Electronic Music: A History

January 24, 2008

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The Beatles – The ever-experimental Liverpool lads, used a popular electronic instrument of the Sixties, the Mellotron, on their 1967 smash ‘Strawberry Fields Forever.’ In 1966, inspired by Stockhausen, their groundbreaking track ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ used tape loops to devastating effect.

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Hmmm, no Daft Punk mentioned? Or my personal favorite, Underworld? (Well, I don’t mind Underworld not being mentioned but Daft Punk is pretty big, isn’t it?) Well, nice collection anyways, great history lesson :D
~ by Moozze 1/24/2008 Report
Yep, I admit there are some omissions, but we could have gone on forever. Some perhaps that should have been included: Radiohead for Kid A, LCD Soundsystem etc etc...
~ by Gigwise 1/25/2008 Report
Well I never knew Theremin was named after someone, I always thought it was some foreign technical word. But then I always thought Moogs were called that cos they go ’moooooooooog’.
~ by BimboLimboSpam 1/25/2008 Report
Battles anyone?
~ by Jackson 1/26/2008 Report
mmmmmm, those ecstasy tablets look delicious
~ by Murphy 2/7/2008 Report