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[Wamb0wneD]

Shame he's just making lame electronic music these says.

I didn't like PBX that much but Enclosure is absolute genius.

 

[JasonUresti]

Scott may have laid the carpet, but Reich's sampling methods and sequencing are more indicative of the modern world than any other.

Thanks for acknowledging that Reich didn't invent electronic music.

 

[Screaming Meat]

I'll have to think about this...

Steve Reich: Invented electronic music.

Wait, that can't be right.

If I were to choose some musician that I believe transcend ordinary and wander into legendary status, here is who I would choose:

1. Moondog
Blinded as a youth, this German musician/composer spent his entire life writing music and learning various instruments. He has so many recordings of his works that it's nearly impossible to pin down one thing of his to listen to, but his 1969 self titled album is incredible, cover to cover.

2. Buckethead
Nobody makes the guitar sound like Buckethead does. Another musician that has really made his instrument an extended part of himself. There are literally hundreds of hours of his work and some of it is just insane.

3. Gregory Porter
Ex-football player Gregory Porter writes his own music, which is incredible when you consider how natural his jazz feels. The man has a voice that is smooth as silk and his words can be extremely moving as well. Jazz has been transformed by him, and he'll be a giant of the genre for decades to come.

4. Gustav Holst
Easily the greatest composer of the early 20th century, Gustav Holst is most known for writing the Planets Suite, which is a monumental piece of music. His string writing is some of the best of the classical genre.

5. Danger Mouse
Writer/Producer Danger Mouse has worked in more genres of music than most people even realize. Everything he touches has this polished feeling of great sound. He understands mixing and layered music that no other producer out there does.

I know I'll think of more, but these are the immediate stand-outs to me.

That's a heck of a list. Nice work.

 

[capitalCORN]

Reich is amazing but he obviously did not invent electronic music

Uh.... Pierre Schaefer and Pierre Henry were making electronic music when Reich was a young teenager (1948), and they are arguably not even the first.




Yeah, for sure, talk about someone covering a lot of bases!

My only somewhat flippant answer is Aphex Twin.

I'll have to think about this...



Wait, that can't be right.



That's a heck of a list. Nice work.

Am I the only idiot who posts after reading the whole thread?

 

[Screaming Meat]

Am I the only idiot who posts after reading the whole thread?

Aren't you the only idiot who made the blatantly false statement to begin with?

 

[capitalCORN]

Aren't you the only idiot who made the blatantly false statement to begin with?

Depends on intent doesn't it?

 

[Pejo]

If i'm being honest with myself it's probably Bach. Had to choose Brian Tyler though. This is one of the first Thor 2: The Dark World gaf meme surveys that made me laugh in such a long time.

 

[Toa TAK]

I never though I'd see the day where Brian Tyler is on a poll for anything.

 

[Hatefilled Vengeance]

Tom Waits
Miles Davis
John Zorn

 

[Screaming Meat]

Depends on intent doesn't it?

"Death of the author!"

...or summink.

 

[Lender]

Tough one. I have a lot of personal favourites though, not counting the obvious choices. High on that list of personal favourites: Jason Molina. The guy was way too underappreciated. I can't think of anyone else who made me have the emotions I feel when listening to his music.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Per Gessle for me. The man's ear for a pop hook with class was MJ esque.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

Beethoven takes it for me. His 9th symphony is the greatest piece of music ever written.

 

[djtiesto]

Did OP really say Billy Joel?
wut

OP must be from Long Island, it's the only explanation.