"electronic" music

[bob4]

Hey all,

Since there are different threads about Blues, Jazz, etc, I decided to start a new thread discussing personal likes/ dislikes concerning "electronic" music.

My personal favourites are:

DR Israel : ragga/Drum'n'Bass/Dub band from NY
Dub War : same influences as Dr Israel, but more aggressive tracks. Unfortunately, they split up 2 or 3 years ago.

Just to mention two of my actual favourites.

We can also as well discuss about a definition for the term"electronic" music.

 

[Peter Daniel]

Would you agree that all which is described as electronic music today started with Donna Summer and "I Feel Love" track back in '70s?

 

[Cobra2]

Electronic..

Electronic music...gets me thinking of
SPACE, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream,...

Arne K
NORWAY

 

[Peter Daniel]

And don't forget Kraftwerk and Devo.

 

[Tony D.]

My feeling is that a lot of Electronic music today has been heavily influenced by KraftWerk, going back to and beyond Trans Europe Express.

A lot of the basic beats in todays E-Music were laid down by KraftWerk way back when.

When I think of Electronic I include a lot of what some people think of as Acid Jazz like Kruder & Dorfmeister, Grey Boy and Portishead.

Some of the discs are excellent recordings, KraftWerks "Electric Cafe" is good music very well recorded as is "Computer Welt".

One of my faviorites is Brian Eno's "Music For Films", errie haunting.


Tony D.

 

[bob4]

Donna SUmmer?????

Would you agree that all which is described as electronic music today started with Donna Summer and "I Feel Love" track back in '70s?

Unfortunately, I haven't heard that track yet.Could you explain your choice more precisely?

Same thing with Devo, but the name rings at least some bell........

But regarding Kraftwerk I agree with you (although I'm not their biggest fan).

 

[Peter Daniel]

Talking about Brian Eno, "Another Green World" is fine recording too. And when he started producing U2's albums, I finally started to enjoy their music as well.

 

[Peter Daniel]

Re: Donna Summer, I Feel Love

Unfortunately, I haven't heard that track yet.Could you explain your choice more precisely?

That is one famous track. You could probably check it out at Amazon.com. All electronic music started from that one.

 

[bob4]

And when he started producing U2's albums, I finally started to enjoy their music as well.

I didn#t know THAT one...........

but yeah, Eno is also part of it I'd say.........

........and "Music for airports" is also sure a classic

 

[Peter Daniel]

I didn#t know THAT one...........

It started with "Achtung Baby".

 

[bob4]

definition

Hey,

Let's talk about a possible definition for "electronic" music, OK?????

 

[Peter Daniel]

Webster says:

Electronic music: musical compositions created for tape recording by electronic devices in a laboratory.

Change few words with better ones and you might get it right.

 

[Jean]

Well, lets see. Didn't mtv create this "electronic" label and slapped it on everything that isn't pop/rock/rap/alternative/country etc ?

I call it techno.

 

[Peter Daniel]

pop/rock/rap/alternative/country

I call it techno.

It is too simplified. There is as many trends and types in electronic music as in the rest, you refer as pop/rock/rap/alternative/country

I probably have about 1,500 CDs and more than 60% is electronic music.

I maybe have 500 records and only 5% is electronic music. Guess why I'm selling my TT.

 

[Jean]

Peter, I agree.

Same here, over 50% of the music that I listen to is electronica/techno. Mostly its drum and bass, rest is stuff like Orbital, FSOL, Delerium (can we put them in this category heh), Banco De Gaia, Autechre etc.

 

[Peter Daniel]

I was once a great fun of Delerium, as well as Front Line Assembly. Then it was Front 242 and nowadays I'm in favour of lighter sounds like Apoptygma Berzerk and VNV Nation. Quite a lot of new music is coming from Germany nowadays. It doesn't even bother me if the lyrics are in German, it kind of suits the music.

 

[bob4]

Webster says:

Electronic music: musical compositions created for tape recording by electronic devices in a laboratory.

Change few words with better ones and you might get it right.

Hey, that was already a quite good one!

I'd say: "recordings, that get a special touch (character??) by involving electronic devices wether to create sounds or alter them in a significant way"

Of course one could say, well that when Michael Jackson or whoever nowadays goes to a studio in order to record, loads of "electronic devices" are used to improve the performance.

But I hope you got my idea.

 

[bob4]

the ill **** cumin' from Grrrrmany

Quite a lot of new music is coming from Germany nowadays. It doesn't even bother me if the lyrics are in German, it kind of suits the music.

Yessir!!!

Do you know Atari Teenage Riot?

 

[Peter Daniel]

Re: the ill **** cumin' from Grrrrmany

Do you know Atari Teenage Riot?

No. Is it like Shonen Knife from Japan emulating the sound of Ramones?

I'm more into stuff like: Inscape, Die Form, :Wumpscut, KMFDM, Wolfsheim, Funker Vogt, not to mentioning the Ramstein.

 

[bob4]

Re: Re: the ill **** cumin' from Grrrrmany

No. Is it like Shonen Knife from Japan emulating the sound of Ramones?

You're closer to the truth than you suppose.

They call it "digital hardcore"

distorted guitars, shouting & weird beats programmed on an Atari, put together with a real "punk" attitude.
They named one of their albums "destroy 2000 years of culture".

Check them out, they're funny as Hell.....

I don't know all the bands you mentioned........