Futurepop
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Futurepop is an
It developed in Western Europe as an outgrowth of both the EBM and electro-industrial music cultures and it began to emerge in the late 1990s with artists like VNV Nation, Covenant, and Apoptygma Berzerk.[2][1][5] Other leading genre artists were Assemblage 23,[1][4] Icon of Coil,[1] Neuroticfish,[6] and Rotersand.[3][7]
Futurepop is associated with the
Characteristics
Futurepop is mainly characterized by its "technoid"
Tom Shear of Assemblage 23 described the style ironically as "mostly people who can't sing over '90s era trance patches".[4]
Etymology
Ronan Harris of VNV Nation credited himself with the term "futurepop" during a discussion with Apoptygma Berzerk vocalist Stephan Groth to describe the sounds of their music and similar groups at the time.[3] According to Sorted Magazine writer "Girl the Bourgeois Individualist":
He says he came up with it during a conversation with Apop's Stefan Groth when they were discussing the arrogant attitude the press had towards the scene, dismissing it as simply an '80s revival. There was also the problem with the terms that were around, they regarded electro as encompassing too many things, while EBM is not what it used to be and the idea of the whole dark scene gives the impression that everyone is hanging out in crypts and listening to Sopor Aeternus.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 3-89602-522-8, p. 230.
- ^ ISBN 3-531-14353-0. p. 273.
- ^ ISBN 0708325130, p. 165.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6, p. 297.
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- ^ Froidcoeur, Stéphane (2009). "Assemblage 23 – I've never been fond of the 'future pop' moniker". Side-Line Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06.
- ISBN 978-1501326103, p. 223.
"The futurepop genre, as exemplified in the music of Apoptygma Berzerk, Covenant and VNV Nation, saw EBM merging with synthpop while adopting features of trance and contemporary EDM." - ISBN 978-3-86211-006-3, p. 199.
"In der Szene ist Neon das neue Schwarz. Der Sound dazu nennt sich Future Pop, Cybergoth oder Hellectro und ist von billigem Techno oft kaum mehr zu unterscheiden. (Stefan Gnad).
("Within the dark scene neon is the new black. The sound connected to it is called futurepop, cybergoth or hellectro. The music shows almsost no difference to mediocrely produced techno music.").