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- In response to seeing music move in a direction with more mainstream appeal and pop hooks, industrial sought to be countercultural to the pop music scene. Though the genre is not as popular as it once was, it has continued to influence numerous genres and bands. Industrial has bled into the ambient scene, glitch rock, noise rock, and metal.
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Mar 26, 2024 · A countercultural movement founded on anti-melodic, ambient sounds (with a dotted line to Kraftwerk’s tech-savvy futurism ), industrial music dismantled the shiny beats associated with disco and...
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Dec 28, 2023 · Industrial music is a response to the commercialization of music that was seen by artists by the 1970s. In response to seeing music move in a direction with more mainstream appeal and pop hooks, industrial sought to be countercultural to the pop music scene.
Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes.
Jul 24, 2020 · Early industrial music was very much rooted in avant-garde experimentalism, directly linked with the emergence of new technology – most obviously synths and then samplers, but also tape technology and effects. As technology has evolved, industrial has kept up the pace.
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- Pierre Schaeffer – “Etude aux chemins de fer” (1948) As World War II drew to a close, the radio and recording studios of France afforded Pierre Schaffer a unique opportunity to intersect his interests in sonic art and science.
- Cromagnon – “Caledonia” (1969) Pounding drums, radio wave static, sampled orchestral music, fuzz guitar, bagpipes(!) and something approaching a black metal vocal hiss—in 1969 there was essentially no frame of reference for this combination of sounds, certainly not one so heavy and intense.
- Suicide – “Frankie Teardrop” (1977) Although not an industrial band per se, the proto-electronic darkness of Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop” is a template for early Industrial music, its experimental leanings and harrowing intensity.
- Throbbing Gristle – “Hamburger Lady” (1978) Formed out of performance art troupe COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle coined the term “industrial” but they didn’t limit what that entailed, their early recordings ranging from noise to sound collage, disco, synth-laden kosmische and exotica.
Jun 7, 2021 · Industrial music combines rock music with synthesizers, samplers, and the abrasive sound of machines.
Oct 26, 2017 · Even so, the rise of cheap recording technology and software has allowed a whole host of young musicians to carry the genre forward while remaining true to its countercultural roots. Listed below are 10 artists whose music showcases the stylistic breadth and vitality of industrial music circa now.
