Noise music - Noise music Noise music is a term that succinctly sums up this genre by its name alone. Noise music is loosely related to industrial, sharing its DIY ethos, independence and ethic of using "non-musical" sources. Often punishing and abrasive, Noise music can be difficult listening, ranging from the free-form extreme electronic music of Whitehouse and Merzbow to the more sculptured sounds of Otomo Yoshihide. Fans of the genre distinguish between "pure noise", with essentially no structure, and "rhythmic noise", which contains elements of conventional musical structure, especially rhythm. Many industrial and electronic artists incorporate noise elements into their work. For reasons unknown the genre became popular in Japan, with a large following in Tokyo and Osaka. Musicians such as the afore mentioned Merzbow, Otomo Yoshihide and.
Intelligent dance music - Intelligent dance music IDM, short for intelligent dance music is an electronic music genre which began as a style of techno in the early 1990s. As compared to the driving, pounding, sound of techno aimed at the dancefloor, IDM aims for the head, being a bit slower, more melodic, less aggressive, and more artistic, quirky and improvisational. It is sometimes informally called intelligent techno, listening techno or art techno. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Overview 2 Sound production in IDM 3 Other notable IDM artists 4 See also 5 External Links Overview The initials IDM appeared in music magazines during the genre's first wave in 1992-1993, but didn't really stick until the formation of the IDM mailing list, an email forum, on the Internet in August 1993. At.
Industrial music - Industrial music This article is part of the Electronic music series. Electronic art music Musique concrete Industrial music Synth pop Techno music House music Trance music Drum and bass Industrial music is a term that describes a wide range of music, generally mixing rock with samplers and electronic instruments. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 1.1 First wave of industrial music 1.2 Industrial rock 2 Notable industrial music artists History Industrial music grew as an offshoot of electronic music known as musique concrete, which was made by manipulating cut sections of recording tape, and adding very early sound output from analog electronics devices. The term Industrial Music was originally coined by Monte Cazazza as the strapline for the record label Industrial Records, founded by British art-provocateurs Throbbing.
Glitch (music) - Glitch (music) Glitch (also known as clicks and cuts) is a genre of electronic music that became popular in the late 1990s with the increasing use of digital signal processing, particularly on computers. Glitch is influenced by musique concrete, techno, industrial and ambient music, is usually extremely minimal and rhythmic and is sometimes considered a sub-genre of IDM. (The term "clicks n cuts" comes from a representative compilation series by the German record label Mille Plateaux called Clicks and Cuts.) Glitch is often produced on computers using modern digital production software to splice together small cuts of music from published songs, with beats made out of short clicks and bits of noise. The genre is thus named after the use of digital artifacts and noise-like distortions, often.
Experimental music - Experimental music Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. There is an overlap with avant-garde music. John Cage was a pioneer in experimental music and defined and gave credibility to the form. As with other edge forms that push the limits of a particular form of expression, there is little agreement as to the boundaries of experimental music, even amongst its practitioners. On the one hand, some experimental music is an extension of traditional music, adding unconventional instruments, modifications to instruments, noises, and other novelties to orchestral compositions. At the other extreme, there are performances that most listeners would not characterize as music at all. Some of the more common techniques include: "Prepared" instruments. Ordinary instruments are modified in.
Definition of music - Definition of music Defining music is as difficult as defining art. It is a problem that has been tackled at various times by philosophers, lexicographers, composers, teachers, students and various other musicians. The word has been used to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to a printed document showing how a piece is to be performed (as in sheet music). The question of what the art form we now call music actually consists and does not consist of is, however, something still argued about today. The word itself comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) (μουσικη (τεχνη)) by way of the Latin musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa, the Greek word for muse. In ancient Greece, the word mousike was used to mean any.
1980s music groups - 1980s music groups Music groups in the 1980s came from many countries and with many different types of rock/pop music. These groups benefited from technological advances and the advent of television station MTV and the production of CDs and music videos to go together with their music. Among groups that were famous during the 1980s are: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .38 Special A A-ha Abba Aerosmith Aldo Nova Alphaville Animotion Army Of Lovers Art of Noise B Bad Religion Bananarama The Bangles Beastie Boys Belinda Carlisle The Belle Stars Berlin Big Country Billy Idol Blondie Bobby McFerrin Bon Jovi Bonnie Tyler Bow Wow Wow Boys.
1969 in music - 1969 in music See also: 1968 in music, other events of 1969, 1970 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits on record 4 Published popular songs 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Awards 9.1 Grammy Awards 9.2 Eurovision Song Contest Events Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hell's Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event. In retrospect, many commentators have concluded that the violence signalled the failure of the so-called "hippies", who espoused an ethos of free.
1991 in music - 1991 in music See also: 1990 in music, other events of 1991, 1992 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Musical theater 5 Musical films 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards Events The most important event in music in 1991 is, by far, the popular breakthrough of grunge music. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", became the most popular album of the year. Followed immediately by other grunge bands like Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, grunge dominated the charts for the next few years. Its success effectively ended pop-oriented hair metal groups like Guns 'n Roses, Poison and Def Leppard, whose.
1993 in music - 1993 in music See also: 1992 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Musical theater 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Awards Events January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February of 1992. January 12 - The original members of Cream reunite for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, California January 13 - Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia for simulating a sex act onstage. February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first.
1938 in music - 1938 in music See also: 1937 in music, other events of 1938, 1939 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Top hit recordings 3 Published popular songs 4 Musical theater 5 Musical films 6 Births 7 Deaths Events January 16 - Benny Goodman plays Carnegie Hall September 22 - Anton Webern's String Quartet is premiered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Roy Acuff's musical career begins Sister Rosetta Tharpe's musical career begins Pete Seeger's musical career begins Robert Lockwood Jr's musical career begins Jelly Roll Morton speaks, sings, and plays piano for an eight-hour Library of Congress recorded sound documentary produced by Alan Lomax Top hit recordings "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb "Begin the Beguine" by Artie Shaw.
1930 in music - 1930 in music See also: 1929 in music, other events of 1930, 1931 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Published popular songs 3 Top hits on record 4 Musical theater 5 Musical films 6 Births 7 Deaths Events Bukka White begins performing Published popular songs "Across The Breakfast Table" w.m. Irving Berlin "All I Want Is Just One Girl" Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting "Any Little Fish" Noël Coward "A Bench In The Park" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager "Betty Co-Ed" w.m J. Paul Fogarty & Rudy Vallee "Beyond The Blue Horizon" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & W. Franke Harling "Bidin' My Time" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "Blue, Turning Grey Over.
1908 in music - 1908 in music See also: 1907 in music, other events of 1908, 1909 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Published songs 3 Musical theater 4 Births 5 Deaths Events January 26 - Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 is premiered March 15 - Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole is premiered in Paris September 19 - Premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7 in Prague December 3 - Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Manchester December 18 - Claude Debussy's Children's Corner is premiered in Paris Anthony Maggio publishes a dance band orchestration of early Blues "I Got The Blues" in New Orleans Arnold Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 is premiered in Vienna Published songs "All For Love.
Ambient music - Ambient music The Cover of Brian Eno's Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, widely considered one of the best ambient releases. Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronica, new age, modern classical music and even noise. It is chiefly identifiable as having an overarching atmospheric context. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Styles of ambient music 2.1 Organic ambient music 2.2 Nature inspired ambient music 2.3 Ambient electronica 2.3.1 Ambient dub 2.3.2 Ambient groove 2.3.3 Ambient house 2.3.4 Beatless 2.3.5 Soundscape 3 Notable artists and works in chronological order 4 Sound 5 See also 6.
Bill Nelson (musician) - Nelson's new band, Be Bop Deluxe, signing to EMI Records. The band developed a reputation built upon Nelson's electric guitar stylings, which have been described as "pyrotechnic". After the breakup of Be Bep Deluxe, Nelson attempted another band project called Red Noise, but eventually settled into a career as a solo musician, recording iconoclastic albums in the early electropop vein such as The Love That Whirls and Quit Dreaming and Get On the Beam. Many of these albums also shipped with bonus records featuring experimental ambient instrumentals, and this was a genre of music Nelson would embrace more fully in the future. Nelson had bad luck with major labels in the 1980s. A deal with CBS Records went sour, leaving one admired album, Getting the Holy Ghost Across (US title: On.
Car noise - Car noise Car noise is generated by the engine and friction of the tyres as they move across the road surface as well as voluntary sources of noise a car might make, such as a music centre or its horn. Car noise has decreased over time due to inventions like the muffler/silencer attached to the exhaust pipe and better engine construction. For those inside the car, better padding can mean virtually no noise (for the worse in some instances, because engine noise is a good indicator of speed). However, the current level of car noise is destined to stay, at least until we invent new technology (such as hydrogen-powered cars). Car noise along with visual cues assists pedestrians awarness of motor vehicle location..
Computer-generated music - Computer-generated music Computer-generated music is music composed by, or with the extensive aid of, a computer. Although any music which uses computers in its composition or realisation is computer-generated to some extent, the use of computers is now so widespread (in the editing of pop songs, for instance) that the phrase computer-generated music is generally used to mean a kind of music which could not have been created without the use of computers. One of the first composers to write music with a computer was Iannis Xenakis. He wrote programs in the FORTRAN language which would automatically produce scores to be played by traditional musical instruments. An example is ST/48 of 1962. Later, composers such as Gottfried Michael Koenig had the computers generate the sounds of the composition.
The Art of Noise - The Art of Noise The Art of Noise was a pop group formed in 1983 by producer Trevor Horn, music journalist Paul Morley, and session musicians / studio hands Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik, and Gary Langan. The group's mostly instrumental compositions were novel and often clever melodic sound collages based on digital sampling technology, which was new at the time. Inspired by turn-of-the-century revolutions in music, the Art of Noise was initially packaged as a faceless anti- or non-group, blurring the distinction between the art and its creators. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of electronic music. = Beginnings = In 1983, Trevor Horn, who had achieved a New Wave hit in 1981 with "Video Killed The Radio Star" which he recorded under the.
Timeline of trends in music (1980-1989) - Timeline of trends in music (1980-1989) See also: List of years in music, Timeline of trends in music to 1899, Timeline of trends in music (1900-1949), Timeline of trends in music (1950-1959), Timeline of trends in music (1960-1969), Timeline of trends in music (1970-1979), Timeline of trends in music (1990-present) 1980s 1980 in music International trends Alternative rock and post punk artists like Joy Division (Closer), The Specials (More Specials) and U2 (Boy) achieve some popularity with influential releases; they are accompanied by popular punk and New Wave releases from Devo (Freedom of Choice), Talking Heads (Remain in Light), The Pretenders (Pretenders), The Clash (London Calling) and The Jam (Sound Affects) Hank Sapoznik, The Klezmorim, Kapelye, Andy Statman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band emerge at the forefront of.
Tony Award for Best Musical - Best Musical 1949 Kiss Me, Kate. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. 1950 South Pacific. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. 1951 Guys and Dolls. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. 1952 The King and I. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers. 1953 Wonderful Town. Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. 1954 Kismet. Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, music by Alexander Borodin, adapted and with lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. 1955 The Pajama Game. Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, music and lyrics by Richard.
