pronunciation music definition electro e lec tro i l ktro electro funk e lec tro funk i l ktro fungk noun music same as electronic music electro music electro also known as electro funk is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by kraftwerk jazz funk and funk records unlike earlier rap records that were closer to disco records in the genre are unabashed about their use of electronic and artificial sounds taking this technological fetish almost into science fiction with many records about space travel and futuristic dystopias timing range is to beats per minute bpm electro is a derivitive of the ' roland tr rhythm composer roland tr rhythm composer roland svc vocoder roland vp vocoder plus roland vp vocoder ' drum machines vocoder's speech synthesizer electro's sound is distinctively synthetic instrumental electronic and experimental additionally the drum machines pounding beats and pure sounds were heavily used in hip hop disco and funk music it was very popular in new york city during the early s and late s