Wendy Carlos – Sinfonia To Cantata #29

Rolling Stones – stop breaking down

Tangerine dream – Phaedra

Cluster

NEU! – Hallogallo

Tone Float

Kraftwerk 1 – Ruckzuck

Kraftwerk 2 – Klingklang

Kraftwerk Autobahn

Kraftwerk Autobahn

Kraftwerk  Trans-europe express

Kraftwerk N

Advent of “remix”

King Tubby. Jamaican electronics repair-man and DJ. Idea of taking an existing song and pulling back the vocals, emphasizing the “break” (drum/bass), and generally tinkering with the song’s elements to create something new.

Larry Marshall – I Admire You (original song)

Watergate Rock (listen here for the emphasis on the break and [...]

“Rapper’s Delight” – Sugarhill Gang
“White Lines” – Grandmaster Flash Can you hear it?
“Cavern” – Liquid Liquid
“Good Times” – Chic

Kool Herc is of the first to use “break sessions” of other records into his performance.
“Apache” – Shadow

How many ‘samples’ do you [...]

Disco – The Producer’s Genre

Evolved from Soul, Funk, R&B, and Motown.

Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive

KC & The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way I Like It

Called the “Producer’s Genre” due to the large amounts of control that the producers had in the creation of the songs.

Disco was [...]

Throughout his time as producer, Reznor goes for a very hard and gritty sound.  Much of what he produces is classified as “Industrial Rock” for this attribute.

Reznor cites his greatest influence was his life in a small town:  “I don’t know why I want to do these things, other than my desire to [...]