From Dream pop to Shoegazing
AllMusic: Dream Pop is an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody. Dream pop often features breathy vocals and processed, echo-laden guitars and synthesizers. Though the Cocteau Twins, with their indecipherable vocals and languid soundscapes, are frequently seen as the leaders of dream pop, the genre has more stylistic diversity than their slow, electronic textures. Dream pop also encompasses the post-Velvet Underground guitar rock of Galaxie 500, as well as the loud, shimmering feedback of My Bloody Valentine. It is all tied together by a reliance on sonic texture, both in terms of instruments and vocals.
AllMusic: Dream Pop is an atmospheric subgenre of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody. Dream pop often features breathy vocals and processed, echo-laden guitars and synthesizers. Though the Cocteau Twins, with their indecipherable vocals and languid soundscapes, are frequently seen as the leaders of dream pop, the genre has more stylistic diversity than their slow, electronic textures. Dream pop also encompasses the post-Velvet Underground guitar rock of Galaxie 500, as well as the loud, shimmering feedback of My Bloody Valentine. It is all tied together by a reliance on sonic texture, both in terms of instruments and vocals.
Dream pop is the now accepted term used to describe the music that was being released by the 4AD label in Britain, in particular Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil. Other names suggested at the time include Ethereal wave and Ethereal goth and Goth-lite. The Goth connection being seen as close and relevant, with some bands, such as Suzie and The Banshees and The Cure regarded as being influential to both Dream pop and Goth music.
1960 - Joe Meek records and partly releases I Hear A New World with advanced recording and production ideas on reverb, tone, and electronic noise that works in the same area as Dream pop and Shoegazing.
Timeline
1960 - Joe Meek records and partly releases I Hear A New World with advanced recording and production ideas on reverb, tone, and electronic noise that works in the same area as Dream pop and Shoegazing.
1964 - Phil Spector produces "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers, possibly the best example of his Wall of Sound, which used ambience and echo, reverb and compression effects, and focused attention on the production of music as a significant element to be considered beside the composition and performance.
1967 - The Velvet Underground release their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico which intelligently and deliberately contains all the elements that will later be found in Dream pop and Shoegaze. It is considered an influence on dream pop.
1968 - BBC Radiophonic Music album, compiling sound pieces from 1962 to 1968 is released. Its sound as bricolage, subverting boundaries between music and noise, is a feed into noise pop and dream pop. The unit is mostly known for creating the Dr Who theme.
1970 - The Beach Boys "All I Wanna Do" from Sunflower. Claimed as an early example of Dream Pop. It is considered an influence on dream pop.
1968 - BBC Radiophonic Music album, compiling sound pieces from 1962 to 1968 is released. Its sound as bricolage, subverting boundaries between music and noise, is a feed into noise pop and dream pop. The unit is mostly known for creating the Dr Who theme.
1970 - The Beach Boys "All I Wanna Do" from Sunflower. Claimed as an early example of Dream Pop. It is considered an influence on dream pop.
- George Harrison releases All Things Must Pass, produced by Phil Spector. It is considered an influence on dream pop.
1974 - Brian Eno releases Another Green World - considered an influence on ambient music and Dream pop
1974 - Brian Eno releases Another Green World - considered an influence on ambient music and Dream pop
1978 - Kate Bush releases debut album The Kick Inside and "Wuthering Heights".
1979 - The Duratti Column releases The Return of The Duratti Column
- Joy Division releases Unknown Pleasures
1980 - Young Marble Giants release only album Colossal Youth
1982 - Cocteau Twins release first album Garlands
1983 - Sonic Youth release their debut album Confusion is Sex - considered an influence because of their "fractured "avant-garage" rock"
- Cocteau Twins release Head Over Heels.
1984 - This Mortal Coil release first album It'll End In Tears
1982 - Cocteau Twins release first album Garlands
1983 - Sonic Youth release their debut album Confusion is Sex - considered an influence because of their "fractured "avant-garage" rock"
- Cocteau Twins release Head Over Heels.
1984 - This Mortal Coil release first album It'll End In Tears
1984 - Husker Du release Zen Arcade - considered an influence because of distorted guitars and mumbled vocals. Hmm. Dubious.
1985 - Dinosaur Jnr release debut album Dinosaur - considered an influence because of distorted guitars and mumbled vocals. Hmm. Dubious.
1985 - Dinosaur Jnr release debut album Dinosaur - considered an influence because of distorted guitars and mumbled vocals. Hmm. Dubious.
1985 - Jesus And Mary Chain release Pychocandy - the music, heavily influenced by The Velvet Underground, is considered the earliest form of noise pop, which was one of the strands considered an influence on shoegaze.
1988 - A. R. Kane release Sixty Nine.
1993 - Slowdive release second album Souvlaki.
2005 - Alcest release Le Secret EP.
2013 - Deafheaven release second album Sunbather, a critically acclaimed blackgaze album. Blackgaze is a blend of shoegaze and ambient black metal. The music is shoegaze, while the vocals are screamed as in extreme metal. In 2021 the band released Infinite Granite with more conventional and attractive vocals, which somewhat alienated some critics, though was generally admired, if less so than Sunbather.
2021 - Deafheaven release Infinite Granite, which leans more to shoegaze than black metal due to more conventional vocals.
Links:
Wikipedia - Dream pop
Wikipedia - Shoegaze
Wikipedia - Grungegaze
Wikipedia - Zoomergaze
Wikipedia - Nu gaze
Wikipedia - Shoegaze
Wikipedia - Grungegaze
Wikipedia - Zoomergaze
Wikipedia - Nu gaze
Reddit Post - Roots of DreamPop
Pitchfork - Shoegaze 1988-95
Guardian - Shoegaze Beginners Guide
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