[OT] God of Electronic Music.

Alex Baldwin · Post by **Alex Baldwin** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:57 am

Hi all,

Question: Who would you consider the most influential
electronic musician?

I would have to say Richard D. James (Aphex Twin)

HD1 · Post by **HD1** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:59 am

oh god...here we go.
influence is such a vague concept which can be analysed in so many ways as to produce a slew of viable and conclusive answers.

but I agree with you

charles-l · Post by **charles-l** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:19 am

true - aphex twin is the leader of the scene but for me i don't like all his work

original masters must be kraftwerk - but really i dont think that we should restrict this defintion as so many current electronic artists have very little in common with the above

charles-l

ryansupak · Post by **ryansupak** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:23 am

I think Aphex Twin is perceived to have a lot of influence, by people who are heavily plugged in to the internet "subculture", but that this is an atypical sample.

I'm not sure who I'd say, but likely someone who was involved in a musical style that has had a broader influence than glitch/IDM (which was, and is, a niche genre popular mostly on the internet). "Offline", house and rap are listened to, danced to, and purchased much more, probably in the orders of magnitude.

One of the fathers of dub, or house, or maybe an influential rap producer, would seem better guesses to me as far as pure "influence" is concerned.

$0.02,
rs

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:45 am

I agree that glitch/idm whatever bullshit label you want to apply to that kind of music as a genre *is* a pretty small thing.

However, you have to admit that a handfull of people like aphex and autechre are bigger than the scene they define.

Just listen to how that stuff's aesthetic made it's way into more mainstream hip hop and r&b, timbaland for instance.

Or how about bjork? She's "underground" in the most mainstream way imaginable. Yet the music that lfo and matmos both made for her was definately influenced by the best that "idm" had to offer.

Also remember that "idm" records also ended up in indie-rocker's record collections too. I think it would be a mistake to write it off as an internet phenomenon, whatever that means anyway.

.lm.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:52 am

cEvin Key

ryansupak · Post by **ryansupak** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:57 am

I think that "glitch" is something that computers kinda do easily -- so I'm not sure that anything involving "choppy" or "sporadic" drum programming can be attributed to influence from IDM.

But, I do agree that it must have had some degree of influence outside of just "fans".

cmcg37 · Post by **cmcg37** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:12 am

Brain Eno.

fsk · Post by **fsk** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:13 am

Delia Derbyshire!

Shift · Post by **Shift** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:18 am

i vote for God as the God of electronic music.

HD1 · Post by **HD1** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:22 am

got to be aphex twin or venetian snares.

lola · Post by **lola** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:24 am

Alex Baldwin wrote:Hi all,

Question: Who would you consider the most influential
electronic musician?

I would have to say Richard D. James (Aphex Twin)

HD1 · Post by **HD1** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:27 am

lola wrote:
Alex Baldwin wrote:Hi all,

Question: Who would you consider the most influential
electronic musician?

I would have to say Richard D. James (Aphex Twin)
*Kraftwerk
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kraftwerk

*Giorgio Moroder
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Giorgio+Moroder

*Patrick Cowley
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Patrick+Cowley

*Goldy
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Goldie

*A guy called gerald
http://www.discogs.com/artist/A+Guy+Called+Gerald

*The art of noise
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Noise+Of+Art,+The

*Mantronix
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mantronix

*Armando
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Armando

*Todd terry
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Todd+Terry

*fad gadget
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fad+Gadget

*Antony shakir
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Anthony+Shakir

*Derrick may
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Derrick+May

*Kevin saunderson
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kevin+Saunderson

*Thomas dolby
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Thomas+Dolby

*Baby ford
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Baby+Ford

*Erik van den broek
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Erik+Van+Den+Broek

*Stefan Robbers
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Stefan+Robbers

*Lime
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lime+(2)

*Joy division
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Joy+Division

*yello
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Yello

*4 hero
http://www.discogs.com/artist/4+Hero

*ministry
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ministry

so which one?

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:50 am

Jean Michel Jarre, find someone that doesnt know who he is and doesnt know at least one of his songs, I dare you!

charles-l · Post by **charles-l** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:03 am

i think its true to say that the likes of aphex twin and boards of canada are bigger than their genre

for us who listen to electronica/idm they may seem very powerful figures but in the whole of the music scene is this really the case as how many people actually listen to these genres. Even most genres of dance are largely underground.

For me the biggest influence in electronic music is kraftwerk - they were instrumental (no pun) in creating techno and thus most dance music. They influenced electronica obviously; futhermore pop music generally, which is the largest group of listeners by far.

However if we talking about indirect influences we can go way back to debussy, stockhausen or even the beatles.

charles

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