Questions tagged [electronic-music]
Electronic music refers to music which is produced mainly using electronic instruments and equipment, such as computers (and software), drum machines, synth keyboards, sequencers, and the like. Electronic music does not limit itself to "EDM", but the way the audio is produced.
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What are all the "music genres" ending with core? (which are related to nightcore)
I already know of nightcore, daycore, cottagecore, and slowcore but I believe there are more and I want to be able to listen to them all. Unfortunately, I don't know how exactly to research this and ...
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Suggest ambient/electronic/experimental music produced by female musicians
I'm currently into contemporary electronic and ambient music - I love drone, experimental and psychedelic vibes.
I'm listening to latest Tim Hecker's "No Highs", and I enjoy Jon Hopkins &...
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How/why is it that house/techno "producers" still work with traditional producers/mixing engineers?
Take this song, for example. My first impression was that this song involved Ariana singing on a Zedd instrumental. But then I discovered Max Martin helped write the song, and i'm sure he had a ...
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Koan vs KOAN Sound
Does anyone know if Koan (the ones who produced the albums "Argonautica" and "When the Silence is Speaking") is the same group/artist as KOAN Sound? Or are these two different ...
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Trying to find early 2000s EDM track, Japanese vocals, breakdancing skeleton
I'm trying to track down this song/electronic group (I think short-lived) that I loved in highschool that no one else knew about somehow. Their music had Japanese vocals but I think they were based in ...
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Where can I find a MIDI file for Max Kortlander's "Russian Rag"?
A pianist myself, I like how this song sounds and want to learn how to play it. Since there is no sheet music for this song, I've been looking for a file that I can convert into music. Can someone ...
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What is the source of the vocals used in Sahara by Astrix? [closed]
There are vocals during Astrix's Sahara, specifically at 3:45. These vocals sound like vocals I heard in an Anime movie once. Can anyone confirm the source of these vocals?
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List of musicians who play left-handed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musicians_who_play_left-handed
Would it be rare where musicians can play the above musical instruments with either hand?
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Artists similar to Blanck Mass
I'm looking for artists/albums/songs specifically similar to Blanck Mass albums "Dumb Flesh" (especially the song "Dead Format"), "World Eater", (to a slightly lesser ...
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Can someone help me figure out these tracks genre? [closed]
Yo anyone here who could help me put these songs into genres? I have no clue how to even explain what kind of music genre these tracks would be labeled nor are similar to... 😪
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What Music could be used to reflect industry and factory work?
Examples that may use mallets or other non instrumental sounds. A style like Iannis Xenakis' would be brilliant
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An EDM downtempo prog-house song called *The Spectre* and the DC character called Spectre
Does Alan Walker's song The Spectre have anything at all to do with the DC Comics character called Spectre?
Did he base his song off of the DC Character or not?
The comic character Spectre is a ...
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90s or 2000 techno song with piano introduction (no vocals) [closed]
Looking for a techno song/eletronic I believe it's from the 90's almost 2000. Starts with a single note from the piano and the introduction goes by this way. Beautiful and calm and it has a little ...
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What are the defining characteristics of dubstep as an electronic music genre?
I know many dubstep styles don't use the "wobble" effect at all, and that the "wobble" effect is used by many other genres, so it's not a defining characteristic, even if it's sometimes considered a ...
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Any way to decipher Four Tet's "About" page on Spotify?
The electronic music artist Kieran Hebdan, better known by his stage name Four Tet, has an interesting About page on Spotify. It looks to me to be just gibberish, but perhaps there is some way to ...
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Does any one know this Napster House Track I once found?
I am looking for a house track that appeared on Napster from 1997-98 that was titled as 'Midnight Breeze' by Jazz N Groove or Bobby and Steve. The track would be 120-135 bmp and had a jazzy feel to it....
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Electronic music inspired by Sci-Fi movies
As many other people I grew up watching science fiction movies and listening to electronic music, to the point that I developed a great passion about them. Recently I found out few songs which are ...
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House, Garage, UK Garage, Speed Garage: What's the difference?
When talking about early electronic music, and the house scene specifically (in contrast with the Techno scene), four styles are always mentioned, and used interchangeably in many contexts (including ...
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Similar artists to rising crimson?
So, as a composer I usually have musical influences which I'm unaware of but realise years later. I was hoping someone could resonate with the musical inspiration seized me and lasted an album.
Who ...
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What kind of edm genres specifically did Delia Derbyshire help pioneer?
Ive read quite a lot (on the internet) about how she was a amazing producer (composer/dj) of her era and was wondering what specific genres did she pioneer her wikipedia page says musique concrete and ...
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What's the difference between synthwave and retrowave?
I like both retrowave and synthwave, but there is no much difference between them, so I wonder why does they have different names? What is the difference?
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Has anyone heard of the EDM genre "Trance Ragecore"?
Its a mix between trance and Trap Metal but has darkpsy elements in it I was wondering if anyone's heard of it its fairly new and I was wondering if someone could find some Trance Ragecore Tracks and ...
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What do the lyrics of "Juliet" by Cloudnone and Matt Van mean?
There is a song of the genre Future Garage called Juliet by Cloudnone and Matt Van, and the lyrics seem to be about a man building a spaceship to find his lost lover in space, but upon further review, ...
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End of AVICII's The Nights: Why is the end of the sound wave not centered around zero?
This is the end of AVICII's The Nights (YouTube) viewed in Audacity:
Question: Is there a particular purpose for keeping the wave out of the center?
I guess it does not change the sound (or at least ...
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Identify the track playing in the background of this video titled "Water Dragon - Time-lapse" [closed]
I’ve got a partial track and I would like to find:
producer's name
track name
It’s a YouTube video: Water Dragon - Time-lapse.
Any help is much appreciated. The genre is 'psychedelic dub'.
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What genre is "Morning Dew" by Ryosuke Kojima?
What genre does this music belong to: Morning Dew by Ryosuke Kojima?
Recently I heard some music from the anime W'z and I've fallen in love with the music in it. I tried to find most of its music, ...
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Which genre is this song reminiscent of?
Here is the link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgZbKq_bxJ4
Now, I know it's an electronic song but I believe Avicii in this album was trying to fuse various genres with electronic ...
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What is/are the specific genre/s of electronic music producer 'k?d'?
I started listening to k?d's tracks some months ago, and I fell in love with his style. I wanted to know what his genre could be called? I know that he produces different genres, but mainly he does ...
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What is the style of Moderat (A New Error)?
What is the musical style / direction of deep psychadelic electronic music of the style of A New Error by Moderat?
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Genre of "Meant To Be" by Arc North
What is the genre of the main tune in the foreground of Arc North's Meant To Be, and who are other artists working in this style?
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How do electro-swing artists get that old cracky gramophone voice?
When listening to Electro Swing songs such as Booty Swing by Parov Stelar
, I am encountered with the familiar "old voice" in most swing songs that feature a woman singing, but the voice is low ...
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Lyrics of *True Faith* by New Order: What is the morning sun?
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun
This is the ...
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Knife Party - Destroy Them With.. Lasers or Lazers?
I'm building a website which builds Spotify playlists from Last.FM data.
Knife Party - Destroy Them With Lasers/Lazers is one issue I'm trying to work out..
Last.FM spells Laser with a "z" (and ...
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Repeated lyric in Guz & Tough Love - "Dancin' Kinda Close"
Guz & Tough Love's song "Dancin' Kinda Close" has a repeated lyric
??? little step ??? dancin' kinda close
What is the full lyric with the omitted words? I haven't been able to find it ...
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Why are some musician names a letter followed by numbers?
Why do some musicians choose a name that is a letter followed by a dash and some numbers (usually a 3 digit number)? I have seen this before a few times, but never found out how or why this tradition ...
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Can these tracks be grouped under one Electronic music subgenre? [closed]
I'd like to identify the exact subgenre of the following tracks for a DJ set I'm developing. I feel I'd dance exactly the same way to each of these tracks. I'd like to find other DJ sets that sound ...
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Downtempo song, where a female voice says “Don't stop” [closed]
The song is very relaxed and I am reasonably confident that it features smooth-sounding (closer to sine wave than to the saw wave) synthesizers. I recreated the main theme here. I recall the main ...
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Identify two songs from Innova Irish Dance Company at Britain's Got Talent (2014)
Can please someone identify the two instrumental parts of the mix of songs in this Innova Irish Dance Company are the belles of BGT | Britain's Got Talent 2014. That should be semi-final performance ...
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How did Gilles Peterson persuade Mala to "Mala in Cuba"?
I've read in several reviews that BBC1 radio DJ Gilles Peterson gave the inspiration for dubstep artist Mala to record "Mala in Cuba".
Challenged by musical sage Gilles Peterson to mix soundsystem ...
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What are the lyrics to Ben Gold and Audrey Gallagher's song "There Will Be Angels"
Ben Gold and Audrey Gallagher - There Will Be Angels
Web searches for the song reveal nothing.
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Gareth Emery's Soldier Lyrics Clarification
So all the lyrics sites seem to say the 2nd verse of Gareth Emery's Soldier as saying:
When you're falling down and you're on the fence
I will be your shield I will keep you safe
However what it ...
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Identify this instrumental electronic and classical music
I have this instrumental music on my computer, but it has no information attached: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5jOXzxlxbMhdEM1YWlxLTRtZTA/view
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Does "computer manipulated gibberish" have a name?
I'm referring to when, for example, in dubstep, you hear heavily edited voice samples, to the point where there are no recognizable words in it anymore.
Examples:
Kygo, Selena Gomez - It ain't me
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Does somebody know the Song to these lyrics?
"you know what I came here for i came for you" + "throw it down and count to 3"
Heard the song on a stream and the streamer was speaking quite a lot so I couldn't make out more, but I'm about 90% ...
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When did Progressive Trance appear?
While the English Wikipedia talks a bit about progressive trance, the German and Spanish ones are much more complete.
But they all miss information about the origin of progressive trance.
What was ...
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what is it called when a song is created by overlaying a series of repeating beats
This used to be pretty popular on YouTube but i have seen much of it in a few years. Wikipedia doesn't seem to categorize it as either a type of electronic music or a style of DJing.
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Songs like "Mile High Club" and "Skank Tank" [duplicate]
For the longest time I have wanted to find music similar to these two songs, but I have never known the name of the style, or any other way of finding more:
Just Cause 2 - Mile High Club
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How did people in communist Bulgaria (or other eastern bloc countries) access western music like Depeche Mode and New Order?
Were there record stores that sold this music? Did these bands play in countries behind the iron curtain? Did they get radioplay?
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A particular music from the movie "Sing"
I was wondering about a song in the movie - Sing.
It is the part when the d=singing team was selected and suddenly the bunnies come and play a music (around 22 minutes of the start of the movie).
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What's the difference between Goa and Psychedelic Trance?
I've listened to Goa/Psy Trance for half my life now, and many times I have found these terms to be interchangeable, like searching in youtube suggests. And while there's even separate wikipedia pages ...
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