Gentlemen Take Polaroids
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| - | '''Ambient pop''' is a musical genre that developed in the 1980s as an extension of the [[dream pop]] movement. It merges structures that are common to conventional [[pop music]] with "electronic textures and atmospheres that mirror the hypnotic, meditative qualities of [[ambient music]]." | + | '''''Gentlemen Take Polaroids''''' is the fourth (and penultimate) studio album by the English band [[Japan (band)|Japan]], released in 1980 by [[Virgin Records]]. |
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| - | Ambient pop employs the lock-groove melodies of [[Krautrock]] as an influence. Despite being an extension of the dream pop movement, it is distinguished by its adoption of "contemporary electronic idioms, including sampling, although for the most part live instruments continue to define the sound." | + | |
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| - | [[David Bowie]] was among the first rock and pop artists to experiment with ambient music, particularly on his [[Berlin Trilogy]] with ambient music pioneer [[Brian Eno]]. The track "Red Sails" from the trilogy's third album, ''[[Lodger (album)|Lodger]]'' was described as a "piece of ambient pop with [[Motorik]] beat." English [[art rock]] band [[Japan (band)|Japan]]'s song "Taking Islands in Africa" from ''[[Gentlemen Take Polaroids]]'' (1980) is regarded by [[AllMusic]] critic Stewart Mason as a forecast of "the ambient pop direction Japan (and leader [[David Sylvian]]) would take for the rest of their careers." Featuring the [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] leader [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], the track employed "a very non-rock African talking drum rhythm, slowed down to a sub-heartbeat crawl and overlaid with layers of atmospheric keyboards and minimal bass." | + | |
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| - | Dream pop band [[Slowdive]]'s 1995 ''[[Pygmalion (album)|Pygmalion]]'' album heavily incorporated elements of ambient [[electronica]], influencing many bands of the genre. [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] critic Nitsuh Abebe described the album's tracks as "ambient pop dreams that have more in common with [[post-rock]] like [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]] than shoegazers like [[Ride (band)|Ride]]". | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Art pop]] | + | |
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Gentlemen Take Polaroids is the fourth (and penultimate) studio album by the English band Japan, released in 1980 by Virgin Records.
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