Chillwave is a small type of music that began in the late 2000s. It reminds people of popular songs from the late 1970s and early 1980s. This music often makes listeners think about memories and feelings from the past.
Synthwave, also called retrowave or futuresynth, is a type of electronic music that is mostly inspired by the soundtracks of action, science fiction, and horror films from the 1970s and 1980s. It is also influenced by the art and video games from that time. Musicians who make synthwave music often show love for 1980s culture and try to recreate the feeling and style of that era.
Electropop is a music style that mixes elements of electronic music and pop music. It is a type of synth-pop that focuses on strong electronic beats. This genre was created in the 1980s and became popular again in the late 2000s.
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a type of music that became well-known in the late 1970s. It uses the synthesizer, a keyboard-like instrument that creates electronic sounds, as its main musical tool. This style was influenced earlier by the use of synthesizers in music genres like progressive rock, electronic music, art rock, disco, and Krautrock, a style made famous by bands such as Kraftwerk.
Electronic body music (EBM) is a type of electronic music that mixes parts of industrial music, synth-punk, and dance music. It began in the early 1980s in Western Europe, growing from the punk and industrial music scenes. EBM uses repeated basslines, programmed disco beats, and mostly clear vocals with shouts.
In sociology, a post-industrial society is a phase in how society grows and changes when the service sector creates more wealth than the manufacturing sector of the economy. The term was introduced by Alain Touraine and is connected to other sociological ideas such as post-Fordism, information society, knowledge economy, post-industrial economy, liquid modernity, and network society. These terms are often used in economics or social science research as a general background for studying societies.
Drone music, also called drone-based music or simply drone, is a simple type of music that uses long-lasting sounds, notes, or groups of tones called drones. It is usually made up of long musical pieces with only small changes in harmony. La Monte Young, one of its creators in the 1960s, described it in 2000 as “the sustained tone branch of minimalism.” Music with drones appears in many traditions from Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Dark ambient, originally called ambient industrial, is a type of post-industrial music that began in the mid-1980s. It is mainly influenced by ambient music and uses sounds that feel dark, scary, and heavy. These sounds include long, low tones, unpleasant noises, and a mood that feels gloomy or like it could be found in a cave or old building.
Ambient music is a type of music that focuses more on creating a mood or atmosphere than on following traditional music patterns. It often sounds calm and does not always have clear melodies, beats, or structured compositions. Instead, it uses layers of sounds that can be enjoyed whether someone is listening actively or passively.
Ambient techno is a type of techno music that combines the sounds and feelings of ambient music with the beat patterns and way the music is made in techno. It was started by electronic music artists in the 1990s, including Aphex Twin, Carl Craig, The Orb, The Future Sound of London, the Black Dog, Pete Namlook, and Biosphere.