Electronica, commonly called techno, is more or less a form of electronic/computer based dance music that is popular with younger crowds. It comes in many forms including trance, acid jazz, jungle, trip-hop, drum and bass, house, and countless other sub genres. It is more or less an evolution of 70s disco, but can arguably be traced all the way to the early 1900s. Its not known who exactly started electronica, but several DJs and artists from Detriot, Germany, France, and the UK have helped evolve the music form since the late 60s and early 70s when it first appeared to larger amounts of listeners.
by civil unrest January 28, 2004
Electronica does not exist. Not as a genre or a description. It was coined by the North American music press to refer to the second wave of electronic music's explosion in the late 90s, and exists purely as a marketing buzzword, not any actual quantifiable branch of music (the first wave of electronic music, incidentally, they called 'techno', and, having driven the word into the ground beyond all sense of meaning, they couldn't keep using it if they wished to re-market the music). Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Prodigy's 'Fat of the Land', Chemical Brothers and other big-time stars of that period were all called "electronica" at one point or another, but the person who really popularized it in the public consciousness was Madonna and her shallow, William Orbit-produced piss-poor attempt at appropriating trance music as something she invented (Ray of Light). She used that word all the damn time in interviews. God I hate her. So yeah: There is no such thing as electronica. -Ishkur
by Aerta June 23, 2009
A genre of music which is mainly created by the use of computer systems and other electronic devices. Includes many differnt styles such as Techno, Trance, Breakbeats, NRG, Melodic, etc.
by pRopS June 25, 2003
There's a lot of sub genres in electronica. The term 'techno' has been warped to include all electronic music due to mainstream media being ignorant. Techno doesn't include trance, house, vocals or any of the more modern sub-genres. The correct term is electronica. You have:
trance
vocal trance
goa-psy trance
house
hard dance
euro dance
progressive
hardcore
ambient
drum & bass
break beats
chillout
etc, as sub-genres.
trance
vocal trance
goa-psy trance
house
hard dance
euro dance
progressive
hardcore
ambient
drum & bass
break beats
chillout
etc, as sub-genres.
"techno" is just a broader sub-genre of electronica that was pioneered in Detroit, derived from synth pop and electro.
by St3ph August 11, 2006
A genre of music first started by the fully electronic band called Kraftwerk. This genre uses samples, computers, synths and more.
by vv March 9, 2004
One of the best new rappers out there. Showed up on the scene in 2007, but only got big recognition with his "Exhibit C". He's working with Mos Def, Nas, and Just Blaze to get his name out there. His rhymes are deep, memorable, and intelligent. He'd beat Wayne, Jeezy or Gucci Mane any day.
Exhibit A, Exhibit C, and Act 1 are three songs that will stay with me for the rest of my life and I look forward to what he has in store for the future.
Exhibit A, Exhibit C, and Act 1 are three songs that will stay with me for the rest of my life and I look forward to what he has in store for the future.
"Question14 - Muslim Lesson 2: Dip over, Civilize a 85er.
I make the devil hit his knees and say the Our Father." -Exhibit C: Jay Electronica
"Build a home, teach a class, start a revolution
Free the mind, heal the body, talkin’ evolution"
-Just Began, Jay Electronica, J. Cole, Mos Def. etc.
"you can find the Christ where the lepers and the lames at? Life is like a dice game, one roll could land you in jail or cuttin cake blowin kisses in the rice rain. Nice whip nice chain a closet of skulls. The stench is like slave blood at providence hall."
- Exhibit A: Jay Electronica
I make the devil hit his knees and say the Our Father." -Exhibit C: Jay Electronica
"Build a home, teach a class, start a revolution
Free the mind, heal the body, talkin’ evolution"
-Just Began, Jay Electronica, J. Cole, Mos Def. etc.
"you can find the Christ where the lepers and the lames at? Life is like a dice game, one roll could land you in jail or cuttin cake blowin kisses in the rice rain. Nice whip nice chain a closet of skulls. The stench is like slave blood at providence hall."
- Exhibit A: Jay Electronica
by Raleigh Mayne March 7, 2010
One hell of a rapper. Birth Name: Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, commonly known as Jay Electrnica born in the Magnolia Projects in New Orleans. Went viral around 2007, but known for Exhibits A, B and C. On his myspace page he had his first popular song, 'Eternal Sunshine(The Pledge)'. As of late 2010 he is signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation record label.
by Fuck You and Your Crew February 26, 2012