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Early examples of industrial music are arguably found in Pierre Schaeffer's 1940s musique concrète and the tape music of Halim El-Dabh, the former of which is akin to the aesthetics of 1970s industrial music, while artists such as early 20th century Italian futurist Luigi Russolo laid the groundwork for the genre with his book and work The Art ...
Jun 17, 2019 · Throbbing Gristle, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy: These bands brought the heat. By Pitchfork. June 17, 2019. Collage by Simon Abranowicz, photos via Getty Images. In October 1976, the performance...
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- Nine Inch Nails – “Head Like a Hole” For many, this was the song that served as the gateway into industrial music, and with great reason. It’s the ultimate industrial anthem.
- Front 242 – “Headhunter” A drum beat can be the most memorable part of a song, taking it to greater heights depending on where it lands on the blast-ability spectrum of air drumming.
- Ministry – “Just One Fix” Backdropped by staticky guitars and a cacophony of noise, Al Jourgensen pulled no punches on “Just One Fix.” It’s one of the band’s most known songs and with drugged-out audio shouts from Sid and Nancy (“Never trust a junkie!”)
- Rammstein – “Du Hast” Rammstein have put out a number of memorable tracks over the last 30 years; that said, their signature song – “Du Hast” from 1997’s Sehnsucht – remains at the top of the list.
- Pierre Schaeffer – “Etude aux chemins de fer” (1948) As World War II drew to a close, the radio and recording studios of France afforded Pierre Schaffer a unique opportunity to intersect his interests in sonic art and science.
- Cromagnon – “Caledonia” (1969) Pounding drums, radio wave static, sampled orchestral music, fuzz guitar, bagpipes(!) and something approaching a black metal vocal hiss—in 1969 there was essentially no frame of reference for this combination of sounds, certainly not one so heavy and intense.
- Suicide – “Frankie Teardrop” (1977) Although not an industrial band per se, the proto-electronic darkness of Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop” is a template for early Industrial music, its experimental leanings and harrowing intensity.
- Throbbing Gristle – “Hamburger Lady” (1978) Formed out of performance art troupe COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle coined the term “industrial” but they didn’t limit what that entailed, their early recordings ranging from noise to sound collage, disco, synth-laden kosmische and exotica.
Jul 20, 2023 · Consider the following list an exploration of industrial music in its myriad forms, from the early days and the earliest usage of the genre tag itself, up to the present, in a time when industrial’s post-modern proclivities ring as poignant as ever.
Jul 9, 2021 · “Industrial music for industrial people” was a slogan coined by US avant-garde performance artist Monte Cazazza as the mission statement of Industrial Records, a label founded by one of the pioneers of the genre, Throbbing Gristle.
Jun 6, 2024 · Industrial music is characterized by a vigorous and abrasive fusion of electronic music with elements of other genres, typically rock, hardcore punk rock, punk, and metal.
