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2004 is gone and has left a long stella of news related to electronic
and alternative music. This is a compilation of the most significant happenings
published in Intuitive Music that will give you a glance of what happened
this year.
Clubs like Arc in NYC closed their doors, and festivals like Lollapalooza
and Berlin Love Parade were cancelled. Some of the most important artists
left us, such as John Balance from Coil, Punk pioneers Johny Ramone, Robert
Quine, and New York Dolls’ Arthur Kane. Also the funk legend Rick James,
electronic pioneer and composer Elmer Bernstein, Dub pioneer Clement ‘Sir
Coxsone’ Dodd, and the legendary British radio DJ John Peel.
2004 has also been witness of the reunion of old bands like Spandau Ballet,
Psychic TV, Skinny Puppy, Beastie Boys, Madness, Dead Can Dance, Happy
Mondays, and Asia. Finally, some of the most important headers of the
year in electronic and alternative culture were the split of Orbital,
the performances of Björk and DJ Tiësto at the opening ceremony
in the Olympic Games, and the scare that Marc Almond gave us after his
almost fatal motorbike accident in London.
Feburary
Spandau
Ballet announce their comeback
March
Arc
club in NYC closes doors
April
New
York Dolls reform
Berlin
Love Parade cancelled
Beastie
Boys’ comeback
Orbital
announce their split
May
Producer
Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd dies of heart attack
Skinny
Puppy rejoins
June
Guitarist
Robert Quine dies of heroine overdose
Happy
Mondays announce comeback
Lollapalooza
Tour cancelled
David
Bowie cancels European tour due to heart problems
July
DJ
Frankie Knuckles gets a street in Chicago named after him
New
York Doll’s bassist Arthur Kane dies of cancer
August
Tribute
to Trevor Horn in London
Bjork
and DJ Tiesto perform at the Olympic Games
Geoff
Downes reforms Asia
Westbam
hurt in car crash
Funk
master Rick James dies of heart attack
Composer
Elmer Bernstein dies
Goldfrapp
cancel tour for exhaustion
DJs
Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson gain city award
September
Psychic
TV rejoin to tour
Legendary
The Marquee club in London relocates
Johnny
Ramone dies of cancer
Karl
Bartos cancels UK concerts
Dead
Can Dance announce comeback
Disco
diva Chaka Khan’s son arrested for Murder
October
35th
Anniversary of King Crimson’s “In the Court of the Crimson King”
Bora
Bora club in Ibiza closes down
Soft
Cell’s Marc Almond in critical condition after crash
10th
Anniversary of Pete Namlook and Klaus Schulze’s “Dark Side of the Moog”
Madness
announce comeback
25th
Anniversary of The Buggles’ “Radio Killed to Video Star”
Legendary
radio DJ John Peel dies of heart attack
20th
Anniversary of A-ha’s “Take On Me”
November
John
Balance of Coil dies in accident
30th
Anniversary of Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”
Pan
Sonic get Finnish State Art Award
25th
Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”
December
Andy
Bell of Erasure H.I.V. Positive
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