Indietronica
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| Indietronica | |
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| Stylistic origins | Pop Rock Indie rock Electronica Synthpop |
| Cultural origins | 1990s, United Kingdom and Germany |
| Typical instruments | Vocals - Keyboard - Synthesizer - Sampler - Drum machine |
| Mainstream popularity | Various degrees of commercial success most notably in the 2000s. |
Indietronica (also called Indie electronic) is a music genre that combines indie, electronica, rock and pop music. Typical instruments used in indietronica music are electronic keyboard, synthesizer, sampler and drum machine. It is also closely related to the relatively less electronic and more acoustic Chillwave (glo-fi) movement.
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[edit] History
Indie electronic begun in the early 1990s, with bands like Stereolab and Disco Inferno, and took off in the new millennium as the new digital technology developed. This included acts such as Broadcast from the UK, Justice from France, Lali Puna from Germany, and The Postal Service and Ratatat from the US, who mixed a variety of indie sounds with electronic music. These were largely produced on small independent labels.[1][2]
[edit] Notable artists
- Bear in Heaven
- Broken Bells
- Caribou
- Cornelius
- Crystal Castles
- Cut Copy
- Death from Above 1979
- Delorean
- Digitalism
- Electric President
- Faded Paper Figures
- The Faint
- Foster the People
- Friendly Fires
- Her Space Holiday
- Gang Gang Dance
- Geographer
- Ghostland Observatory
- Gold Panda
- Hot Chip
- IAMX
- I Heart Sharks
- Iris
- I Was A Cub Scout
- Justice
- LCD Soundsystem
- The Limousines
- M83
- Metronomy
- MGMT
- Miami Horror
- Montt Mardié
- Ms. John Soda
- The Naked and Famous
- Neon Indian
- The Notwist
- Passion Pit
- The Postal Service
- Ratatat
- Shiny Toy Guns
- Shy Child
- Teenager
- Toro Y Moi
- Ulrich Schnauss
- Unicorn Kid
- The Wombats
- Washed Out
[edit] In popular culture
The genre was mentioned in the Homestar Runner short "Geddup Noise".[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Indie Electronic", Allmusic, archived from the original on 16 February 2011, http://www.webcitation.org/5wYA5an95.
- ^ S. Leckart, "Have laptop will travel", MSNBC, archived from the original on 16 February 2011, http://www.webcitation.org/5wYANqav0.
- ^ http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail136.html
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