Folktronica or Electrofolk is a genre of music comprised of varying elements of folk music and electronica.
The name
The label "folktronica" seems to have originated in the British press, having come to encompass performers and bands that include elements of ambient electronica, folk, jazz, classical, and even hip-hop. In 2001, postmodern pop artist Momus released an album titled Folktronic deliberately exploring (and satirizing) the fusion. A similar genre is "Laptop folk", which refers to a slightly more minimalistic electronic folk. Folktronica was a term first used to describe the music of British producer Kieran Hebden (Four Tet).
Examples of Folktronica musicians
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| Anti-folk - Celtic music - Counterfolk - Electric folk - Filk music - Folk metal - Folk punk - Folk rock - Folktronica - Neofolk - Nu-folk - Pop folk - Psych folk - Roots revival - Traditional music - Urban Folk - Narodna muzika - Progressive folk |
| Festivals - Folk dance - Folk clubs - Instruments - Protest song - Record labels - Singer-songwriter - Lists of traditions - World music |
| American folk - English folk - Ethnic Macedonian folk - Filipino folk - French folk - Greek folk - Hungarian folk - Icelandic folk - Indian folk - Italian folk - Iranian folk - Turkish folk - Ukrainian folk - Middle Eastern music |
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| Ambient • Breakbeat • Drum & Bass • Electronic Music • UK Garage • Glitch • Hard Dance • Hardcore • House • Industrial • Synthpop • Techno • Trance | |
| Other electronic dance music genres | Ambient - Breakbeat - Drum and bass - Electro - UK garage - Hardcore - House - Industrial - Synthpop - Techno - Trance - Triphop |
