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Welcome to CRACKPOT THEORIES, where GenreBender loosens its tie and waxes philosophical. In this episode, we follow the trajectories of the most popular American musical genres of the 20th century and speculate on what might be coming next, with some detours (naturally) into a spirited defense of th…
05.10.2020
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Can it be argued that hip-hop shares a common lineage with experimental music? This jam-packed episode of GenreBender argues yes, and along the way we make our first (though by no means last) encounters with musique concrète, noise music, experimental rock, and industrial. In the words of Laurie And…
21.09.2020
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GenreBender returns! In this episode, we delve deeper into the politics of dance music, the way hip-hop changed what can and can't be said in a mainstream context, and the threads that tie the two genres together.
03.09.2020
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On today's GenreBender, we explore the lesser-known origins of ambient, new age, and electronic dance music - the West borrows instruments from the East, Brian Eno gets ideas from his girlfriend, and everyone gets a boost from Wendy Carlos. Plus: more classical music from around the world, psychedel…
06.08.2020
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GenreBender is a brand-new show about all the different genres of music: what do they sound like? What are their histories? What are some of the ways, both expected and unexpected, that they intertwine with each other? For this first episode, our frequently-stammering narrator explores how notions o…
29.07.2020
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