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Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; but unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing. The term was first used in the United States in the early 1990s with regards to post-rave global-influenced electronic dance music. Genres such as techno, drum and bass, downtempo, and ambient are among those encompassed by the umbrella term, entering the American mainstream from “alternative” or “underground” venues during the late 1990s. Prior to the adoption of electronica for this purpose, terms such as electronic listening music, trance and intelligent dance music (IDM) were used.

The All Music Guide categorizes electronica as a top-level genre on their main page, where they state that electronica includes “dozens of stylistic fusions” ranging from danceable grooves to music for headphones and chillout areas.

After beginning as an underground genre in the early 1990s, electronica has grown to influence even mainstream crossover recordings. Elements of electronica are used today by many popular artists in mainstream music.
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July 2008
Sunday 27 July 2008
Gnarls Barkley

Deerhoof, Fallou Dieng

Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States

33 people attending
7 shouts

DJ Tiësto

Palladium Ballroom
Dallas, United States

6 people attending
3 shouts

August 2008
Friday 1 August 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 at Grant Park

Radiohead, Bloc Party, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West, Iron & Wine, Cat Power, Gnarls Barkley

Grant Park
Chicago, United States

1,661 people attending
7,386 shouts
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Friday 8 August 2008
All Points West Music & Arts Festival at Liberty State Park

Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Kings of Leon, Metric, Underworld, The Roots, The Go! Team

Liberty State Park
Jersey City, New York, United States

953 people attending
273 shouts

Friday 15 August 2008
Underground Sound 4 at Murphysboro

Shpongle, Hallucinogen, Skazi

Murphysboro
Murphysboro (Illinois), United States

31 people attending
10 shouts

Friday 22 August 2008
Outside Lands Festival 2008 at Golden Gate Park

Radiohead, Beck, Jack Johnson, Broken Social Scene, Regina Spektor, Wilco, Stars, Manu Chao

Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, United States

584 people attending
151 shouts

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