Idol Tryouts
Encyclopedia
Idol Tryouts is the second various artists compilation album
released by Michigan
-based label Ghostly International
. Unlike the label's previous sampler Disco Nouveau
, Idol Tryouts contains music solely from artists signed to Ghostly International. Musical genres represented here span techno
, electro
, electroclash
and tech house
.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
released by Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
-based label Ghostly International
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....
. Unlike the label's previous sampler Disco Nouveau
Disco Nouveau
Disco Nouveau is the first compilation album of Ann Arbor, Michigan record label Ghostly International. Released in 2002, the album served as a modern update of Giorgio Moroder's famed Italo Disco sound of the 1970s and 1980s and includes contributions from artists such as Solvent, ADULT., and...
, Idol Tryouts contains music solely from artists signed to Ghostly International. Musical genres represented here span techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
, electroclash
Electroclash
Electroclash is a style of music that fuses New Wave and electronic dance music. It emerged in New York and Detroit in the later 1990s, pioneered by acts including I-F and those associated with Gerald Donald, and is associated with acts including Peaches, Adult, and Fischerspooner...
and tech house
Tech house
Tech house is a subgenre of house music that mixes elements of minimal techno into simple, 4-to-4 beats found in soulful deep house. The genre came to prominence in the late-1990s atmosphere of American clubs as soul influenced Detroit-style techno that also borrowed elements from house before...
.
Idol Tryouts track listing
- DabryeDabryeDabrye is an alias of Ann Arbor, Michigan-based musician Tadd Mullinix , whose Winking Makes A Face was the first album released by Ann Arbor’s Ghostly International...
"Making It Pay" - Charles Mainer "At the Bottle"
- Midwest Product "Laundry"
- Midwest Product "A Genuine Display"
- Kill Memory CrashKill Memory CrashKill Memory Crash is three-piece Electronic band from Chicago, Illinois. They originally formed around 1998, they made an almost self-imposed exile from the music industry due to their indifferences to the popular styles of Electronic music at the time. They eventually made a very sinister sounding...
"Get Out" - Matthew DearMatthew DearMatthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.-History:Texas- born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno...
"Some New Depression" - KilnKiln (band)Kiln is a Michigan-based Ambient trio that is a reincarnation of ambient group Fibreforms.-Discography:*Treedrums as Fibreforms...
"Ero" - Dykehouse "Map Ref. 41° N 93° W"
- Osborne "Daylight (Radio)"
- James CottonDabryeDabrye is an alias of Ann Arbor, Michigan-based musician Tadd Mullinix , whose Winking Makes A Face was the first album released by Ann Arbor’s Ghostly International...
"Help Me Think of One" - Outputmessage "Bernard's Song"
- Dabrye 73.3 "Prefuse 73 Megamix"