After Punk Rock arrived, a form of basic 'synth rock' emerged. This music increasingly used new digital technology to replace other instruments. Pioneering bands included Ultravox with their 1977 single "Hiroshima Mon Amour", Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Tubeway Army from the UK, and Devo from the US. |
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Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
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Phuture - Acid Tracks
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Discovering Electronic Music Part 2
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Kraftwerk - Computer World
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In exploring techno's origins, writer Kodwo Eshun maintains that 'Kraftwerk are to Techno what Muddy Waters is to the Rolling Stones: the authentic, the origin, the real.' |
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Techno musicians, treat the electronic
music studio as one large instrument. The collection of devices found in a typical studio will include units capable of producing unique timbres and effects but technical proficiency is required for the technology to be exploited creatively. Studio production equipment is generally synchronized using a hardware- or computer-based MIDI sequencer, enabling the producer to combine the sequenced output of many devices in one arrangement. |
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Dubstep
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Missy Elliot - Lose Control
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Aphex Twin - Window Licker
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Dubstep
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Trance is more melodic and harmonic than any other dance music. It refers to an induced emotional feeling, high, euphoria, chills, and uplifting rush listeners experience. Trance employs aural dynamics to a great degree, a characteristic of virtually all trance songs is the soft mid-song breakdown, beginning with and occurring after the orchestration is broken down and the rhythm tracks fade out rapidly, leaving the melody, atmospherics, or both to stand alone for anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. |
Melodic Trance Music
Another characteristic is vocals often sung
by a female who ranges from mezzo- soprano to soprano. Also vocals can be grand, soaring, or operatic style in style. |
After significant underground and club- based success in Chicago from the early 1980s onwards, House music emerged in the UK mainstream pop market in the mid-to-late 80s. It then quickly spread to the rest of Europe, and then by the mid 1990s - a global phenomenon. Artists and groups such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Björk, Kanye West, and others have also embraced this form of music. House continues in its popularity now. Today, house music remains popular in both clubs and in the mainstream pop scene while retaining a strong foothold on underground scenes across the globe. |
Bjork - House
Janet Jackson - Make Me
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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley proclaimed August 10, 2005 to be 'House Unity Day' in Chicago, in celebration of the '21st anniversary of house music'. The proclamation recognized Chicago as the original home of house music. |
The original creators
'were inspired by the love of their city. They dreamed their music would send peace and unity to the world'. |
'Acid house' party fever became huge in London and Manchester, and quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Club goers facing 2am closing hours, flocked to the all night 'warehouse party scene'. To escape the attention of the press and the authorities, this after-hours activity soon went underground. Within a short time up to 10,000 people at a time were attending the first commercially organized mass parties, called raves, ensuring the onset of a related media storm. |
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