Electronic Music

Alphaville

Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The band was at first named Forever Young before changing to Alphaville. They are best known for their two biggest hits, "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young".

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Bal Pare

Best of compilation of this minimal wave german band from Hamburg. Founded by Kirsten Klemm, Matthias Schuster and Jan T. Krahn the band started recording in 1981 initially with the name Jeanette und das Land Z.

The first 7" was released in Spring of that same year and it was a cover of a France Gall song, "Poupee de cire,poupee de son".  After finishing the first album, the band didn´t come to an agreement with Phonogram, their initial label, so the band took over the whole Konkurrenz label to start a new and totally independent company.

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Bjork

Björk Guðmundsdóttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks.

She is best known for her expressive vocals, broad soprano vocal range, and a diverse and eclectic musical style which incorporates influences from many different genres, including pop, alternative rock, jazz, ambient, electronic, classical, folk and trip hop, as well as her eccentric costumes and music videos.

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Brazilian Girls

A product of the post-millenial East Village artist enclave Nublu, Brazilian Girls have been making exceptional strides within the pop music landscape since forming in 2003. Not confined by genre, their sound is an amalgamation of rock, lounge, latin, and electronic dance music with lyrics in no fewer than six languages.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, commonly known as simply Brian Eno (pronounced /ˈiːnoʊ/), is an English musician, composer, record producer, music theorist and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.

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Camp Image Node

In 2000 a group of highly trained but poorly prepared monkeys met in the desert.

In 2001 these monkeys regrouped to try to get it right.

From 16mm projectors to multichannel video, Camp Image Node has always been a place about audiovisual experimentation, video art, and the occasional dance party.

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Cold Wave

Coldwave, also written as Cold Wave, is a French and Belgian style of rock music, inspired by post-punk band Joy Division and specifically Martin Hannett's production for the group, prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Early French punk rock groups, forerunners to the scene, included Stinky Toys and Métal Urbain.

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Contact List for Electronic Musicians

In the early 80’s, avant-garde radio moguls Peter Moser and Alex Douglas (of Co-Op Radio’s famed Alien Soundtracks program) published a semi-regular zine titled CLEM: Canadian List of Electronic Music. The list operated as a catalog of recent electronic, synth, experimental, and “music of intelligence and feeling” from around the world. For many it was the go-to guide for left-field music at a time when information was not widely available.
 

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Crash Course in Science

Crash Course in Science (CCIS) is an electronic musical group that was formed in 1979. The band was formed as a way to explore performance art and music, which the members desperately needed to express. Choosing toy instruments and live drums out of necessity, CCIS began to experiment with a series of analog recording devices. The instruments gave way to crude drum machines and ‘Frankenstein’ type homemade instruments. CCIS was ready to record the Signals From Pier Thirteen. Signals From Pier Thirteen was released in the U.S.A. and England in 1981.

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Experimental Products

A Short History.......

Experimental Products was basically a "garage band" who used synthesizers and drum machine instead of guitars and drums. The founding members were Mark Wilde and Michael Gross both from northern Delaware, USA.

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