Thursday, November 6, 2008
Creamtastic The Tone Generation: A Nerdgasm of Analog Electronic Awesomeness
Posted by Sean Maloney on Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 2:47 PM
I'm sure only, like, five-and-a-half of you folks give a fuck about this, but I've been listening to a podcast called The Tone Generation lately and it has blown my fuckin' dome. Each episode is a half-hour history lesson in pre-1970 analog electronic music, each one is organized by country and pulled from the record collection of musician/host Ian Helliwell and each one is super rad. Before you start jumpin' on my case for not liking "real music," keep in mind that all of this is pre-disco, pre-Ecstasy-N-Ibiza electronic music that has more to do with the mid-20th century classical avant garde than it does with the boom-chick-boom-chick stuff that gets all the rockists around here riled up. Not that I don't love the boom-chick—I do—but there is something about electronic music before it was codified that is far more engaging to me than, say, Ghostland Observatory. (It's probably the lack of a static rhythm or traditional intonation, but then again I am a weirdo.) Throw in some well researched historical context and it's time for me to change my Underoos....
You can subscribe to the podcast here, and check out the awesomely informative electronic music history charty here. Just make sure to pack an extra pair of panties and prepare for blast off.
(Puppy-loving fist jab: BoingBoing.)
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i've always found it funny that the general population lumps all forms of electric based music/production in the same category and it's nice to see someone on cream attempt to differentiate at least one aspect.
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Thanks for the tip! I share your nerdgasm for blippy, bleepy avant-electric-ness. (figuratively.)
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