Clash Music Exclusive General. Electro Music History Electro Acoustic Music. Electro Music History One of the most recent innovations to musical genre occurred in the 60's with the birth of the first electronic keyboard.
Electric organs were the first to appear and become widely used (Voxes, Hammonds, Farsifas). electrically amplified pianos soon followed (Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet) and, of course, the Mellotron, which was a kind of a pioneer sampling device, most famously used by The Beatles (in the "Strawberry Fields Forever" intro), King Crimson, and The Moody Blues. Although the electronically produced sound was very distinct in some of the songs, it still wasn't true Electronica - the inclusion of acoustic and/or electric guitars, bass guitar and live drumming, etc. were dominant in the song's sound, thus classifying it as Electro-Acoustic music.
One pioneer of early Electronic (and Electro-Acoustic) music was Jean-Michel Jarre. This marked the first time that Electro-Acoustic music was played publicly. Article about: History of Electro acoustic Music.
A guide to electronic music. TuneAttic: Music Information and Discovery, the way it should be. Find music, know music. Techno Music Timeline. Music Map. Guide to Electronic Music Timeline. Guide to Electronic Music Timeline and early Sub-Genres Musique Concrète (late 40's, 50's) Musique concrète is a form of electroacoustic music that utilises acousmatic sound as a compositional resource.
It's roughly the oldest form of Electronic Music. Pierre Schaeffer - Etude aux Chemins de fer" (1948) Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan- Song To The Second Moon (1957) Edgard Varese - Poeme Electronique (1958) Electronic Psychedelic (60's) The psychedelic community co-opted the newfound Electronic instruments and keyboards and injected them into the music. The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (1966) Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (1968) Silver Apples - Ruby (1968) Minimalism (late 60's to 70's) Terry Riley - A Rainbow of Curved Air (1969) Mike Oldfield -Tubular Bells (1973) Philip Glass - Music in Twelve Parts? Early Synth / First Synth "Pop" (early 70's) Jean-Jacques Perrey - E.V.A. (1970 Wendy Carlos - Suicide Scherzo (1972) Hot Butter - Popcorn (1972) The Who - Baba O'Riley (1971) Neu! Dance/Electronic Timeline. DANCE: Most music can be classified as dance, be it slow dance or fast dance.
However, dance is more appropriated to being fast (slow dance is called slow dance usually). ELECTRONIC MUSIC: Music manipulated by electronic machines/instruments (such as The Moog, Roland TR-808, etc.). There are two variants: 1) All music manipulated by electronic instruments/machines, dating back to the BC era 2) Dance music manipulated by electronic instruments pioneered by the fathers Kraftwerk and everything thereafter; post-Disco era, the electronic/computer age where there was a boom of synthesizers, drum machines, sequencers, etc., used to produce pop dance music. There are exceptions however. ELECTRONICA: This term, invented by the American media, is subject to hot debate. INSTRUMENTS: There are two forms of instruments, traditional (clarinets, cellos, violins, flutes, drums, saxophones, trumpets, etc.) and electronic (synthesizers, drum machines, sequencers, etc.)
Pre-1800s 1910s. Digitally Imported - addictive electronic music.