History
Following the decline of disco music in the late 1970s, various funk artists such as Zapp & Roger began experimenting with talk boxes and the use of heavier, more distinctive beats. Electro eventually emerged as a fusion of different styles, including funk and disco combined with German and Japanese electropop, in addition to influences from the futurism of Alvin Toffler, martial arts films, and video game music. The genre's immediate forebearers included Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), and Gary Numan. An important precursor to the genre was Cat Stevens' "Was Dog a Doughnut" in 1977.
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Cat Stevens - "Was Dog a Doughnut?" (1977)
You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. Short sample of "Was Dog a Doughnut?" from Cat Stevens' 1977 album Izitso. It was a precursor to the electro genre. Read more about this topic: Electro (music) Famous quotes containing the word history:“The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite! “Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make.” “Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won’t do. It’s an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory can ever be erected on its ruins, which will remain for ever one of the saddest and strangest of all landmarks in the history of twentieth-century thought.” |