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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. [ 1 ]
Electronic dance music (EDM), [1] also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. It is generally produced for playback by DJs who create seamless selections of tracks, called a DJ mix, by segueing from one recording to another. [2]
Wave is a genre of bass music and a visual art style that emerged in the early 2010s [8] in online communities. It is characterized by atmospheric melodies and harmonies, melodic and heavy bass such as reese, modern trap drums, chopped vocal samples processed with reverb and delay, and arpeggiators. [5]
Thomas Michael Purcell, known professionally as Wave Racer, is an Australian musician, multi-instrumentalist and music producer. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The name "Wave Racer" is adapted from the Nintendo 64 game Wave Race 64 .
[1] [2] The vinyl revival of the 2010s has itself been attributed to inspiration in younger music buyers from video games, [8] and it has led to the establishment of video game soundtrack oriented vinyl record labels like Black Screen Records, [9] Data Discs, [10] Brave Wave, and iam8bit, [11] and shifts toward similar releases for labels like ...
Electronic dance music: Mid-to-late 1970s Worldwide Eurodisco: Mid-to-late 1970s Europe New wave: Mid-to-late 1970s United Kingdom, United States Space disco: Mid-to-late 1970s Europe Synthpop: 1977–1980 Germany, Japan, United Kingdom Dancehall: Late 1970s Jamaica (Kingston) Japanoise: Late 1970s Japan Industrial rock: Late 1970s United ...
Synthwave is a microgenre [9] [10] of electronic music [1] that draws predominantly from 1980s films, video games, and cartoons, [11] as well as composers such as John Carpenter, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Tangerine Dream. [12] [13] Other reference points include electronic dance music genres including house, synth, and nu-disco. [14]
Chiptune, also called 8-bit music, is a style of electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles. [11]