Good evening.
I like to consider myself one with a rather diverse taste in music. After years of listening to blues, alternative, heavy metal and some hip hop for some good measure, I felt I needed to branch out to a genre I'm not as familiar wit : Electro music.
Now, I'm not 100% certain what types of electronic music there are. Is Techno different from Electronica? Is Dubstep a derivative of Dance music? So many questions, so little knowledge.
See, I listen to heavy metal. Not as much as I used to, but in that time I learned to catagorize each subgenre within it. While it has the most subgenres, is Electronic music similar in this sense? Do people categorize it as such? I know they're not the same, but I, as a newcomer, am just trying to grasp the differences and relations between genres like say trip-hop, electronica or whatever. And I could look it up on Wikipedia, but if there is one thing I'm sure of, is that they aren't always accurate or simple. I'd prefer simplicity.
Musicians as such I already listen to include : Pendulum, Daft Punk, Massive Attack, Portishead, The Qemists, Deadmau5, The Prodigy, 65daysofstatic, Unter Null , Innerpartysystem, DJ Shadow..By all means correct me if any of those don't fit the genre.
Also what I am asking, apart from pointers from any massive electro music fans/experts, are either recommendations for bands or musicians for me or anyone unfamiliar to this type of music. As well, discuss your (preferably positive)opinions on this music? Do you like it? If so or not, why?
Also, here's a neat video :
I like to consider myself one with a rather diverse taste in music. After years of listening to blues, alternative, heavy metal and some hip hop for some good measure, I felt I needed to branch out to a genre I'm not as familiar wit : Electro music.
Now, I'm not 100% certain what types of electronic music there are. Is Techno different from Electronica? Is Dubstep a derivative of Dance music? So many questions, so little knowledge.
See, I listen to heavy metal. Not as much as I used to, but in that time I learned to catagorize each subgenre within it. While it has the most subgenres, is Electronic music similar in this sense? Do people categorize it as such? I know they're not the same, but I, as a newcomer, am just trying to grasp the differences and relations between genres like say trip-hop, electronica or whatever. And I could look it up on Wikipedia, but if there is one thing I'm sure of, is that they aren't always accurate or simple. I'd prefer simplicity.
Musicians as such I already listen to include : Pendulum, Daft Punk, Massive Attack, Portishead, The Qemists, Deadmau5, The Prodigy, 65daysofstatic, Unter Null , Innerpartysystem, DJ Shadow..By all means correct me if any of those don't fit the genre.
Also what I am asking, apart from pointers from any massive electro music fans/experts, are either recommendations for bands or musicians for me or anyone unfamiliar to this type of music. As well, discuss your (preferably positive)opinions on this music? Do you like it? If so or not, why?
Also, here's a neat video :