Techno musiq
Lets go back to 1916 where Hugo Balle, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, and Richard Hue- Isenbeck are finding the Dada artistic movement. These guys are a bunch of anarchists living in Zurich, Switzerland. The Dada movement preaches the “essence of spirit” the freedom of expression, hatred to “the great war” (or what we later called World War 1) , with a want to preserve the middle class, while humankind was degrading morally, with little or no hopes for a bright future. This goes in context with this CS3 course in how before world war 1, man thought so much was to come. The Dada movement expressed the deterioration or our civilizations due to wars through sound and not words. They thought sound was more sincere and liberal. These guys noticed that music doesn’t have a specific language, so more people can relate to it. They would rebel against what was happening in the world by creating music based on industrial noises. You have to think that back then everyone listened to polka, piano, and Stravinsky. When all of a sudden this “Dada” movement started using tools to bang on pots and pans to create music. It was not in any way popular, but these guys contributed the base for “Electronic Music”.
A group of Germans got together in 1972 and formed the first purely electronic band and called themselves Kraftwerk. They used electronic drum machines that looked like huge computers and took electronic conception to the extreme. Other artists came out; there must be someone in this class that has heard of Jean Michelle Jarre. The French guy that holds those huge concerts with laser-lights flashing in the sky above Paris while he runs around on stage not holding a guitar, but rather a microphone plugged into a keyboard where he would come out sounding like a robot. For more check out his albums “Oxygene”. I think there are like 12 volumes out now. However the style of music that preserved the category of Electronic Music is what we know today as House, Trance, Drum & Bass, Jungle, Ambient (like chill-out music), break beat, and so on. Especially with technology and personal computer power, it’s easier to make music these days, and also unlocks more creativity. A lot of people associate Electronic Music with drugs, and that is a total mis-conception. The only reason why the two are ever categorized is because people claim there is no other music that makes them feel as connected as electronic music. It doesn’t mean you have to listen to it all the time, it doesn’t mean your parents will like it. But Electronic Music doesn’t need to have words, doesn’t need to be translated. It’s become a global culture derived on music that soothes the mind giving it joy. At the same time a few American bands followed the trend and made electronic music. After the disco-power of the 70’s came the first ever DJ stars. The famous trend setting nightclubs at the time were called the
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