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16-426: The first day of the festival consists of electronica and hip hop/rap influenced performers while the second day consists of rock and indie rock influenced performers. Each day the sets are split between two separate, nearby stages, however, the performances are staggered such that attendees can listen to every performer. Typically, the northernmost stage is the main stage on which the headliner plays. Parking on

32-508: A commercially viable alternative to alternative rock music. New York City became one center of experimentation and growth for the electronica sound, with DJs and music producers from areas as diverse as Southeast Asia and Brazil bringing their creative work to the nightclubs of that city. Electronica benefited from industry advancements in music technology , especially electronic musical instruments , synthesizers, music sequencers , drum machines , and digital audio workstations . As

48-404: A higher budget, increased technical quality, and with more layers than most other forms of dance music , since it was backed by major record labels and MTV as the "next big thing". According to a 1997 Billboard article, "the union of the club community and independent labels " provided the experimental and trend-setting environment in which electronica acts developed and eventually reached

64-621: A music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to refer to electronic music generally. The original widespread use of the term "electronica" derives from the influential English experimental techno label New Electronica, which was one of the leading forces of the early 1990s introducing and supporting dance-based electronic music oriented towards home listening rather than dance-floor play, although

80-473: A top-level genre, stating that it includes danceable grooves , as well as music for headphones and chillout areas. In other parts of the world, especially in the UK, electronica is also a broad term, but is associated with non-dance-oriented music, including relatively experimental styles of listening electronic music. It partly overlaps what is known chiefly outside the UK as intelligent dance music (IDM). In

96-475: A wide variety of musical acts and styles, linked by a penchant for overtly electronic production; a range which includes more popular acts such as Björk, Madonna, Goldfrapp and IDM artists such as Autechre , and Aphex Twin . The North American mainstream music industry uses the term as an umbrella category to refer any dance-based electronic music styles with a potential for pop appeal. However, United States–based AllMusic still categorizes electronica as

112-641: The Grammys , produced a project that became known as Re:Generation. Moonshine Music Moonshine Music was an electronic music record label founded by Steve Levy and Ricardo Vinas, in Los Angeles in 1992, and later headquartered in West Hollywood, California . Moonshine released over 250 compilations albums, many of which were DJ mixed. Moonshine helped to launch the career of DJ Keoki produced by Grammy Winning producer Dave Audé (who

128-467: The North American mainstream music industry adopted and to some extent manufactured electronica as an umbrella term encompassing styles such as techno , big beat, drum and bass , trip hop, downtempo , and ambient , regardless of whether it was curated by indie labels catering to the "underground" nightclub and rave scenes, or licensed by major labels and marketed to mainstream audiences as

144-402: The island from the city of San Francisco and emphasize the use of composting. This festival has been on hiatus since 2019. Electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic -based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and

160-452: The island was limited and as such, each year the majority of private vehicles were left in the parking lot at AT&T Park or Bill Graham Auditorium, depending on the year, and a shuttle service was provided to the island. The organizers also claim this reduces traffic congestion on the island. The Treasure Island Music Festival has also been noted for its emphasis on reducing carbon emissions : organizers provide zero emission bus services to

176-792: The late 1980s , before the term had come into common usage, including for example the Prodigy , Fatboy Slim , Daft Punk , the Chemical Brothers , the Crystal Method , Moby , Underworld and Faithless . Around the mid-1990s, with the success of the big beat -sound exemplified by the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy in the UK, and spurred by the attention from mainstream artists, including Madonna in her collaboration with William Orbit on her album Ray of Light and Australian singer Dannii Minogue with her 1997 album Girl , music of this period began to be produced with

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192-560: The late 1990s and early 2000s , electronica was increasingly used as background scores for television advertisements , initially for automobiles. It was also used for various video games, including the Wipeout series , for which the soundtrack was composed of many popular electronica tracks that helped create more interest in this type of music —and later for other technological and business products such as computers and financial services. Then in 2011, Hyundai Veloster , in association with

208-648: The mainstream. It cites American labels such as Astralwerks (the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, the Future Sound of London , Fluke ), Moonshine ( DJ Keoki ), Sims , and City of Angels (the Crystal Method) for playing a significant role in discovering and marketing artists who became popularized in the electronica scene. Madonna and Björk are said to be responsible for electronica's thrust into mainstream culture, with their albums Ray of Light (Madonna), Post and Homogenic (Björk). In 1997,

224-546: The technology developed, it became possible for individuals or smaller groups to produce electronic songs and recordings in smaller studios, even in project studios . At the same time, computers facilitated the use of music " samples " and " loops " as construction kits for sonic compositions. This led to a period of creative experimentation and the development of new forms, some of which became known as electronica. Wide ranges of influences, both sonic and compositional, are combined in electronica recordings. Electronica includes

240-495: The word "electronica" had already begun to be associated with synthesizer generated music as early as 1983, when a "UK Electronica Festival" was first held. At that time electronica became known as "electronic listening music", also becoming more or less synonymous to ambient techno and intelligent techno , and was considered distinct from other emerging genres such as jungle and trip hop . Electronica artists that would later become commercially successful began to record in

256-528: Was one of the first bands signed to Moonshine with his and Levy's band Lunatic Fringe). By publishing the work of British audiovisual artists Addictive TV , Moonshine became one of the first US dance labels to release a DVD. Among Moonshine's other artists include Kellee , D:Fuse , DJ Micro , AK1200 , DJ Baby Anne , DJ Dara , DJ John Kelley , Dieselboy , Freaky Flow , Cirrus , Anabolic Frolic , Ferry Corsten , DJ Feelgood, Christopher Lawrence, Tall Paul, & DJ Dan. In 2000, Donald Glaude recorded

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