Thanks for the informative response to my inquiry about electro music,
Andrew. With your permission I am posting it to the List so everyone
else can enjoy it and add their comments about this music.
quoted 1 line Andrew Duke <cognition@ns.sympatico.ca> 10/29/99 09:57AM >>>
>>> Andrew Duke <cognition@ns.sympatico.ca> 10/29/99 09:57AM >>>
Hi, Skip. Early electro classics are things
like Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock",
New Order's "Confusion", Cybotron's
"Clear", Information Society's "Running",
Newcleus' "Jam On It", Man Parrish's
"Hip Hop Be Bop" things like that
where the emphasis was funk, electronic
as opposed to organic sounds, boom
boom thwack (ie. *not* four on the
floor boom boom boom boom a la
house or techno), and above, all, fun,
not serious music. It was inspired by
the more uptempo hip hop (especially
Mantronik), Kraftwerk
("Planet Rock" sampled Kraftwerk,
as an example; Atkins made his first
Cybotron material before hearing kraftwerk
but then rethought his music after hearing
them; numbers from kraftwerk is still
a breakdancing fave). The electro of today
in some ways pays tribute to the past
masters like Cybotron, Kraftwerk, etc,
but also is sometimes a bit darker, a
bit more futuristic and robotic sounding,
and the more uptempo stuff (stripped down
music with more bass) is often akin to
Miami Bass (2 live crew but without the
dirty lyrics). Aux 88, for example, are
inspired by Miami acts as much as Detroit
compatriots.
As Juan Atkins (who was half of Cybotron)
told me in an interview last year:
(i'm paraphrasing from memory here, by the
way :)) "today's electro is similar to the original
electro, it's just that today they have different,
often better, technology". So today's electro
has the spirit of the old electro. Autechre,
to relate this to IDM, in their more uptempo
(not drill and bass tempo, but more house/
techno tempo) funkier less busy moments
could be said to be doing electro (and hip
hop and electro are big inspirations that
lead them to get started), like the
cut "Rpeg" on EP7, if pitched up a bit
on the turntable, works in an electro set.
"Last Remembered thing" on Plaid's
restproof clockwork has an electro feel.
a few of the things in my idm/ect list,
like the adult, japanese telecom, drexciya
(one of my favorite bands :)) and a couple
of others work in the idm and electro fields:
it's not total idm and it's not total electro,
it's sort of a fusion: so it's got the experimental
aspect of IDM and the funky aspect of electro.
material like suction releases, rephlex releases,
some warp, things that aren't totally electro
per se, but are funky idm that works in an
electro set. hope this helps. thanks. andrew duke :) ps
please forward this to the IDM list if you
don't mind as others might want to read
it (i didn't do so because you emailed me
personally) :)
Skip Acuff wrote:
quoted 4 lines Hi Andrew,
> Hi Andrew,
>
> After reading your "what's rocking my boat" post to the IDM list, I
> remain in the dark as to what characterizes this "electro" genre.
Do
quoted 3 lines you have a definition handy? Thanks for any help.
> you have a definition handy? Thanks for any help.
>
>
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