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Industrial music

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Genre/Form termIndustrial music
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Variant(s)Generic industrial music
New musick (Industrial music)
See alsoRock music
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Scope notePopular music that arose in the 1970s and contains elements of punk rock, electronic music, and machinery sounds.
Found inHennepin (Industrial music)
"Dark Industrial Zone", URL:http://ieva05.lanet.lv/ ̃sd50031/raksti.html ("... characterized by heavy percussion, synthesized or electronic melodies, distorted and/or manipulated vocals, and cut-and-paste construction. It is often the product of angry white young men; resonating primarily with themes of alienation, anger, pain, oppression, and control. Often danceable, industrial music has noticeable repetitive rhythms and chant-like choruses, which are often played out in variations of a traditional AABA song structure"; may include "found sounds" from metal objects or tools such as a power drill or moving apparatus in a factory)
Industrial culture handbook, 1988: p. 5 (Generic industrial; New musick)