5 Artists That Loved Their Gear So Much They Named Themselves After It
It's the weekend and wherever you are, have a great weekend. To kick you off and get the fun started, here are five artists nominated for best kits and tracks.
We love music and we love manufactured gear. So it's fair to say we love artists named after the instrument they play. This is a celebration of artists.
At that time there were two types of music lovers: those who danced to the beat of the music and those who were engrossed in the musical instruments.
It's safe to say that most of the songs we sampled were from the heyday of the 80s and 90s when instruments were cheap and everyone was just starting to make music. There were two types of music lovers at that time. Busy with instruments that dance and produce music. (Guess who we are, at least we don't have arthritis yet, who's laughing?)
Since then, however, many bands have appeared with names associated with the group, and these are the best, with some great songs. If you have any other gear-based demo ideas and their best tracks, leave them in the comments. have a good time!
Main 808
Named after the drum machine that has reigned supreme since the mid-1980s, 808 States has released a number of genre-defining songs, many of which, thankfully, are 808 originals.
The techno drives of the time made things affordable and accessible for the first time.
Pacific Empire is probably the best known release and you can believe there has been a time when a song like this reached the top ten. That's exactly what happened when this ambient house anthem was released in 1989. This track was primarily produced on a Roland SH-101. According to Graham Massey, a resident of the 808 states, in an interview with The Ransom Note, it's about $1,000 now, and $60 later.
“When everyone switches to DX7, anything that doesn't have MIDI is considered extra, not for us. At that time, the advancement of techno made things affordable and accessible for the first time.
Afx Gemini
Speaking of gear obsession, let's go straight to the maestro, an electronic music producer with more legends than Greece.
The Aphex Twin takes its name from the Aphex Aural Exciter; A tool that adds power to your voice. That's a simple explanation, although if you dig deep into the Apex Twin world, you can find a few hundred more "revelations." However, we stick with it if it's just for our own sanity.
Other Aphex Twin stories include having a studio in every house or castle, tweaking every synth they own, writing music in their sleep, and driving a tank. Let's not forget DJing with Sandpaper and Blender before hitting the stage with the crowd.
It is known that he rarely talks about it, when you do this or do not do this, the story is more motivated. It is basically Cornish Kraftwerk.
It's impossible to single out Aphex Twins, especially since he's released his music under so many aliases, so apologies, we'll just go with it. Bubblebath analog from 1991.
It's amazing
Carrying the iconic image of electronic music, they don't come much better than the Prodigy.
I ended up singing in this weird accent, but the result was pretty… menacing.
Now this name should be associated with some object (because Wikipedia says so). It comes from Liam Howlett, the mastermind behind the Prodigy sound, who shared a tape with founding members Keith Flint and Leroy Thornhill and wrote the name of the synth used in some of his music. Moog Prodigy. The rest are, as they say…controversial and wildly successful.
The prodigy took over the world in the '90s with hits like Charly, Smack My Bitch Up, Voodoo People, Breathe and our obvious choice (but how could we not include that one?), 1996's Firestarter.
"I recorded it as an instrument," Liam told NME in 1996. I told Keith. "We need something else." He says he wants to try a song. And I was like, "Whaaaaat?!"
"I ended up singing in this weird accent, but it ended up sounding pretty... intimidating." Kate added a slight understatement.
Video Firestarter became a phenomenon in the 90s. Most of the 90s.
LFO:
In the 80s and 90s there was no shortage of bands named after their instruments, especially electronic producers. The Gear was an inexpensive (at the time) portal into the world of music production that put art in your hands without the need for a lot of art. Another group with a tech-focused name was LFO, although we're talking about a specific section of synths now rather than the whole. We'll get to the specific styles later, I promise…
We picked up some composers from the thrift store, recorded them on four songs
Mark Bell and Gez Varley released some great albums including LFO Frequencies (1991) and Advance (1996). Bell went on to become a popular producer but sadly passed away in 2014. However, LFO did enough to go down in electronic music history. Four lines,” Bell told the dairy.
There's only one LFO song to choose from, it's so good they call it (like) twice; LFO by LFO.
Thomas Dolby
We turn the clock back another ten years for a trip to see Thomas Dolby. If you ever get a chance to read his autobiography, The Voice of Speed, is. Her life is very jealous.
A type clip filmed by a modern East London PR firm and used to promote Christmas gifts.
Here we're talking Dolby's chart-topping stage as opposed to Silicon Valley's mobile music scene, playing keyboards for David Bowie at Live Aid or on stage in the Hollywood Hills, where he became one of the first synth-pop heroes. . . .
Thomas changed his last name from Robertson to Dolby to avoid confusion with Tom 'War Baby' Robinson and opted for a standard sound reduction name. OK, it's not a kit, but it's just as attractive, if not more so than an LFO, so we like it.
Dolby gets a big hit with Blind Me With Science and Hyperactive, but we prefer Wind Power because it sounds a little louder. (You're lucky we didn't choose Screen Kiss, perhaps his best work.)
