Query: electronic music genres

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1 World Music Festival <=SEP=> The 1 World Music Festival was a music event slated to coincide with the Formula One race weekend, 20th and 21 September 2013. The event was to be held at the Marina Barrage in Singapore. The music festival showcases international celebrity talent as well as local Singaporean and regional acts.Top Australian artiste Iggy Azalea is scheduled to headline the festival.

Acid house <=SEP=> Acid house is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The defining feature of a 'squelching' bass sound was produced using the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer. Acid house spread to the United Kingdom and continental Europe, where it was played by DJs in the acid house and later rave scenes.

Alternative dance <=SEP=> Alternative dance or indie dance (also referred to as underground dance in the US) is a musical genre that mixes various rock subgenres with electronic dance music.  Although largely confined to the British Isles, it has gained American and worldwide exposure through acts such as New Order in the 1980s and The Prodigy in the 1990s.

Alternative electronic <=SEP=> Alternative electronic is a range of lesser-known electronic music genres that are related in some fashion to industrial (and sometimes noise) music. The alternative electronic scene is also closely linked to rock based forms of electronic music, such as electropunk, digital hardcore etc. Music under this term, tends to be popular with the cybergoth and cyberpunk subcultures

Ambient house <=SEP=> Ambient house is a subgenre of house music that first emerged in the late 1980s, combining elements of acid house and ambient music. Tracks in the ambient house genre typically feature four-on-the-floor beat patterns, synth pads, and vocal samples integrated in a style classed as \atmospheric\"."

Ambient music <=SEP=> Ambient music is a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. Ambient music is said to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.

Aquasella <=SEP=> Aquasella is a large techno festival held annually in Spain since 1997. It is organized by La Real Producciones. 2010 had 30,000 attendees.

Area Festival <=SEP=> The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular electronic musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza",[1] and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music festival". Moby organized the first such festival, called Area:One in 2001, and the sequel tour Area2, in 2002. The festival is currently on indefinite hiatus. The festival featured diverse genres of music.

BAALS Music Festival <=SEP=> BAALS is a music festival which is primarily focused on electronic dance music, dance music and jam bands. The festival takes place in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana and has been organized since 2012. Each year the festival earmarks and donates $5,000 to a local charity, cause or nonprofit. The first edition of the festival took place in 2012 as a downtown block part called House 4 a House.

Balearic beat <=SEP=> Balearic beat, also known as Balearic house, initially was an eclectic blend of DJ-led dance music that emerged in the mid-1980s. It later became the name of a more specific style of electronic dance music that was popular into the mid-1990s. Balearic beat was named for its popularity among European nightclub and beach rave patrons on the Balearic island of Ibiza, a popular tourist destination.

Beatport <=SEP=> Beatport is an online music store specializing in electronic music and culture. Beatport is a privately held company owned and operated by Beatport LLC and based in Denver, Colorado with offices in Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, Tokyo, Japan and Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2004, and in 2013 bought by Robert F. X. Sillerman's company SFX Entertainment, for a reported price of slightly over $50 million.

Berlin School of electronic music <=SEP=> The Berlin School was a style of electronic music that emerged in the 1970s. An offshoot of Krautrock, Berlin School was so named because most of its early practitioners were based in West Berlin, Germany. It was shaped by artists such as Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Manuel Gottsching.

Beyond Wonderland <=SEP=> Beyond Wonderland is an electronic dance festival organized by Insomniac Events. The event has been held in various locations across the west coast including Seattle, San Bernardino, and Mountain View spanning either one or two days.

Big beat <=SEP=> Big beat is a style of electronic dance music that typically uses heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns common to acid house. The term has been used since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe music by artists such as The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, Propellerheads, Cut La Roc, Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada.

Boogie (genre) <=SEP=> Boogie (sometimes called post-disco) is a rhythm and blues genre of electronic dance music with close ties to the post-disco style, that first emerged in the United States during the late 1970s to mid-1980s. The sound of boogie defined by bridging acoustic and electronic musical instruments with emphasis on vocals and miscellaneous effects later evolved into electro and house music.

Bouncy techno <=SEP=> Not to be confused with bouncy house / donk.Bouncy techno is a hardcore dance music rave style that developed in the early 1990s from Scotland and North England. Described as an accessible gabber-like form, it was popularised by Scott Brown under numerous aliases. The sound became prominent in the northern United Kingdom rave scene before it broke into the hardcore homeland of the Netherlands through Paul Elstak, where it became known there as happy hardcore  (i.e.: happy gabber) and funcore .

Breakbeat <=SEP=> Breakbeat as a term refers to one of two distinct things. Originally it would have referred only to "A breakbeat" (1), a section of a song in which, typically, all or at least most of the instruments stop for a period, usually around one bar, except from the drums, which would continue the melody even if altered.

Breakbeat hardcore <=SEP=> Not to be confused with Breakcore.Breakbeat hardcore (a.k.a. oldskool rave hardcore) is a genre of electronic dance music and a derivative of acid house and techno music, of the late 1980s and early 1990s, that combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats, and is associated with the UK rave scene. In addition to the including of breakbeats the genre also features shuffled drum machine patterns, upbeat piano rolls and old-school hoover sounds.

Bruce Haack <=SEP=> Bruce Clinton Haack About this sound listen  (May 4, 1931 – September 26, 1988) was a musician and composer, and a pioneer within the realm of electronic music. He was born in Alberta, Canada.

Chill-out music <=SEP=> Chill-out music (sometimes also chillout, chill out, or simply chill) is a genre of electronic music and an umbrella term for several styles of electronic music  characterized by their mellow style and mid-tempo "eats—\chill" being derived from a slang injunction to "relax".Chill-out music emerged in the early and mid-1990s in "chill rooms" at dance clubs, where relaxing music was played to allow dancers a chance to "chill out" from the more emphatic and fast-tempo music played on the main dance floor.The genres associated with chill-out are mostly ambient, trip hop, nu jazz, ambient house and other subgenres of downtempo. @en <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chill-out_music?oldid=680028654> .
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Christian electronic dance music <=SEP=> Christian electronic dance music, often shortened to CEDM, is a genre of Christian music. There are generally two styles of CEDM, Christian electronic and Christian dubstep.

Code 64 <=SEP=> Code 64 was an electronic music band from Sweden and Norway. Their music can best be described as a mixture of synthpop, electronic body music and electropop.

Country music <=SEP=> Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in the Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas.

Dance music <=SEP=> Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music.

Dark ambient <=SEP=> Dark ambient (in the 1980s also referred to as ambient industrial) is a genre of post-industrial music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones, some of which were heavily inspired by elements of ambient music. The term was coined in the early 1990s by Roger Karmanik to describe the music of Raison d'être and is strongly associated with the Cold Meat Industry record label.

Data Transmission <=SEP=> Data Transmission is a London-based electronic and dance music website founded in February 2008, covering all aspects and all genres of the global scene therein. The aim of the site is to cover all genres without prejudice, combining well-written content and opinion with an element of humour. The site features interviews, articles, a frequently updated news section, reviews, competitions, music videos, video features, podcasts, event listings and a tickets section.

Deep house <=SEP=> Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Deep house tracks generally have a tempo of between 120 and 125 beats per minute. This style of house music can often have an acoustic feeling. The online music store Beatport is credited with driving the popularity of deep house, but also mislabeling a number of artists in the process and giving rise to the future house genre.

Detroit techno <=SEP=> Detroit techno is a type of techno music that generally includes the first techno productions by Detroit-based artists during the 1980s and early 1990s. Detroit has been cited as the birthplace of techno. Prominent Detroit techno artists include Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, and Mike Banks.

Digital hardcore <=SEP=> Digital hardcore is a music genre that melds hardcore punk with electronic music such as hardcore techno, industrial, breakcore and drum and bass. The style developed in Germany during the early 1990s, and often has sociological or far-left lyrical themes.

Discography of the Streets of Rage series <=SEP=> The Streets of Rage series of beat 'em up action video games, released by Sega from 1991 to 1994, are known for their memorable in-game chiptune music, produced by noted video game music composer Yuzo Koshiro.

Doll Factory <=SEP=> Doll Factory is an electronic rock/post-punk revival band from Seattle, WA (US). Founded in 1998 (after working together under various names including "Crown of Thorns", "Guernica", "Micronism", and others) by musicians Garrick Antikajian and Chris Roy, the band primarily works as a studio-based duo with Antikajian and Roy handling all writing, performance, and production duties, with additional musicians added to the lineup for live performances.

Drone music <=SEP=> Drone music, drone-based music, drone ambient, ambient drone, or simply drone, is a minimalist musical genre that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics. La Monte Young, one of its 1960s originators, defined it in 2000 as "the sustained tone branch of minimalism".

Drop Dead Festival <=SEP=> The Drop Dead Festival is the largest DIY festival for "art-damaged" music. It has as many as 65 bands per event, and has been known to attract attendees from over 30 countries. Drop Dead is an electro, post-punk, electropunk, and experimental multiple-day festival, annually held in New York, NY and Europe with additional smaller events having formerly been held in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, and New Jersey.

Drum and bass <=SEP=> Drum & Bass (/ˈdrʌm ənd ˈbeɪs/) (also written as Drum 'n' Bass or Drum and Bass and commonly abbreviated to D&B, DnB or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic music also known as Jungle which emerged in England in the early 1990s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats (typically between 150–180 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-bass lines.

Dub (music) <=SEP=> Dub is a genre of electronic music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae.

Dubtronica <=SEP=> Dubtronica is electronic dance music influenced by dub music. Early examples from the 1980s are the experimental English dub of On-U Sound Records and Mad Professor. It is also called simply "dub" or "techdub".Dubtronica consists of electronic beats played in a downbeat manner. It is much lower in speed than techno and generally warmer than dance-oriented electronica. Some tracks use reggae toasters or singers to produce a more accessible form of the music.

Earthstar (band) <=SEP=> Earthstar was an electronic music group originally from Utica, New York, in the United States.  Earthstar was encouraged by Krautrock/Kosmische Musik/electronic music artist, composer, and producer Klaus Schulze to relocate to Germany where they were signed by Sky Records.  Schulze produced their second and most successful album, French Skyline.

Electro-industrial <=SEP=> Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, Electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups, either from Canada or the Benelux. In the early 1990s, the style spawned the dark electro genre, and in the mid-/late-1990s, the aggrotech offshoot.

Electro (music) <=SEP=> Electro (short for either electro-funk, or electro-boogie) is a genre of electronic music and early hip hop directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, and funk sampling. Records in the genre typically feature drum machines and heavy electronic sounds, usually without vocals, although if vocals are present they are delivered in a deadpan manner, often through electronic distortion such as vocoding and talkboxing.

Electro backbeat <=SEP=> Electro backbeat (anthem backbeats or anthem breaks) is a diversion from the collection of subgenres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a  4/4 drum pattern. This pattern is accompanied by a loud bass, with synthesizers and various other instruments supplying the ambient effect of a composition.  These rhythms may be characterized by their use of syncopation and polyrhythms.

Electro hop music <=SEP=> Electro hop, also known as electronic hip-hop, electronic rap or electro-rap, is a music genre which emerged from the fusion of electronic dance music and hip hop. The electro-hop movement emerged from the underground scene on the East Coast of the United States and gained popularity with artists such as the Black Eyed Peas, Mantronix, Man Parrish, Newcleus and Planet Patrol.In the late 2000s and into the 2010s, electro-hop had gained worldwide commercial success.

Electroacoustic music <=SEP=> Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music around the middle of the 20th century, following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice.

Electronic Music Midwest <=SEP=> Electronic Music Midwest (EMM) is a festival of new electroacoustic music.

Electronic body music <=SEP=> Electronic body music (EBM) is a music genre that combines elements of post-industrial music and electropunk. It first came to prominence in Belgium and was considered a part of the European new wave movement.Original, or original-styled electronic body music is sometimes referred to as old-school EBM and should not be confused with aggrotech, dark electro or industrial music.

Electronic dance music <=SEP=> Electronic dance music (also known as EDM, electronic dance, dance music, club music, or simply dance) is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres produced largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. Produced for playback by disc jockeys (DJs), EDM is generally used in the context of a live mix, where a DJ creates a seamless selection of tracks by segueing from one recording to the next.The term "electronic dance music" and the initialism "EDM" was adopted by the U.S.

Electronic musical instrument <=SEP=> An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronics. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical audio signal that ultimately drives a loudspeaker.An electronic instrument might include a user interface for controlling its sound, often by adjusting the pitch, frequency, or duration of each note.

Electronic rock <=SEP=> Electronic rock, also commonly referred to as synthrock, electrorock, techno-rock or digital rock, is rock music generated with electronic instruments.

Electronicore <=SEP=> Electronicore (also known as synthcore, trancecore, or simply electronic hardcore) describes a stylistic fusion of post-hardcore and electronic music, specifically electronica. Notable artists of this genre have originated from England, the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong and Japan.

Electropop <=SEP=> Electropop is a pop genre primarily consisting of the use of synthesizers and various electronic musical instruments. The genre has seen a revival of popularity and influence since the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.The term was used during the 1980s to describe a form of synthpop characterized by an emphasized electronic sound.

Electropunk <=SEP=> Electropunk, also known as synthpunk, is a music genre combining elements of electronic music and punk rock.

Eurodance <=SEP=> Eurodance (sometimes known as Euro-NRG or Euro) is a genre of electronic music that originated in the late 1980s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements of techno, hi-NRG, house music and Euro disco. Eurodance production continues to evolve with a more modernized style that incorporates elements from electro music.This genre of music is heavily influenced by the use of rich melodic vocals, either exclusively by itself or inclusively with rapped verses.

Exit Project <=SEP=> File:EXIT project 2.jpgEXIT project is an instrumental, nu jazz, world, IDM,  electronic music, art rock, experimental music, and jazz fusion band from Russia. The band created its own unique style which was labeled as art-fusion. Of all the variety of music ever released under EXIT project logo one thing is always common: a subtle mixture of live instruments and electronics. The band is being represented by IKON internationally.

Experimental music <=SEP=> Experimental music is a compositional tradition that arose in the mid-20th century, particularly in North America, of music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. The American composer John Cage is seen as one of the more notable composers associated with this music (Grant 2003, 174).

Funk <=SEP=> Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid- to late 1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk deemphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing them from R&B and soul songs, which are built on chord progressions.

Funkstep <=SEP=> Funkstep /ˈfʌŋkstɛp/ is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of drum and bass, dubstep and also of funky house.

Futurepop <=SEP=> Futurepop is a form of electronic dance music, an outgrowth of electronic body music, that evolved in the late 1990s with groups like VNV Nation, Covenant, and Apoptygma Berzerk. The term "futurepop" was coined while a discussion between VNV Nation lead singer Ronan Harris and Apoptygma Berzerk lead singer Stephan Groth to describe their sound at the time, and that of similar groups.

German electronic music <=SEP=> The electronic music of Germany consists of a number of genres that are popular around the world today.

Glam Sam And His Combo <=SEP=> Glam Sam And His Combo is an electronic music project by Mats Samuelsson from Stockholm, Sweden.

Hard trance <=SEP=> Hard trance is a subgenre of trance music that originated in Western Europe (Belgium, Germany, and Netherlands) in the early 1990s as the breakbeat hardcore production community began to diversify into new and different styles of electronic music, all influenced by UK hard house, happy hardcore and jungle/drum & bass.

Hardcore (electronic dance music genre) <=SEP=> Hardcore, formerly called hardcore techno, is a subgenre of electronic dance music originating in Europe from the emergent raves in the 1990s. It was initially designed at Rotterdam in Netherlands, derived from techno.

Hardstyle <=SEP=> Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from hardtechno and hardcore. Hardstyle typically consists of a deep, hard-sounding kick drum, intense faded or reversed basslines accompanying the beat, a dissonant synth melody, and detuned and distorted sounds. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle tracks as well, and many newer Hardstyle tracks are written in compound time (for example older Headhunterz work).

Headscan <=SEP=> Montreal based duo Headscan fuses futuristic dancefloor oriented music with dark cinematographic soundscapes.

Herbert Eimert <=SEP=> Herbert Eimert (8 April 1897  – 15 December 1972) was a German music theorist, musicologist, journalist, music critic, editor, radio producer, and composer.

Hip hop music <=SEP=> Hip hop music,  also called hip-hop or rap music, is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing.

House music <=SEP=> House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in Chicago, circa 1984. House music quickly spread to other American cities like Detroit, New York City, and Newark – all of which developed their own regional scenes. In the mid-to-late 1980s, house music became popular in Europe as well as major cities in South America, and Australia.

Industrial music <=SEP=> Industrial music is a genre of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Monte Cazazza; on Throbbing Gristle's debut album The Second Annual Report, they coined the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the style is harsh and challenging.

Industrial rock <=SEP=> Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned and is often confused with industrial metal. The early fusions of industrial music and rock were practiced by a handful of post-punk groups, including Chrome, Killing Joke, Swans, Foetus, and Big Black. Artists such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson propelled the genre to mainstream status.

Intelligent dance music <=SEP=> Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre of electronic music that emerged in the early 1990s. It was originally influenced by developments in underground dance music such as Detroit techno and various breakbeat styles that were emerging in the UK at that time. Stylistically, IDM tended to rely upon individualistic experimentation rather than adhering to musical characteristics associated with specific genres of dance music.

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music <=SEP=> Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music is an online guide to electronic music created by Kenneth Taylor. It covers over 100 subgenres, such as terrorcore and chemical breakbeat, diagrammed in a flowchart style. A review in CMJ New Music Monthly praised its "...ease of navigation, pithy genre descriptions, and fairly accurate audio accompaniment..."

Jon Appleton <=SEP=> Jon Howard Appleton (born January 4, 1939) is an American composer and teacher who was a pioneer in electro-acoustic music. His earliest compositions in the medium, e.g. Chef d'Oeuvre and Newark Airport Rock attracted attention because they established a new tradition some have called programmatic electronic music. In 1970 he won Guggenheim, Fulbright and American-Scandinavian Foundation fellowships.

Keith Fullerton Whitman <=SEP=> Keith Fullerton Whitman (born May 29, 1973) is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drill and bass, and krautrock. He records and performs using many aliases, of which the best-known is Hrvatski (the Croatian word for Croatian). His works under the Hrvatski moniker mainly fell under the 'drill and bass' subgenre of IDM, and were his main musical outlet in the mid-to-late 1990s.

Krautrock <=SEP=> This article is about the musical genre. For the instrumental by the band Faust, see Faust IVKrautrock is a genre of rock and electronic music that originated in Germany in the late 1960s, with a tendency towards improvisation on minimalistic arrangements. The term was popularized in the English-speaking press.

Lento Violento <=SEP=> Lento Violento, sometimes shortened to simply Lento, is a style of  electronic dance music that developed in Italy. Its name means Slow & Violent, as this style typically has a tempo between 70 and 120 BPM. It consists of a hard kick, like the ones present in hardcore or hardstyle, but played at a very slow tempo, with vocal samples and dark and acid sounds or loops.

Life Festival <=SEP=> Life Festival is an annual Irish music festival held in Belvedere House and Gardens in Westmeath, Ireland, with arts activities and street performers, from jugglers, fire breathers to magicians. There is a healing area for massage, yoga workshops and reiki.

List of Christian dance, electronic, and techno artists <=SEP=> List of notable electronic, techno, dance and CEDM Contemporary Christian music artists that play Christian electronic music.Note: Because classifying music by subgenre can be arbitrary, many artists appear on multiple lists of music genres. Furthermore, artists listed have had reputable album releases and are widely accepted by DJs & fans of Christian EDM worldwide as electronic artists.

List of electronic music festivals <=SEP=> The following is an incomplete list of music festivals that feature electronic music, which encapsulates music featuring electronic instruments such as electric guitar and keyboards, as well as recent genres such as electronic dance music (EDM). Many of the festivals in this list take place in the United States and Europe, though every year thousands of electronic-focused music festivals are held throughout the world.

List of electronic music genres <=SEP=> This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar.

List of experimental musicians <=SEP=> This is a list of notable experimental musicians, in alphabetical order by surname.

List of popular music genres <=SEP=> This is a list of the commercially relevant genres in modern popular music. Applicable styles are classified in this list using AllMusic genre categorisation.

List of styles of music: A–F <=SEP=> A B C D E F

List of trance genres <=SEP=> This is a list of trance music subgenres. Several crossover with other major forms of electronic music.

Live electronic music <=SEP=> Live electronic music  (also known as live electronics and electroacoustic improvisation) is any kind of music that can include the use of electroacoustic instruments, various electronic sound-generating devices, and computers, but which generally excludes the use of prerecorded or sampled material. Initially the practice developed in reaction to sound-based composition for fixed media such as musique concrète, electronic music and early computer music.

Maquinaria festival <=SEP=> Maquinaria Festival is a festival held in Latin America, which gathers different musical styles mixing different forms of art and consciousness. The festival was created on 2008, as Maquinaria Rock Fest, the first festival took place in São Paulo, Brasil with success. On 2009, Maquinaria transform Jockey Club in São Paulo, at the center of art and music.  On 2010 the festival landed in Chile.  The festival was later expanded to Argentina, Paraguay and Mexico.

Minimal wave <=SEP=> Minimal wave is a contentiously named genre of electronic music which focuses on electronic, pre-MIDI (1982, but not pre-sequencer) instrumentation and themes of sincere, rather than ironic, detachment. It comprises obscure, atypical examples of genres such as new wave, so-called "minimal" electronic or synthesizer music, electropunk, synthpop, post-punk, coldwave, electroclash and electropop.

Monstercat <=SEP=> Monstercat (formerly known as Monstercat Media) is a Canadian electronic dance music record label based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The label was founded in July 2011 by Mike Darlington, CEO, and Ari Paunonen, COO.Monstercat signs artists for single releases only, rather than exclusivity deals, which lets its artists retain copyright control of their song and the ability to release tracks on other record labels.

Moonpark <=SEP=> Moonpark is an Argentine music festival, held three times annually since 2003.  It is held in the Northeast of Buenos Aires city.  It is considered one of the most important dance and electronic music festivals in the country.Some of the acts performed during its last editions included  Nick Warren, John Digweed, Sasha, Hernán Cattáneo, Satoshi Tomiie, Danny Howells, Carl Cox, Steve Lawler, Danny Tennaglia, James Zabiela, S.O.S.

Musique concrète <=SEP=> Musique concrète (French pronunciation: ​[myzik kɔ̃.kʁɛt], meaning "concrete music") is a genre of electroacoustic music that is made in part from acousmatic sound, or sound without an apparent originating cause. It can feature sounds derived from recordings of musical instruments, the human voice, and the natural environment as well as those created using synthesizers and computer-based digital signal processing.

Neon International Psychedelic Music & Art Festival <=SEP=> Neon Festival is an music biennial held in Turkey. The festival began in the 4th biggest city of Turkey, called Bursa in 2015.

Neotek <=SEP=> Neotek is a Danish electronic band from Copenhagen, combining various genre influences like rock, hip-hop, wave and punk in an all-electronic environment.

New-age music <=SEP=> New-age music is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.

New Beat <=SEP=> New beat is an electronic dance music term that was used in the 1980s with two different meanings, one a collective term used in the U.S. for various electronic music styles, and the other a reference to the new beat sound: a particular electronic music genre that flourished in Western Europe during the mid-1980s. New beat is also used as a reference to the wider Belgian underground music scene and subculture during the 1980s.

New rave <=SEP=> New rave (sometimes spelled nu rave or neu rave) is a genre of music that fuse elements of electronic music, new wave, rock, indie, techno, mashup, breakbeat hardcore and electro house. It is most commonly applied to a British-based music scene between 2005 and late 2008 of fast-paced electronica-influenced indie music that celebrated the late 1980s Madchester and rave scenes through the use of neon colours and using the term 'raving' to refer to going nightclubbing.

New wave music <=SEP=> New wave music is a musical genre of pop/rock created in the late-1970s to mid-1980s with ties to 1970s punk rock. The wide range of bands categorized under this term has been a source of much confusion and controversy. The new wave sound of the late 1970s moved away from the smooth blues and rock & roll sounds to create music with a twitchy, agitated feel, choppy rhythm guitars and fast tempos.

Noise music <=SEP=> Noise music is a category of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a musical context. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical sound. Noise music includes a wide range of musical styles and sound-based creative practices that feature noise as a primary aspect.

Nortec <=SEP=> Nortec (from the combination of "norteño" and "techno") is a genre of electronic dance music developed in Tijuana (a border city in Baja California, Mexico) that first gained popularity in 2001. Nortec music is characterized by hard dance beats and samples from traditional forms of Mexican music such as Banda sinaloense and Norteño - unmistakably Mexican horns are often used.Different individual projects create nortec music.

Nu jazz <=SEP=> Nu jazz is a genre of contemporary electronic music. The term was coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation.

Oldschool jungle <=SEP=> Oldschool jungle, or simply jungle, is a genre of electronic music that incorporates influences from other genres, including breakbeat hardcore and reggae/dub/dancehall. It is one of several types of music often simply referred to as "jungle". The fast tempos (150 to 170 bpm), relatively slow and lyrical reggae-derived basslines, breakbeats and other heavily syncopated percussive loops, samples and synthesized effects make up the easily recognizable form of jungle.

Otto Sidharta <=SEP=> Otto Sidharta (Born Bandung November 6, 1955) is an Indonesian Composer. He is known for his electronic music.Otto Sidharta finished his post-graduate study in composition and electronic music composition at Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam under the guidance of Professor Ton de Leeuw. Sidharta's interest in using environmental sounds to express his musical ideas developed when he was a student at the Jakarta Institute of Arts (Institut Kesenian Jakarta).

Outline of music <=SEP=> The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to music:Music – human expression in the medium of time using the structures of sounds or tones and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch, rhythm, harmony, and timbre.

Pop music <=SEP=> Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the Western world during the 1950s and 1960s, deriving from rock and roll.

Post-industrial music <=SEP=> Post-industrial music is a collection of related music genres that emerged in the early 1980s, all of which blended elements of varying styles with the then new genre of industrial music. "Industrial" had first been applied to music in the mid-1970s by the Industrial Records label artists. Since then, a number of labels and artists have come to be called "industrial".

Pril Smiley <=SEP=> Pril Smiley (born 19 March 1943) is an American composer and pioneer of electronic music.

Progressive house <=SEP=> Progressive house is a style (subgenre) of house music.REDIRECT Template:Unreliable source? The progressive house style emerged in the early 1990s.REDIRECT Template:Unreliable source?  It initially developed in the United Kingdom as a natural progression of American and European house music of the late 1980s.

Psychedelic trance <=SEP=> Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy (derived from the Ancient Greek word ψυχή "psyche", mind; soul; breath; spirit) is an electronic music style characterized by arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. By 1998 psytrance had become a mainstream form of music as had the growing trend of Goa trance.Psytrance lies at the hardcore, underground end of the diverse trance spectrum. The genre offers variety in terms of mood, tempo, and style.

Qlimax <=SEP=> Qlimax is an annual event held by the Dutch entertainment enterprise, Q-dance. It is considered one of the leading hardstyle events on the calendar and a major attraction of Q-dance and contains some of the most sophisticated production and setup as well as sound system for any event.

Quebec Connection <=SEP=> Quebec Connection is a Canadian electronic music group from Montreal. The band's primary member is producer and musician Nathaniel Hebert, in collaboration with a female vocalist and lyricist who uses the stage name "Synergy Plus".The band's debut full length album, 2004's Bonjour Expo, is inspired in part by the retro-futurism of Montreal's Expo 67. The album charted on !earshot's campus radio charts in 2005, and has had airplay on CBC Radio 3.

Qwartz Electronic Music Awards <=SEP=> The Qwartz Electronic Music Awards recognize new and electronic music with awards and grants in music and technologies categories. An annual event takes place in Paris.

Rave music <=SEP=> Rave music may either refer to the late 1980s/early 1990s genres of house, acid house and techno, the first genres of music in the world to be played at raves, or any other genre of electronic dance music that may be played at a rave, such as electro house, progressive house, acid techno, trance, psychedelic trance,  drum and bass, jungle, dubstep, big beat, breakbeat, breakbeat hardcore, hardcore techno, makina, moombahton, gabber, industrial, jumpstyle, hardstyle and speedcore.

Sampledelia <=SEP=> Sampledelia music is an electronica subgenre that is composed of music samples that were originally unrelated but have been combined into a new piece of music. Sampledelia is one of the musical genres identified by the Music Genome Project, such as in Wen by Nebulo.

Sergey Rodionov (composer) <=SEP=> Sergey Rodionov (full name Sergey Vladimirovich Rodionov, Russian: Сергей Владимирович Родионов) (born 1952), is one of the most important electroacoustic music composers in Russia. He graduated Evgeny Golubev’s class of composition at Moscow Conservatory in 1975 and began specializing in electronic and computer music at the Academy of Music in Prague (1975-77), the Studio for Electronic Music in Bratislava (1976-78) and the IRCAM in Paris (1978-81).

Sound Squad New Years Revolutions <=SEP=> The Sound Squad is an events company based in Cape Town, South Africa, which focuses on outdoor events, primarily the New Years Revolutions festivals.  Sound Squad promotes emerging electronic music by offering a platform for local artists, and encouraging interaction between different genres.

Space music <=SEP=> Space music, also called spacemusic, is an umbrella term also associated with preceding styles of relaxing music such as lounge music, easy-listening, and elevator music.According to Stephen Hill, co-founder of a radio show called Hearts of Space, the term is used to describe music that evokes a feeling of contemplative spaciousness.

Speaking in Code <=SEP=> Speaking in Code is a character-based documentary directed by Amy Grill about people who are lost in the electronic music lifestyle.Shot in 11 cities and 5 countries, Speaking In Code provides a glimpse into the techno world through the eyes of Modeselektor, the Wighnomy Brothers, Philip Sherburne, Monolake and David Day.  The film documents these characters' successes and failures over a three-year period, including the director's struggle to complete the film.

Stylematic <=SEP=> Stylematic is the biggest future festival of Bangladesh. It is an electronic dance music festival which was initiated in January 2014 with a motto of creating a platform to promote, practice, encourage & develop the electronic music scenario of Bangladesh.

Subatomic Sound System <=SEP=> Founded in 1999, Subatomic Sound System brought together musicians, producers, DJs and visual artists from a variety of backgrounds and traditions primarily based in New York City and Brooklyn to form a record label and collective that built on a combination of new music technology and traditional instruments to produce music across a variety of genres, often combining genres, in an effort to adapt 1970s’ Jamaican sound system culture and dub reggae studio techniques to current music genres and forms of live performance.

Synthpop <=SEP=> Synthpop (also known as technopop) is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Krautrock" of bands like Kraftwerk.

Tech trance <=SEP=> Tech trance, also known as techno-trance or techno/trance, is a subgenre within EDM that draws upon the techno and trance genres as the name suggests.

Techno <=SEP=> Techno  is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States during the mid-to-late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno in reference to a specific genre of music was in 1988.

Theremin <=SEP=> The theremin (/ˈθɛrəmɪn/ THERR-ə-min; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the thereminist (performer).

Timeline of electronic music genres <=SEP=> A timeline of electronic music genres with date of origin, locale of origin, and music samples.

Trance music <=SEP=> Trance is a genre of electronic music that developed in the 1990s in Germany. It is characterized by a tempo of between 125 to mid 140 beats per minute (BPM), repeating melodic phrases, and a musical form that distinctly builds up and down throughout a track.

Trap music <=SEP=> Trap music is a music genre that originated in the early 1990s in the Southern United States. It is typified by its aggressive lyrical content and sound, where the instrumentals are propelled by 808 kick drums or heavy extended sub-bass lines, double-time, triple-time and other faster time division hi-hats, layered synthesizers, and "cinematic" strings.In 2012, a new movement of electronic music producers and DJs emerged who began incorporating elements of trap music into their works.

Ultra Chile <=SEP=> Ultra Music Festival Chile is a Santiago, Chile based version of the popular North American Ultra Music Festival in Miami.

Uplifting trance <=SEP=> Uplifting trance (often synonymous with epic trance, anthem trance, emotional trance, or euphoric trance) is a large subgenre of trance music. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1996, is derived from the feeling which listeners claim to get (often described as a "rush"). The genre, which originated in Germany, is massively popular in the trance scene, and is one of the dominant forms of dance music worldwide.

Witch house (music genre) <=SEP=> Witch house (also known as drag or Haunted house) is an occult-themed dark electronic music genre and visual aesthetic that emerged in the late 2000s.

Yuzo Koshiro <=SEP=> Yuzo Koshiro (古代 祐三, Koshiro Yūzō, born December 12, 1967 in Hino, Tokyo) is a Japanese video game music composer, arranger, and music programmer.