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September 15, 2007

Electronic Dance Music, Part II


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HorganDrums.jpg Pandora's Dance Music Genome teacher Chris Horgan continues his talk about electronica with host Kevin Seal. (If you haven't heard Part I of this show, you should start there.) This time, the DJs are spinning Breakbeat, Drum and Bass, and Downtempo. Chris and Kevin count out the tempos and beat patterns used in these styles, discuss the chill-room settings that helped Trip Hop flourish, and shine a light on the beat pioneers who innovated in these genres. (10 mins.)

Click the "Continue reading" button below to hear examples of these specific styles, and to see the musical terms we discuss in the episode.








MUSICAL TERMS INCLUDED IN THIS PODCAST

House Breakbeat Downtempo Chillout music
Trance Drum and bass BPM Rave
Techno Jungle Trip-hop Synthetic
Timbre Upbeats Four on the floor Sampling
Ethereal texture Broken beat Acid jazz Hip hop
Tempo Monochordal Dub effects Sampler
Body mechanics Syncopation Harmonic material Cacophonous



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DesertDwellers

BREAKBEAT. (BPMs often 110-165.)
To exemplify breakbeat's faster tempos, prominent backbeat, and syncopated kick drum, we chose a Desert Dwellers track called "Acid Monsters (Phokus & Seed Remix)."

Elements of BREAKBEAT --
slowed-down Drum and Bass, funky drum beats, synthetic sonority, double-time feel


by DJ Icey

by Deekline and Wizard

by Chemical Brothers

by Crystal Method

by Lee Coombs

by Freestylers




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Touchphonics

DRUM & BASS. (BPMs often 155-190.)
Speed up breakbeat even more, focus on the bass, and darken the feel a bit, and you might get a drum & bass track like "All the Way" by Touchphonics.

Elements of DRUM AND BASS --
heavy bass, MCing, 2x drum samples, syncopation, dense orchestration


by Shy FX

by Roni Size & Reprazent

by UK Apachi & Shy FX

by Future Cut & Futurebound

by Intense

by Klute




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Tal Klein

DOWNTEMPO. (BPMs often 70-110.)
A great example of a chill downtempo track is Tal M. Klein's "Maintaining Legitimacy." It's slower, mellower, and more likely to feature jazz or pop harmonies.

Elements of DOWNTEMPO --
mellowness, use of chords and Fender Rhodes electric piano, use of samples, rap influence in the beats


by Sutro

by Beatropolis

by Portishead

by Morcheeba

by DJ Krush

by Kruder & Dorfmeister

by Thievery Corporation

by Waldeck




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Ingrooves

Thanks to Ingrooves for their help in procuring some of the tracks used to make this podcast.


Comments

Excellent! I've been waiting for this podcast forever! Glad to see it finally made it. Keep up with the great shows!

Posted by: Luke at September 15, 2007 09:36 PM

Hi guys! Just letting you know the iTunes feed has Episode I of this Electronic Dance Music segment, and not this episode.

Love the podcast. One of my favorites.

Posted by: ryptide at September 17, 2007 02:22 PM

Yes - so glad to hear this!


Ryptide - this podcast just came out, so I imagine it'll be on itunes shortly... Kevin?

Posted by: Chris at September 24, 2007 04:00 PM

Trip Hop I found really cool and Down Tempo too. You mentioned jungle music which is what Angola Bound reminds me of, do you know where or if that would fit into this podcast?? Lots of diff things going on in that song a real upbeat song. Get a Life and Homicide are awesome. Guess the darker feel and speeded up breakbeat do it for me there. Have a good one. ssrb

Posted by: Sunshine/Rainbow at September 24, 2007 04:31 PM

I've been listening to your Electronic Dance Music 'casts back-to-back for a couple of days. I've been a fan of electronica, but couldn't have told anyone exactly how they differ before.

These are great informational bits of music. Somehow ten minutes (or thereabouts) is the right amount of time.

Thanks!

Posted by: rrp at September 25, 2007 01:15 PM

Chris & Ryptide -- This episode is now on iTunes, yes indeed.

SSRB -- I'm not familiar with Angola Bound... perhaps Chris knows them...

RRP -- Thanks! I like the ten-minute time on these too. Enough to just get the point across and spark up the inspiration for further listening.

Posted by: Kevin Seal at September 25, 2007 02:34 PM

I just discovered these podcasts. They're perfectly sized informational units.

I love electronica, but before this I had only a hand-waving explanation of how they differ.

Thanks.

Posted by: rrp at September 25, 2007 03:22 PM

Angola Bound is a song by Aaron Neville. To me it has a kinda jungle beat not sure what kind of percussion instruments or if synthesizers they are using, check it out if you can find it. It's on an album with I bid you Goodnite. ssrb

Posted by: Sunshine/Rainbow at September 26, 2007 05:30 PM

So glad everyone is enjoying these podcasts! Attention spans are decreasing with our ever evolving society, but Kevin found the perfect length!


So the song Angola Bound - title refers to a person being shipped off to Angola prison in Louisiana (famous for their inmate rodeos) - is def not jungle music. Though there ARE some similarities - most notably the heavy/layered percussion and the dirty new orleans drum beat.


You can listen to a remix of THE seminal jungle track halfway up this page: "Original Nuttah" by Shy FX and UK Apachi.

Posted by: Chris at September 28, 2007 12:02 PM

LOVE FEST!


For any other EDM fans - there is a huge event in San Francisco this weekend called the Love Fest(9/29-30). It's a parade and a whole weekend of parties. The event is modeled off of the Love Parade in Germany.

Go here for more info:
http://www2.sflovefest.org


Go here to watch a live video broadcast of the event (bottom of page):
http://www2.sflovefest.org/event_details.php

Posted by: Chris at September 28, 2007 12:06 PM

Thanks Chris, I will check that out and let you know. So apparently I rreally love the dirty New Orleans drum beat. Where else might I go to find similar songs, bands that play this way??

Posted by: Sunshine/Rainbow at October 1, 2007 11:07 AM

ok Chris, now I get what your calling jungle music, thanks for clearing that up.

Posted by: Sunshine/Rainbow at October 3, 2007 12:55 PM

Hey Sunshine. So for New Orleans musicians check out:

Any of the Neville Brothers - there are several

Dr. John

Professor Longhair

Allen Toussaint

If you like jazz check out anything that has Johnny Vidokavich - drummer - on it. He is an amazing drummer who also taught Stanton Moore - Galactic's drummer - Another New Orleans mainstay who really understands those durty New Orleans beats.


Also can't forget the Meters.


This is a good start, but there are soo many more!

Posted by: Chris Horgan at October 13, 2007 02:41 PM

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Posted by: luke at October 16, 2007 05:54 PM

Yup, yup, great recommendations from Dr. Horgan.

Posted by: Kevin Seal at October 25, 2007 12:15 PM

I do not agree completely with the presentation of downtempo. I think it is not that simple or monotonous, regarding the rhythm. Also, acid jazz and bossa-nova (world music) elements I think could be invoked.

Posted by: Daniel at November 14, 2007 08:48 AM

Great series. I listened to all 8 episodes today, but I had to download the episodes. Clicking "Listen Now" changes the button to yellow, but I don't hear any audio. Also, the Reggae episode cuts off at 7:37. I look forward to listening to the next episode. Thanks!

Posted by: san at March 31, 2008 11:31 PM

Downtempo's definitely not monotonous or simple -- I hope our presentation of it didn't give that impression, Daniel. Acid jazz and downtempo are close cousins, certainly, and both have been known to incorporate the influence of bossa nova as well as other Brazilian and various Latin musical styles.

Posted by: Kevin Seal at April 18, 2008 04:47 PM

I think you should do a section on hardcore and gabber, that's it. This is great though

Posted by: storm at April 28, 2008 08:01 PM


THANK YOU

this is that we need in eart

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I am so glad that this is here, along with the whole Pandora concept. I am such a music lover and when people ear great songs I have, and ask me about the music- it's really difficult to put a name to the elements of the song. I have just recently discovered the trend coming out of Austria, and I really love the stuff by Waldeck and Parov Stelar. Is there anything you can recommend I buy that can get me deeper into these artist's styles?

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Posted by: Rob at July 17, 2008 04:22 PM

Thanks Chris, I will check that out and let you know. So apparently I rreally love the dirty New Orleans drum beat. Where else might I go to find similar songs, bands that play this way??

Posted by: Msn at July 21, 2008 02:39 PM

Great series. I listened to all 8 episodes today, but I had to download the episodes. Clicking "Listen Now" changes the button to yellow, but I don't hear any audio. Also, the Reggae episode cuts off at 7:37. I look forward to listening to the next episode. Thanks!

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Trip Hop I found really cool and Down Tempo too. You mentioned jungle music which is what Angola Bound reminds me of, do you know where or if that would fit into this podcast?? Lots of diff things going on in that song a real upbeat song. Get a Life and Homicide are awesome. Guess the darker feel and speeded up breakbeat do it for me there. Have a good one.

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Trip Hop I found really cool and Down Tempo too. You mentioned jungle music which is what Angola Bound reminds me of, do you know where or if that would fit into this podcast?? Lots of diff things going on in that song a real upbeat song. Get a Life and Homicide are awesome. Guess the darker feel and speeded up breakbeat do it for me there. Have a good one.

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Angola Bound is a song by Aaron Neville. To me it has a kinda jungle beat not sure what kind of percussion instruments or if synthesizers they are using, check it out if you can find it. It's on an album with I bid you Goodnite. ssrb

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Angola Bound is a song by Aaron Neville. To me it has a kinda jungle beat not sure what kind of percussion instruments or if synthesizers they are using, check it out if you can find it. It's on an album with I bid you Goodnite. ssrb

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