|
EDM's Greatest Moments? (pg. 3)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Torley Wong |
The historic friendship of BT flying across the Atlantic and meeting Sasha would certainly count as a high point. The events that would unfold follow this meeting of minds continue to reverberate throughout the soundscape to this very day. The album, IMA, containing the "Voyage of Ima" mix by Sasha, cemented this inspirational legacy and is a seminal turning point.
infinity HiGH: Ah, good, yes, you mention the two James. :)
-Holden firmly helping to establish the meme propagation of "big-room tracks being made on small-room software" and his subsequent technological "prog" innovations, which are influential and still in prog-ress. ;)
-Zabiela showing that more people who haven't even tried CDJs ought to shut their mouths about the limitations of the gear.
Time and time again, technosnobs who have said "it can't be done" or "it shouldn't be done" have found themselves either flattened by the oncoming steamroller of change, or have hopped onto the bandwagon themselves.
Some more examples:
-use of sampled and performed guitars, both acoustic and electric, in electronic music by the likes of Prodigy, Underworld, Chemical Bros., Fatboy Slim, etc. This was all part of the Stateside "electronica revolution" and a connection to link stylistics closer to rock music.
-Kraftwerk was already mentioned by you, Dan, and certainly they were part of the punk ethos of the time. Synthesizers were viewed as a novelty and a passing fad, and amazingly today, they still are by some uninformed people. As an extension, Afrika Bambaataa and Arthur Baker hearing their sounds and contributing to hip-hop's birth is another amazing junction that is sometimes oddly denied out of prejudicial reasons.
-resurgence of melody in "prog" as of late. Simple but true. "Honk prog" or "Bog prog" bows down to common sense and what many people enjoy -- a catchy melody.
-Moby's Play. The bald little man's persona almost single-handedly -- by way of word-of-mouth and advert placement -- established a new level of popularity for unconventional electronic music in the popular arena. Juxtaposing black Americana music old and new, it was an odd but undeniably successful album.
-Aphex Twin and Autechre, alleged "twin pillars" of IDM/Braindance, proliferate their sounds and ideas into popular consciousness. Many copycats emerge, pointing the way towards how influential and namedropped they are. More crossovers between "IDM" and "trance" have yet to happen but it's inevitable. Already we are beginning to see more glitchy stutters and mad edits in productions while retaining that pounding dancefloor edge. It'll take time.
-Wendy Carlos and her Switched-On Bach bridged classical and electronic music. Glenn Gould gave this his unabashed thumbs-up. He too, was a visionary of future cut-and-paste recording technology, since the 60s.
-Guerilla and Spooky, Leftfield's Leftism as mentioned, and others who are now recognized retroactively as "founding progressive house forefathers"
-electroclash: not just because of the music, but because the image and "lifestyle" going along with it.
There are so many. That's a good thing. :D |
|
|
| tbh |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dan1584
LMAO! Why the attack on me? I NEVER said ANYTHING about Renaissance: The Mix Collection, Leftism, Northern Exposure 1, Tranceport or GU013 NOT being influential, I was simply starting the list out and having other people chime in. I don't see why you have to become a bitch about things. Just chill out and leave your attitude at the door. |
Im a mongrel :whip: |
|
|
| Radagast |
| quote: | Originally posted by tbh
Yes but Cybotron is Juan Atkins, and someone else aswell (I think). |
Yes, Cybotron was Juan Atkins and Rick Davis until 1983 when Atkins left.
| quote: |
What is then?
:conf: |
I have no idea. You'll probably grow old and grey before you find out for sure. The point was that there are older electronic tracks.
I'll go with the obvious and ask if you've ever heard of Kraftwerk. |
|
|
| Torley Wong |
A few more. Mind you, just about every major genre movement is important as a matter of cause and effect. This includes trance of course in its many shapes and sizes, UK jungle's counterpart to US hip-hop, and R&B ---> Garidge aka "2-step, or UK" Garage. *whew*
Here are a few others that leaked into my consciousness:
-Carl Cox storming to fame, whitewater-rafting through styles, and DJing on three decks. We take this for granted now.
-Plastikman's Sheet One and subsequent productions did a big thing for Canadian, and heck, global techno. Rich's tattoo is an icon.
-Alvin and Heidi Toffler's book, The Third Wave, which contained the term "Techno Rebels" and inspired the ideas of the Bellevue Three.
-the equipment manufacturers like Akai, Technics, Roland, and Emu, who created gear that ended up being used and abused in ways they didn't originally conceive. Leading us to...
-invention of Roland's TB-303. I WUV ACID HOUSE.
-"piano with a beat" -- another obvious idea that finally got its due on the charts with Robert Miles's "Children".
-Jan Hammer's synths-as-guitars axiom which preceeded ATB's pitchbending by over a decade. And also, his synthesized Miami Vice soundtrack.
-Ishkur's Guide, controversial and deservedly so: the only one of its kind out there attempting to make aural sense out of the madness of branching explosions from the main tree. And it's fun. ;)
-this one's NOT fun, and it's a bummer: THE RAVE ACT. :( :( :( (Kiss your Twilo goodbye in the wave.)
etc. |
|
|
| tbh |
| quote: | Originally posted by Radagast
Yes, Cybotron was Juan Atkins and Rick Davis until 1983 when Atkins left.
I have no idea. You'll probably grow old and grey before you find out for sure. The point was that there are older electronic tracks.
I'll go with the obvious and ask if you've ever heard of Kraftwerk. |
Of course I have, they made The Model and Trans Europe Express, but that was after 1983 |
|
|
| Radagast |
| quote: | Originally posted by Torley Wong
A few more. Mind you, just about every major genre movement is important as a matter of cause and effect. This includes trance of course in its many shapes and sizes, UK jungle's counterpart to US hip-hop, and R&B ---> Garidge aka "2-step, or UK" Garage. *whew*
Here are a few others that leaked into my consciousness:
-Carl Cox storming to fame, whitewater-rafting through styles, and DJing on three decks. We take this for granted now.
-Plastikman's Sheet One and subsequent productions did a big thing for Canadian, and heck, global techno. Rich's tattoo is an icon.
-Alvin and Heidi Toffler's book, The Third Wave, which contained the term "Techno Rebels" and inspired the ideas of the Bellevue Three.
-the equipment manufacturers like Akai, Technics, Roland, and Emu, who created gear that ended up being used and abused in ways they didn't originally conceive. Leading us to...
-invention of Roland's TB-303. I WUV ACID HOUSE.
-"piano with a beat" -- another obvious idea that finally got its due on the charts with Robert Miles's "Children".
-Jan Hammer's synths-as-guitars axiom which preceeded ATB's pitchbending by over a decade. And also, his synthesized Miami Vice soundtrack. |
Awesome.
| quote: |
-Ishkur's Guide, controversial and deservedly so: the only one of its kind out there attempting to make aural sense out of the madness of branching explosions from the main tree. And it's fun. ;)
|
Recently updated with 400 new samples and 17 new genres for those of you who care. I had fun looking at the new expanded hip hop portion of breakbeat. |
|
|
| Torley Wong |
| quote: | Originally posted by Radagast
Recently updated with 400 new samples and 17 new genres for those of you who care. I had fun looking at the new expanded hip hop portion of breakbeat. |
Thank you graciously. :D I sure did too. I mean, hip-hip's gotta be in there. To not include it... would be disrespectful and ignorant. What is hip-hop music without a drum machine? Or a sampler?
tbh: I think Trans-Europe Express came out in '77. :) |
|
|
| DannyO |
| Hey Torley, just wana say, GREAT POSTS man, keep them coming if you can, I got nothing to add that hasn't been said already....I think. |
|
|
| Torley Wong |
| quote: | Originally posted by DannyO
Hey Torley, just wana say, GREAT POSTS man, keep them coming if you can, I got nothing to add that hasn't been said already....I think. |
Why thank you graciously, DannyO. I'm honored. :D
I'm sure lots of TAs have their own meaningful experiences to chime in over space and time. If you think of something, let it loose! :D
In fact, I'm looking forward to watching this thread swell like a pregnant woman's belly before NEW IDEAS ARE BORN!... woohoo...!!! |
|
|
|
|
