Goo'ness!
OK, I defer to your greater historical knowledge of the world of electronic music. I do assert that my primary assertions (the early focus of recorded music, and the "beginning in earnest" of electronic processing in the '60s) are technically correct. The dabblings of folks like John Cage, who used accoustic instruments and ambient "real sounds" almost exclusively until late in his career ("Imaginary Landscape No. 1" being a pretty rare exception) can't really be called an awakening of the genre, nor can the very early film scores.

But I'm picking nits. You can have your "superior knowledge" moniker with no protest from me. I would, however, be curious as to how you justify the inclusion of the terribly derivative use of electronic sampling and sequencing in current hip-hop and rap into such a varied and interesting historical context. It's hard to compare the desperately unoriginal and repetitive sampling of something like Fat Boy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" to the intense and abstract tape manipulations of Morton Subotnik's 1967 "Silver Apples..." I realize we're comparing apples to oranges, but, by my read, the world of electronic music, as a body, is simply not moving forward.

I do admit to having downloaded the "Weapon of Choice" video, but it sure wasn't for the music . . .