Q 01/05

Which German band is widely recognized as a pioneer of electronic music?

A) Neu!

B) Scorpions

C) Can

D) Kraftwerk

Answer · why

D) Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk's innovative use of synthesizers and drum machines in the 1970s heavily influenced various genres of electronic music, from techno to hip-ho...

Q 02/05

Whose 1968 album Switched-On Bach, performed on a Moog synthesizer, became the record that put the instrument on the charts?

A) Wendy Carlos

B) Isao Tomita

C) Suzanne Ciani

D) Morton Subotnick

Answer · why

A) Wendy Carlos

Wendy Carlos, who later scored A Clockwork Orange and Tron. Switched-On Bach topped Billboard's classical chart for three years and became one of the ...

Q 03/05

Which 1980-83 drum machine flopped commercially but became a cornerstone of hip-hop production?

A) Roland TR-909

B) Roland TB-303

C) Roland TR-808

D) Roland TR-707

Answer · why

C) Roland TR-808

The Roland TR-808, built 1980-83: about 12,000 were made before Roland ran out of the faulty transistors behind its booming bass drum, and cheap secon...

Q 04/05

Who teamed up with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo in Paris in 1993 to form Daft Punk, the duo who performed as robots?

A) Thomas Bangalter

B) Laurent Garnier

C) Étienne de Crécy

D) DJ Falcon

Answer · why

A) Thomas Bangalter

Thomas Bangalter, and the name came from a bad review of their earlier indie band Darlin' that called it 'a daft punky thrash'. The robot helmets arri...

Q 05/05

Which American city is considered the birthplace of house music?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) New York

D) Miami

Answer · why

A) Chicago

Chicago, where DJs in the city's queer Black underground clubs reworked disco records with drum machines in the early 1980s. Detroit answered with tec...