Folktronica
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Folktronica[1] is a genre of music which mixes traditional folk music with experimental electronic music of many kinds, usually incorporating hip hop or dance rhythms, but sometimes with neo-classical, ambient house or dub reggae influences.
History
Probably originated by Mike Oldfield in 1973 with part IV of Tubular Bells featuring the sailors hornpipe (co-incidentally, Mike Oldfield was acclaimed as the first "bedroom" musician), it developed in the late 70's to early eighties with bands such as The Suns of Arqa who played traditional indian raga's to dub reggae beats and also used lot's of traditional instruments, and Clannad, who re-interpreted traditional celtic songs to include synthesizers and other technology. In late eighties to early nineties lot's of bands and collaborations started to appear including William Orbit & Beth Orton ,The Orb and the Pengin Café Orchestra, Ancient Beatbox (who play traditional Breton dance music with drum machines and sequencers), Dissidenten who mixed electronic rock dance music with traditional eastern music on their album Sahara Elektrik as well as Jah Wobble, The Afro Celt Sound System and Edward the Second , all of whom combined traditional world folk music with dub reggae rhythms. Developments in the mid to late nineties included many neo-classical and ambient house influences partly instigated by Imogen Heap whence Folktronica was used to describe the music coming from Kieran Hebden and his Four Tet project in 2001.[2][3][4][importance of example(s)?] According to The Sunday Times Culture's Encyclopedia of Modern Music, essential albums of the genre are Four Tet's Pause (2001), Tunng's Mother's Daughter and Other Songs (2005), and Caribou's The Milk of Human Kindness (2005).[5] The music of alternative singer-songwriter Minute Taker has also been described as folktronica.[6][7][importance of example(s)?]
List of artists
References
- ^ Smyth, David (April 23, 2004). "Electrifying folk: Folktronica, new folk, fuzzy folk – call it what you will. Laptops are replacing lutes to create a whole new sound", Evening Standard, p. 31.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (April 27, 2003). "Up front on the verge: Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden", The Observer, p. 14.
- ^ Harley, Kevin (January 30, 2010). "Four Tet: There Is Love in You", The Independent, p. 24
- ^ Brown, Jonathan; Kinnear, Lucy (11 February 2008). "The real school of rock". p. 10., Elliott School is a struggling comprehensive in south London. But it has an astonishing record in nurturing a diverse range of avant-garde pop stars. The Independent. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
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Clayton, Richard (1 February 2009). "Folktronica: Encyclopedia of Modern Music". Times Online. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2010. (password-protected)
- ^ "To Love Somebody Melancholy". Time Out. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "The 405 meets Minute Taker". The 405. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Ratliff, Ben (June 21, 2004). "Fresh Sounds From Brazil, Straddling Jazz Past and Present", The New York Times, p. E5.
- ^ Phelan, Laurence (May 4, 2003). "Discs etc: beautifully weird synths: Four Tet: Rounds domino", The Independent on Sunday, p. 15.
- ^ Cantú, Fernando (June 18, 2006). "Juana Molina: Embajadora de la folktrónica", Reforma, p. 44.
- ^ "To Love Somebody Melancholy". Time Out. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "The 405 meets Minute Taker". The 405.
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