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*[[Dub (music)|]] Fusion Genres
**[[Afro-dub]]
**[[Dubstep]]
***[[Brostep]]
***[[Post-dubstep]]
***[[Trap music|Trap]]
***[[Wonky (music)|]]
**[[Dubtronica]]
*[[Electro music]]
**[[Freestyle music]]

*[[Electroacoustic music]]
**[[Acousmatic music]]
**[[Electroacoustic improvisation]]
**[[Musique concrète]]

*[[Electronica]]
**[[...|Berlin school]]
**[[Chillwave]]
**[[Folktronica]]
**[[Funktronica]]
**[[Laptronica]]
**[[Livetronica]]

*[[Electronic rock]]
**[[Alternative dance]]
**[[Coldwave]]
**[[Dance-punk]]
**[[Dark Wave]]
**[[Electronicore]]
**[[Ethereal Wave]]
**[[Indietronica]]
**[[Krautrock]]
**[[New rave]]
**[[Nu-gaze]]
**[[Space rock]]
**[[Synthpop]]
**[[Synthpunk]]

*[[Hardcore techno|Hardcore]]
**[[4-beat]]
**[[Breakbeat hardcore]]
**[[Bouncy techno]]
**[[Breakcore]]
**[[Digital hardcore]]
**[[Hardcore_techno#styles|Darkcore]]
**[[Freeform Hardcore]]
**[[Gabber music|Gabber]]
**[[Happy hardcore]]
**[[Hardcore breaks]]
**[[Makina]]
**[[Rave]]
**[[Speedcore]]
**[[Terrorcore]]
**
**[[UK Hardcore]]

*[[Hard Dance]]
**[[Hard house]]
***[[Hard NRG]]
***[[...|Nu-NRG]]
**[[Hardstyle]]
***[[Dubstyle]]
***[[Jumpstyle]]
**[[Lento violento]]

*[[Hi-NRG]]

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This is a '''list of electronic music genres''', consisting of [[music genre|genres]] of [[electronic music]], primarily created with [[electronic musical instruments]] or [[music technology|electronic music technology]]. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology.<ref name="holmes2002p6">T. B. Holmes, ''Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition'' (London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2002), ISBN 0-415-93643-8, p. 6.</ref> Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the [[telharmonium]], [[Hammond organ]], and the [[electric guitar]]. Purely electronic sound production can be achieved using devices such as the [[Theremin]], [[synthesizer|sound synthesizer]], and [[computer music|computer]].<ref name="holmes2002p8">T. B. Holmes, ''Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition'' (London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2002), ISBN 0-415-93643-8, p. 8.</ref>

In its early development electronic music was associated almost exclusively with Western [[art music]], but from the late 1960s on the availability of affordable music technology, particularly of synthesisers, meant that music produced using electronic means became increasingly common in the popular domain of [[rock music|rock]] and [[pop music]], resulting in major electronically based sub-genres.<ref name="holmes2002p1">T. B. Holmes, ''Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition'' (London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2002), ISBN 0-415-93643-8, p. 1.</ref> After the definition of [[MIDI]] in 1982 and the development of [[digital audio]], the creation of purely electronic sounds and their manipulation became much simpler.<ref>{{Citation |author=M. Russ | contribution= |year=2004 |title=Sound Synthesis and Sampling |journal= |editor= |edition=3 |isbn=0-240-52105-6 |volume= |page=66 |place=Burlington MA |publisher=Elsevier |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_D2cTt5DPmEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sound+Synthesis+and+Sampling&hl=en&ei=JVQ8TpWcCMKk8QOCwr2DAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate= |authorlink= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}.</ref> As a result synthesizers came to dominate the pop music of the early 1980s.<ref>{{Citation |author=N. Rama Lohan | contribution= |date=2 March 2007 |title=Dawn of the plastic age |journal=Malaysia Star |editor= |edition= |isbn= |volume = |pages = |place= |publisher= |url=http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/2/music/16390129&sec=music |accessdate= |authorlink= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/60idFZxDC |archivedate=5 August 2011}}.</ref> In the late 1980s, [[electronic dance music|dance music]] records made using only electronic instruments became increasingly popular, resulting in a proliferation of electronic genres, sub-genres and scenes.<ref>A. Verderosa, ''The Techno Primer: The Essential Reference for Loop-Based Music Styles'' (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002), ISBN 0634017888, pp. 18-19.</ref> In the new millennium, as computer technology became even more accessible and [[music software]] advanced, interacting with music production technology made it possible to create music that has no relationship to traditional [[performance|musical performance]] practices, leading to further developments and rapidly evolving sub-genres.<ref>S. Emmerson, ''Living Electronic Music'' (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007), ISBN 0-7546-5548-2, pp. 111-13.</ref>

==Genres==
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*[[Ambient music|Ambient]]
**[[Ambient dub]]
**[[Ambient industrial]]
**[[Ambient house]]
**[[Dark ambient]]
**[[Drone music]]
**[[Illbient]]
**[[Isolationism (music)|Isolationism]]

*[[Breakbeat#Break|Breakbeat]]
**[[Breakbeat#Acid breaks|Acid breaks]]
**[[Baltimore Club]]
**[[Big beat]]
**[[Broken beat]]
**[[Nu skool breaks]]
**[[Florida breaks]]
***[[Nu-funk]]

*[[Disco]]
**[[Cosmic disco]]
**[[Disco polo]]
**[[Euro disco]]
**[[Italo disco]]
**[[Nu-disco]]
**[[Space disco]]

*[[Downtempo]]
**[[Acid jazz]]
**[[Chill out (music)|Chill out]]
**[[Ethnic electronica]]
**[[New age music]]
**[[Nu jazz]]
**[[Trip hop]]

*[[Drum and bass]]
**[[Darkstep]]
**[[Drill and bass]]
**[[Drumfunk]]
**[[Drumstep]]
**[[Hardstep]]
**[[Jazzstep]]
**[[Jump-Up (electronic music)|Jump-Up]]
**[[Liquid funk]]
**[[Neurofunk]]
**[[Sambass]]
**[[Techstep]]

*[[Dub (music)|Dub]] Fusion Genres
**[[Afro-dub]]
**[[Dubstep]]
***[[Brostep]]
***[[Post-dubstep]]
***[[Trap music|Trap]]
***[[Wonky (music)|Wonky]]
**[[Dubtronica]]
*[[Electro music]]
**[[Freestyle music]]

*[[Electroacoustic music]]
**[[Acousmatic music]]
**[[Electroacoustic improvisation]]
**[[Musique concrète]]

*[[Electronica]]
**[[Berlin School of electronic music|Berlin school]]
**[[Chillwave]]
**[[Folktronica]]
**[[Funktronica]]
**[[Laptronica]]
**[[Livetronica]]

*[[Electronic rock]]
**[[Alternative dance]]
**[[Coldwave]]
**[[Dance-punk]]
**[[Dark Wave]]
**[[Electronicore]]
**[[Ethereal Wave]]
**[[Indietronica]]
**[[Krautrock]]
**[[New rave]]
**[[Nu-gaze]]
**[[Space rock]]
**[[Synthpop]]
**[[Synthpunk]]

*[[Hardcore techno|Hardcore]]
**[[4-beat]]
**[[Breakbeat hardcore]]
**[[Bouncy techno]]
**[[Breakcore]]
**[[Digital hardcore]]
**[[Hardcore_techno#styles|Darkcore]]
**[[Freeform Hardcore]]
**[[Gabber music|Gabber]]
**[[Happy hardcore]]
**[[Hardcore breaks]]
**[[Makina]]
**[[Rave]]
**[[Speedcore]]
**[[Terrorcore]]
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**[[UK Hardcore]]

*[[Hard Dance]]
**[[Hard house]]
***[[Hard NRG]]
***[[Hard_NRG#From_Nu-NRG_to_Hard_NRG|Nu-NRG]]
**[[Hardstyle]]
***[[Dubstyle]]
***[[Jumpstyle]]
**[[Lento violento]]

*[[Hi-NRG]]
**[[Eurobeat]]
**[[Eurodance]]
***[[Bubblegum dance]]/Happy house
***[[Italo dance]]

*[[House music]]
**[[Acid house]]
**[[Balearic beat]]
**[[Chicago house]]
**[[Deep house]]
**[[Detroit house]]
**[[Disco house]]
**[[Diva house]]/Handbag house
***[[Hardbag]]
**[[Electroclash]]
**[[Electro house]]
***[[Complextro]]
***[[Dutch house]]
***[[Fidget house]]
***[[Moombahton]]
****[[Moombahcore]]
**[[Euro house]]
**[[Freestyle house]]
**[[French house]]
**[[Funky house]]
**[[Garage house]]
**[[Ghetto house]]
**[[Hip house]]
**[[Italo house]]
**[[Kwaito]]
**[[Latin house]]
**[[Microhouse]]/Minimal house
**[[New beat]]
**[[Progressive house]]
**[[Tech house]]
**[[Tribal house]]
**[[Vocal house]]

*[[Industrial music]]
**[[Aggrotech]]
**[[Grindcore#Industrial and electronic music|Cybergrind]]
**[[Electro-Industrial]]
**[[Dark electro]]
**[[Electronic body music]]
**[[Futurepop]]
**[[Industrial metal]]
**[[Industrial rock]]
**[[Neue Deutsche Härte]]
**[[Japanoise]]
**[[Power electronics (music)|Power electronics]]
***[[Death industrial]]
**[[Power noise]]
**[[Witch house (music genre)|Witch house]]/Drag

*[[Intelligent dance music]]
**[[Glitch music|Glitch]]

*[[Oldschool jungle|Jungle]]
**[[Darkcore (drum and bass genre)|Darkcore jungle]]
**[[Oldschool_jungle#Subgenres|Hardcore jungle]]
**[[Raggacore]]
**[[Ragga-jungle]]

*[[Post-disco]]
**[[Boogie (genre)|Boogie]]
**[[Dance-pop]]
**[[Dance-rock]]

*[[Techno]]
**[[Acid techno]]
**[[Detroit techno]]
**[[Free tekno]]
**[[Ghettotech]]
**[[Hardtechno]]
**[[Minimal techno]]
**[[Nortec]]
**[[Rotterdam techno]]
**[[Schranz]]
**[[Symphonic techno]]
**[[Tecno brega]]

*[[Trance music]]
**[[Acid trance]]
**[[Dark trance]]
**[[Dream trance]]
**[[Electrance]]
**[[Euro trance]]
**[[Goa trance]]
**[[Hard trance]]
**[[Ibiza Trance]]
**[[Nitzhonot]]
**[[Psychedelic trance]]
***[[Dark psytrance]]
***[[Psychedelic trance#Full on|Full on]]
***[[Progressive psytrance]]
***[[Psybreaks]]
***[[Suomisaundi]]
**[[Progressive trance]]
**[[Tech trance]]
**[[Uplifting trance]]
**[[Vocal trance]]

*[[UK garage]]
**[[2-step garage]]
**[[Breakstep]]
**[[Future garage]]
**[[Grime (music)|Grime]]
**[[Grindie]]
**[[Speed garage]]
***[[Bassline (dance music)|Bassline]]/4x4
**[[UK funky]]

*[[Chiptune]] / [[Video game music]]
**[[Bitpop]]
**[[Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass|Bleep techno]]
**[[Game Boy music]]
**[[Nintendocore]]
**[[Skweee]]
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Electronic music}}
* [[Electronic Dance Music]]
* [[Timeline of electronic music genres]]
* [[Dance music]]
* [[Rave music]]
* [[:Category:Electronic musicians|List of electronic musicians]]
* [[:Category:Electronic dance music record labels|List of electronic dance music record labels]]
* [[List of subcultures]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ Ishkur's Guide To Electronic Music]

[[Category:Electronic music genres| ]]
[[Category:Lists of music genres|Electronic Music]]

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