1 day ago · John Maus (born February 23, 1980) is an American musician, composer, singer, and songwriter known for his baritone singing style and his use of vintage synthesizer sounds and Medieval church modes, a combination that often draws comparisons to 1980s goth-pop.
23 hours ago · Jeff Weiss of Pitchfork said The Doldrums "inspired chillwave and a lo-fi revival, as well as alter[ed] the perception of L.A. as an indie-rock backwater." [75] Spin writer David Bevan credited Pink's "fascination with, and commitment to, recasting outdated, obsolescent media" with galvanizing what is "widely seen in the VHS-boosted, Polaroid ...
1 day ago · Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that developed in the 1980s. The style is typified by a preoccupation with sonic texture and atmosphere as much as melody.
- Early 1980s, United Kingdom
- Alternative rock, gothic rock, neo-psychedelia
1 day ago · Regional definitions. In North America, in the late 1990s, the mainstream music industry adopted and to some extent manufactured electronica as an umbrella term encompassing styles such as techno, big beat, drum and bass, trip hop, downtempo, and ambient, regardless of whether it was curated by indie labels catering to the "underground" nightclub and rave scenes, or licensed by major labels ...
- Late 1970s to 1980s, Europe, Japan and the United States
- Ambient, electronic, synth-pop
23 hours ago · Lo-fi is the opposite of hi-fi. Historically, the prescriptions of "lo-fi" have been relative to technological advances and the expectations of ordinary music listeners, causing the rhetoric and discourse surrounding the term to shift numerous times.
23 hours ago · Cultural origins: Late 1980s, New York City and Chicago Latin house is an electronic dance music genre that combines house and Latin American music, such as that of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and African origin.
1 day ago · At the same time as house was becoming big in Chicago, other related genres were forming in other major U.S cities. Simon Reynolds ' A Tale of Three Cities [22] (the first chapter of his book Generation Ectasy ) looked at the emergence of techno in Detroit, house in Chicago, and garage in New York City and the reasons why the cultures took off ...
1 day ago · United Kingdom. Drum and bass began as a musical paradigm shift of the United Kingdom breakbeat hardcore and rave scene of the mid 1990s; and over the first decade and a half of its existence there have been many permutations in its style, incorporating elements from dancehall, electro, funk, hip hop, house, jazz, pop-created fusion of hardcore, house and techno (also including new beat).