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They may not sing but their popular tracks still have vocals don’t they?
In electronic music, vocals are just another sampled oscillator garnish, taking as just much credit as the drum machine... Far cry from the front & center heroic place occupied by the pop music singer.
Carbon Based Lifeforms anyone? Solar Fields? Solar Fields did soundtrack for Mirror's Edge for example. So many good composers doing electro/synth instrumentals nowadays but aren't mainstream, which might be good thing
Brian Eno. Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Irresistible force, Lane 8, Ben Boehmer, Air, Marconi Union, The Free Association, Floating Points, Gas, 2814, Nala Sinephro, Loscil, Max Richter, Banco de Gaia, Skee Mask, The Future Sound of London, Jan Jelinek, Earl Grey, Bonobo, Susumu Yokata, Stars of the Lid, Detroit Escalator Co. Global Communication, Biosphere, Max Cooper. I recommend them all. What you got?
You won!
Solar Quest although seen your list you probably know them already.
Carbon Based Lifeforms anyone? Solar Fields? Solar Fields did soundtrack for Mirror's Edge for example. So many good composers doing electro/synth instrumentals nowadays but aren't mainstream, which might be good thing
Of course! I recommend anyone not knowing them to check their "MOS6581" song (and not just for its title: it's a totally epic song).
Sowing of, the last holdout for long instrumental solos was Country music, but even they’ve fallen to the dreaded Nicki Minaj interlude as the genre has moved to four chords and snap beats.
Carbon Based Lifeforms anyone? Solar Fields? Solar Fields did soundtrack for Mirror's Edge for example. So many good composers doing electro/synth instrumentals nowadays but aren't mainstream, which might be good thing
Brian Eno. Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Irresistible force, Lane 8, Ben Boehmer, Air, Marconi Union, The Free Association, Floating Points, Gas, 2814, Nala Sinephro, Loscil, Max Richter, Banco de Gaia, Skee Mask, The Future Sound of London, Jan Jelinek, Earl Grey, Bonobo, Susumu Yokata, Stars of the Lid, Detroit Escalator Co. Global Communication, Biosphere, Max Cooper. I recommend them all. What you got?
Desiderii Marginis, Atrium Carceri, Lustmord, Apocryphos, Metatron Omega, Donnie Darko, Halgrath, Kammerheit, Sabled Sun
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> If I had to name one it would be the violinist Vanessa Mae Haven't heard any of her work, have skied with her though.
What a strange way to flex.
My point was that she was busy with a non-musical project for several years. I have not met her since the pandemic though.
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Favorite producer seems equivalent to favorite big band leader.
"Producer" means at least two things. In electronic music, it's commonly used for the person actually composing and arranging a track. It's used to differentiate from a DJ, who plays other people's music and doesn't "produce" anything. You can install FL Studio on your laptop, mess around a bit, and you're a producer (not a very good one probably, but the word does not imply quality). In most other genres, "producer"…
Another way to look at it is Phil Spector needed 4 entire Beatles to churn out hit record after hit record. Today someone in his position (a person in a studio with lots of gear) (or just a laptop even) can arguably make an entire hit record on their own, without anyone singing or playing an instrument. Is that really a different role? In a way it is, because you're no longer managing people. But in many other ways it isn't - it's using gear to make a record.
Almost certainly more than there've ever been.
Most just don't show up on things like Billboard because that ceased being a representative way to track musical consumption a long time ago.
There's an overwhelming amount of content now, across all mediums, and there's a lot of "dark matter" that isn't well represented in the mainstream.
It's like when someone, who enjoys streaming television asks someone else what they're watching... Who knows. Could be a popular show on Netflix, could be a niche YouTube channel where a man slowly fixes a wooden boat by hand.
Carbon Based Lifeforms anyone? Solar Fields? Solar Fields did soundtrack for Mirror's Edge for example. So many good composers doing electro/synth instrumentals nowadays but aren't mainstream, which might be good thing