Futurepop
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| Futurepop | |
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| Stylistic origins: | Synthpop, Trance, electronic body music |
| Cultural origins: | Mid 1990s, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada |
| Typical instruments: | Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler) |
| Mainstream popularity: | Medium |
| Derivative forms: | Technopop |
| Subgenres | |
| none | |
| Other topics | |
| List of electronic and industrial music artists | |
Futurepop is an electronic dance music genre, incorporating influences from synthpop (such as song structure and vocal style), uplifting trance (grandiose and arpeggiated synthesizer melodies), and EBM. The term was coined by Ronan Harris (of VNV Nation) and Stephan Groth (of Apoptygma Berzerk) while attempting to describe the style of music their bands produced.[1]
In recent years the basic futurepop concept has been expanded upon in various ways, with bands like Solitary Experiments, XP8 and Rotersand combining progressive trance elements into the genre, while others such as Assemblage 23 incorporate influences from electro-industrial and EBM.[citation needed]It has even been active in Christian music circles as bands like Mercydeep have come onto the scene.
Futurepop music is popular in the cyber, European dark scenes as well as general alternative electronic scenes. Music festivals that feature futurepop bands include Infest, Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Arvika Festival and M'era Luna.
At a concert appearance in L.A. (the Das Bunker on October 13, 2006), Ronan Harris expressed regret about the term "futurepop," stating that he found the term "embarrassing" and that he does not identify his music as futurepop anymore.
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- ^ Being a little bit productive. Sorted magAZine (2002).
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Synthpop | |
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| Electropop - Electroclash - Futurepop | |
| Other electronic dance music genres | Ambient - Breakbeat - Drum and bass - Electro - UK garage - Hardcore - House - Industrial - Synthpop - Techno - Trance - Triphop |
Pop music | |
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| By style | Arabesque pop - Baroque pop - Bubblegum pop - Country pop - Futurepop - Pop rock - Pop punk Pop rap - Power pop - Synthpop/Electropop - Indie pop - Teen pop - Traditional pop - Sunshine pop - Modern Laika - Pop folk - Balkan Pop |
| By region | American pop -Arabic Pop - C-pop (Cantopop, Mandopop) - Taiwanese pop - HK English pop - Europop (Austropop, Nederpop) Indian pop (Bhangra, Filmi) - J-pop - K-pop - SFR Yugoslavia pop- Persian Pop |
| Other topics | Boy band - Girl group - Pop icon - Popular music - Pop culture |
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