I respect that, I usually like band names that sound vague yet intriguing because they can change with you and what phase of music you find worth pursuing. To me autolux is such a good band name because it can be anything and is very strange in root meanings (automatic light?).This is all subjective of course yet aspects of it do fulfill certain purposes in reality maybe. I feel like I probably skipped over someone discussing this. Aesthetic choices are interesting though!
Yes you rightmarketing use and abuse of terms only because they think they will sell more. but the content has nothing to do with what is advertised
Except that Techno is and will never be anything like electronica, like electro is a real music genre (coming from hiphop broken rhythm with futuristic sounds inside and often very dark) and as nothing with what people think of electro is for them … (just commercial dance music)
NB : also there’s real existing difference between countries (UK for instance regarding electronic music)
And that’s not a problem for those people who know musical history but for all the others it’s a real problem. That’s how start glitch in History if people not write things without to carefully study the origins of a musical movement. So yes basically I take that funny because I try to not be perceive when I write here too much as an act of militancy. But therefore, I attach importance to it in the real life and I always encourages young people around me by giving them keys to unlock all of that. Then, it’s all in their hands.
‘husc’ was computer generated! I wrote a number generator in max way back when audionerds were shat on and laughed at. I mapped the output to an alfabet instead of midi notes et voilá… ‘husc’
Previewlounge was the name of a website owned by a very talented nerd friend, back in the day to present work-in-progress to clients, he designed database-driven websites - economical code, with sensible user interfaces and aesthetically pleasing designs.
As the standard connection was a 56k modem, whilst waiting for photoshop previews to load, the name was designed to encourage the clients to lounge about without being overly fretful at the delay.
I showed him how to edit video, we made a song video for an all-girl group called Proem in 2002 and they won a competition. He gave me two gigabytes of webspace on his domain, and somehow after he let the name go, I kept using the title.
His actual name meant in an ancient language, “the feathers that guide the arrow through the air”; I was most impressed. I suggested that maybe that was somehow part of his character; “Yes,” he replied “but don’t entirely trust a blue-eyed Indian, they are very tricky”.
Zubin’s opal blue eyes glittered as he smiled indulgently.
15 years ago so maybe the photo’s will show, or maybe no.
my friend asked at the time if i wouldn’t mind just letting him have the sole title of producer on the credits;
i soon forgot about the project and didn’t keep any mementos.
moving right along, just thought of a potentially cool or boring name:
24 Bit.
And five more ideas [if not for a performance name at least they could be fun as song titles]
Extrastellar Cabbage
Patterner
Pattina
Mag
Zigzagonal
…
Although I must say it is difficult to trump phaelam’s pure gem of a suggestion:
Lipstick Hangover Face.
That’s true, I guess three words is ok as long as they’re all single syllabic words.
You have to remember that MOST of the time people hear the name, it won’t be because you’re being announced at a big venue or on a marquee. It will be someone asking “oh what’s your band called” and you’re going to have to look at them with a straight face and say it.
I find it’s easier to say it without getting embarrassed the shorter it is. I think it’s also good to use well known words, having people say “how do you spell it” after I tell them “Hexeract” got pretty annoying, as cool as that word looks written on paper.