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  1. 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.

    • From The Theremin to The Hammond
    • From Krautrock to Dub
    • Popular Hits and Trip-Hop Beats
    • Ever-Evolving Musical Genre

    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...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_MoogRobert Moog - Wikipedia

    Robert Arthur Moog (/ m oʊ ɡ / MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer , the Moog synthesizer , which debuted in 1964.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MarshmelloMarshmello - Wikipedia

    Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. His songs " Silence " (featuring Khalid ), " Wolves " (with Selena Gomez ), " Friends " (with Anne-Marie ), " Happier " (with Bastille ), and " Alone " have received multi- platinum certification in several countries ...

  5. Feb 20, 2016 · Morton Subotnick is a living legend in the field of electronic music, but in the early 1960s he was just a young, classically-trained composer living in California and looking for a new...

  6. In a very short span of time, the descriptor “electronic music” has come to sound as overly broad as “classical.” But where what we (often incorrectly) call classical developed over hundreds of years, electronic music proliferated into hundreds of fractal forms in only decades. A far steeper quality curve may have to do with the ease of its creation, ...

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