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Electronica

Music genre
NameElectronica
Stylistic originsElectronic dance music
Cultural originsLate 1970s to 1980s, Europe, India, Japan, United States
Typical instrumentsSynthesizer, drum machine, sequencer, keyboard, sampler (traditional instrumentation such as bass, drums often featured more regularly than other electronic genres)
Mainstream popularityLarge since mid-1990s
SubgenresBitpop - Chip - Downtempo - Glitch - IDM - Nu jazz - Plinkerpop - Trip hop
Subgenre listList of electronic music genres
Fusion genresDubtronica - Folktronica - Funktronica - Livetronica - Post-rock - Eurodisco - Electronicore - Deep
Other topicsElectronic musical instrument � Computer music � Record labels

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:Disambiguation: "Electronica" is also a Herman and Henry short featured in Season 4, Episode 41 of The Harveytoons Show.Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing. Genres such as techno, drum and bass, downtempo, and ambient are among those encompassed by the umbrella term, entering the American mainstream from "alternative" or "underground" venues during the late 1990s.

Allmusic categorises electronica as a top-level genre on their main page, where they state that electronica includes danceable grooves to music for headphones and chillout areas.

Electronica has grown to influence mainstream crossover recordings. Electronic sounds began to form the basis of a wide array of popular music in the late 1970s, and became key to the mainstream pop and rock sounds of the 1980s. Since the adoption of "electronica" in the 1990s to describe more underground music with an electronic aesthetic, elements of modern electronica have been adopted by many popular artists in mainstream music.

Electronic Dance Music Culture, a contemporary subculture centered on raves, is a global phenomenon that has been attracting the interest of scholars across the globe. Originating from "Acid House" parties in Ibiza, Spain, and "Psychedelic Trance" dance parties in Goa, India (Goa trance), raves became the most dynamic digital counterculture of the 1990s. First in Europe and Goa, then in the US, and then all over the world, raves have become associated with peace-and-love idealism, community, an embrace of technology, and psychedelic consciousness, though they have been criticized for their acceptance of drug usage and sexual practices that are of questionable safety.


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