Blog: New Ears

Auntie showed a more than decent documentary about synth music's beginnings in depressing 70s Britain last night. The Sheffield bands along with Throbbing Gristle in London existed primarily as a reaction to the staleness of punk, musically at least. It reminded me in many ways of what was happening in New York amongst a troupe of nihilists and deconstructionists (aka the No Wave scene) at about the same time . The main difference, paricularly with Phil Oakey, was No Wavers completely rejected any idea of success or careerism, back then [...]

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