Finaero wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 1:02 pm
A bit of a weird article.
Fluff article really.
I would start from 1939.
jeanbatman wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 1:22 pm
My quick take (Wendy Carlos could be higher though as she's so relevant to synth music).
15 – Brian Eno
14 – Vince Clarke
13 – John Paul Jones
12 – Gershon Kingsley
11 – Mike Oldfield
10 – Herbie Hancock
9 - Giorgio Moroder
8 – Wendy Carlos
7 – Daft Punk
6 - Klaus Schulze
5 – Vangelis
4 – Rick Wright
3 – Tangerine Dream
2 – Kraftwerk
1 - Jean-Michel Jarre
That's a pretty decent list.
JmJ for me is num1 not because of what JmJ did musically with synths.
Instead because of JmJ opening up Electronic music to be embraced by general masses Worldwide.
A direct effect of which is the success of every Electronic musician : Vangelis, TDream, KWerk, DMode, Psb, Prodigy, Enigma, Daft Punk, you name it.
As a result of these two factors, Electronic music is a massive industry for companies as Korg, Roland, Yamaha,
Native Instruments, Spectrasonics, Erika Synths, Boutique synths makers, various Software makers.
For these reasons, I would say JmJ is single most important person in history of Electronic music.