electronica

noun

elec·​tron·​i·​ca i-ˌlek-ˈträ-ni-kə How to pronounce electronica (audio)
: dance music featuring extensive use of synthesizers, electronic percussion, and samples of recorded music or sound

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His heyday of exploration was the ’90s, when the rise of electronica—techno, drum and bass, and, yes, Daft Punk—seemed as exciting to a young Reynolds as rock and roll had to the Boomers. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025 The underground club where much of the film takes place, all whirring Vegas-y electronica, could be the single coolest set in cinema. 2. Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025 With its waves of electronica, its foregrounding of style, its pendulum swings between romanticism and alienation, the movie turned out to be one of the harbingers of what many deemed the MTV aesthetic. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025 Pioneering British electronica duo Autechre will play their first North American shows this fall since 2015, beginning Oct. 1 in Denver and concluding Oct. 28 in Portsmouth, N.H. Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for electronica

Word History

Etymology

probably from New Electronica, recording label of the British firm Beechwood Music Ltd.

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of electronica was in 1980

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“Electronica.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronica. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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