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electroclash

electroclash noun: a music style from the late 1990s fusing dance music, punk and electronic.

Noun

electroclash (uncountable)

  1. A 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 2023
    • 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 of electroclash

From electro- + clash.

Questions about electroclash

What does electroclash mean?
Electroclash means a music style from the late 1990s fusing dance music, punk and electronic.
What part of speech is electroclash?
Electroclash is a noun.

Words near electroclash in the dictionary

  1. electrochromism
  2. electrochronograph
  3. electrochronographic
  4. electrochronographs
  5. electrocide
  6. electroclash
  7. electroclinic
  8. electroclinical
  9. electroclinico-morphological
  10. electrocoagulate
  11. electrocoagulated

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