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Dec 28, 2023 · Who are some of the most influential electronic music pioneers? There are plenty to choose from, and a bunch got their start in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Groups like Kraftwerk, New Order, Daft Punk, and Depeche Mode are considered some of the greatest electronic music bands of all time.
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A brief history of early electronic music pioneers - from Luigi Russolo and his noise generating machines in the early 20th century to Karlheinz Stockhausen's 1950s electronic compositions...
e. Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroacoustic music ).
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The first experiments with electronic sound generators took place as early as the mid-late 19th century and culminated in the development of electromechanical pianos that predate the electronic keyboard. One of the most famous early electronic instruments was the "etherophone," later called the "Theremin" after its inventor Leon Theremin. Developed...
In the postwar period, US composers such as John Cage and Steve Reichwere pushing the boundaries of electroacoustic music in America. Meanwhile in Europe, Karlheinz Stockhausen was pioneering electronic sound experiments using ring modulators and Hammond organs, among much else, in the Studio for Electronic Music in Cologne. In the 1970s, the torch...
Countless EDM subgenres — including acid house, drum'n'bass, dubstep, trance and two-step — defined a new worldwide rave culture in the 1990s. Meanwhile, downtempo dub beats and experimental soundscapes marked the new trip hop sound coming out of Bristol via bands like Massive Attack and Portishead — and from Austrian duo Kruder & Dorfmeister. Arou...
Back to Düsseldorf, where bands like Kraftwerk and Neu! made the city synonymous with early electronic music worldwide, "Electro. From Kraftwerk to Techno" is now paying tribute to the rise of a groundbreaking musical direction. The more than 500 exhibits at the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast include instruments, homemade sound generators, photographs, aud...
Sep 14, 2023 · The Beatles were pioneers in this regard, introducing electronic instruments to their music – most notably the Moog synth that was used on their Abbey Road album in 1969. Where Did Elektronische Musik Originate? 1953 – the radio studios of the NWDR officially opened in Cologne in Germany.
Jan 5, 2024 · Afrika Bambaataa: “Planet Rock” Pioneering Electro with a Hip-Hop Twist. Afrika Bambaataa’s “Planet Rock” is a seminal track in the electro genre. Released in 1982, it famously samples Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express,” blending electronic music with hip-hop.
Jul 17, 2021 · By pre-empting the rise of 80s club culture and 90s rave music, the combined talents of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür birthed many sonic forebears, their radical prescience influencing pretty much every stripe of electronic dance music under the sun. Here’s how Kraftwerk forever changed the course of music as ...
