Post #166602 by Tiki-bot on Fri, Jun 17, 2005 6:55 PM

On 2005-06-17 11:42, FLOUNDERart wrote:
Tiki-Bot

Which five have you listened to and if you don't consider them ambient then what category do they fall into?

I can't say they each fall into a neat category, but I'll take a shot at describing what each is like:

The Orb: Electro-dub. Big beat techno mixed with dub-style reggae toast.

YMO: Hi-NRG Japanese electro pop, very techno-ish.

Godspeed-you black emperor: Atonal orchestral prog. Almost unclassifiable.

Tetsu Inoue: Plink-plonky Japanese electro-pop, with lots of percussive elements.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: All over the board from Japanese Electro pop to orchestral soundtracks to solo piano work, some experimental ambient and electronic stuff, even a lot of progressive new wave in the 80s.

A couple here have worked with collaborators who are more strictly ambient or electro-groove type artists, like Bill Laswell.