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| Futurepop | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1990s, Western Europe |
| Typical instruments | Synthesizer, music software |
Futurepop is an electronic music genre that has been characterized as a blend of synth-pop, EBM and dance beats, based on trance and techno.[1][2]
It developed in Western Europe as an outgrowth of both the EBM and electro-industrial music cultures and it began to emerge in the late 1990s with artists like VNV Nation, Covenant, and Apoptygma Berzerk.[2][1][5] Other leading genre artists were Assemblage 23,[1][4] Icon of Coil,[1] Neuroticfish,[6] and Rotersand.[3][7]
Futurepop is associated with the cybergoth subculture.[3] It has become popular in alternative dance clubs, particularly in Germany. Music festivals that feature futurepop bands include Infest, Amphi festival, Wave Gotik Treffen and M'era Luna.[2]
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Sortedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Froidcoeur, Stéphane (2009). "Assemblage 23 – I've never been fond of the 'future pop' moniker". Side-Line Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06.
- ^ David Horn, John Shepherd, Paolo Prato: Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11: Genres Europe. Bloomsbury Academic 2017, ISBN 978-1501326103, p. 223.
"The futurepop genre, as exemplified in the music of Apoptygma Berzerk, Covenant and VNV Nation, saw EBM merging with synthpop while adopting features of trance and contemporary EDM."