List of electronic music genres

This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created
with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made
between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic
technology.[1] Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include
the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar. Purely electronic sound production can
be achieved using devices such as the Theremin, sound synthesizer, and computer.[2]
In its early development electronic music was associated almost exclusively with Western art music,
but from the late 1960s on the availability of affordable music technology, particularly of
synthesisers, meant that music produced using electronic means became increasingly common in
the popular domain of rock and pop music, resulting in major electronically based sub-genres.[3] After
the definition of MIDI in 1982 and the development of digital audio, the creation of purely electronic
sounds and their manipulation became much simpler.[4] As a result synthesizers came to dominate
the pop music of the early 1980s.[5] In the late 1980s, dance music records made using only
electronic instruments became increasingly popular, resulting in a proliferation of electronic genres,
sub-genres and scenes.[6] In the new millennium, as computer technology became even more
accessible and music software advanced, interacting with music production technology made it
possible to create music that has no relationship to traditional musical performance practices,
leading to further developments and rapidly evolving sub-genres.[7]

Genres

Ambient
Ambient dub
Ambient industrial
Ambient house
Dark ambient
Drone music
Isolationism

Breakbeat
Acid breaks
Baltimore club
Big beat
Broken beat
Nu skool breaks
Florida breaks
Nu-funk
Miami bass

Disco
Cosmic disco
Disco polo
Euro disco
Italo disco
Nu-disco
Space disco

Downtempo
Acid jazz
Chill-out
Flamenco Chill
Ethnic electronica
Psybient
New-age music
Nu jazz
Trip hop

Drum and bass

Darkstep
Drumstep
Drill and bass
Drumfunk
Funkstep
Hardstep
Jump-up
Jazzstep
Liquid funk
Neurofunk
Sambass
Techstep

Electro music
Freestyle music

Electroacoustic music
Acousmatic music
Musique concrte

Electronic rock
Alternative dance
Coldwave
Dance-punk
Dark wave
Electronicore
Ethereal wave
Indietronica
Krautrock
New rave
Nu-gaze
Space rock
Synthpop
Synthpunk

Electronica
Berlin School

Chillwave
Vaporwave
Dubtronica
Folktronica
Funktronica
Laptronica
Livetronica

Hardcore
4-beat
Breakbeat hardcore
Bouncy techno
Breakcore
Digital hardcore
Darkcore
Gabber
Happy hardcore
Mkina
Rave
Speedcore
Terrorcore
Trancecore
UK hardcore

Hardstyle
Dubstyle
Hard house
Hard bounce
Hard NRG
Nu-NRG
Jumpstyle
Lento violento
Rawstyle

Hi-NRG
Eurobeat
Eurodance
Bubblegum dance
Italo dance

House music
Acid house
Balearic beat
Chicago house
Deep house
Diva house/Handbag house
Hardbag
Electroclash

Electro house
Complextro
Dutch house
Fidget house
Moombahton
Moombahcore
Electro swing
Swing house
Freestyle house
French house
Funky house
Garage house
Ghetto house
Ghettotech
Hip house
Italo house
Kwaito
Latin house
Microhouse/Minimal house
New beat
Progressive house
Big room house
Tech house
Trap
Tribal house
Vocal house

Industrial music
Aggrotech
Cybergrind
Electro-industrial
Dark electro
Electronic body music
Futurepop
Industrial metal
Industrial rock
Japanoise
Neue Deutsche Hrte
Power electronics
Death industrial
Power noise
Witch house/Drag

IDM
Glitch
Wonky

Jungle

Darkcore jungle
Raggacore
Ragga-jungle

Post-disco
Boogie
Dance-pop
Dance-rock

Techno
Acid techno
Detroit techno
Dub techno
Free tekno
Hardtechno
Minimal techno
Nortec
Schranz
Tecno brega

Trance music
Acid trance
Dream trance
Goa trance
Hard trance
Ibiza trance
Nitzhonot
Psychedelic trance
Dark psytrance
Full on
Psybreaks
Suomisaundi
Psybient
Progressive trance
Tech trance
Uplifting trance
Vocal trance

UK garage
2-step garage
Breakstep
Dubstep
Brostep
Purple sound
Future garage
Grime
Grindie
Speed garage

Bassline/4x4 garage
UK funky

Video game music

Chiptune
Bitpop
Game Boy music
Nintendocore
Skweee