Electronic Music Continued...

Electronic music was continued today in class with features of a more array of cultural influences. I found the Colombian music from artists such as Toto La Momoposina, Sidestepper and El Savavin extremely interesting. Although I have no idea what they are saying since it is in a different language, the rhythm of the music catches your attention and involves you. The rhythms throughout different songs and groups could definitely be followed as the music progressed in age. While the artists are all creating new music from old, the influences can be strongly seen. Another interesting feature of today's class was The Residence, which was an experimental group where they never showed their faces. I love that they only made one minute videos because they felt that pop music was one minute features repeated over again, which I couldn't agree with more. What is the point of listening to something over and over again when you can just see and understand it in one short piece. Their influences could also been seen in artists like the Gorzillas which is a much more modern version. I think electronic music is totally a build up of what has been previously done but in the modern day, it sounds completely different due to its contextualization.