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The music of egg punk is influenced by the do-it-yourself ethos of punk subculture, characterized by the use of minimal or lo-fi recording and mixing methods and hand-drawn or collage album covers. [1] Also described as Devo-core, the genre is heavily influenced by the music of new wave band Devo as both an aesthetic and stylistic influence.
The album is bleak in both lyrics and composition; [5] Down Colorful Hill, alongside their following albums Rollercoaster (1993) and Bridge (1993), [60] have been described as instilling feelings of "desperation, regret, and general darkness". [61] Earles contended that Red House Painters was the saddest band within slowcore in the early 1990s ...
Critic Edward Strickland argues that Music for 18 Musicians is "the high point of ensemble music of the 1970s by composers identified as Minimalist". [10] AllMusic wrote that "when this recording was released in 1978, the impact on the new music scene was immediate and overwhelming. Anyone who saw potential in minimalism and had hoped for a ...
The imagery of black metal reflects its lyrics and ideology. In the early 1990s, most pioneering black metal artists had minimalist album covers featuring xeroxed black-and-white pictures and/or writing. [5] This was partly a reaction against death metal bands, who at that time had begun to use brightly colored album artwork. [5]
Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) [2] is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock [3] that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. [4] [5] Drawing on movements such as minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, [6] artists indulge in extreme levels of distortion through the use of electric guitars and, less frequently, electronic instrumentation, either to provide percussive ...
Technodelic is the fifth studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, released in 1981.The album is notable for its experimental approach and heavy use of digital samplers which were not commonly used until the mid-to-late 1980s, resulting in a more minimalist and avant-garde sound compared to their previous work.
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Paul Simpson compared it to Sakamoto's previous work. Simpson claimed that, "While [ async ] was an inventive, ambitious work incorporating field recordings, spoken word vocals, and several guest musicians, 12 is considerably more stripped-down, created entirely by Sakamoto, mostly playing piano and synthesizers."
Dirt Sense is the second studio album by South African recording artist Ashton Nyte, frontman for the Gothic Rock band The Awakening.Described as "stripped down, minimalist, under-produced, almost dirty", [1] and "a powerful album with strong tunes and hard-hitting lyrics" [2] the album contains some of the artist's "most personal" [3] songs.