the problem is with the term cutting edge is as soon you label one group as being just that, then they're out of date. The only truly new sounds come or came from musical research places like Ircam and then only as Academic excercises. This area of EM is IMHO dead, there aren't any radical sounds to heard from analog or digital synths at the moment, yes there are variations...but basically you're using the same sound architecture. Maybe the next 10-15 years might bring something totally new. Until then I'll be just enjoying the music71 dB wrote:In my opinion TD stopped being cutting edge mid 80's. Nowadays Autechre is cutting edge. The next big thing is probably the combination of "classical music" and electronic (dance) music, symphonies and piano concertos with drum 'n' bass loops etc.
