Chapter 16Rock, Space Age Pop, and Turntablism

Contents•Rock and Electronic Music•The Theremin Revival•Space Age Electronic Pop Music•Turntablism

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• Rock music embraced the tape editing and synthesizing techniques of electronic music beginning around the mid-1960s.

• The Beatles were influential in being among the first rock groups to use tape loops, tape reversal, variable-speed playback, the Moog synthesizer, and musical collage in their recordings, turning the recording studio into an important tool for creating their music.

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• Exotica was a popular genre of easy-listening music during the 1950s and 1960s that sometimes incorporated electronic musical instruments.

• Space Age Pop music used a variety of electronic instruments and synthesizers to produce melodic electronic music “of the future.”

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• Turntablism is the use of the turntable as a musical instrument.

• Modern turntablism has origins in hip-hop and rap music and is also practiced in the work of many experimental music composers.

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