It was postulated:
quoted 2 lines (i.e. guitar rock='20s and over, electronica=college age and> (i.e. guitar rock='20s and over, electronica=college age and
> under)?
Then TURBO wrote :
quoted 2 lines For example acts like Yello, Aon, Depeche Mode and Colourbox were> For example acts like Yello, Aon, Depeche Mode and Colourbox were
> a main staple in my listening diet in the 80's.
I wasn't going to jump in on this one (promise :-) ) but since I'm
probably old enough to be your mother (that's you and you and YOU!),
I must add that preceding the above bunch in the 80's there were
phenomenally avant-garde and ahead of their times knob-twiddlers.
Don't underestimate Brian Eno's effect - as well as the experimental
Krautrock posse : Tangerine Dream, Faust, Amon Duul II, Phantom
Band, Holger Czukay & Can, Cluster - etc. etc. People from that era
are still around and collaborating on current projects (eg. Klaus
Schulze with Peter Namlook - to mention just one.) And I haven't
even said Kraftwerk!
And isn't the theremin being 'rediscovered' all of a sudden? The
Beach Boys made use of it on "Good Vibrations" - way back when.
(According to an interview with Bob Moog in issue #4 of EQ, he's
getting ready to launch a "state of the art MIDI theremin" this
summer.)
There have always been various 'streams' of music running alongside
each other; although the trendy stuff that gets on the Top 40 might
belong to a certain flavour-of-the-moment genre (call it punk/ska/new
wave/post-punk/death metal/grunge/indie/alternative rock - blah
blah blah) there has and hopefully will always be a variety of styles
that those not subscribing to the radio dictates will explore.
I
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np: Black Dog's Spanners (no relation to Eno's "Spinner") :-)