Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music - P2P-Zone

daddydirt · 03-03-04, 09:23 AM

fun Flash site

http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html

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This guide is a non-technical, irreverent critique of electronic dance music. Its purpose is to entertain before it informs. I suppose it could be used as a credited resource or educational primer, but that's not recommended since i made most of it up. Several biases here are celebrated lavishly, because downcasting people for their taste in music is close-minded. Except if their taste in music sucks.

JackSpratts · 03-03-04, 12:33 PM

there's a phd in music genrology in there somewhere. it can be yours in about eight minutes.

great site dd.

- js.

multi · 03-03-04, 07:01 PM

thats pretty neat ..

greedy_lars · 03-03-04, 09:29 PM

cool site dood

i left it on house/eurobeat while i went to get the pizza out of the oven, and it was horrible, i was running to click on something else.

Mazer · 04-03-04, 01:01 PM

His comments on new age music alone are worth it. After exploring the whole thing I kinda wonder where the whole electronic music industry is headed. I tend to like the older stuff better.

Mazer · 27-04-06, 04:54 PM

Bump for the updated version 2.5 of the guide, which now includes a primer on electronic instruments throughout history. It's almost educational.

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In 1761, Johann Maelzel came upon the brilliant idea of creating the Panharmonicon, which was the first mechanical keyboard that, although technically not electronic (it ran on diesel fuel) automated the playing of all the other instruments in the orchestra. Maelzel then went on to design a universal spec for the Panharmonium by which every musical instrument everywhere could adhere to, so they could be hooked up to one another for universal control and compatibility. Where trumpets could play drums and violins could play clarinets and that sort of stuff. He called it Medieval MIDI, and it was a revolutionary concept for the time, but despite its endorsement by larger-than-life composers like Beethoven, it wasn't received too well so Maelzel would have to wait another 200 years before his dream of hooking every instrument up into the Voltron symphony would be realized.

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multi Thanks for being with arse Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The other side of the world Posts: 10,343	thats pretty neat .. __________________ i beat the internet - the end boss is hard Secret Temple of It

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Mazer Earthbound misfit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Moses Lake, Washington Posts: 2,563	His comments on new age music alone are worth it. After exploring the whole thing I kinda wonder where the whole electronic music industry is headed. I tend to like the older stuff better. Last edited by Mazer : 27-04-06 at 04:58 PM.

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03-03-04, 12:33 PM	#2
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,017	there's a phd in music genrology in there somewhere. it can be yours in about eight minutes. great site dd. - js.

03-03-04, 09:29 PM	#4
greedy_lars everything you do Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: wlll come back around to you Posts: 3,982	cool site dood i left it on house/eurobeat while i went to get the pizza out of the oven, and it was horrible, i was running to click on something else.