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Dec 28, 2023 · Groups like Kraftwerk, New Order, Daft Punk, and Depeche Mode are considered some of the greatest electronic music bands of all time. They helped lead the way for other electronica musicians and DJs to create some of the most mind-blowing electronic dance music of all time. Vote up the best EDM pioneers. Most divisive: Erasure.
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Halim El-Dabh. (March 4, 1921 – September 2, 2017) was an Egyptian American composer and pioneer of electroacoustic music. In 1944 he composed one of the first works of tape music in Cairo exploring the possibilities of manipulating recorded sound. After moving to the US he became one of the most influential composers at the Columbia ...
Aug 22, 2023 · Electronic music pioneers like Robert Moog and Brian Eno revolutionized the way music was created, introducing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of sound. The emergence of Detroit techno in the 1980s laid the foundation for the development of other electronic music genres. The rise of rave culture and the advent of EDM in the 1990s ...
Jul 17, 2021 · Kraftwerk themselves were revisiting the theme of transportation, recording an extended love letter to Europe’s trans-continental railway link. Released in 1976, their sixth album, Trans-Europe Express, is widely regarded to be their undisputed masterpiece. As a precursor to synth-pop and an electronic hymn to pro-Europeanism, it celebrated ...
Jan 1, 2018 · The book rotates between history lessons, personal anecdote and discursive stream-of-consciousness rambling about the music and what it means. It dwells on early 20th Century experiments and the use of tape loops in contemporary classical works, followed by an idiosyncratic selection of notable (and not-so-notable) artists of the 1960s-2000s ...
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Kraftwerk were the first electronic music group to popularize the genre. They pioneered the use of synthesizers, sequences, drum machines and vocoders and influenced many genres such as synth-pop, hip hop, electro and techno. Important albums include Autobahn (1974), Trans-Europe Express (1977) and Man Machine (1978). Kraftwerk live 1978
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Ikutaro Kahehashi. (February 7, 1930 – April 1, 2017) was a Japanese inventor and founder of music companies such as Ace Tone and Roland. In 1964, he developed the first fully transistorized electronic drum instrument, the R1 Rhythm Ace, which popularized the use of drum machines. In 1972 Kahehashi founded Roland Corporation launching ...
