, it is only Day 1. Undeterred, we dove into digital crates to see how deep Amazon's electronic music collection goes, and managed to find some pretty influential albums that you should definitely check out now that they're at your fingertips (If you have Amazon Prime, of course).

Burial, Untrue (Hyperdub 2007)

If you're experiencing an unseasonably grey June day—which seems to be the case in Berlin, New York, and even LA—match the dreary mood with Burial's seminal sad boy dubstep LP. Afterwards, you can play a fun game in which you name all the producers who ripped off his style in the years since.

Aphex Twin, Come To Daddy (Warp 1997)

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— Chris Madak (@bee_mask)

June 13, 2014

We might have forgotten about good ol' Richard if it hadn't been for Pennsylvanian noise artist Bee Mask, who earlier today posted a picture on Twitter of a guy in an Aphex Twin shirt taking a selfie as he drank a beer—comedic gold. We've had Richard on the brain since we peeped that snapshot.

Gold Panda, Lucky Shiner (Ghostly/Notown 2010)

Amazon Prime has a surprisingly solid collection of Gold Panda releases. If you're looking for a place to start, try the UK producer's sleepy first LP, Lucky Shiner. We tried to find his stellar DJ Kicks mix, but they don't have it yet, probably because the licensing for a mixed CD is a nightmare.

Daft Punk, Musique Vol. 1 (Virgin 2006)

The Prime site is heavily promoting the streams of LCD Soundsystem's album Sound of Silver and Daft Punk's most recent LP, Random Access Memories, but there are other options. And thank God for that—no one needs to hear "Get Lucky" again until 2024.

Atari Teenage Riot, Burn Berlin Burn (Grand Royal 1997)

We were hoping to find Atari Teenage Riot's first album 1995, so that we had an excuse to talk about how the German digital hardcore outfit lost their major label deal because they spent too much money stopping into record stores to shop while they were recording. Unfortunately, Prime only has a few albums to offer from ATR, but they make up some of the distance with this compilation.

Zomby, Where Were U In '92? (Werk Discs 2008)

If you're not in a super punk mood, then forget the Atari Teenage Riot suggestion. Instead, sedate yourself with Zomby's least boring album, which we grudgingly admit is actually pretty good, even though it turns out he's one of dance music's biggest pricks.

Rusko, O.M.G.! (Mad Decent 2010)

While we might pretend not to like Zomby these days, we would never deny the awesome might of Rusko's debut album, OMG. Listening to this album is giving us flashbacks.

DJ Rashad, Double Cup (Hyperdub 2013)

Speaking of flashbacks, we'd like to rewind the clock to last summer, when footwork don DJ Rashad dropped his masterpiece. RIP.

Oneohtrix Point Never, Replica (Mexican Summer/Software 2011)

We're glad to see that Amazon hasn't ignored the more abstract end of electronic music spectrum.

Ron Trent, Altered States EP (Prescription Classic 2008)

No, this EP from Chicago stalwart Ron Trent isn't an album, but it's probably the best release Amazon has to offer. We were surprised to find it there, because there aren't a whole lot of classic Detroit and Chicago jams on Prime yet—this one's a repress. But if Amazon had to pick just one, we commend their decision.