This blog was written for primeloops.com – check them out for some ace samples and to see my blogs 2 months earlier!

Electronic Music has thousands of famous people associated with its evolution and its progress marches inexorably forward.

But of those names, who has influenced the widest audience with their innovations?

Here are the top 5 most influential Electronic Musicians ever…

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This blog was written for primeloops.com – check them out for some ace samples and to see my blogs 2 months earlier!

It’s a battle between the pioneers of electronic music!

Two different takes on using electronic equipment will duke it out (an old expression for some old genres) to see which is the most influential!

In the red corner we have Musique Concrète, the sampling-obsessed French genre that loves its microphones and manipulation!

In the blue corner we have Elektronische Musik, the German synthesizer-savvy style that values computer-generated sounds over real recordings any day of der Woche!

Let the battle commence!

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I remembered that I posted this video quite a while back explaining the gear I used to perform songs in my band You and What Army live.

I proceeded to figure that visitors to boyinaband might be interested!   So check it out

That gear again…

Numark Axis 9 CDJ
Korg Electribe A MKII
Korg Electribe R MKII
Korg Kaoss Pad II
Behringer DJX700 Mixer

Korg MicroKORG
Yamaha CS2X

If enough people care enough to comment me  I’ll do another video explaining my newer setup    It has flashy lights now!   Ooh…

This blog was written for primeloops.com – check them out for some ace samples and to see my blogs 2 months earlier!

Electronic Music has, to put it bluntly, changed the world.

Imagine a world without pumping 4-on-the-floor beats, soaring euphoric synths and bathroom-break-inducing basslines.   Sure we’d have sturdier bladders, but at what cost?

I’m Dave – the new recruit here at primeloops and I’ll be blogging twice weekly about all things electronica.   Since this is my first comissioned post, a history of dance music’s progression seems a logical and fun choice!

I’ll even make it a story for you.   Once upon a time, there was a misunderstood little genre called…

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When it comes to electronic music, different people have different approaches to performing it live – from Laptops to Turntables to more obscure live instruments, from pre-programmed to a faithful live recreation layer by layer.

But whether it’s incredible talent or an intense atmosphere people are there for, every live show must be entertaining – that is the whole point!

Here are 10 of the most awesomely entertaining live Electronic music live acts in existence.

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I recently got an e-mail from boyinaband.com reader Brandon saying:

i love music and dibble in it i make hip hop music and i love reason, the problem i have is i love to sample but i really want to create my own sounds, my question to you is where did you learn about synths? i watch you and i try to take notes on what does what and why your doing it but i still get a little lost so im just wondering where did you learn about these things there are alot of good synths in hip hop now (i.e The Dream she rocking that thing  , jamie foxx blame it on the) but what are you listening  for when you remake them?

And my response was…

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