Source: Pop Music - The text book (Julia Winterson, Peter Nickol, Toby Bricheno) 2003
aking Hold
synthesizer bands
Encouraged by the falling price of technology and new instruments such as; programmable drum machines a new genre emerged which was fascinated with the emerging technology of the time such as the car.
Probably the biggest influence on futurism, was the german band kraftwerk (power station) they favoured synthesizers instead of guitars, they used technology infused lyrics and covered such non-traditional areas such as radioactivity, robots and the pocket calculator their sound combined their voice and a highly robotic synthesizer sound.
This genre was influenced by dada, Dada was an anti-art movement, bordering on the surreal and challenging traditional notions of what art should be. it emerged early in the twentieth century, born out of the horror of world war 1, and of disdain for the bourgeoise.
How can I apply this to my own work?
Our artist 'Danger' would conform to the above arguments, he uses synths and his mode of working could be tied to the anti-bourgeoise. This means he doesnt require a big name or label to get popularity, he made his own name and fame on his own without the requirement of a bourgeoise. Wealth and status aren't as important to him like other artist that hunger for fame and money.
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