Genre research

For my magazine I am focusing on the electronic music genre. This is a genre that is growing rapidly and breaking into mainstream music, this is possibly the most exposed this genre has ever been. It genre ranges from techno all the way to dubstep and has evolved over many years.

A notable example of an early form of electronic music is the 1977 collaboration between producer Giorgio Moroder and vocalist Donna Summer on the song "I Feel Love", a groundbreaking dance hit with no traditional instruments. The first era of electronic music comprises the instruments and music created prior to 1945. The new field of information science inspired composers to explore the use of computers to compose and synthesize music, beginning in the 1950s. The development of computer technology historically paralleled the development of the modern electronic music studio and synthesizer, leading to a cross-fertilization of the two fields that greatly benefited electronic music.

The biggest features in electronic music so far are artists such as Skrillex, Deadmau5, David Guetta and many more breaking into the scene. These artists all feature in the charts at this moment in time.Some more artists can be seen in one of my mood boards found here: http://haridavison.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/artists-mood-board.html

Recently DJ Snake was in the charts with his single ‘Turn down for what’ which is his biggest release as of yet. Calvin Harris is also in the charts as ever with his new track ‘Blame (feat. John Newman)’. Calvin Harris has played a massive part into making people more aware of electronic dance music in particular. ‘Lovers on the sun (feat. Sam Martin) by David Guetta has been in the charts for a solid 7 weeks and is just another one of his tracks he can say has been in the top 40.

Some magazines associated with this genre are ones such as mixmag, electronic and synth.

Here are some examples of music videos in the electronic scene.

I really love the special effects used in this music video, its really iconic of electronic music to carry alot of energy and this video correlates.

This is a video really tells a story, this really appeals to me as its a music video that really strengthens and enforces the intended emotions.

Some common costumes seen in the genre can be seen in my blog post here: http://haridavison.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/with-this-mood-board-i-decided-to.html

Hari