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I remember the track, probably '83 or '84.. I even have the mixed tape case that had the song, but not the cassette. On the case I wrote "Zigatron" as the song name and I remember a pitched FX on the vocal... something like "we are from Zigatron" (or zig-a-tron, or ziggytron, or zigatoir)... I once found it through a friend on a song listing site and I swear some form of "zig" was in the name as it was instantly recognizable as the song I was looking for. (it was around the Planet Rock, Ray-Gun-Omics, Change the Beat, etc. era).

No LLM (even Claude Fable) has been able to find it. Hoping someone remembers.

Thanks!

EDIT: SOLVED — the song was Ziggee Toir – “Lectric Ziggee Groove”
Huge thanks to u/SnorvusMaximus for identifying it. I had remembered it as “Zigatron/Zigatoir,” and this was the one.

Electronic Body Music (EBM) is a genre of electronic music that emerged in the early 1980s, combining elements of industrial music, synth-pop, and post-punk with a focus on repetitive, danceable rhythms and aggressive, often politically charged lyrics. It is characterized by its use of sequencers.

The discourse about use of AI tools in specifically dance music production is proliferating currently due to a few interviews that have been dropped on RA.

A lot of that discourse is about how dance music has already become widely nostalgic and recycling ideas from previous decades. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but I think it is fair to say that goes for electro too to a large degree.

I wonder if the use of AI will, as it seems to now, accelerate that theme of recycling ideas, or whether there is potential for pushing production forward via tools that procedurally generate sounds or samples. (Although I believe some of these already exist - do correct me)

Is this making music production downright lazier or does it make it more democratic? Does it have the ability to push forward genres, or will it ultimately just recycle ideas as much or more than humans already do? Is electro as a genre at all about harnassing and subverting new technologies in new ways (think the 303), or are AI products so intrinsically tied to the corporate world that us as artists must rebel against their adoption?

I’m really interested to hear people’s opinions. As for myself, I am currently very opposed to it’s adoption in art as a whole, but i am particularly worried for dance music, where the scene is far more anonymous and there isn’t really any money nor mainstream attention to go around in the first place. It therefore provides the perfect testing ground to develop AI tools…

Would love to hear thoughts.

https://www.discogs.com/release/25562-RAC-Doublejointed-EP

I love playing music for everyone at work, and I make sure to cater to different tastes. Electronic music is a significant part of my library, and I’m curious to know how you got into electronic music. What kinds of music did you enjoy before discovering it? Also, what particular genres do you prefer?

Edit: My electronic music adventure began in the 2000s/early 2010s, especially with artists like Daft Punk, deadmau5, Skrillex, and Benny Benassi.

Edit 2: I saw the music video for Around the World by Daft Punk and it caught my interest to discover more of them.

I love the album Hypnotica by Benny Benassi’s “The Biz” It got me into electroclash heavily.

I was also really into deadmau5’s 2000s collabs with Mellefresh. Sleaze via music felt powerful to me in a way.

Skrillex got me into dubstep and moombahton.

Edit 3: Nowadays, I predominantly listen to within the electronic music genre/artists.

dubstep— Subtronics, SVDDEN DEATH, Kai Wachi
riddim— HOL!, Mushroom Cloud, Finnuh, INFEKT
trap— Yellow Claw, TroyBoi, HE$H
electroclash— Peaches, Miss Kittin, COBRAH
neoperreo— Six Sex, DBBD, Miss Bashful
industrial— Gesaffelstein, Boys Noize, Rezz

I also enjoy listening to these genres and artists. I listen to them quite frequently.. I listen to a lot of music lol.

hip-hop/rap— Kid Cudi, Megan Thee Stallion, Rico Nasty, Flo Milli, GloRilla, Missy Elliot
alternative— K.Flay, Mø, Oliver Tree, Gorillaz
rock— The White Stripes, Nirvana, The Clash
pop— Billie Eilish, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Lana Del Rey, Kesha
Latin music— Bad Bunny, Deorro, Kali Uchis

I’ve literally been searching for years. maybe I’m not searching right. for me personally no one comes even close to AFX and James Shinra in terms of sheer musical genius and grandiosity.

MOY is very good, but he’s just not there.

then there’s Carl Finlow, another definitive electro goat. I love him, but I feel like he’s still lacking something that I get from AFX & Shinra.

I like EOD and PRZ too. but they’re just not at that level.

I’m very interested to hear your thoughts. who would you consider to be at that level?

The only vocal in the track is either “and it felt like” or “and it feels like” and it intermittently repeats these vocals throughout the track. It feels very Italian or Monegasque (from Monaco)The song is meant to feel like high class adventures experienced by a female - imagine yachts and super cars and exotic women in dresses at high class restaurants