The Bertho Times: ELECTRONIC MUSIC: THE EXCITING 80s

Thursday, July 16, 2015

ELECTRONIC MUSIC: THE EXCITING 80s

The end of the 70’s brought the start of different music styles inside the electronic world. The outlook duplicated by the lower price of electronics like the synthesizer, that evolved from the analogue model to a digital one, and the Samplers. Electronic music became accessible to everyone, which made it a popular genre.

If in the 70’s Roxy music, Jean Michell Jarre, Vangelis or Kraftwerk had represented the electronic genre, the 80’s were characterized by the number of bands that used the synthesizer, like Duran Duran.

In 1979, Synthpop was born with the first record of Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark “Electricity” and its first single with the same name. This inspired many groups.

Despite the progress, some bands like Depeche Mode used a darker musical genre.

Electro music TODAY

Commonly, electronic music is labeled nowadays as “very good”. But as time goes by, the genre varies and can be misunderstood.

It lost some value on its name because, basically, almost all musical genres -like hip hop or pop- use electronic music, especially in songs released since 2011-2012 onwards

Also, we could say that electronic music can seem repetitive. Obviously, each song uses different types of sounds but most of them can be heard similar.

Today, electronic music has grown from an underground niche into one of the biggest genres in the world. Actually, electronic music festivals are now a new trend.

It all started with the Ultra Music Festival.

Since 1999, in March, Miami celebrates with the most prestigious and famous DJs.

But Tomorrowland might be the most popular one. The journey began on August 14th 2005 with the presence of Coone, Yves Deruyter, DJ Ghost, Cor Fijneman and Armin van Buuren. It is held in Summer every year, changing locations and bringing thousands of fans from all over the world together.