Classics of Electronic music

[anna log]

Synesthasia - Cumulus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llq4iXtJglM

[oblique strategies]

My suggestions included musique concrete, but were not limited to such. As far as influence goes: I think musique concrete was influenced by cubism.

Picasso and Stravinsky both influenced the arts in similar ways at similar times. Music Concrete just needed some technical evolution - there were no tape recording possibilities in 1900, but there were photographic possibilities which played out on the fine arts - so there is a technological lag in the various arts.

Now we have a very fierce control over frequency and time in the audio domain - but few take advantage of that - Autotune anyone?

Musique concrete is still apparent in hip-hop, so the influence is quite large.

Let's add The Futurists to the mix: early 20th century art movement: Futurist music rejected tradition and introduced experimental sounds inspired by machinery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism_%28music%29

[Jarvisimon]

The original Doctor Who theme created by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1963. Amazing work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH0hHZA0U5c

I was about to mention Delia Derbyshire, though I prefer the "white noise" project she was involved in to the Dr Who theme tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6pTdzt7BiI

[mojofunk]

Didn't anyone like Synergy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7olrGc_ ... ted&fmt=18
I love this thread!

[mojofunk]

Oooo, and this one - Synergy - Phobos and Deimos go to Mars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6drYa69g ... ted&fmt=18
First recorded use of guitar synth, Peter Gabriel playing it, I had this album on clear vinyl!

[mojofunk]

I scared several women by playing Synergy during sex. People hadn't heard that shit yet in the 70's.

[anybody human]

Subotnik - Silver apples
Wendy Carlos- Clockwork Orange
Pink Floyd- Meddle
David Bowie - low
Eno - Music for Airports
Fripp and Eno - Evening Star
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
George Clinto - Atomic Dog
Devo _ Are we not men?
Byrne and eno - My life in the bush of ghosts
Art of Noise - Beat Box
Peter Gabriel - Security
David Torn - Clouds About Mercury
Cabaret Voltaire - Microphonies
Shriekback - Jam Science
Ultravox - Vienna
Yaz - Upstairs at Erics
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
Run-Dmc - Rock Box
Throbbing Gristle - Second Annual Report
Coil _ Horse Rotavator
Foetus - Scraping Feotus from the Wheel
Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
Underworld - Dubno
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Faithless - God is a DJ
Juno Reactor - God is God
Die Form - Duality
And One - Panzer Mensch
VNV Nation - Empires
Covenent - United States of Mind
Autechre- Tri Repetae
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works
Delerium - Semantic Spaces
Fluke - Risotto
Tricky - Maxiquaye
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Bjork - Homogenic
Radiohead - Kid A

I would generally concur with these choices and lots of those mentioned in other posts. Glad to see the emphasis on early electronic music. It surprised me a bit to see how long it took to mention Autechre - Tri Repetae and Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works. I would add a Gas album like Pop or Konigforst. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi? Edit: Seefeel - Pure/Impure.

OT, electronic influenced rock music like Here Come The Warm Jets & Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Low, Remain In Light, Chairs Missing & 154 by Wire, Homogenic & Kid A were really influential for me. I'm way off topic now.

Great posts, great thread! Cool stuff guys.

[mikemc]

This is classic, and it has electronic music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVXUKo9fh80

[oblique strategies]

OT, electronic influenced rock music like Here Come The Warm Jets & Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Low, Remain In Light, Chairs Missing & 154 by Wire

Love it!

Pere Ubu's early work needs mention. They put out great 45s.
Street Waves
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Heart Of Darkness
Street Waves
My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around)

And their masterpiece:
Final Solution


Also Public Image, Ltd. created some pioneering music with:
Metal Box/Second Edition
Flowers Of Romance


And while we're talking Synth Art Rock: Let's include Eno's work with:
Roxy Music - Roxy Music, & For Your Pleasure
Nico - The End
John Cale's - Fear, Slow Dazzle, & Helen Of Troy

[CR78]

Filling in a couple GAPING holes:

John Foxx - Metamatic : Next to Kraftwerk, this album alone has influenced so may old/new electronic artist's. Gary Numan said John Foxx era Ultravox was his template for assembling his masterplan.

Human League - Travelogue ; James Murphy(LCD Soundsystem) would have been short a few songs without this album.