Myopic incomplete view skewed toward the hipster modular synth re-boot.
A very myopic incomplete view of the history of electronic music. I couldn't figure out the slant until the end and then it became clear: it's about glorifying the new hipster re-boot of modular synthesizers, which is about as meaningful as hipsters preferring tube-amps and vinyl to superior sound tech. I almost laughed out loud when the guy came out with a new vacuum tube synth and claimed it magically made sounds no other synth could make. And all of these gadgets are in service of the same old look-cool-hip-band-onstage-at-a-club cliche music making dynamic. The little music you do hear at the end didn't contain one new musical idea that wasn't around in the 80's, and the most original avant garde ideas were still in the 60s and 70s. It's much like the current rehashed rock music PRODUCT. Can you imagine people in 1969 listening to music in genres from 1929 and thinking it was original and hip?!
No mention of Jean Jaques Perry & the Ondioline invented in 1941, Bruce Haack in 1963, Tangerine Dream, etc etc. Wendy Carlos is slammed when in fact she did so much more than Switched on Bach and was an originator of many new forms including ambient and environmental music.
I was lucky to have access to a giant Moog system at the SUNYAB College of Mathematical Sciences in the early 1970's and it was a blast. But to people who actually have original IDEAS, don't think you need to spend thousands on these hipster toys or even be a performer. Make your music on a laptop if it works for you and put it online, and maybe we'll finally once again have some truly original popular music one of these days.
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