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I'll nominate Howie B
February 16, 2008 - 2:29pm — Sonic Curmudge
I first got turned on to Howie B when he collaborated w/ Sly and Robbie on “Drum and Bass Strip To The Bone” in 1999. Talk about sonic vision!
Soon after that he recorded this album called “Folk” which could be an early marker for folktronica music. At least for me. I think I paid over 30 bucks for this import, as I was fiendish for something to follow that bone project.
Anyone else ever listen to this one? What’s Howie B been up to? His wikipedia entry is pretty thin and I found a post elsewhere saying he was involved w/ fashion.
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how about sparklehorse or m.
how about sparklehorse or m. ward? they’ve both used some electronic voodoo with otherwise acoustic instruments… neither is exclusively “folktronic”, but offer up a few selections that qualify.
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I’m not hip to Howie B,
I’m not hip to Howie B, but wil have to check it out.
Funny, just the other day I was reading about Americana lo-fi wizards, and the list ( while it currently eludes me), seemed like it would fit in here. At least some of the artists (if the accuracy of my forgotten memory is correct) would fit here to some degree.
Anyway, I’m not sure if he’s folktronic, but I’ll throw M. Ward out there. Does anyone know if that is “folktronic”? In particular, the “End of Amnesia” album. It is one of my favs as far as melding acoustic and electronic sounds.
I’ll try to think of some more, but folktronic, at least from my perspective of the music world (which equates to n=1), is in its infancy, with Danny Barnes, perhaps others as the leading pioneers.
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