Electronica (music)

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Electronica is a collective term for different styles of electronic music , such as. B. IDM , drum and bass , big beat and various downbeat genres (including trip-hop , dub and lounge music ); in a broader sense, techno and house as well as electro and electroclash are also included. Although some of the styles summarized under "Electronica" are not danceable due to their abstract or even lacking rhythm structures and are therefore more suitable for listening (also called Electronic Listening Music or Home Listening Music ), they are considered part of electronic dance music ( Electronic Dance Music , short EDM ).

Other genres of electronic dance music, especially those associated with the 1980s, such as EBM , synth pop or new beat , which are often based on classical song structures (verse / chorus) and which lack a reference to Afro-American, groove- oriented music, are in not included in this definition.

Origin of name

The term "Electronica" was initially used in 1983 for a Sheffield music festival ("UK Electronica - Future Age Music Festival", later held in London), at which artists from the ambient / industrial and experimental electronics environment performed (e.g. Lightwave, Konstruktivists or Tangerine Dream ). “Electronica” was only used as a musical umbrella term with the rapid development of new styles of electronic dance music in the 1990s.

In North America in particular, the name was picked up by the music industry and found in the second half of the 1990s through media such as television, magazines and music compilations (including "One World Electronica" with artists of different musical origins, "Beats Electronica" for Big Beat and "Psychedelic" Electronica ”with artists from the Goa trance environment) worldwide distribution.

" 'Electronica' as a term appeared in the later 1990s as a descriptor for divergent EDMs and their abstractions. Used in North America less broadly than Europe, it has been charged by some as a deliberate marketing term for popular electronic music. "

- Roger Dean , in: The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music, 2009

Major artists

Artists often associated with "Electronica" are: Aphex Twin , The Orb , Luke Vibert , Massive Attack , The Crystal Method , Bill Laswell , Björk , Coldcut , The Future Sound of London , Orbital , Apollo 440 , The Chemical Brothers , Tricky , Portishead , Lamb , Morcheeba , Plastikman , Goldie , DJ Krush , Photek , Squarepusher , Kruder & Dorfmeister , Loop Guru , Mike Paradinas (µ-ziq), 808 State , The Prodigy and Underworld .

literature

  • Roger James Brown & Martin Griese: Electronica Dance Music Programming Secrets , 1999, ISBN 0-13-083696-6
  • Tony Verderosa: The Techno Primer: The Essential Reference for Loop-based Music Styles , 2002, ISBN 0-634-01788-8
  • Roger Dean: The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music , 2009, ISBN 0-19-533161-3

Web links

Commons : Electronica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Campbell: Popular Music in America: And the Beat Goes on , p. 347, 2005, ISBN 0-534-55534-9
  2. ↑ Alexander Brandon: Audio for Games: Planning, Process, and Production , pp. 145, 2005, ISBN 0-7357-1413-4
  3. ↑ Michael E. Veal: Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae , p. 233, 2007, ISBN 0-8195-6572-5
  4. ↑ Mark Butler: Unlocking the Groove. Rhythm, Meter, and Musical Design in Electronic Dance Music , pp. 35, 2006, ISBN 0-253-21804-7
  5. ↑ a b Tony Verderosa: The Techno Primer: The Essential Reference for Loop-based Music Styles , p. 28, 2002, ISBN 0-634-01788-8
  6. ↑ Mark Butler: Unlocking the Groove. Rhythm, Meter, and Musical Design in Electronic Dance Music , pp. 33, 2006, ISBN 0-253-21804-7
  7. ^ Roger Dean: The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music , pp. 335, 2009, ISBN 0-19-533161-3