Check System 7's "Saturn" on, oh what was it, the Fire album. Hillage, as
well as Fripp (FFWD), focus on guitar for much of their music.
laz
Nicholas Clarke wrote:
quoted 27 lines FSOL: Dead Cities--lots of wah guitar,> FSOL: Dead Cities--lots of wah guitar,
> Muziq, same
> Psychedelic Research Labs has several acoustic guitar oriented tracks.
> 777
> Plenty more, no doubt.
> Guitars can add much to any electronica, as they are great tools, if used
> well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mike@hyperreal.org [mailto:mike@hyperreal.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 12:01 PM
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: (idm) Guitars in techno (was Re: Carl Craig)
>
> Che wrote:
> > Guitar & Techno just don't mix
>
> My mileage varies. Cybotron - "Techno City" (1984) IMO defines the
> original spirit of techno: moody, synthetic, thematic dance music with
> extended instrumental passages and soulful yet otherworldly vocals. It
> quite prominently uses guitar.. not exceptionally well, but without it the
> song would have a completely different feel.
>
> Other examples out there? I can think of a couple of techno tracks that
> use acoustic guitar loops to great effect.
>
> -M.