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SpankyPoppagasket · Post by **SpankyPoppagasket** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:27 pm

I was wondering if anyone could help me pinpoint the name of this genre in electronic music. It's synth music that is melodic and rarely contains percussion or a beat. Very melodic, can contain arping, it can also be very spacial. Some examples would be Klaus Schulze (which is more ambient), Tangerine Dream, Beaver and Krause...

I haven't found a specific enough name for the genre. I've heard it described as "new age", "electronica", "progressive", and a few other things. Usually I have to wade through unrelated genres and dance music to find songs which match. Does anyone know any better term? I feel there's elements of the genre in my music and it would be nice to know for keyword purposes.

Thanks for your knowledge!

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:28 pm

TD and Klaus Schulze? That's gotta be Berlin School.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:37 pm

Exactly, this is Berlin School. A confusing genre name, but that's really all that it is. Lots of people are doing this, especially with the resurgent interest in modulars.

SpankyPoppagasket · Post by **SpankyPoppagasket** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:48 pm

7 million results on youtube, haha... Cool thanks to the both of you!

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 2:42 pm

You could just have looked up Klaus Schulze in WikiPedia:

1970s
[...]
Throughout the 1970s he followed closely in the footsteps of Tangerine Dream, albeit with far lighter sequencer lines and a more reflective, dreamy sheen, not unlike the ambient music of his contemporary Brian Eno. It is to be noted that some of his lighter albums are appreciated by new-age music fans, despite the fact that Schulze has always denied connections to this genre. By mid-decade, with the release of Timewind and Moondawn, his style transformed from Krautrock to Berlin School.

SpankyPoppagasket · Post by **SpankyPoppagasket** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 3:34 pm

Was kinda hoping to use this site a little more, but thanks for the tip

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:13 pm

SpankyPoppagasket wrote:Was kinda hoping to use this site a little more, but thanks for the tip

As a longish time user with no other connection to the site, welcome to KVR.

SpankyPoppagasket · Post by **SpankyPoppagasket** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:36 pm

Thanks for the welcome, been signed up awhile - just don't venture out much : P

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 5:00 pm

Thanks to this thread I just discovered how much I like Node, so thanks for that.

Spyra isn't bad either. Still working through the list at Wikipedia, nevemrind more extensive lists...

SpankyPoppagasket · Post by **SpankyPoppagasket** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 6:07 pm

You mean this one... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_e ... sic_genres haha, I was checking that out too. Thought Berlin School would have been something modern and sample-heavy, especially next to all the 'tronicas and vaporwave

Genre Question - Electronic Music