Indietronica

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Indietronica, also known as indie electronic, indielectronica, indietronic, indietronics and lap-pop, is a music genre that combines indie rock and shoegaze with elements of electronic music styles such as IDM and glitch.

While it is believed that the genre was born in the late 1990s, an example of which being The Notwist's esteemed album Shrink (1998), the 2002 compilation titled Indietronica Vol. 1 by Sónar Music solidified and popularized the term (which was first used deliberately in 2001 by the 'group' luna spark).

Recently, the genre has been further expanded by several crossover projects between indietronica and alternative hip hop artists, specifically between the Morr Music and Anticon labels.

Contents 1 Notable artists 2 Record labels 3 Indietronica in pop culture 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Notable artists

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Datarock Dntel Efterklang Electric President Figurine The Firebird Band Frou Frou The Go Find Grandaddy Her Space Holiday Hot Chip

I Am the World Trade Center Imogen Heap Khonnor The Knife Lismore Lali Puna Mice Parade Mouse on Mars Ms. John Soda múm The Notwist

Oppressed by the Line Piano Magic The Postal Service Ratatat Schneider TM Stereolab Styrofoam Temp Ulrich Schnauss Weevil Thom Yorke Goldfrapp

[edit] Record labels

• Morr Music
• Monika Enterprise
• Rabid Records
• anticon

[edit] Indietronica in pop culture

The online cartoon Homestar Runner has referenced indietronica in the Strong Bad Email geddup noise, in which The Cheat is shown playing his indietronic remix of the "geddup noise" at a nightclub, to emphasize its popularity.

[edit] References

• Pitchfork Media review coining the term lap-pop (2003)

• IndiElectronica Radio Station [1]

[edit] See also

• Alternative dance
• Dance-punk

Alternative rock

Alternative metal - Britpop - C86 - College rock - Dream pop - Dunedin Sound - Geek rock - Gothic rock - Grebo - Grunge - Indie pop - Indie rock - Industrial rock - Lo-fi - Madchester - Math rock - Noise pop - Paisley Underground - Post-grunge - Post-punk revival - Post-rock - Riot Grrrl - Shoegazing - Slowcore - Space rock - Twee pop

Other topics

Artists - College radio - History - Indie (music) - Lollapalooza