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> K-pop is probably the most commercial genre that ever existed Italo Disco would like to have a word I think ;) Arte TV aired a really good documentary about
by flohofwoe 1y ago
> K-pop is probably the most commercial genre that ever existed
Italo Disco would like to have a word I think ;)
Arte TV aired a really good documentary about the Italo Disco phenomenon recently, unfortunately it doesn't seem to be officially available on the internet yet - but they basically had it all, factory-line produced music with singers and "stage artists" being entirely different people, but among all that trash also sometimes really good stuff.
And they used synthesizers as "shameless" as nobody else, today they would go full AI slop I think.
- pjc50 1y agoSee also: Stock, Aitken & Waterman, responsible for launching artists like Kylie and Rick Astley. (separately) Milli Vanilli was unfortunately a disaster for those involved.
- TheOtherHobbes 1y agoHit factories have been a thing since the 19th century. Before SAW there was the Brill Building in the US, which was a descendant of the hit factories around Tin Pan Alley. Electronic production and distribution made the job easier in some ways - harder and more competitive in others - but the music factory system is not a new phenomenon.
- Copenjin 1y ago> but they basically had it all, factory-line produced music with singers and "stage artists" being entirely different people Wait, wait, I know the history of that genre, it was on a very small scale... compared to modern k-pop I would still consider that normal independent music production :)
- flohofwoe 1y agoItalo Disco (and generally Italo Pop) was at least big in Germany for a few years (and probably some other European countries).