Folktronica
Not to be confused with "Electric Folk"
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Folktronica[1] is a genre of music comprising various elements of folk music and electronica, often featuring samplings of acoustic instruments – especially stringed instruments – and incorporating hip hop or dance rhythms, although it varies based on influences and choice of sounds.[1][2][verification needed] The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology describes folktronica as "a catch-all [term] for all manner of artists who have combined mechanical dance beats with elements of acoustic rock or folk".[3]
History
Artists whose work encompasses folktronica include Múm, David Gray, Tunng, the Books, Björk and the Blue Nile.[3] Folktronica has also been used to describe the music coming from Kieran Hebden and his Four Tet project in 2001.[2][4][5] 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).[6] The music of alternative singer-songwriter Minute Taker has also been described as folktronica.[7][8]
List of artists
References
- ^ a b Classical album sundays . com , nov 19, 2013: Mike Oldfield’s debut album “Tubular Bells” is 40 years old this year and we are celebrating! The album was not only significant for the young prodigy composer’s beautiful mix of progressive rock, folk, world music and early electronica, but also because it was the first album released by Richard Branson’s Virgin Records.
- ^ a b Empire, Kitty (27 April 2003). "Up front on the verge: Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden", The Observer, p. 14.
- ^ a b Scott, Derek B. (ed.) (2016). The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7546-6476-5.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Harley, Kevin (30 January 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.
- ^ "the first Ultramarine album, Folk, originally released by Les Disques du Crépuscule in 1990 and featuring several versions of club favourite Stella.url=http://ltmrecordings.com/folk_oshcd01.html".
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