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CBGB
- Country Blue Grass and blues
- Music Club
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synthesizer
a device that generates and modifies sounds electronically, especially a musical instrument
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Malcolm McLaren
manager of the Sex Pistols
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Hip Hop
a form of popular culture that started in African American inner-city areas
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scratching
DJ or turntablist technique
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sample
piece of recorded sound
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MIDI
industry-standard protocol that enables electronic musical instruments (synthesizers, drum machines)
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rave
a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
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mix
an electronic blending of tracks or sounds made to produce a recording.
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ambient music
background music
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loop
piece of film or tape joined at both ends to allow repeated use of images or sound
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sound collage
technique where sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage
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new wave
post-punk rock music
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Punk
a youth movement of the late 1970s, characterized by loud aggressive rock music, confrontational attitudes, body piercing, and unconventional hairstyles, makeup, and clothing
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the Ramones
Punk rock band
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Devo
science fiction themes, deadpan surrealist humor, satirical social
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The B52s
- formed in Athens, Georgia
- Fred Schneider
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rap
say something quickly
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House Music
- disco music
- deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music
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Edgar Varèse
- emphasis on timbre and rhythm
- Father of Electronic Music
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