School Bus Rock – Electronic

This playlist is dedicated to Electronic Music. This is a genre with many sub-genres and has influenced many bands. Some of the tracks in this playlist did get a lot of radio play. Other tracks have never been played on radio and never will due to the fact they are of no commercial value to corporations. The Electronic genre is filled with many such independent acts.

NOTABLE ARTISTS

Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is one of the earliest electronic music groups. They started making electronic music in the mid-60s.

Vangelis

Vangelis is an electronic musician from Greece. He was also an early pioneer in the electronic music genre and he was usually categorized as New Age. He has written music for several movies including Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner. People may not know the name Vangelis, but many most certainly know the music of those two movies. Vangelis was also one half of Jon & Vangelis. The other half was Jon Anderson from the band Yes.

Moby

Shortly I discovered the electronic music of Moby in 1998. In 1999 he achieved commerical success with his album Play. Two tracks from the album are included in this playlist.

Carbon Based Lifeforms

You will never hear the music of Carbon Based Lifeforms on any regular radio station. You can hear them on online streaming radio stations, Youtube and Spotify. They create music that is considered Ambient.

NOTABLE TRACKS

Destiny

Destiny is a track from the Electronic group known as Zero 7. This track features the vocals of Sia Furler who is now known professionally as just Sia. I’ve been listening to this track for years and knew nothing of Sia. I do remember her winning a Grammy even though I didn’t know her name or her music. I just remember the woman hiding her face behind a mop of hair. Her vocals on this track are simply excellent! Too bad she went to the corporate dark side for the money.

Oh Yeah

Oh Yeah is a track from Yello and was featured in the 80s movie, Ferris Bueler’s Day Off. This is an early example of electronic music getting mainstream attention.