Folktronica

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Folktronica
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1990s–2000s
Typical instruments
Other topics

Folktronica

acoustic instruments – especially stringed instruments – and incorporating hip hop, electronic or dance rhythms, although it varies based on influences and choice of sounds.[1][2][verification needed] The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology describes folktronica as "a catch-all [term] for all manner of artists who have combined mechanical dance beats with elements of acoustic rock or folk like IXIM or Nicola cruz."[3]

The 1991 album

Caribou's The Milk of Human Kindness (2005).[6]. Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album The Tortured Poets Department is also folktronica, as well as elements of her eight and ninth studio albums Folklore and Evermore
.

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b Smyth, David (23 April 2004). "Electrifying folk: Folktronica, new folk, fuzzy folk – call it what you will. Laptops are replacing lutes to create a whole new sound", Evening Standard, p. 31.
  2. ^ Empire, Kitty (27 April 2003). "Up front on the verge: Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden", The Observer, p. 14.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7546-6476-5
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  4. ^ Bergstrom, John (24 January 2014). "Ultramarine: This Time Last Year". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. Pitchfork Media. Archived
    from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. Times Online. Archived from the original
    on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2010.


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