MUAR 392 Lecture 12: Electronica
29 Nov 2017
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Chicago house: early 80"s disco receded from mainstream and morphed into undergroun club culture in. Nyc and chicago: purely synthesized eurodisco style influential on djs and producers like grankie. Chicago house: 120-135: frankie knuckles your love 1984, 118 bpm, arpegiatted synthesizer, stripped down rhythmic patterns, powerful, propulsive bass line, repeated vocals phrases layering effect looped phrasing. Detroit techno: 120-150: early 1980s detroit, belleville 3: juan atkins, derrick may, kevin saunderson, detroit djs influenced by futurist tendencies of techno-pop/funk groups like. Kraftwerk and p-funk: techno moved at faster tempo than house emphasiing experimental noisy timbres rather than disco elegance. Ambient/idk: warp record label (uk) releasing mix of minimalist ambience and techno-oriented psychedelia, artificial intelligence apex twin, autechre, others, mid-1990s warp forefront of a-g electronica specializing in intelligent dance music (idm) in-your-face aggression, rampant, Idm as rejection of hardcore techno"s amphetamine culture.
