Early 1980s, Western Europe (Germany, Belgium, Netherlands)
Derivative forms
New beat
electro-industrial
dark electro
techno
hardcore
goa trance
futurepop
Fusion genres
Industrial metal
industrial rock
Other topics
cyberpunk
rivethead
Electronic body music (EBM) is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk with elements of dance music. It developed in the early 1980s in Western Europe, as an outgrowth of both the punk and the industrial music cultures.[10] It combines sequenced repetitive basslines, programmed dance music rhythms, and mostly undistorted vocals and command-like shouts with confrontational or provocative themes.[9]
The evolution of the genre reflected "a general shift towards more song-oriented structures in industrial as to a general turn towards the dancefloor by many musicians and genres in the era of post-punk."[11][12] It was considered a part of the European new wave and post-punk movement and the first style that blended synthesized sounds with an ecstatic style of dancing (e.g. pogo).[13]
EBM gained a stable following in the second half of the 1980s.[14] Around that period, a youth-cultural scene emerged from EBM[15] whose followers describe themselves as EBM-heads or (in North America) as rivetheads.[16]
^Sicko, Dan (2010). Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk. Wayne State University. ISBN 9780814337127. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^Various Artists: Liner-Notes of the compilation ‚Music from Belgium'. Techno Drome International/ZYX Records, 1988. "This record will show you the roots of Belgian electronic music. Young musicians who don't want to ride on the New Beat wave. They want to do 100% Aggrepo for your body mechanic!"
^Nancy Kilpatrick. The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004, ISBN 0-312-30696-2.
^Hillegonda C Rietveld (1998) This Is Our House: House Music, Cultural Spaces and Technologies Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-85742-242-9
^Keunen, Gert (2002). Pop!: een halve eeuw beweging. Lannoo Uitgeverij, ISBN 9789020948714, p. 206. Quote: "[W]as de zogenaamde electronic body music, een Belgische postpunkvariant[.]"
^ abB, Daniel (24 May 2012). "A Beginner's Guide to EBM". FACT. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^Cite error: The named reference Adelt181 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Horn, David (2017). Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781501326103.
^ abAlbiez, Sean (2017). "Electronic Body Music". In Horn, David; Shepherd, John; Prato, Paolo (eds.). Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 222–223. ISBN 9781501326103.
^Eva Fischer: Audio-visuelle Tendenzen. Entwicklungen in der Visualisierung elektronischer Musik und in der Clubkultur. Universität Wien, 2009, p. 18.
^Timor Kaul: Some Thoughts on EBM as a transitional genre., Academia.edu, 2016, p. 1.
^Timor Kaul: Electronic Body Music. In: Thomas Hecken, Marcus S. Kleiner: Handbook Popculture. J.B. Metzler Verlag 2017, ISBN 3-476-02677-9, p. 102–104.
^Renaat Vandepapeliere: R & S Records Belgium, Localizer 1.0, Die Gestalten Verlag 1995, ISBN 3-931-12600-5
^Dan Sicko, Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk, Billboard Books, 1999, p. 142.
^Martin Pesch, Markus Weisbeck: History of Techno and House music. In: Techno Style. Musik, Grafik, Mode und Partykultur der Techno-Bewegung. Edition Olms, Hombrechtikon / Zürich 1996, ISBN 3-283-00290-8, p. 11. "1986/87: New bands like Nitzer Ebb, The Klinik and Vomito Negro appear on the scene and gain a large audience of mainly young males."
^Kate Stevens: Freak Nation. A Field Guide to 101 of the Most Odd, Extreme, and Outrageous American Subcultures, Adams Media, 2010, ISBN 1-440-50646-9, p. 108.
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