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In its early development, electronic music was associated almost exclusively with Western art music, but from the late 1960s, the availability of affordable music technology—particularly of synthesizers—meant that music produced using electronic means became increasingly common in the popular domains of rock and pop music and classical ...
The 1980s saw a major shift towards digital technology with the development of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface standard. This allowed electronic instruments to communicate with computers and each other, transforming music production. Digital synthesizers, such as the Yamaha DX7, became widely popular. [4]
The book features Rob Young on the pioneers of electronic music, Simon Reynolds on krautrock, Peter Shapiro on disco & post-punk, Kodwo Eshun on house music, David Toop on hip hop, Mike Rubin on techno music, Chris Sharp on Drum and bass jungle, Tony Marcus on ambient music, Kurt Reighley on downtempo, and Michael Berk on the technology of ...
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means (electroacoustic music).
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital audio signal that ultimately is plugged into a power amplifier which drives a loudspeaker , creating the sound heard by the performer and listener.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the electric guitar became the most important instrument in pop music. [3] It has evolved into an instrument that is capable of a multitude of sounds and styles. It served as a major component in the development of electric blues, rock and roll, rock music, and many other genres of music.
Music historians have often noted how groundbreaking the soundtrack was in the development of electronic music. On the album sleeve notes of the Forbidden Planet soundtrack, Louis and Bebe explain: We design and construct electronic circuits [that] function electronically in a manner remarkably similar to the way that lower life-forms function ...
Mechanical music technology is the use of any device, mechanism, machine or tool by a musician or composer to make or perform music; to compose, notate, play back or record songs or pieces; or to analyze or edit music. The earliest known applications of technology to music was prehistoric peoples' use of a tool to hand-drill holes in bones to ...