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The category "indie electronic" (or "indietronica") [207] has been used to refer to a wave of groups with roots in independent rock who embraced electronic elements (such as synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and computer programs) and influences such as early electronic composition, krautrock, synth-pop, and dance music. [208]
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 ...
This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [ 1 ]
Date of origin Locale of origin Electroacoustic music: Early 1940s Egypt Musique concrète: 1940s Egypt (Cairo), France Acousmatic music: Late 1940s France (Paris) Drone: 1960s United States: Dub: Late 1960s Jamaica Ambient: Late 1960s – early 1970s Germany, Jamaica, Japan, United Kingdom: Electronic rock: Late 1960s – early 1970s
Coinciding with the history of computer music is the history of vocal synthesis. Prior to Max Matthews synthesizing speech with a computer, analog devices were used to recreate speech. In the 1930s, an engineer named Holmer Dudley invented the VODER (Voice Operated Demonstrator), an electro-mechanical device which generated a sawtooth wave and ...
Electro (or electro-funk, sometimes called electro-pop) [3] [4] [5] is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machines, [6] [7] with an immediate origin in early hip hop and funk genres.
This section shows the Japan-specific timeline of music technology. Note: Some items in the list are not the first even in Japan. 1934 : NEC engineer Akira Nakishima's switching circuit theory lays foundations for digital circuit design [9] 1935 : Yamaha releases Magna Organ, an early electrostatic reed organ [10] [11]
Laptronica is a form of live electronic music or computer music in which laptops are used as musical instruments. The term is a portmanteau of " lap top computer" and "elec tronica " . The term gained a certain degree of currency in the 1990s and is of significance due to the use of highly powerful computation being made available to musicians ...