The term tech-house came from one of the music’s main proponents and champions. Mr C, the former Shamen rapper, coined it to describe the fusion of tough, US garage ‘dubs’ – instrumental versions of vocal tracks – and deep, Detroit techno that London DJs such as Eddie Richards, Colin Dale, Terry Francis and C himself ...
more dubious innovation of talking live between records. According to context, a DJ might play future hits, whatever is in the charts or a seamless flow of minimalist tech-house sounds. It depends where and when they are playing. Essentially, a DJ is simply the medium between the music and the crowd, operating as both a point of ...
, techno and electro all provided the basis for electronic music as it splintered into myriad categories and genres – with trance, progressive house, drum’n’bass, breaks, tech-house and UK garage all evolving from these electronic styles throughout the 1990s. Electronic music also became intertwined in the fabric of popular music as the 1990s progressed. Acts like The ...
garage, though without the ‘pop’ overtones, tending to owe more to the hip hop genre, although a more mellow sound. Introduction | Dance Styles & Forms | Tech-House | Dance ...
Fingerstyle master Adrian Legg (b. 1948) defies categorization. But though his music combines British folk, Celtic, rock, classical, blues, jazz and country sounds, Legg’s warm, soulful playing is the thread that unites the styles. Born in Hackney, London, England, Legg took the first steps of his musical journey playing the oboe ...
(Vocals, b. 1951) Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Isaacs is one of the top reggae artists of the last four decades. After a handful of records for smaller labels he started his own African Museum label with fellow singer Errol Dunkley. He also recorded for myriad other producers, and discs with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Sly and Robbie ...
April Waters Declares Legal Action Roger Waters had got wind of Gilmour’s intentions well in advance of the EMI press release and in October 1986 had taken matters to the High Court. Even though Waters had offered the name to Mason and Gilmour in 1985 when unofficially leaving, he did not believe that they would actually dare to record without ...
(Instrumental group, 1979–present) Originally an acoustic jazz quintet led by vibist Mike Mainieri and featuring tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, pianist Don Grolnick, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Steve Gadd, Steps changed personnel through the early 1980s, changed its name to Steps Ahead in 1983 and by 1985 had become a high-tech fusion outfit, with Mike ...
Drum’n’bass was a kind of re-branding that came from the scene itself – the producer side that wanted to allow filmic sounds to speak for them rather than some patois MC. By downplaying the ragga, producers and DJs were effectively saying that they wished to communicate a message or mood sonically rather than verbally. Some have argued that drum’n’bass is ...
The early Romantic era was a period that saw a move in all the arts towards greater expression and a loosening of structures and forms. In music this meant an expanding and freeing up of existing classical forms such as the symphony, and the development of newly expressive genres such as the symphonic poem. Opera took on bigger, more ...
‘Fusion’ can be applied to any music that blends two or more different styles, though it is normally used to describe the electronic jazz rock movement that emerged in the late 1960s. Some of the musicians expanded the boundaries of both jazz and rock, while others focused on producing sophisticated, but shallow, ‘background’ music. Although fusion records ...
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