Listening to the Music the Machines Make (eBook)

Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983

Richard Evans (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
528 Seiten
Omnibus Press (Verlag)
978-1-78759-247-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Listening to the Music the Machines Make is the revolutionary story of electronic pop from 1978 to 1983, a true golden age of British music. This definitive account explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock and punk inspired a new generation to rip up the rulebook and venture toward a new frontier of electronic music one that laid the foundations for Hip-Hop, house, techno and beyond.Including an extensive collection of archive images throughout, Richard Evanss kaleidoscopic narrative draws on years of research, a plethora of archive press materials and the input of key figures, including Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure), Martyn Ware (The Human League, B.E.F., Heaven 17) and Daniel Miller (The Normal, Mute Records).From the gritty and experimental to the camp and theatrical, this book charts the careers and impact of electronic pops earliest innovators and luminaries, from Devo, The Normal, Telex and Cabaret Voltaire to Soft Cell, Gary Numan, OMD, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: Blancmange • David Bowie • Electronica • Eurythmics • History • Kraftwerk • Laurie Anderson • Midge Ure • New order • New Wave • Simple Minds • Spandau Ballet • Sparks • Telex • Thomas Dolby • Ultravox • visage
• ISBN-10: 1-78759-247-2 / 1787592472
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78759-247-6 / 9781787592476