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Electronic music refers to music which is produced mainly using electronic instruments and equipment, such as computers (and software), drum machines, synth keyboards, sequencers, and the like. Electronic music does not limit itself to "EDM", but the way the audio is produced.

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Why did electronic music become popular recently? (America)

Most mainstream crazes have a pre-life as the niche enthusiasm of a small subgroup. In this particular case, as with certain other formerly nerdy activities such as computer gaming, the decisive fact …
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What kind of edm genres specifically did Delia Derbyshire help pioneer?

The only real answer to this question is "all of them." At the time she was active, in the early sixties, there were no separate subgenres --or really, even any main genre. Electronica was still con …
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What's the difference between synthwave and retrowave?

Wikipedia currently treats them as synonyms (redirecting "retrowave" to synthwave) and I couldn't find any authoritative sources, but according to user Zsokorad on Reddit: Synthwave is the all-encomp …
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Music for relaxing mind?

This question is a bit opinion based, but here are a few I would recommend: Yo Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin, "Air on a G String" Yo Yo Ma - "Soledad" Pachelbel's Canon in D Palestrina - Sicut Cervus (t …
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Identify this genre that features EDM beats with sung vocals?

According to Wikipedia, The Weeknd is most closely associated with a style sometimes called PBR&B (or alt R&B), a hip-hop and EDM influenced contemporary take on R&B ("Rhythm and Blues," the catch-all …
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Help needed for lyrics. Artist: SLDGHMR Track: Deviate

V1: I want to feel like I used to feel before Some soul groove to inspire me some more. Bridge: When I don't know where to turn, I turn to you But you just don't do the things that you used to do …
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Uptempo electronic song with synthetic hand claps and wordless male vocal sample

The distinctive vocal riff with the handclaps is sampled from Continent #6 Afromerica which was also sampled by Kanye West in his hit song POWER. Since you can also hear other elements from "POWER" …
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How do electro-swing artists get that old cracky gramophone voice?

In this particular case, and for many electro-swing songs, the voice is actually a sample of a genuinely vintage song: http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Lil_Hardin_Armstrong:Oriental_Swing This is Lil Ha …
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What is the genre of "Kiss me (IMSA remix)"?

This is a "deep house" remix. Deep house is a dance music genre with a minimalist, electronic influenced sound. Personally, I think of it as a "lonely," "after midnight" type of sound. The larger …
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Songs like "Mile High Club" and "Skank Tank"

It's not an exact match, but "dubstep" is a popular recent musical subgenre that combines electronic dance music focused around similar kind of scratchy/rumbly synthesized bass line. That might be yo …
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Repeated lyric in Guz & Tough Love - "Dancin' Kinda Close"

This is either a sample or a resung lyric from R&B group Next's salacious 90's hit "Too Close," about a young man who is way too excited to get on the dance floor. The sampled part of the lyric is in …
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Lyrics of *True Faith* by New Order: What is the morning sun?

The literal meaning of "morning sun" is just the sunlight that shines in the morning. The ambiguity creeps in with the line "my morning sun is the drug..." which could either mean that sunlight has r …
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What do the lyrics of "Juliet" by Cloudnone and Matt Van mean?

What's unambiguous here is that the song is about a girl who disappeared unexpectedly, and the way he misses her. The lyrics imply she was abducted by aliens, but we can read beneath the surface and i …
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What genre is "Morning Dew" by Ryosuke Kojima?

I'm not sure if this is it's own specific genre, but here are some related ones to help you find more music of this type. Lo-fi, ambient, and chill-out are all modifiers that can be added to "hip hop …
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