09-06-2011, 23:09
What is electronic music then? A "label" for bands using electronics? Or a typical style?
Artists like Björk,Massive Attack and Depeche mode uses real drums,real guitars and real striings and cellos, still they are labled
as Electronic. In the 80s bands like New Order,Simple Minds and Ultravox were considered synth (electronic) still their line-up
was drums,bass,guitar,and instead of Deep Purples electric organ, they used a synthesizer with starnge sounds. Just like
bands in 70s like The Sweet, Alice Cooper and Roxy music were experimenting with...
If anyone likes dancemusic, they sure realize that they most uses electronical instruments.
This discussion sounds like 1981 for me.When the synthpop had a breakthrough and the older generation, as always, didnt really
like progress. Today 30years has passed and rockbands like U2,Coldplay also uses electronical instruments/effects/noises/
computerized drums etc...
Artists like Björk,Massive Attack and Depeche mode uses real drums,real guitars and real striings and cellos, still they are labled
as Electronic. In the 80s bands like New Order,Simple Minds and Ultravox were considered synth (electronic) still their line-up
was drums,bass,guitar,and instead of Deep Purples electric organ, they used a synthesizer with starnge sounds. Just like
bands in 70s like The Sweet, Alice Cooper and Roxy music were experimenting with...
If anyone likes dancemusic, they sure realize that they most uses electronical instruments.
This discussion sounds like 1981 for me.When the synthpop had a breakthrough and the older generation, as always, didnt really
like progress. Today 30years has passed and rockbands like U2,Coldplay also uses electronical instruments/effects/noises/
computerized drums etc...