Hello there, friends, Today, we’ll be embarking on an auditory adventure, traveling back to the eclectic era of the 1990s – a time of flannel, compact discs, and MTV when music was truly coming into its own. The 90s were a rich and diverse period in music history, and we had it all – from the angst-ridden strains of grunge to the syrupy melodies of pop, the pounding rhythms of hip-hop, and the emotive strains of soulful ballads. To start, we must nod our heads to the grunge movement, which sprung from the rainswept city of Seattle. Bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden flipped the script on rock music, infusing it with a raw and visceral edge. Kurt Cobain’s raspy voice and brutally honest lyrics became the anthem for Generation X, speaking to the disillusionment and angst of the youth of the day. But the decade wasn’t all angst […]
Electronic Music
Greetings, kindred spirits! Percival here, once again embarking on a journey of discovery. Today, we turn the dial of our curiosity to a realm where science and art merge seamlessly — the fascinating world of electronic music. In the pre-digital era, the creation of music was largely bound by the physicality of instruments. The piano, the violin, the drum — they each offered a distinct voice, but their vocabulary was somewhat fixed. Then came along electronic music, a genre not tied to any physical instrument, and with it, the doors of musical experimentation were flung wide open. The birth of electronic music can be traced back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with inventors like Thaddeus Cahill and his groundbreaking Telharmonium, a gargantuan machine that used rotating generators to produce sound. But it was only in the post-WWII era that electronic music truly began to shape the musical […]
