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    Posted: August 30 2009 at 21:45
Originally posted by russellk russellk wrote:

Originally posted by SonicDeath10 SonicDeath10 wrote:

Adding a dance beat to electronic music is nothing new. It's not a disgrace. It's just a different idea. Sometimes, I think people like Klaus Schulze could benefit from a strong reliance on beat and melody.


And neither is using electronic instruments to create derivatives of rock music a disgrace. Referring to the initial post, can't we have a nice discussion for once without criticising someone else's taste?
...........I can totally understand just how you feel when you stated you thought KS could benefit from a strong reliance on beat and melody. I can see it from that perspective. What I was hoping to hear was who likes electronica and why? or who dislikes it for whatever reason.
There is a difference of course between opinion and fact. I think in this case I was discussing the business end of things, which in point, it is my opinion that electronica is not worthwhile music or that my preference is not dance music. It is a fact that electronica has dominated the media. To me borrowing works from the golden era of electronic and using it for profit seemed sad. I would like to know if electronic music fans feel offended by it all. But I'm sorry if I offended anyone.
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Originally posted by SonicDeath10 SonicDeath10 wrote:

Adding a dance beat to electronic music is nothing new. It's not a disgrace. It's just a different idea. Sometimes, I think people like Klaus Schulze could benefit from a strong reliance on beat and melody.


And neither is using electronic instruments to create derivatives of rock music a disgrace. Referring to the initial post, can't we have a nice discussion for once without criticising someone else's taste?
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Points: 37519 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2009 at 17:34
My favourites are with innovators such as Xenakis, Stockhausen, Varese and Pierre Henry.
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Adding a dance beat to electronic music is nothing new. It's not a disgrace. It's just a different idea. Sometimes, I think people like Klaus Schulze could benefit from a strong reliance on beat and melody.
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It seems that electronic music had it's birth in the music of 20th century composers like John Cage, George Crumb and the list goes on forever it seems.
From the mid-sixties to the early 70's electronic music's early creations were in a growing process. Wendy Carlos performed Bach on the synth and also wrote the first electronic album Sonic Seasonings which combined the sounds of nature with electronics. Beaver+Krause, Mort Garson, Ruth White and Terry Riley were all innovators in the field.
And lets not forget David Bedford.........................
Tangerine Dream's early style 1970-1979 with all it's musical transitions introduced a variety of unique musical styles to electronic. However, during the 80's it seems they took a turn a different direction and chose to write new age.

Klaus Schulze, Neuronium, Pauline Anna Strom and Jeff Grienke were all superb in composing original electronic compositions. Pauline Anna Strom, a blind lady from the west coast recorded the most darkest, most errie electronic music that I've ever heard.
Okay so you have a lot of great artists and then the term Electronica was invented. First attempt to place electronic music with a dance beat. The exploitation into the idea of making a fast buck with a style that had stayed on the underground for many years, made me feel ill. Shocked Klaus Schulze titles in record shops were now placed in with the electronica section. Using an excerpt from Tangerine Dream's Atem and looping it over a dance beat was quite a disgrace to the world of electronic music.Embarrassed
 
Please all fans of Electronic music write in an express your feelings on this issue.  or also state your favorite electronic artist and what you enjoy about their style. 
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