Joy Electric

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Joy Electric is a solo music project founded in 1994 in California by Ronnie Martin in the field of electropop . Joy Electric's releases are distributed by the Tooth & Nail Records label . Martin is a purist of analog music technology. This means that only analog synthesizers and sequencers , such as the Moog Rogue, are used in his music . In addition, Martin describes himself as a born again Christian , which is also due to his participation in the film Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? became clear. Joy Electric's musical influences include Keith Green , Kraftwerk , New Order , Depeche Mode and Daft Punk .

Musical style

With the Joy Electric debut Melody from 1994, which was initially Beautiful Dazzling Music No. 2 , then to be called Fairy Tale Melodies , Ronnie Martin radically departed stylistically from his previous rave project called Dance House Children , which he entertained with his brother Jason Martin ( Starflyer 59 ). The second album We Are the Music Makers contained songs that were reminiscent of the Arthurian legend with their borrowings from fairytale castles , knights and monarchs . This medieval theme represented a rather unusual stylistic device for an electronic pop album in the mid-1990s.

Robot Rock from 1997 was the first album in Ronnie Martin's discography that took a more commercial direction. After working with his analog synthesizers for years, the improvement in his compositional skills was particularly noticeable. In 1999 the album CHRISTIANsongs was released after the considerable previous successes . Even though he grew up as a Christian, Ronnie Martin had rarely addressed his faith in his music. Nevertheless, he explicitly distanced himself from bands that "call themselves Christians but don't want to be a 'Christian band'". CHRISTIANsongs, on the other hand, contained some very direct references to the Christian faith, which made Joy Electrics even more popular in the relevant music scene.

Discography

Albums

  • Melody (1994)
  • We Are the Music Makers (1996)
  • Robot Rock (1997)
  • CHRISTIANsongs (1999)
  • The White Songbook (2001)
  • The Tick Tock Treasury (2003)
  • Hello, Mannequin (2004)
  • The Ministry of Archers (2005)
  • The Otherly Opus (2007)
  • My Grandfather, The Cubist (2008)

Compilations

  • Happy Christmas (1998)
  • Unelectric (2000)
  • The Art and Craft of Popular Music (2002)
  • The Magic of Christmas (2003)

EPs and singles

  • Five Stars for Failure (EP) (1995)
  • Old Wives Tales (EP) (1996)
  • The Land of Misfits (EP) (1998)
  • Children of the Lord (Single) (1999)
  • The White Songbook (Single) (2001)
  • Starcadia (EP) (2002)
  • The Tick Tock Companion (EP) (2003)
  • Friend of Mannequin (EP) (2004)
  • Workmanship (7 ″) (2005)
  • Montgolfier and the Romantic Balloons (EP) (2005)
  • Workmanship (CD) (EP) (2007)
  • Their Variables (EP) (2007)
  • Early Cubism (EP / music download) (2009)
  • Curiosities and Such (EP) (2009)
  • Favorites At Play (Cover EP) (2009)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Powell, Mark Allan (2002). "Joy Electric". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (first edition). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, ISBN 1-56563-679-1 , pp. 460-461.

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