Electronica isn't all bad

[Tray73]

Sorry if this is a dumbass question but is electronica a subgenre of electronic music or is it the same? Anyway I will hold my hands up and admit I've voiced my dislikes on this forum of electronic dance music like techno and rave (those two Prodigy tracks I posted are as close as it gets on my liking this type of thing). But some of the bands in this thread certainly have songs I like, as I said earlier there's a few of Pendulum's I like, a couple of Goldfrapp and likewise with The Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk. Admittedly I don't own any of their albums, although I have downloaded a couple of Pendulum songs. I get confused with all the different genres/subgenres of electronic music, but I do know I really don't like that superfast electronic dance music or the likes of Basshunter, Scooter and Cascada.

Ok so the lyrics aren't groundbreaking on this one but its so freaky and wtf that you just got to love it

It always gives me the creeps big style! As does Windowlicker!


I have a particular fondness for this track:

Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice



Probably because I love the video so much - Christopher Walken is ace

 

[Slip'nn2Darkness]

Sorry if this is a dumbass question but is electronica a subgenre of electronic music or is it the same?

Tray.. I'm with you on not really knowing what is what.. A friend of mine (From England) told me bands like Duran Duran, and most of the 80's dance groups were Electronica.. I guess just because they use more synths or sampled music piped through a keyboard.. This is when the electronic drums came around so you have a whole band that uses Keyboards that cover the whole instrument thing..
Out of what's been posted I would say YUP that's electronica.. If you type in electronica on you tube this is what you get..

 

[Slip'nn2Darkness]

This is what I consider Electronica music..

 

[snakes&ladders]

Oh Goldfrapp and Armada Groove are OK too

 

[Tray73]

Tray.. I'm with you on not really knowing what is what.. A friend of mine (From England) told me bands like Duran Duran, and most of the 80's dance groups were Electronica.. I guess just because they use more synths or sampled music piped through a keyboard.. This is when the electronic drums came around so you have a whole band that uses Keyboards that cover the whole instrument thing..
Out of what's been posted I would say YUP that's electronica.. If you type in electronica on you tube this is what you get..

Thanks Slip'n Well I used to be the biggest Duran Duran fan when I was in my very early teens And by that token this would definitely come under the genre

Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric



I suspect Gary Numan, Duran Duran and the like would be more likely to come under other genres though - Gary new wave synth pop/rock and the Durans are usually first and foremost labelled New Romantics, although they'd also come under synth pop & new wave. All these different genres get me in a right muddle

 

[Tray73]

Forgot to say I really like that Gary Numan track

 

[snakes&ladders]

 

[LG]

This album was released in the mid 70's, and sounded unlike anything I had ever heard before. A single composer using keyboards/synthesizers to create a wash of soundscapes.

I will always classify it as "Electronica", no matter what happened to the genre later.

 

[snakes&ladders]

By blackglove at 2011-02-02

 

[Tray73]

This album was released in the mid 70's, and sounded unlike anything I had ever heard before. A single composer using keyboards/synthesizers to create a wash of soundscapes.

I will always classify it as "Electronica", no matter what happened to the genre later.

Isn't he the guy who has fantastic laser displays at his shows?

There's a French duo (at least I think they are a duo) called Air - I reckon they would be classed as Electronica??? Anyway there's a track they do that I really like, but I can never remember the name, I'll have to try and find it on YouTube.