Folktronica

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Folktronica or Electrofolk is a genre of music comprising various elements of folk music and electronica.

[edit] History of term

The label "folktronica" seems to have originated in the British press, having come to encompass performers and bands that include elements of ambient electronica, folk, jazz, classical, and even hip-hop. In 2001, postmodern pop artist Momus released an album titled Folktronic deliberately exploring (and satirizing) the fusion ^[1]. A similar genre is "Laptop folk", which refers to a slightly more minimalistic electronic folk.

Folktronica was a term first coined by music writer Jim Byers on the now-defunct website BurnitBlue.com, during the proliferation of labels like Manchester's Twisted Nerve, responsible for the emergence of Badly Drawn Boy, but with its origins in electronica. It was later used when describing the music coming from the Kieran Hebden and his Four Tet project.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Folktronica musicians

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