For many music listeners, electronic music still looms like an imposing sonic specter, an ungraspable melange of unrecognizable squawks, bloops and other strange sounds. But the international reach of electronic music into all corners of life has allowed it to transcend its reputation as the scary boogeyman of the modern age. From commercials to clubs to film music to the sound effects on your favorite video game, the chirp of synthesizers, samplers and other modern instruments composes a cloud of swirling electronic sound that constantly surrounds us. Once you get used to its ubiquity, the ge...
