[sdiy] OT: Why you guys dont talk about Jarre?

[jbv]

Well, frankly, I'm not sure this kind of question makes any sense...
I mean : in the early 60's, oscillators were considered as just another
sound source among many others by composers of "musique concrete"...
Then, the growing sophistication of electronic devices lead to a musical
style per se named "electronic music"; so, even if several ppl were very
active & prolific in exploring & shaping such a musical style, I'm not sure
anyone can be credited as "godfather"...

Finding "godfathers" in any domain looks much more like a
compulsive activity for young & immature blokes in desperate
search for father-like figures (I'm refering to what I read during the
past years in various mailing lists dedicated to bands & music styles,
but NOT to this very thread on this very list)...

JB

> So who is -=-the-=- godfather of electronic music?
> Edgard Varese?
> Raymond Scott?
>
> > One thing I regret is that nowadays, "electronic music" is associated by
> > young generations ONLY to synth music... So many times in mailing
> > lists I found JMJ or TD or Kraftwerk described as "the godfathers of
> > EM"... That's a pity coz there's such a wide (and much much more
> > interesting) set of works & composers of electro-acoustical music,
> > "musique concrete", etc. that developped between the early 50's to the
> > 80's,
> > associated with strong musical theories (Schaeffer, Stockhausen...) that
> > make the above mentioned synth artists look rather pale & boring...
> >
> > just my opinion...
> > JB