That question you're being asked about style, instrumentation and genre. Why not say something along the lines of (with embelishment of course)... "Pendulum go across many genre boundaries, bridging genres x y and z, using a wide range of instrumentation including blah, blahblahblah and blahblah."
I'm sure the fact they are a band that bridges different genres of music will actually give you a lot more to write than if you could just describe them as sitting comfortably in a single genre.
Just out of interest, what qualification in sound engineering are you studying for?
' Wrote:Just out of interest, what qualification in sound engineering are you studying for?
Scottish Higher.
I don't know what I was thinking when I signed up, really. I've always been a logical person and never good at surrealism and speculation (English, Art etc) but I thought there might be a bit of technology invovled in this one so here I am.
Thanks a bunch guys, I was originally going to go with the "fusion of many different genres" idea anyway but I wanted if there's a definite genre to put Pendulum in. I just thought of one actually, how about avant garde/experimental? I think this fits pretty well. I'll work out a rough draft of this paragraph at some point.
Yes, I've done extensive research on the band itself. In fact, I've been quite a fan since I discovered their first album but thank you for reminding me about their background anyway.
well i would have one more thing to say. artists in this particular 'scene' (the drum and bass one) tend to work with different tempo settings, lately. an example would be noisia, spor, blu mar ten, teebee, mishtabishi or polar, among others. sometimes they even change tempo to swap genre in one track. does it change the genre of the track? also, why do you want to label the whole discography of a band/collective/musician under a single genre?
concerning pendulum, 'fasten your seatbelts' is a cheap attempt at breaks, 'still grey'/'voyager'/'another planet' would be drum and bass ones, blood sugar is - variable:D
ive heard the vinyl version, and ive seen them performing the live one aswell and they were pretty different. does a particular instrument/synth define a genre?
my point being, ive seen loads of people getting confused in this 'genre'/'sub genre' thing. there are no strict rules. don't go that route, or you will end up at a point when you yourself don't know what is what. i use this system:
STUFF I LIKE / STUFF I DON'T LIKE
worked so far.
one more thing - pendulum is by no means experimental, nor avant garde, IMO. i might be biased against their music but i've heard LOADS and this is nothing new (save for the synths that make me want to puncture my eardrums, usually)
Pendulum was originally a heavy underground Drum and Bass band, as their popularity has expanded they have tried to cater for a wider audience, hence the release of In Silico being a melding of rock and electronica, now latest album Immersion, is a complete mish mash.
Dream Theater - "Sabre120 and Jongleur officially win. That is all."
Yeah, Hold Your Colour remains as my favourite Pendulum album of all time. However I'm quite taken by Immersion, probably just new album syndrome but The Island is the height of their electro work in my opinion.
They do use a recurring unique set of drum patterns for most of their music which I've identified as Synthetic Rock.
I've now learned to becareful with the word "alternative" when talking about music, best not to use it at all I reckon since everybody's perception of alternative is different and therefore it's subjective.
Edit: I still can't understand the level of butthurt created by the community (not this one, D&B) when In Silico was released.