ABSTRACT
Electronic music and rock music were separated at birth but destined to meet again after reaching adolescence. Rising from the same transistorized technology that made tape recorders possible were the keyboards, effects boxes, and other gadgets that embellished the sound of rock and roll. By the late 1960s, as the professional recording of rock music adapted to multitrack tape recorders and the availability of synthesizers and other electronic instruments, rock and jazz fusion artists became the standard bearers for the dissemination of electronic music to the masses. This chapter examines important artists who contributed to the popularization of electronic music in commercial music and examines the subgenre of turntablism.
