Soul Music: 5 music genres to compete with Terry Pratchett’s ‘Music With Rocks In’ - by Heather Welsh
Based on Terry Pratchett’s 16th Discworld novel, YMT is putting on the show Soul Music at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell this August.
It follows the story of Imp Y Celyn aka ‘Buddy’ and a group of musicians’ short-lived yet glamorous career in the group ‘The Band with Rocks In’ whose music was inspired by an addictive new genre ‘Music with Rocks In’.
Enthused by Pratchett’s creation of a completely new genre, Heather Welsh takes a look at the craziest music genres out there:
1. Mathcore
In case you were wondering whether or not to get out your calculator for this genre, actually, Mathcore is a rhythmically complex and jarring style of Metalcore! Like Math rock it makes use of unusual time signatures and has its roots in bands like Converge, Botch and The Dillinger Escape Plan. So put your abacuses away!
2. Epic Doom Metal
It’s epic, it’s doom filled, and I guess you could say it’s a kind of metal music! With a slower tempo and thicker, heavier sound than other metal music, this is a sweeping, ambitious music fit for a graveyard scene in a film, ooh!
3. Space Disco
A fusion of disco music with futuristic themes, sounds and visuals – think boogying in a spacesuit! It is notably inspired by sci-fi films such as Star Wars, Solaris and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
4. Chiptune
Also known as 8-bit music, Chiptune is synthesized electronic music produced by the sound chips of vintage computers, video game consoles and arcade machines (or imitations of these sounds). Think of the noises your old Game Boy used to make and you’ve got it spot on. Fusion genres include Glitch, Skweee and Chip-ska – try to get your head around those names!
5. Schranz
A European style of techno music that originated in Germany, Schranz is based on massive kick drums, driving percussion and distorted, looping synthesizers. Originally Schranz is hard sounding and up-tempo (about 150 BPM) so it’s not something for the faint hearted!
Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music is showing at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell on Saturday 24 August at 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sunday 25 August at 2.30pm. Book here: www.southhillpark.org.uk Box Office: 01344 484 123.
