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Futurepop
Stylistic origins: Electronic body music, Trance, Synthpop
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
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Other topics
List of electronic and industrial music artists

Futurepop is a recently-emerging electronic dance music genre, an outgrowth of electronic body music incorporating influences from synthpop (such as song structure and vocal style) and uplifting trance (grandiose and arpeggiated synthesizer melodies). 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]. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Modern synthpop be merged into this article or section. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, or phase distortion. ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... In the field of electronic music, a sequencer was originally any device that recorded and played back a sequence of control information for an electronic musical instrument. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler // [edit] Overview The emergence of the digital sampler made sampling far more practical, and as samplers added progressively more digital processing to their recorded sounds, they began to merge into the mainstream of modern digital synthesizers. ... Contemporary electronic music includes many different styles or musical genres, such as: External links vagabondage: genres (Humour: Generates new names of electronic music genres) Genrerator (A little bit like above, but in Finnish) Ishkurs Guide to Electronic Music v2 (A guide hosted by DI.fm presenting 180 genres and... A list of artists under the music genres of industrial, aggrotech, dark electro, electro-industrial, futurepop and EBM. 1000 Homo DJs A Split-Second Abscess Absurd Minds Accessory Active Media Disease Acumen Nation [1] The Advent Aesthetic Perfection Agenda: Entropy Aghast View Agonoize à;Grumh. ... Electronic dance music (EDM) is a broad set of percussive music genres that largely inherit from 1970s disco music and, to some extent, the experimental pop music of Kraftwerk. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Modern synthpop be merged into this article or section. ... The structures or musical forms of songs in popular music are rarely through-composed. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, or phase distortion. ... Ronan Harris is a member of futurepop duo VNV Nation, along with Mark Jackson. ... VNV (which stands for Victory, not Vengeance) Nation, is an electronic music group originally from London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. ... Stephan Groth is the name behind Apoptygma Berzerk, an electronic-based musical act that plays in styles such as darkwave, electro-goth, synth pop, and futurepop. ... Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian synthpop/EBM/futurepop musical group. ...


In recent years the basic futurepop concept has been expanded upon in various ways, with bands like mind.in.a.box and Rotersand pushing the progressive trance aspect of the genre, while others such as XPQ-21 have incorporated further influences from industrial and synthpop.[citation needed] Further, traditionally harder aggrotech bands are using futurepop-style melodic hooks in their songs, such as Suicide Commando and [:SITD:]. That kind of music more than often produces powerful club hits ranked highly at numerous national alternative charts like the deutsche (german) alternative charts, nordic alternative charts, dutch alternative charts and more. mind. ... Rotersand is a German electronic music act, formed in September of 2002 by Gun and Rascal Hüppe with producer Krischan J.E. Wesenberg joining shortly after. ... Progressive electronica is a collection of electronic music genres which draw upon progressive music, generally, and include the sub-styles of progressive trance, progressive house, progressive techno and progressive breaks. ... XPQ-21 is an electronic body music band. ... It has been suggested that Modern synthpop be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Johan Van Roy Suicide Commando is the name of a Belgian musical act combining elements of industrial dance and electronic body music. ... [:SITD:] is a German Industrial/Electro band founded in 1996 by Carsen Jacket and Thorsten Lau as Shadows in the Dark. ...


Futurepop music is popular in the cyber, goth and general alternative electronic scenes. Music festivals that feature futurepop bands include Infest, Wave Gotik Treffen and M'era Luna. An example of cyber fashion. ... NYC goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985). ... Alternative electronic is a umbrella term generally used to describe a grouping of lesser-known electronic dance music genres that are related in some fashion to industrial music. ... Infest is an annual three day music festival held at University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synthpop and power noise. ... Wave-Gotik-Treffen (German das Treffen means meeting) is an annual festival for music and arts in Leipzig, Germany. ... Perttu Kivilaakso, band member of Apocalyptica, Mera Luna 2003 Simone Simons Epica, 2004 The Mera Luna Festival is one of the most important events of the gothic or wave scene in Europe. ...


References

  1. ^ Being a little bit productive. Sorted magAZine (2002).

See also

Synthpop
Electropop - Electroclash - Futurepop - Synthpunk
Other electronic music genres
Ambient | Breakbeat | Dance | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic art music | Hard dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance
Styles of pop music
Bubblegum pop - Country pop - Futurepop - Pop rock - Pop punk - Pop-rap - Power pop - Synthpop/Electropop- Indie pop - Teen pop - Traditional pop - Pop metal

By region: American pop - C-pop (Cantopop, Mandopop) - Europop (Austropop, Nederpop) - Indi-pop (Bhangra, Filmi) - J-pop - K-pop A list of notable futurepop artists. ... It has been suggested that Modern synthpop be merged into this article or section. ... Electropop (also called Technopop) is a subgenre of synth pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Defining characteristics of synthpunk (also known as synth-punk) bands include being founded at the same time (late 1970s) and place (California) as many US punk bands, performing with those same punk bands, in those same punk clubs, with records released on those same punk labels, preferring electronic instruments such... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Contemporary electronic music includes many different styles or musical genres, such as: External links vagabondage: genres (Humour: Generates new names of electronic music genres) Genrerator (A little bit like above, but in Finnish) Ishkurs Guide to Electronic Music v2 (A guide hosted by DI.fm presenting 180 genres and... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). ... Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB or drum n bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Electronic music has existed, in various forms, for more than a century. ... Hard dance is a term that refers to a grouping of modern electronic dance music genres including hard trance, hard house, nu-NRG, hard-NRG, hardstyle, freeform hardcore and jumpstyle. ... Hardcore (sometimes ardcore) is a term that has been used to describe a variety of related electronic dance music styles over almost two decades. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... It has been suggested that Modern synthpop be merged into this article or section. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... Bubblegum pop (bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, youth music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of popular music. ... Country pop is a musical genre formed from the fusion of pop music with country music. ... Pop rock is a genre of music that combines elements of both pop and rock. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Pop rap is simply hip hop (rap) music with a very strong pop music influence. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... It has been suggested that Modern synthpop be merged into this article or section. ... Electropop (also called Technopop) is a subgenre of synth pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... mainstream pop music Traditional pop music is a genre of music which encompasses music that succeeded big band music and preceded rock and roll as the most popular kind of music in the United States, most of Europe, and some other parts of the world. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... American Pop is a 1981 American animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi. ... C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese pop. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mandopop (or mandapop) is a colloquial abbreviation for Mandarin pop music. The term refers to C-pop in which the lyrics are in Mandarin Chinese. ... Europop refers to a style of pop music that developed in Europe throughout the 1970s which emphasized catchy beats, slick songs and frothy lyrics. ... Austropop is a musical movement, which started in Austria somewhere in the middle of the 1970s and lasted until the 90s. ... Nederpop is a Dutch term that was invented during the early 1980s to name the sudden growth of the Dutch language pop music of the Netherlands. ... It has been suggested that Indipop be merged into this article or section. ... Bhangra (Punjabi: , , ) is a lively dance originating from the region of Punjab, now divided between North India and Pakistan. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. ... K-pop is an abbreviation for Korean popular music, specifically from South Korea (as there is practically no popular music industry in North Korea). ...

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Futurepop (187 words)
Futurepop is a recently-emerging musical genre growing primarily out of synthpop and EBM.
The classification of bands as futurepop is rather unclear, with some adopting the new term and others shunning it.
Apoptygma Berzerk is often considered the first futurepop band, and especially in their later albums, they can be said to epitomize the genre.
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