Electro é um estilo de música eletrônica, o electro que surgiu por volta de 1983 da ressaca do Punk Rock tem bastante influência nos timbres típicos dos sintetizadores analógicos que foram populares nessa década. Muitas vezes, por estes sons, lembramos de melodias de video games como o Atari. No final dos anos 90, começo dos anos 2000, o electro foi resgatado com o Electroclash (nome original de um festival organizado pelo Dj Lary Tee) e produtores como Miss Kittin, Fischerspooner, Tiga, Felix da Housecat, Dj Hell, Peaches, Ladytron, entre outros. O selo alemão Gigolo Records (Miss Kittin, Vitalic, David Carretta, Digitaria, DJ Hell, Tiga, G. Rizo) foi um dos maiores responsáveis pela popularização do electro nos anos 2000, através de sua estética recheada de glamour, sexo, futurismo e decadencia.
A Febre terminou em meados de 2004 com o enfraquecimento do Electroclash e ascensão do Electro house e produtores como Blackstrobe, Oliver Hunterman, Alter Ego e Tiefschwarz. Dentre as sua subvertentes do Electro temos : Electroclash, Electro house, Electro Tech, Electro Punk, Electro Funk e Electrogoth."
Sub-Géneros
Electroclash
Electroclash é termo criado pelo Dj americano Larry Tee para identificar um tipo especial de Musica Eletrónica que estava surgindo em Nova Iorque por volta do ano 2000. Este novo som tinha como base o electro dos anos 80, porém com uma nova roupagem. Larry Tee criou também o festival "Electroclash" com vários artistas que na epóca produziam sons similares. Após a explosão do Electroclash nos EUA com artistas como Peaches, Fischerspooner , Avenue D. e Chicks on Speed, a Europa começaria a produzir com nomes como Dj Hell (criador da Gigolo Records) e Miss Kittin. Porém, a exaustão do resgate dos anos 80, com todos os seus excessos, saturou a fórmula do electroclash virando mainstream com o hit Satisfaction de Benny Benassi e decaindo em meados de 2004 . Abriu assim, caminho à volta do Minimal e do novo Electro House.
Electro House
Electro House (conhecido também como Electronic House ou Dirty House) é um sub-género da House Music que tendeu a se transformar um dos generos principais da música eletrônica em 2004-6. Estilisticamente, utiliza das batidas de 4/4 e o tempo moderado do House "normal" e adiciona harmoniosamente bases analógicas ricas, ligações high-pitched leads e o piano "old-school" ou o riff ocasional da corda.
Esta é uma vertente da música eletrónica que mistura os elementos do electro primórdio com os da house música actual. Caracteriza-se pelos graves fortes, melódicos, a batida do house e alguns elementos de psicodelia. Os principais expoentes do estilo são: Tiga, Richard Dinsdale,D.O.N.S, Eric Prydz (Cirez D), Malcoln Robert, David Amo e Julio Navas, Dirty South entre outros.
Exemplos de faixas:
Erick Morillo & Harry Choo Choo Romero - Dancin (Fuzzy Hair mix)
M.A.N.D.Y. - Jah
Peace Division - Blacklight Sleaze
Who's who - Not So Dirty
David Amo & Julio Navas vs. D' Nox & Beckers - Memory Cell
Benny Benassi - No Matter What You Do
Bodyrockers - Round And Round
Electro-Goth
O Electrogótico (ou Eletro-Goth, ou ainda Eletrogótico) é um gênero musical que começou a se difundir nos anos 90, sendo mais popular na Europa. O electrogótico combina diversos estilos de música eletrônica (como Aggrotech, Futurepop e Trip Hop) com a atitude e o espírito da cultura gótica e do Rock Gótico.
Exemplos:
Bandas Internacionais
Blutengel
Diary Of Dreams
Switchblade Symphony
Bandas Nacionais
Chants of Maledicta
Der Kalte Stern
Gaugula Vaulzer
Aqui fica mais um pouco de informação, só que desta vez em Inglês
Electro, short for electro funk (also known as robot hip hop and Electro hop) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records which were closer to disco). Records in the genre typically have electronic sounds and some vocals are delivered in a deadpan, mechanical manner often through a vocoder or other electronic distortion.
Definition and characteristics
Electro is an artistic musical form in the wide world of electronic music culture. With few exceptions, the definition of the electro sound is the use of drum machines as the base of a track for broken, syncopated rhythms. Adopted by many electro enthusiasts, the Roland TR-808 is a legendary drum machine created in 1980/81 with a recognizable sound; it is still used and cherished today. The instrumentation is generally all-electronic highly emphasized by sound design experimentations with funk-style simulated bass lines, sequenced or arpeggiated synthetic riffs and unheard sound effects, all created with synthesizers. Heavy use of effects such as reverbs, delays, chorus or phasers together with original electronic pads create a rich and simultaneously cold sound that emphasizes the common science fiction theme of the lyrics or instrumental expressions. Not all electro features rapping; vocals processed through a vocoder is a common element and try to imitate cybernetic/robotic locutions or simple speech machine formulations. Also, instrumental tracks are more prominent than in related genres of electronic music and hip hop music.
Concept albums are common in electro with Kraftwerk pioneering entire albums in technological or futuristic themes such as robots, computers or nuclear sciences. Other examples even include Star Trek tributes, references and topics about cybernetics, physics or interstellar travel inside electro projects such as I Borg, the Borganizm EP from Cybernet Systems, Il. Ek.Tro's track V-ger or Pascal F.E.O.S.'s GPL (Electro cut remix) (Gold Pressed Latinum). Many artists are entirely devoted to various sci-fi subjects of this kind.
History
Bronx, NY based electro funk artist Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock (1982) is one of the first electro records, using elements of Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express and "Numbers" (from the Computer World album).
In 1983, along came upper Manhattan, NY based Cutting Records' first recording artist Hashim. Hashim, an alias for Jerry Calliste Jr. who is now known as Hashim Music, created the influential electro funk tune "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)". At the time Hashim Music was influenced by Man Parrish's "Hip Hop Be Bop", Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science" and Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock". "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)" managed to crossover into the mainstream music markets around the world and is now one of the world's most sought after electro tunes in electro music's history.
Bambaataa and groups like Planet Patrol, Jonzun Crew, Mantronix, Newcleus and Juan Atkins' Detroit-based group Cybotron went on to influence the genres of Detroit techno, ghettotech, breakbeat, drum and bass and electroclash. Early producers in the electro genre (notably Arthur Baker, John Robie, Shep Pettibone, and the Latin Rascals) would feature prominently in the Latin Freestyle (or simply "Freestyle") movement of the early and mid-1980s. Baker and Pettibone would enjoy robust careers well into the house era, and both would elude the "genre trap" to successfully produce mainstream artists.
Subgenres
Los Angeles artists Egyptian Lover and Arabian Prince gave birth to electro hop, a less funky, more bass-heavy West Coast sound, similar to 2 Live Crew and the Miami Bass scene. Other artists in this style include Chris "The Glove" Taylor and World Class Wreckin' Cru.
Detroit also has a unique style sometimes called Techno Bass which is a fusion of Detroit Techno with Miami Bass. On the East Coast electro spawned freestyle, when syncopated rhythms were added to the basic formula. In Miami, a prominent subgenre of Freestyle (best termed "Latin Hip Hop") would emerge as HiNRG and House music elements were thrown into the soup. The most famous example of this style would be studio group Expose, who would eventually be brought to life as a live-singing girl group and would achieve platinum success in the late 1980's with such hits as "Point Of No Return" and "Seasons Change".
Contemporary electro
Although the early 1980s were electro's heyday in the mainstream, it has enjoyed new popularity in the late 1990s with artists such as Anthony Rother, DMX Krew, Mr Velcro Fastener and Japanese Telecom and DJs such as Dave Clarke. Some current artists making music in this style have embraced the pseudonyms of Detroit techno pioneers. The renewed interest in electro, though influenced to a great degree by Detroit and New York music, is primarily taking hold elsewhere with electro club nights becoming commonplace again.
A new branch of electro, Skweee, has risen over the last couple of years from Scandinavian countries such as Sweden and Finland, hence its first name "Scandinavian Funk". The outlets and artists of Skweee are still mostly limited to Scandinavia.
Artists
This is a list of some electro artists.
Afrika Bambaataa
Anthony Rother
Chromeo
Cybotron
DMX Krew
Egyptian Lover
Electrosexual
Fannypack
Man Parrish
Mantronix
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