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Jun 4, 2021 · Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1967. Photograph: PR Image. From the Guardian archive Electronic music. This article is more than 2 years old. The pioneers of electronic music – archive, 1957. 5 June...
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. They helped lead the way for other electronica ...
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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...
Jun 26, 2023 · Some of the pioneers in electronic music were German, French, and American figures like Ferruccio Busoni, Arnold Schoenberg, Edgard Varèse, and John Cage.
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 ...
by Jan Henrik Schimkus. When it comes to electronic music, Germany is not only an early adapter but a country of pioneers. Let’s take a look at the cultural and technological shifts that shaped Germany’s electronic music landscape.
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,...
