Meanings
- uncountableA music style from the late 1990s fusing dance music, punk and electronic.
Electroclash began as an esoteric offshoot of techno, revisiting some of the genre's original sonic touchstones: Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, New Order, Afrika Bambaataa and New York disco.
2002 March 22, Dorian Lynskey, “Out with the old, in with the older”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Feb 20231 more example
Oft-derided, even in its 2002 heyday, no one expected electroclash to last. But, just as sonic heirs such as La Roux or Little Boots capitalise on their groundwork, the old electro guard return with works of real solidity and depth.
2009 April 24, Tony Naylor, “Emerging victorious”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024
Origin
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