Bands vs. Solo Artists

Electronic music is the solo human's domain

I thought the same thing at first but how could I ever do without Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Autechre, Underworld, Boards of Canada, Orbital, etc.

Multiple instruments are better than one instrument. Bands win.

Bands underneath the iron unbending will of a demonic, single-minded bastard of a leader

I'll take that as a confession.

Sometimes one of the other members gets to write a song and we all tolerate it

Sometimes a song comes about through natural collaboration and consensus and sometimes that song is even half-decent

Even with my favorite solo artists, the stuff that I treasure the most as their best/my favorite work usually still involves a key band or group of musical collaborators. Hard to think of a solo artist whose work I love regardless of who theyre working with. So, bands I guess.

The best solo artists, the real "demonic, single-minded bastards", are their own band, and operate as such. Todd Rundgren is his own band. Haruomi Hosono is a band. Scott Walker is a band. So, bands.

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