electro

120–135 BPM High energy

Electro is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s. It is defined by the prominent use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine, and draws direct influence from early hip-hop and funk music.

emerged ~1982 ↗ see in graph

Sound of electro

Odd Look

Kavinsky

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Knights

Crystal Castles

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Alors on danse

Stromae

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Poison Lips

Vitalic

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Crimewave

Crystal Castles

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Related Tokens

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Also Known As

electro-pop

Sources & Attribution

Source	Entry Name	Confidence	Link	Notes
edit.music library	Electro, Pop	Derived from data	—	Imported from genre-map.json; variant: electro-pop
Last.fm	Electro	Derived from data	—
Wikipedia	electro music	Derived from data	↗

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