Dream pop

Données clés
Origines stylistiques	Rock alternatif, rock gothique, neo-psychedelia
Origines culturelles	Fin des années 1980 ; Royaume-Uni
Instruments typiques	Chant, guitare, basse, batterie, clavier, synthétiseur

La dream pop est un sous-genre de rock alternatif caractérisé par son utilisation des textures sonores et son chant murmuré. Le terme est employé à la fin des années 1980 par Alex Ayuli pour décrire la musique de son groupe A. R. Kane^[1]^,^[2]. Peu après, le journaliste Simon Reynolds utilise le terme pour parler de la scène anglaise associée au shoegazing. Reynolds est généralement considéré comme le premier critique à avoir utilisé l'expression « dream pop » pour décrire un genre musical^[3]^,^[4].

↑ (en) 4AD: The studio-based outfit comprised East London duo Alex Ayuli and Rudi Tambala, who described their music as dreampop. A.R. Kane short info.
↑ (en) http://www.discogs.com/label/108566-Dreampop
↑ (en) Nathaniel Wice / Steven Daly: The dream pop bands were lionized by the capricious British music press, which later took to dismissing them as "shoegazers" for their affectless stage presence., Alt. Culture: An A-To-Z Guide to the '90s-Underground, Online, and Over-The-Counter, p.73, HarperCollins Publishers 1995, (ISBN 0-0627-3383-4).
↑ (en) Pete Prown / Harvey P. Newquist: One faction came to be known as dream-pop or shoegazers (for their habit of looking at the ground while playing the guitars on stage). They were musicians who played trancelike, ethereal music that was composed of numerous guitars playing heavy droning chords wrapped in echo effects and phase shifters., Hal Leonard 1997, (ISBN 0-7935-4042-9).

[1] (en) 4AD: The studio-based outfit comprised East London duo Alex Ayuli and Rudi Tambala, who described their music as dreampop. A.R. Kane short info.

[2] (en) http://www.discogs.com/label/108566-Dreampop

[3] (en) Nathaniel Wice / Steven Daly: The dream pop bands were lionized by the capricious British music press, which later took to dismissing them as "shoegazers" for their affectless stage presence., Alt. Culture: An A-To-Z Guide to the '90s-Underground, Online, and Over-The-Counter, p.73, HarperCollins Publishers 1995, (ISBN 0-0627-3383-4).

[4] (en) Pete Prown / Harvey P. Newquist: One faction came to be known as dream-pop or shoegazers (for their habit of looking at the ground while playing the guitars on stage). They were musicians who played trancelike, ethereal music that was composed of numerous guitars playing heavy droning chords wrapped in echo effects and phase shifters., Hal Leonard 1997, (ISBN 0-7935-4042-9).

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