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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

oh man.. even after all these years...what a sore spot of a question that is.  In fact still never have forgiven f**king Phillipe for demoting JMJ from Prog Electronic to the dustbins of hell..  I mean Prog Related ...  his reason..  who knows.. then again.. considering our history which wasn't flowers and roses...and that he knew I loved JMJ..... he probably did just to spite me.  
 

I just don't trust the classification at all. I mean Neuronium are classed as 'progressive electronic' yet I would struggle to think of any electronic band that is less 'progressive'. I do like them but more often than not use them as an aid to sleep as I do with say Thom Brennan.
 

Early Neuronium is awesome. I mean the very early stuff. '70s. By the mid-'80s, Huygen was producing...I'll just be nice this one time. 

As for an "electronic band that is less 'progressive'..." Well, there's no shortage, lol. How about Exchange, for starters? Fluffy electronic new age that takes a sharp nosedive after the first album (and the best tracks are the last two)!

There are many Berlin School acts that are snoozers, e.g. Pegasus.
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Originally posted by 2dogs 2dogs wrote:

Yeah, Tangerine Dream were very progressive in the field of rock music but from the viewpoint of the experimental electronic music produced by the “classical” community over the previous couple of decades could actually be considered a “dumbing down” and popularisation by reintroducing beats, repetition, older forms of melody and harmony.
 

Correct. Tangerine Dream is a rock band. They always have been. They're not RIO, they're not avant garde, and they're not experimental. Even when things seem experimental, they still follow a melodic-harmonic structure, and that's why I love the music. When Johannes Schmoelling joined, they finally got a guy who could write melodies as well as Edgar. If I want atonal stuff or a wonderful wall of sound made by a Buchla, I have other albums for that. 
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