electronica
noun
elec·tron·i·ca
i-ˌlek-ˈträ-ni-kə 
: dance music featuring extensive use of synthesizers, electronic percussion, and samples of recorded music or sound
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Levitation, the longtime Austin, Texas, music festival that focuses on psych-rock, electronica, and punk, has unveiled its 2025 lineup.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
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.
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—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
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
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
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“Electronica.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronica. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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