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Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave [3]) is a genre of popular music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, retro-style electropop and electronic dance music.
- I-F – “Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass” (1997; Disko B) This is the genesis of electroclash, as far as the lore is concerned. Dutch artist Ferenc E. Van der Sluijs created an underground club hit with “Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass,” a catchy, pulsing electro-pop jam that buried some distorted, electronic vocals beneath a deep synth bassline and popping, flexing ’80s-style electro beats.
- Christopher Just – “I’m a Disco Dancer” (1997; International DeeJay Gigolo Records) A fortuitous linkup with Austrian producer and label head DJ Hell gave this floundering art student entreé into techno legend.
- Fatboy Slim – “The Rockafeller Skank” from You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby (1998; Skint) Despite it being a little bit shinier and happier than what would follow, Norman Cook’s Big Beat classic has important electroclash elements.
- Peaches – “Fuck the Pain Away” from The Teaches of Peaches (2000; Kitty-Yo) Peaches was emblematic of electroclash taken to its most absurd extremes. Well, most electroclash artists represented some absurd extremes—subtle artists don’t look or sound like Fischerspooner, but Peaches was jokier, raunchier, more outlandish and on a shoestring budget at that.
Jul 22, 2024 · Electroclash was a sub-genre of electronic music in the late aughts and early 2010s. The music is an example of a scene that emerged and vanished within a decade. The result led listeners to conclude it was over before it began.
Jun 10, 2021 · Electroclash made music press headlines for its lo-fi beats and decadent lyrics, which elevated artists like Fischerspooner and Peaches into the mainstream.
Apr 9, 2024 · The lyrical content of most early electroclash songs is concerned with two things: explicitly sexual references and satirizing the lives of the rich and famous. The result is far removed from...
Electroclash fuses electro, techno, synth-pop, new wave, punk and performance art. Early examples of the style include Miss Kittin & The Hacker's Champagne! E.P. and I-f's "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass".
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Listen to the Electroclash Essentials playlist on Apple Music. 50 Songs. Duration: 3 hours, 49 minutes.
