definitions

[Brian J. Parker]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Rickness wrote:

> What's the differences between future pop synthpop freezepop blh blah
> blah or is it realy not that much?

Let me start with the caveat that genre definitions are somewhat
artificial and arbitrary.

"future pop" was a term coined by VNV Nation to describe themselves.  Any
description of a band as "future pop" is, I think, a comparison to VNV
Nation.

"synthpop" is, basically, electronic pop music.  Depeche Mode is often
considered a standard example.  The definition has gotten pretty broad.  A
Different Drum (http://www.adifferentdrum.com) are carrying the flag for
the genre these days.

"freezepop" is a band name, isn't it?


> Would bands like de/vision be synthpop or more edm?

By "edm" do you mean "EBM"?

"EBM" stands for "Electronic Body Music" and was a term coined by Front
242 to describe their early sound.  Since then, the term has been
appropriated and applied to more melodic music influenced by techno and
trance.  A lot of dance music you hear in a mainstream gothic/industrial
club will be called "EBM," correctly or not.

De/Vision would, I think, probably be identified with synthpop.


-Brian

P.S. Let me repeat my caveat from the top: genre definitions are somewhat
artificial and arbitrary.