Buzzing Electronic Artists 2010

2009 was a great year for electronic musicians! With releases from artists like Oneothrix Point Never, Washed Out, Nite Jewel, Dam Funk and Actress electronic music thrived. I predict that many of the artists mentioned below are on the verge of becoming house hold names.

As we end the decade of 00’s and enter into 2010, we ask what’s the next music trend? I would would wager that it will be electronic music. Electronic music has been around for ages.

A Brief History of Electronic Music

Music historians place the birth of electronic music in Europe, as early as the 1910’s, however the largely French based movement (music concrete) was the first significant moment of the genre/style. The innovators and primary participants were: inventors, academics and Avant- garde artists. For the most part, early electronic compositions were experimental and produced with custom made devices and tape machines-nothing like what most consider electronic today.

From the beginning the imperative’s of electronic music were different. At the heart of this movement was experimentation and exploration. The central motivations were understanding, exploiting and presenting the abilities of electronic machines.  The focus was on sound itself as opposed to melody and rhythm.  These experimental motives made it difficult (naturally), for electronic music to generate mass appeal.  One must remember, that most people living in the western world weren’t socialized to music that was atonal, dissonant and without conventional structure.

Electronic Music Merging With Popular Culture

The mass acceptance and awareness of electronic music wouldn’t come until the late 1960’s.  Popularization occurred because of several key events and happened relatively quickly. Namely:  use of electronic music on television, the invention of the synthesizer, 1960’s counter culture and the mass production of electronic music on record. These salient events transitioned electronic music from the confines of academic obscurity to mainstream culture.

Enter 2010, there’s a handful of buzzing electronic artist that are going to run into the next decade with torches burning, hopefully the Mayans won’t blow them out. The artists that seem destined to succeed are the one’s who creatively digest what their peers have accomplished in the past, without letting that inhibit them . Below is a breakdown of my predicted 2010 trend setters, but before you read that, word on the street is Daft Punk will be releasing a two albums for 2010. Hopefully some of these artist will force Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Burial to come out of the basement! Cause it seems Four Tet got the notice with his February 2010 release.

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Gold Panda- BBC’s pick for 2010 breakout artist., Had And a handful of stellar 09 EP releases. Waiting on the  LP!

Teengirl Fantasy-What happens when Animal Collective name drops a band? Not only will your band be guaranteed artistic integrity, but their music will be ground breaking and genre crossing. Combine  that with an anticipated True Panther Sound 2010 release, and you have gold.

Joy Orbinson-  A British Producer who’s collaboration list reads like a Chinese Laundry List: Carl Craig, Four Tet, etc… Take off the floating devices and swim on your own!

Pantha Du Prince- Germany? This man will change the face of electronic music, don’t be scared his dark sound isn’t evil, it’s a new romance. Check out ALL of his Dial Record releases before you get cozy with his 2010 debut Lp “‘Black Noise” on Rough Trade

John Roberts- Another Dial Artist who has big plans for 2010. Three releases scheduled for next year on on Dial’s elite flyers club imprint – Laid Records. Thievery Corporation fans should listen up- he sounds like they use to and more.

Toro Y Moi- Another one of these Carolina boys who’s music is pounding like a Hurricane. Listening to him makes me wish Rick James was alive and Bobby Brown was sober. Highly anticipated 2010 release on Carpark Records.

CFCF-You know the deal when it hits, it comes in 3’s.  Similar sound to Glow-Fi pioneers Washed Out and Toro Y Moi. Released an LP in 2009 release should make waves in 2010.

The Golden Filter- Sex Sells right? Well project lead, let’s call her Vixen Long Legs is definitely is aware of this. The Golden Filter sound seems to be vary cult like, but I’m not fretting I just want a LP release.

Floating Points- Okay London, you did it again. Check out the EP ‘Vacuum’. DJ’s listen up, he will easily make Vodka pour like rain.

Salem- Velvet Underground made heroin tongue and cheek.  Salem takes that vision to another level. With some seriously dark  synthn seem to be worshiped by the devil. But I’m sure they’re lovely people. They also fall into the lines I WANT AN LP!

Honorable mentions; Pawel, Cloak Opera, Samuel & The Dragon, Scuba, Efdeminm, Danton Eeprom, Bullion

Post Authored By-Barron/Travis