Lineages, dates and back stories: where today's music comes from.
3 stories · English summaries of articles published in Portuguese
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HistoryEssay
Between Kraftwerk's Autobahn in 1974 and the 1988 British compilation that fixed the word techno, electronic music travelled from a private studio in Düsseldorf to a Bronx DJ's record, its keyboards played by hand in a New York studio, and to a late-night radio show in Detroit.
HistoryEssay
Between The Chronic in December 1992 and Regulate in 1994, a small circle of Los Angeles and Long Beach producers and rappers turned funk and soul records from the 1970s and early 1980s into the defining West Coast sound of the decade.
HistoryEssay
In late 1980s and 1990s Memphis, DJs such as DJ Spanish Fly and DJ Squeeky recorded at home, sold cassettes at club windows and saw bootleg copies carry them to other Southern cities.
