Blog: Consequence Of Sound

Electronic music has long suffered the misconception that it is a cold, mechanical, and soulless style, a misconception no doubt fueled by coupling a lack of familiarity with the genre and our own entertainment industry's portrayal of certain technologies. In the mid-late '80s, “techno,” with its incessant barrage of sound, was as obtuse and abstract to the average Joe as some may view dubstep today. Even Kraftwerk’s ability to convey warmth and atmosphere through electronic instruments was nullified by their performance style of simply standing behind consoles like lifeless automatons. We all have far more mental images of the cold, [...]