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Title: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 22, 2020, 21:26
You guys might get a kick out of this - a print celebrating the history of electronic music:

(https://i.redd.it/yf3za2n433o41.jpg)

See what you can spot. According to the creator, The Chemical Brothers are in there.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 22, 2020, 23:50
Spoiler

yellow & blue demi-globe hats: Pet Shop Boys
torch glasses: orbital
blue phone box/ tardis - could also be orbital but probably BBC Radiophonic Workshop for original Dr Who theme etc
speakers: KLF
Oxygene bottle: Jean M Jarre
Helmets: Daft Punk
Stickers: aphex and Neu!
(speaking of Neu!, where's Can?)
the image below Aphex on the Tardis looks really familiar. Why can't i name it? Grr!
Cross - Justice
Is that meant to be airport runway/apron near the Cross? If so, Brian Eno (music for airports)
Crab - Prodigy
Box of matches on floor - also Prodigy?
Clouds - Orb?
Autobahn sign - Kraftwerk
home computer on the floor - also Kraftwerk? Windows software suggests...not?
A clockwork orange video box - Walter Carlos electronic OST
Disco Ball - LCD soundsystem? Chems? I was looking for chemical robots. Whats the green thing in the tardis? (its not a chems robot)
Fruit next to the frying pan = Silver Apples!!
Rose(s) - Depeche Mode? (Violator sleeve?)
Box of popcorn = Popcorn by The Popcorn Makers? (you probably know this even if you think you don't)
Joystick - a reference to Atari whose computers used to be used for cubase in the late 80s and early 90s??
Knife: The Knife (scandanavian band)?
Yellow sign near Autobahn  - The Hacienda/Factory (New Order)
The polo t-shirt almost looks like an Ed Simons fashion item. Maybe.
might edit more in if i think of any...


Is there an "answer sheet" somewhere? Not that I'm fully ready to see it yet....
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: actionjackson780 on Mar 23, 2020, 00:36
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 22, 2020, 23:50
the image below Aphex on the Tardis looks really familiar. Why can't i name it? Grr!
I think that's Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's S/T first album

B&W image above Hacienda/Factory is "Dare" by The Human League
Tiered hat inside the Tardis is Devo
Box of 9" nails is NIN
Green block and orb things is Boards of Canada
Pylon in back is also Kraftwerk (seems like a lot of Kraftwerk references)
Portishead Road Map is Portishead
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 00:49
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 22, 2020, 23:50

home computer on the floor - also Kraftwerk? Windows software suggests...not?
Spoiler

I think it's gotta be a second Brian Eno, Windows 95 sounds - and the yellow color's just a brief nod to Kraftwerk

My best guess on the Chems reference (which the author says is too obscure and is planning on changing it) is
Spoiler

the "private" reel on the speaker?

There's also
Spoiler

Massive Attack (logo on the bottle on top of the Tardis)
Gary Numan (red pyramid from Pleasure Principle)
Yellow Magic Orchestra (the Circus-like game on the bookshelf)
Throbbing Gristle (sticker on Autobahn sign)
Tangerine Dream (the water drop by the KLF speakers)
Burial (sticker on the KLF speakers)
Global Communication (76 14 on the runway)
General reference to 90s Birmingham trance through the space hopper on the left

Anyone know what the leopard van on the runway is? Or the "hello" UFO?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Metta on Mar 23, 2020, 00:59
The calendar bottom right, New Order - Blue Monday?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 01:18
Quote from: Metta on Mar 23, 2020, 00:59

The calendar bottom right, New Order - Blue Monday?
love that one. Does Jan 15 hold relevance?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:27
Spoiler
Pretty confident the mirror ball is LCD Soundystem.
Is the checkered square poster Manuel Göttsching's E2-E4??

Going to collect what it looks like we haven't figured out yet:



Quote from: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 01:18

love that one. Does Jan 15 hold relevance?

It's the saddest day of the year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date)). Interestingly they have used an American calendar with Sunday as the first day of the week. Guess it's a US designer.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: sandelic on Mar 23, 2020, 01:38
Hello UFO - I instantly think of Hello Spaceboy, Pet Shop Boys/David Bowie?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 01:38
Quote from: actionjackson780 on Mar 23, 2020, 00:36

I think that's Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's S/T first album
Of course! Designed by Peter Saville of Factory Records. That's why I should have known it...
I couldn't read the word Portishead on the map. Blaming my eyes for that one!

Quote from: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 01:18

love that one. Does Jan 15 hold relevance?
Well in recent years Blue Monday has become an "event". As per wikipedia:
Quote
Blue Monday is the name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first published as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation...The date is generally reported as falling on the third Monday in January,but also on the second or fourth Monday, or the Monday of the last full week of January

The record was released on a Monday in 1983 but not in January, it was March 7th. Might have made a better reference TBH

Whats that about Birmingham trance in the 90s? I never heard of this connection to Space Hoppers. Where you getting that from? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm old enough to theoretically remember...
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:40
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 22, 2020, 23:50

Spoiler

Rose(s) - Depeche Mode? (Violator sleeve?)
Box of popcorn = Popcorn by The Popcorn Makers? (you probably know this even if you think you don't)

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I feel like the rose in the, metal?, roses is significant. Doesn't seem close enough to the Depeche Mode cover.
Also, surely Popcorn is the Hot Butter electro disco classic?

Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 01:38

Whats that about Birmingham trance in the 90s? I never heard of this connection to Space Hoppers. Where you getting that from? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm old enough to theoretically remember...


"The space hopper (Hippity Hop in America) was invented by Italian, Aquilino Cosani in 1968, though he referred to it then as the Pon-Pon, and it was launched in Britain just as trance/rave culture was picking up speed in the summer of '71. This may help provide some explanation behind the trend, and space hoppers went on to make appearances at Glastonbury and Birmingham psychedelic trance parties well into the 90s."
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:45
Quote from: sandelic on Mar 23, 2020, 01:38

Hello UFO - I instantly think of Hello Spaceboy, Pet Shop Boys/David Bowie?

Was also wondering about DJ Yoda. But that has just one guy in the spaceship, where as this has two aliens who are looking away from us - at the hello sign.

EDIT: It's freakin' Moby isn't it. Duh.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 01:47
^ You may be right about Depeche Mode being wrong. In which case we don't know what that's about. Or do we?
There are a couple of versions of Popcorn. Yes Hot Butter is probably the more famous.

I'm still confused about this trance thing. 1971 trance/rave culture?? What's that got to do with 90s trance? It's late here, maybe I'm being dumb?

E2-E4 sounds plausible.

And yeah. it's Moby, agreed.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:51
Invented in the 70s but basically released to the public in the UK in the 90s. The Glastonbury thing I'm not sure about, it's kind of before lots of photos were taken of Glastonbury every year. But there was also a Spacehopper club, though the logo isn't the traditional space hopper drawn here. I think it's akin to the ecstasy smiley face of rave, y'know?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:53
The bowl of eggs wouldn't just be The Egg, would they? I'm guessing not as there are many eggs.

Records in the cabinet... DJ Shadow?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 02:39
Quote from: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:27
Crazy comets tape
After some research I bet this is for Rob Hubbard - one of the first true video game composers, known for chiptune work on dozens of Commodore 64 games, including the game Crazy Comets

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Hubbard
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 23, 2020, 02:40
can't see underworld or air in there.

the polo could be fatboy
the tabletennis racket can be air (kelly watch the stars video)
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 03:29
Quote from: ThePumisher on Mar 23, 2020, 02:40
can't see underworld
Neither do I. But say that weird pink and blue thing in the TARDIS is supposed to be a baby and a lubricant bottle... Born Slippy?

Quote from: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:40

Spoiler
I feel like the rose in the, metal?, roses is significant. Doesn't seem close enough to the Depeche Mode cover.

Word of author (https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/fmlu31/working_on_a_print_celebrating_the_history_of/fl562o0/) - one of the roses is Depeche Mode. But the other one?

Edit: Got it, it's

Spoiler

Suzanne Ciani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl_uWcB88uI

Sometimes I feel like Buchla synths could be the only instruments in the world, and I'd be happy.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 04:02
Hurrah, I was at least partly right about Depeche. They had to be there. No Eurythmics though?

I didn't realise how much we could zoom/enlarge. NOW I can read Portishead. But what's with the cigarette box between Portishead and NIN?
And what's with the frying pan? Is it significant that it's stitting on a tape reel?
Next to Crazy Comets (which I can now read) there's a green/brown thing. Could it be a geiger counter or rather another electrcity measuring device - a reference to Ohm Sweet Ohm sampled by The Chems? Maybe I'm reaching here?
I must admit the polo shirt does remind me of The Streets but would that artist really fit here?
It says Kelly on the joystick. I couldn't see that before. That must relate to Air: Kelly Watch The Stars.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 05:07
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 04:02
And what's with the frying pan? Is it significant that it's stitting on a tape reel?

Quote from: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 01:53
The bowl of eggs wouldn't just be The Egg, would they? I'm guessing not as there are many eggs.

This took me ages but it's Bjork, from the Venus as a Boy music video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z5aPaDwAkU

Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 04:02
But what's with the cigarette box between Portishead and NIN?
Next to Crazy Comets (which I can now read) there's a green/brown thing. Could it be a geiger counter - a reference to Ohm
Both items on the cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's first album - the green/brown thing is an illustration of the Atari game Circus, which the YMO single Computer Game takes samples from
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 05:16
I'm slowly getting the rest of em. Music videos are the key.

Leopard / giraffe van

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHiOopNTlc


Black and white polo shirt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAi4VBoBSM
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Bosco on Mar 23, 2020, 05:27
Nicely done on the older music videos, Whitenoise.

Is the sticker on the Tardis (left of Autobahn) a nod to SebastiAn or Robert Smith (The Cure). Hope it's the later...

Edit: just noticed actionjackson has it nailed with The Human League
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 23, 2020, 06:53
If music videos are the key, could the green stuff in front of the pc be a reference to Star Guitar?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 06:59
Quote from: ThePumisher on Mar 23, 2020, 06:53

If music videos are the key, could the green stuff in front of the pc be a reference to Star Guitar?

Those are a reference to Boards of Canada.

Who else do wee feel isn't represented here?
Underworld? Groove Armada? Fluke? Leftfield?

I wonder if the reel to reel is more of a general reference to Music Concrète.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 08:09
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 01:47

There are a couple of versions of Popcorn. Yes Hot Butter is probably the more famous.
?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjT7ECeCKO0
?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjxNnqTcHhg

Besides the crab, there's also their ant on the match box representing the Prodigy.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Bosco on Mar 23, 2020, 09:43
Quote from: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 06:59

Who else do wee feel isn't represented here?
Underworld? Groove Armada? Fluke? Leftfield?

Non-dance related: Vangelis, Philip Glass, and Dead Can Dance, maybe?

I'm gonna take a crack at the Chems reference. Going with the music video theme, the paints (black, white, and grey) are a nod to Galvanize clown makeup. Along with the little triangular tipped sponges. And that's a reach...
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:12
So most of the answers are on that Reddit thread. That's where you got the Spacehopper stuff, right WN?

Somehow a 1971 trance/rave scene is something that's completely alien to me. Not that I'm old enough to remember back that far. But eh...I need to see/hear music from this supposed 1971 trance/rave scene.

Yellow Magic Orchestra and Boards of Canada have never really been my bag,so those were never gonna happen for me. And the Tricky video? Never seen that before. Seems obscure, no?

Have we got the Chems yet? If this forum can't get it...
(EDIT: Bosco's Galvanize face paint is probably as good a guess as any)
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 12:23
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:12

Have we got the Chems yet? If this forum can't get it...
Hm, could the bus' paint job be a Wide Open reference? Its pattern sort of reminds me of the Sonoya Mizuno's body transformation. But I like Whitenoise's Reel reference, too.
If only the brothers would wear helmets...
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 12:35
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:12

So most of the answers are on that Reddit thread. That's where you got the Spacehopper stuff, right WN?
I'm in that thread :D

I recognized it as a sit n bounce, googled what the hell those had to do with electronic music, and found the Wikipedia article connecting it to the Birmingham Spacehopper club. Not something I knew off the top of my head! I dunno about any trance scene in the 70s though, I think that's something an article somewhere got wrong and meant to say 91. And apparently it's not even a reference to that, according to the artist, that was an accidental connection. So another electronic artist must have used the imagery.

Also says the Chems reference is a music video reference. I think Bosco's guess is the best... it should be unmistakable once we find it though, right? We're apparently maybe missing a third Prodigy reference.

https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/fmlu31/working_on_a_print_celebrating_the_history_of/fl9gd4u/

Enjoyed I thought your Bentley Rhythm Ace guess was great...

but here's our Block A:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uco-2V4ytYQ
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 12:42
Ah, I see, videos. So the box of matches with their ant logo I mentioned above is actually Firestarter!
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:47
Quote from: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 12:23

Hm, could the bus' paint job be a Wide Open reference? Its pattern sort of reminds me of the Sonoya Mizuno's body transformation. But I like Whitenoise's Reel reference, too.
If only the brothers would wear helmets...
We already got that: it's Tricky, WN embedded the video. And yeah I mentioned the matches as well as the crab re: Prodigy in my "spoiler" reply under WN's OP.

(EDIT: God I said "demi-globe" instead of hemisphere in my spoiler reply re: PSB. Sometimes you just...forget a word!)
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 12:48
Damn it, got another one. The weird stuff inside the TARDIS

Spoiler

is from Daft Punk's Interstellar, the Harder Better Faster Stronger section, around 35 seconds in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjR4_CbPpQ
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 12:49
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:47

We already got that: it's Tricky, WN embedded the video. And yeah I mentioned the matches as well as the crab re: Prodigy in my "spoiler" reply under WN's OP.
:( So I'm of no use here.

Ok, I'll give it another try: the ping pong bat is a reference to Confront Your Demons:
(https://images.eil.com/large_image/CHEMICAL_BROTHERS_CONFRONT%2BYOUR%2BDEMONS-271696.jpg)

:D, I know, I know, it's not a video...
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:50
Pretty sure ping pong AND joystick are references to Air (Kelly Watch The Stars video).

@WN does that cover the blue bits in the Tardis as well? Or just the green thing?

I think One reference per artist would be better. So you can just say "we've already got X, so it must be someone else". The helmets were enough for DP. Are we all meant to be video buffs now?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 12:56
So, what about the bus' paint job I mentioned earlier? Wide Open reference or not? Cause this is a video :D
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 13:01
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:50
@WN does that cover the blue bits in the Tardis as well? Or just the green thing?
Yep, both. Seems we're without an Underworld / Born Slippy reference.

Yeah once per would be fine for me. If there's a third Prodigy reference I don't have a clue what it is...

Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 12:47
"demi-globe"
new band name

Quote from: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 12:56
So, what about the bus' paint job I mentioned earlier? Wide Open reference or not? Cause this is a video
I think it's gotta be just a Tricky reference, the bus has that exact paint job in the video.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 13:18
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 13:01

Yep, both. Seems we're without an Underworld / Born Slippy reference.
Heroin needle & bag of cash required. Or Ewan McGregor poster?

Quote from: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 13:01

Yeah once per would be fine for me.
Have a word! Get the artist to yank that DP sh*t out of the tardis and get George & Mildred in there pronto!

*EDIT* Also Enjoyed mentioned Leftfield. If they're not there, they should be.
Screamadelica/Weatherall possibly worth acknowledgement too...
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 23, 2020, 13:22
Hmmm,i realy like Goldfrapp, but are they such a big thing for electronic music history?


Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Bosco on Mar 23, 2020, 18:19
^Who influenced electronic music will always be subjective. It's a little brain teaser exploring the mindset of the creator on this subject. And yes, I would agree some artists that have been included are significant, but not necessarily worthy.

The Chemical spill (!!!) from Massive Attack bottle down Tardis to the ground has to be a reference to something, right? Why detail it to that degree...

EDIT: Nevermind, The spill is flammable. Probably just another clue for Firestarter.

Maybe something else to look at... pole on top of mirrorball? extra short tuning fork? I have no clue... lol
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2020, 18:55
Quote from: Bosco on Mar 23, 2020, 18:19

^Who influenced electronic music will always be subjective. It's a little brain teaser exploring the mindset of the creator on this subject. And yes, I would agree some artists that have been included are significant, but not necessarily worthy.

I totally agree this ends up being more about the artist than the musicians, but... Underworld? I really don't think there's any world in which they aren't considered a gigantic part of the world of electronic music. Even if you're not a fan, you have to acknowledge their contribution to the scene. And with that, it does, in my opinion, become a fault of the artist.

That said, we don't know if they are in there yet. Right!?

Also, cigarette box wise - that's definitely a logo or album cover on the case. It looks familiar but I can't place it. It reminds me of Stanton Warriors a little. But, I don't see it being them.

Great catches on all the references though everyone! This has been really fun to dissect!
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Bosco on Mar 23, 2020, 19:36
Cigarette Box = David Bowie 'Low', perhaps?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Metta on Mar 23, 2020, 20:53
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 01:18

love that one. Does Jan 15 hold relevance?

I'm guessing the specific date was unintentional, since any January 15 on significant years for the song isn't a Monday, hah!
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 21:32
Oh boy - Round 2 guys, here's the finished print, with loads of additions:


(https://i.redd.it/2o4iqv1o2go41.jpg)
(https://i.redd.it/2o4iqv1o2go41.jpg)

https://www.instagram.com/josephjcox/


Bosco you nailed it - the black/grey/white makeup is gone now. It was a Galvanize video reference.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: actionjackson780 on Mar 23, 2020, 22:41
So many new ones!!

Spoiler
Radiohead sticker
Left field jawbones
Mr Oizo Flat Eric puppet
Pint on a choose life beermat for Underworld

Just to name a few. This is too much fun!
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 23:03
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Mar 23, 2020, 21:32

Bosco you nailed it - the black/grey/white makeup is gone now. It was a Galvanize video reference.
Aha! So now it's the to BrO bottles, the welding-robo from Believe and George & Mildred then?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 23, 2020, 23:57
Liking the Herbie Hancock "rockit" legs.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Bosco on Mar 24, 2020, 00:35
This was fun, but I don't appreciate the half measure by the creator.

When will we see Vengaboys or Eiffel 65 added?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Bosco on Mar 24, 2020, 02:04
While we are hard-lined into the history of Electronic music and with time to waste, here is a great tool to familiarize yourself with some sub-genres, artists, and groups you might not be familiar with.

https://music.ishkur.com


(for those familiar with the old version, it's still standing here: http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/)

Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 24, 2020, 02:46
Hope you don't mind, but I split the topic.

Any other images we're still trying to figure out. Besides that damned cigarette case!?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 24, 2020, 04:10
Quote from: Enjoyed on Mar 24, 2020, 02:46

Hope you don't mind, but I split the topic.

Any other images we're still trying to figure out. Besides that damned cigarette case!?

We actually already know the Cigarette case. It's the first Yellow Magic Orchestra album (along with the brown & green thing in the shelving). WN mentioned it a while back (and he got it from someone on Reddit, I reckon!).

If I understood correctly, the spacehoppper wasn't actually related to a general Birmingham rave/trance scene after all but is actually a specific artist. I haven't checked reddit to see if there was an answer to that one. Might check back here in a couple of days when Chembase + Reddit have everything figured out. Perhaps Bosco's fave artists will be in it now, and fingers crossed for some 2 Unlimited and Alice DeeJay as well.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 25, 2020, 09:30
Quote from: Bosco on Mar 24, 2020, 00:35

When will we see Vengaboys or Eiffel 65 added?
So you're telling there is no Scooter or Marusha in it? Westbam? Sven Väth?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Ben_j on Mar 25, 2020, 19:23
Before reading the thread:
Spoiler

Air (Atari joystick with "Kelly")
Aphex Twin
Boards of Canada
Clockwork Orange
Daft Punk
Devo
Doctor Who
Justice
Kraftwerk
Massive Attack (the sign on the spilling chemical canister)
Moby (the spaceship)
Nine Inch Nails (lol at that one)
Orbital (the glasses with the lights)
Portishead
Prodigy (the crab and the matchbox)
SebAstian (Ross Ross Ross cover)

EDIT:
So I guess I found those two that weren't listed before:

Spoiler

Devo (round red hat in the Tardis)
SebastiAn (Ross Ross Ross cover on the Tardis)


EDIT bis:
And the calendar now points to April 14th, another reference to Aphex Twin

EDIT ter:
deadmau5 (there's a dead mouse)
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 25, 2020, 20:42
Quote from: ThePumisher on Mar 25, 2020, 09:30

So you're telling there is no Scooter or Marusha in it? Westbam? Sven Väth?

Scooter! I had legitimately forgotten that guy existed.
Thanks, Coronavirus!  ::)
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 25, 2020, 21:12
Quote from: Ben_j on Mar 25, 2020, 19:23

EDIT:
So I guess I found those two that weren't listed before:

Spoiler

Devo (round red hat in the Tardis)
SebastiAn (Ross Ross Ross cover on the Tardis)
Action Jackson got Devo waaaay back in Reply #2. But you can have Sebastian
Actually maybe you can't. Others here think it's the Human League. I'm not sure which it is now.
Quote from: Ben_j on Mar 25, 2020, 19:23

EDIT bis:
And the calendar now points to April 14th, another reference to Aphex Twin
Good spot. The Blue Monday date is strewn on the floor, rather disrespectfully now.  :(

Quote from: Ben_j on Mar 25, 2020, 19:23

EDIT ter:
deadmau5 (there's a dead mouse)

What do Bis and Ter mean? [EDIT: oh it seems to be a Latin-derived thing that French people use.]

Oh also, we have Herbie Hancock's mechanical Rockit legs on the left. But could the mechanical arm on the right be a reference to the Chems' Believe?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 25, 2020, 22:40
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 25, 2020, 21:12

Oh also, we have Herbie Hancock's mechanical Rockit legs on the left. But could the mechanical arm on the right be a reference to the Chems' Believe?
I believe [ 8)] Csar spotted that one too.

Quote from: Csar on Mar 23, 2020, 23:03

Aha! So now it's the to BrO bottles, the welding-robo from Believe and George & Mildred then?
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: actionjackson780 on Mar 26, 2020, 00:02
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 25, 2020, 21:12
Action Jackson got Devo waaaay back in Reply #2. But you can have Sebastian
Actually maybe you can't. Others here think it's the Human League. I'm not sure which it is now.
100% it's The Human League, not SebastiAn. If you look at the Dare cover, the grid lines are in the same spots and frame the face. My first instinct was Ross Ross Ross too though!
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Bosco on Mar 26, 2020, 01:41
With all these double guesses, this thread just furthers the proof people just like to hear themselves talk/type  :P  Me included!  :P

Spoiler

2 Cones = Twin Peaks?

Beverly Hills Cop = the theme from the film. It was later made into "crazy frog", and while one doesn't exist without the other I'd be willing to debate which was more significant.

Theremin = Theremin. It was largely THE instrument/sound effect for Sci-Fi related films/TV back in the day.
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: 𝒥𝑅𝒮𝒵 on Mar 26, 2020, 01:46
Quote from: sandelic on Mar 23, 2020, 01:38

Hello UFO - I instantly think of Hello Spaceboy, Pet Shop Boys/David Bowie?

Spoiler
https://youtu.be/ecTm6G7AjcM
:D
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: 𝒥𝑅𝒮𝒵 on Mar 26, 2020, 01:46
Ufo with the hello:

Spoiler
https://youtu.be/ecTm6G7AjcM
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 26, 2020, 02:37
Quote from: Bosco on Mar 26, 2020, 01:41

2 Cones = Twin Peaks?

Admittedly I started the spoilers, but do we still need them?
I do wish the viual artist would stick to one reference per act. He already has the "Go West" hemisphere hats in there for PSB. Did he need to add the cone hats too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAhKQ4IqanE
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Ben_j on Mar 26, 2020, 09:17
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 25, 2020, 21:12

What do Bis and Ter mean? [EDIT: oh it seems to be a Latin-derived thing that French people use.]
I didn't know it was only used in french, sorry 😅

Quote

Oh also, we have Herbie Hancock's mechanical Rockit legs on the left. But could the mechanical arm on the right be a reference to the Chems' Believe?
100% Believe, there's a traffic light hanging from it

Found another one : Donna Summer - I feel Love (the vinyl on the bottom right)
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Mar 26, 2020, 19:32
Quote
(https://i.redd.it/2o4iqv1o2go41.jpg)

Spoiler
I can't be the only one who noticed Devo's Energy dome in the tardis
Dead Mouse by the computer (Deadmau5)

Quote from: Ben_j on Mar 26, 2020, 09:17

Found another one : Donna Summer - I feel Love (the vinyl on the bottom right)

Could also double as a King of snakes nod
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on Mar 27, 2020, 11:43
this thread is so much fun
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: mc_marsh on Apr 10, 2020, 15:04
Quote from: Bosco on Mar 24, 2020, 02:04

While we are hard-lined into the history of Electronic music and with time to waste, here is a great tool to familiarize yourself with some sub-genres, artists, and groups you might not be familiar with.

https://music.ishkur.com


(for those familiar with the old version, it's still standing here: http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/)

Great to hear this fantastic site still exists! Plenty of time at the minute to discover something new...
Title: Re: The Electronic Music Puzzle
Post by: Farhad on Aug 05, 2021, 16:59
Guys, throw me some good music with cool beats, I'm mixing a track for myself now.