Berlin School of electronic music

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electronic music genre music style

The Berlin School of electronic music is a style of atmospheric, sequencer-driven electronic music that emerged in 1970s West Berlin, characterized by long, evolving instrumental pieces and pioneered by artists such as Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream.

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instanceOf electronic music genre ⓘ
music style ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Berlin School NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berlin School style NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
culturalContext Cold War-era West Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
post-1968 German counterculture ⓘ
emergedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
emergedInPlace West Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
genreOf atmospheric electronic music ⓘ
hasCharacteristic analog warmth ⓘ
atmospheric textures ⓘ
cosmic themes ⓘ
drone elements ⓘ
extended compositions ⓘ
focus on timbre and texture over melody ⓘ
hypnotic rhythms ⓘ
improvisational structure ⓘ
layered sequencer lines ⓘ
live studio improvisations ⓘ
long evolving instrumental pieces ⓘ
meditative mood ⓘ
minimal melodic development ⓘ
repetitive ostinato sequences ⓘ
sequencer-driven patterns ⓘ
side-long tracks ⓘ
slow harmonic changes ⓘ
slow tempo ⓘ
spacey soundscapes ⓘ
use of arpeggiators ⓘ
use of delay and reverb effects ⓘ
use of field recordings (occasionally) ⓘ
hasRevival 1990s revival by UK and US artists ⓘ
21st-century revival via modular synth scene ⓘ
hasSubculture ambient listeners ⓘ
space music fans ⓘ
synth enthusiasts ⓘ
influencedGenre Berlin techno (indirectly) ⓘ
ambient music ⓘ
downtempo ⓘ
new-age music ⓘ
progressive electronic ⓘ
space music ⓘ
trance music ⓘ
instrumentation Mellotron NERFINISHED ⓘ
analog synthesizer ⓘ
drum machine ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
electronic organ ⓘ
modular synthesizer ⓘ
step sequencer ⓘ
synth bass ⓘ
tape echo ⓘ
locationOfOrigin Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableArtist Ashra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bernd Kistenmacher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edgar Froese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Boddy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonn Serrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Klaus Schulze NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manuel Göttsching NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Shreeve NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Hoenig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Node (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Radio Massacre International NERFINISHED ⓘ
Redshift (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Schroeder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Software (German band) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tangerine Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Inventions for Electric Guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irrlicht NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moondawn NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Age of Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phaedra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rubycon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timewind NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zeit NERFINISHED ⓘ
pioneer Agitation Free NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ash Ra Tempel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Conrad Schnitzler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edgar Froese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Klaus Schulze NERFINISHED ⓘ
Klaus Schulze-era Tangerine Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manuel Göttsching NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tangerine Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedMovement Kosmische Musik ⓘ
Krautrock NERFINISHED ⓘ
progressive electronic ⓘ
relatedScene 1970s West Berlin underground music scene GENERATED ⓘ
German experimental rock scene GENERATED ⓘ
stylisticOrigin ambient music ⓘ
krautrock ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
space music ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext art galleries ⓘ
concert halls ⓘ
planetariums ⓘ
underground clubs ⓘ
typicalTrackLength 10 minutes or more ⓘ
side-long LP tracks ⓘ

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Klaus Schulze → genre → Berlin School of electronic music ⓘ
Klaus Schulze → movement → Berlin School of electronic music ⓘ
Empfindsamer Stil → associatedWith → Berlin School of electronic music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berlin school of composers