http://www.monsterloop.com/blog An Electronic Music Blog Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:05:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Monster Loop has been selected to participate in a Microsoft promotion called "Playlist Seven” and we want your help!   50 songs (all different genres) were just posted at http://www.reverbnation.com/playlist7 You can go to this link and download 7 of the songs.  The 7 most popular, based on downloads, are permanently featured by Microsoft. ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=387 Not too long ago, the members of Monster Loop recall a time back when we were young dj punks that finding good electronic music created in America was... how should one put it?  a challenge.  In fact, this member recalls playing a 9-hour dj set in northern California that featured ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=373 Over the past 40 years, Germany has produced (and continues to produce) an extraordinary group of electronic music pioneers. Most everyone is familiar, of course, with Kraftwerk, formed back in 1970. But Germany has continued to generate musical prodigies each decade. During the 1980s when most folks were bopping along ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=349   Monster Loop posted a new track; it's called "This Song is Up." We hope you'll enjoy it. Lately we've been listening to Koxbox and Hujaboy. For those of you familiar with their work, you know that you can expect this track to be, well, uptempo - and that's probably an ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=341 The two of us that comprise Monster Loop have been listening to electronic music for quite awhile. Every once in awhile, we'll throw out suggestions of what we consider great electronic music - currently and from the past. We believe that, in many ways, the electronic music being produced today ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=321 One unmistakable feature of electronic music is its universal appeal. Granted, there may be more popular styles of music in a particular city or country - currently.   But which modern musical movement has so effortlessly crossed borders the way in which electronic music has? True, there have been artists ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=295 What is it with us musicians and our names? I had a friend in Chicago, a talented electronic music producer, who seemed to spend 50% of his time staring at a sheet of paper, pencil in hand, brainstorming his official artist name. He's still working on it. Then ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=264 In response to some requests, we've added another tune widget focusing on great underground electronic dance music from around the globe. Artist / Country / Track Koxbox / Spain / The Last Day Hujaboy / Israel / The Acid Revival Psextreme / Serbia / No Limits Boa Group / Israel / Frozen Dream Headroom / South Africa ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=254 Monster Loop recently stumbled upon what we consider to be an interesting electronic music artifact: A list labelled "100 good techno tracks," dated April 11, 1995.  Unfortunately, one page was torn from the list so it ends with #78.  Nevertheless, we felt it was worth reprinting what we have, which included the ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=237 One of the beautiful aspects of electronic music is its ability to express human thought and emotion in a manner that transcends the feeble limitations of our human languages. Continuing our review of electronic music around the world, this week we feature electronic music from South America including artists from Argentina ... http://www.monsterloop.com/blog/?p=220