Class 6 - electronic music

CRITICAL LISTENING
Class 6 - electronic music
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TELEHARMONIUM 1897
first instrument to feature additive synthesis
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ORGUE HAMMOND B3 -1934
additive synthesis
an alternative to pipe organs
Used in the 30s & 40s for radio shows
not only for music but sounds fx as well
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JIMMY SMITH
Hammond B3 jazz legend
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THEREMIN - 1928
invented by Leon Theremin
instrument made of 2 antennas
one hand controls the pitch while the other controls the pitch
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MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE
Pierre Schaefer: first composer to use the technology as a
compositional tool premier
“Etude aux chemins de fer” - 1948
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Since the 1950‘s Electronic music is conceived with the help of
synthetic signal generators (synthsesizer)
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ROBERT MOOG 1934-2005
first to use a piano style keyboard
early prototypes introduced at AES 1964
the Minimoog model-D released in 1970 would become a huge
success
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SWITCHED ON BACH - 1968
Wendy Carlos
J-S Bach music played with all Moog Synths
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MELLOTRON - 1960’S
closest thing to a sampler yet
uses magnetic tapes
about 8 seconds in length
The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever”
1966
Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin”
1967
Stevie Wonder “Village Ghetto Land”
1976
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VOCODER
“Voice-Encoder”
developed in the 1930’s for telecom usage
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GIORGIO MORODER
Seen by many as the godfather of modern electronic music
Donna Summer “I Feel Love” 1977
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1970-1980
a lot of popular music will use electronic instruments: Ultravox,
Gary Numan, Eurythmics, Thomas Dolby, erasure, Art Of Noise,
Pet Shop Boys, New Order all use technology to create new
forms of musical expression
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KRAFTWERK 1970-...
one of the first group to popularized electronic music
“Pocket Calculator” 1981
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NEW ORDER
blue monday - 1983
biggest 12” seller of all times in the UK
drums: Oberheim DMX drum machine
bass: Moog Source
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INFLUENCE ON JAZZ
Herbie hanckock “rock it” -1983
first hit featuring scratching
a breakdance anthem
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TB-303 1982-1984
10 000 units will be sold of this “Transistorized Bass”
Phuture “Acid Track” 1987 starts the Acid House trend
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ROLAND TR-808 1981-1984
Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” 1984
this drum machine is used a lot in urban music especially for
“southern hiphop”
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ROLAND TR-909 1984-85
THE drum machine of Dance Music
Soul II Soul “Keep on Movin” 1989
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ELECTRO POP 80’S
Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Devo
Eurythmics, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Art Of Noise
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INNER CITY (KEVIN SAUNDERSON)
“good life” - 1987
Detroit Techno (characterized by the use of analog synths and
drum machines, usually the TR-909)
the Belleville Three: Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Derrick May
Inner City will score 9 top40 singles and 2 top10 albums
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1990’S
The KLF “3 A.M. Eternal” 1990 “stadium house”
(rave music with pop/rock elements and crowd fx)
Snap! 1992 “eurodance”/ euro-NRG
(uses melodic vocals, cutting edge synths, strong bass rhythm)
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808 STATE
“cubik” - 1991
their Ex:el album is the first of its kind to make use of notorious
rock/indie guest artists (Bernard Summer-New Order/joy
Division, Bjork etc)
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TRIP-HOP
fusion of hiphop and electronic music:
downtempo electronic music
with elements of soul, funk & jazz
Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” - 1991
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1996 THE VST
New from form Steinberg
introduced with Cubase 3.02
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1996- NATIVE INSTRUMENTS
generator
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CHEMICAL BROTHERS
Block Rockin Beats - 1997
Big Beat genre
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FATBOY SLIM
rockafeller skank - 1998
Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim
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MOBY
album” “PLAY” - 1999
first album from which all 18 songs got placements
(films, advertising etc)
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ARMAND VAN HELDEN
the Godfather of modern remixes
some of his remixes will become more popular then the originals
(Tori Amos: Professional Widow, Sneaker Pimps: Spin spin sugar)
invents Speed Garage
has a huge hit of his own with “U don’t know me”
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TRAKTOR - 1999
changes DJing
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LA FRENCH TOUCH
Daft Punk (stardust)
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ABLETON LIVE - 2001
a “loop-based” way of working
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NI MASSIVE - 2005
wavetable synthesis
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EDM
avicii, afrojack, deadmau5
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