power electronics
what it is
Power Electronics largely consists of screeching waves of feedback, analogue synthesizers making sub-bass pulses or high frequency squealing sounds, and screamed, distorted, often hateful and offensive lyrics. Deeply atonal, there are no conventional melodies in Power Electronics. The term "power electronics" was originally coined by William Bennett as part of the sleevenotes to the Whitehouse album Psychopathia Sexualis, and is related to the early industrial records scene but later became more identified with the noise music scene.
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What is power electronics?
Power Electronics largely consists of screeching waves of feedback, analogue synthesizers making sub-bass pulses or high frequency squealing sounds, and screamed, distorted, often hateful and offensive lyrics. Deeply atonal, there are no conventional melodies in Power Electronics. The term "power electronics" was originally coined by William Bennett as part of the sleevenotes to the Whitehouse album Psychopathia Sexualis, and is related to the early industrial records scene but later became more identified with the noise music scene.
What are good power electronics albums to start with?
Try Bird Seed by Whitehouse, Cocaine Death by Prurient, Renegade by Propergol, and Estuary English by Consumer Electronics.
Who are some women making power electronics?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/power-electronics/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making power electronics, from mainstream to underground.
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