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

So Andrea Bocelli is the God of opera?

I dare you to say that again!

ishimaru wrote:I told you guys James Brown is the God of Electronic music. Even Kraftwerk said there influences included James Brown. lol

I think they rated Beach Boys above James Brown...

I'll have to mention Jack Dangers & MBM if noone else does.

noisetonepause wrote:

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

So Andrea Bocelli is the God of opera?

I dare you to say that again!

I believe the question was:

"Who would you consider the most influential electronic musician?"

Are you saying that JMJ is has not had a big influence on electronic music?

Pink Floyd!!!!!

as an electronic musican, dr. dre was inspiring to many as well.

this word "god" when describing humans is funny. It reminds me that every culture/religion models god after their own image or aspiration.

electronic musicians who have influenced me:

aphex twin, luke vibert (his later Plug stuff) dr. dre, trent reznor, the beatles (all four of them including their engineer-Geoff Emerick who just wrote a really good book about his experimenting with the beatles) Pink Floyd, Portishead
and thats all for now...

So lets define what god is; otherwise its just naming as many influencial electronic musicians one can.

Also, because the question is refering to God not Gods, only one God can be named. In addition to this God is described as being omnipresent and onmipotent.

Therefore the 'God' would have to had influenced not just some or a group of other electronic artists but electronic artists as a whole - either directly or indirectly. That is to say other arists would have to have clearly cited this artist as an influence, or, via artists who has - either consciously or subconscious (not directly realising the influence, but wouyld have had to at least listened to the artist).

Furthermore the 'God' would have to have a continuing presence and influence on electronic music. [To ask the question who is the most influencial artist is different to asking 'who is the God of electronic music']

So to concur I would at this moment say that Kraftwerk are 'Gods' of music; however this would raise another problem - they are not an individual but a group.

Charles-l

btw I hope this isn't going too deep

charles-l wrote:this would raise another problem - they are not an individual but a group.

Umm, the Trinity? I know we don't quite make it with Kraftwerk, however, I do see a loophole for bands.

I forgot to mention negativland.

Yeap lets say agree that the God is a single entity (not individual). So lets have bands as a single entity.

Kraftwerk seems still top of the list so far, adheres the most to the defintion; so who else agrees, or is there another more suitable candidate. Or do the rules need to be better defined?

I'd go for Stockhausen. Kraftwerk are the synthesis(!) of his exploration of synthetic sounds and the pop sensabilities of something like Kraftwerk, making Stockhausen higher up in the hierarchy, so to speak.

But who says electronic music is a monotheistic faith?

well the question is 'who is the God of electronic music'

therefore the question denies polytheism

however your right to say how decides electronic music to be monotheist, prehaps and other question would need to be devised

Morton Subotnik
Eno
Fripp
W. Carlos

Glen Campbell
(just kidding.)

Holger Cszukay should be in there.
Larry Fast

Let's not forget Varese or Reich or...... Varese and Stockhausen were playing with electronic music back in the 1940's and 50's. How about THomas Edison, he must have made some contribution or even Ben Franklin (whom supposedly discovered electricity).

The Theremin guy
The Ondine Martinet guy

tiesto

BT - he is known for inventing trance, and is totally unqiue, and obsessive with his time-correcting. Taking the stutter edit to sound so good.. I love his music too... great!