Both combining (mostly analog) electronic instruments & effects (notably the Roland Juno 60 + Roland SpaceEcho) with electro acoustic (e.g. Rhodes epianos) and fully acoustic instruments (e.g. Piano).
And collaborating…
Ólafur Arnalds And Nils Frahm – Collaborative Works (2015 - Double Album)
See the creative process in action…
Trance Frendz — An evening with Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm
EDIT: Some of their work is classified as classical (e.g. acoustical piano only) or electroclassical, sometimes as techno or some other electro genre…
EDIT: Maybe add the reason why Nils Frahm is sometimes classified under Techno…
RA Sessions: Nils Frahm - All Melody / #2 | Resident Advisor
EDIT: The Techno label is sometimes also applied to Olafur Arnalds, especially due to his Kiasmos “side project”
I was fortunate to have the pleasure of seeing them both (on separate occasions - not performing together) in the beforetimes. For musicians sometimes categorized as “modern classical,” they are both terrifically dynamic and charismatic performers. Highly recommended if you ever get a chance to (safely) see either of them live.
Second Edit: the venue also helped… It was the First Unit Side Chapel Sanctuary in Philly:
(Not that anyone especially cares, but i am strongly averse to being inaccurate… I believe that those shows were in the larger sanctuary, and not the side chapel. OK I feel better now. )
Let’s revert back to the transformative year 1994 (where so much happened in electronic music…).
A year/period where creativity, re-invention and genres like “ambient”, “downtempo” and “techno” sky rocketed (following the not so creative late 80’s early 90’s ‘sampler years’).
Anyway…
Laurent Garnier - Dune The Alliance EP (1994)
About Dune
The movies have great scores.
And not because Sting had an acting role in Dune 1984…
It’s so strange to listen to these soundtracks. The 2021 and 1994 versions are clearly identify their period. Their sound is very characteristic. But I find Eno’s 1984 tune timeless.
Anyway it was good to listen to them again. Thanks @kwurqx !
Movie scores often are pretty representative of the State-Of-The-Art in music and technology at that point in time. Resulting in many great scores by many great artists.
Here’s an oddball by a very well known pioneer in electronic music. This score came out in 1977. Right in between Jean Michel Jarre’s most famous albums Oxygene (1976) and Equinoxe (1978).
It’s by Klaus Schulze. Though the subject matter may be controversial, it’s actually some of his best (early) work. Very defining for the genre. Repetitive synthesizer sequences/patterns, slow and lush pads/strings, with FX and solos on top.
Additionally: although Klaus Schulze was originally a drummer for Tangerine Dream (1969/70), he (again) employed drummer Harald Grosskopf for the drums. Same goes for other collaberative works, e.g. the earlier Moondawn (1976) and the Ashra Temple project (another story…).
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