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== Artists == | == Artists == | ||
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force provide a major early New York route, while Cybotron and Model 500 connect related Detroit histories. Egyptian Lover and Arabian Prince reveal contrasting Los Angeles approaches. Drexciya and Dopplereffekt open later speculative and rhythmic worlds, and artists such as Helena Hauff help show continued international reinterpretation. These careers span different categories, so use particular recordings as guides. Comparing a vocal party record with an austere instrumental makes clear that the family is connected by rhythmic and sonic thinking rather than one mood or lyrical subject. | Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force provide a major early New York route, while Cybotron and Model 500 connect related Detroit histories. Egyptian Lover and Arabian Prince reveal contrasting Los Angeles approaches. Drexciya and Dopplereffekt open later speculative and rhythmic worlds, and artists such as Helena Hauff help show continued international reinterpretation. These careers span different categories, so use particular recordings as guides. Comparing a vocal party record with an austere instrumental makes clear that the family is connected by rhythmic and sonic thinking rather than one mood or lyrical subject. | ||
== Representative performances == | |||
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire. | |||
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| Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force || Planet Rock || https://www.youtube.com/embed/nGsQT3DAo7M || The officially distributed studio recording is a foundational electro example, combining electronic percussion and synthesizer figures with early hip-hop vocal delivery. Audio of the record, not a concert performance.<ref name="performance-electro-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGsQT3DAo7M Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force — Planet Rock]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGsQT3DAo7M Existing recording] || Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="nGsQT3DAo7M" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="nGsQT3DAo7M" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="nGsQT3DAo7M" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Cybotron || Clear || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Unc8kDUzbU8 || Official audio of the recording credited to Juan Atkins and Richard Davis. Its electronic rhythm and synthesizer vocabulary provide a Detroit-associated electro reference alongside Planet Rock.<ref name="performance-electro-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unc8kDUzbU8 Cybotron — Clear]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unc8kDUzbU8 Existing recording] || Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="Unc8kDUzbU8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Unc8kDUzbU8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Unc8kDUzbU8" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| X-Truder || 🔻X-Truder - Titan Breaks [Science Cult] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/cPPxIp6EclU || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPxIp6EclU 🔻X-Truder - Titan Breaks [Science Cult]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPxIp6EclU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="cPPxIp6EclU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cPPxIp6EclU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cPPxIp6EclU" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| X-Truder || X-TRUDER: LET ME TRY SOME ACID THEN [SCIENCE CULT] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/uDT3R08Osdw || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: 0bleak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDT3R08Osdw X-TRUDER: LET ME TRY SOME ACID THEN [SCIENCE CULT]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDT3R08Osdw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: 0bleak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="uDT3R08Osdw" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uDT3R08Osdw" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uDT3R08Osdw" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Detroit In Effect || Detroit In Effect – Who's In Control | Electronic / Electro | Clone West Coast Series – CWCS029 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/smAHeRpEJIU || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Julie Marghilano. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smAHeRpEJIU Detroit In Effect – Who's In Control | Electronic / Electro | Clone West Coast Series – CWCS029].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smAHeRpEJIU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Julie Marghilano. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="smAHeRpEJIU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="smAHeRpEJIU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="smAHeRpEJIU" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| DJ Stingray313, remixed by Aubrey || Dj Stingray 313 - Comunication System Aubrey Remix 2015 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/f5qU62vcN8c || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Aubrey. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5qU62vcN8c Dj Stingray 313 - Comunication System Aubrey Remix 2015].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5qU62vcN8c Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Aubrey. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="f5qU62vcN8c" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="f5qU62vcN8c" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="f5qU62vcN8c" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kid Bucle || Decipherer || https://www.youtube.com/embed/PKZAH3YhXGg || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kid Bucle - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-08-21; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-08-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKZAH3YhXGg Decipherer].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKZAH3YhXGg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kid Bucle - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-08-21; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="PKZAH3YhXGg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="PKZAH3YhXGg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="PKZAH3YhXGg" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. || A1. E.R.P. - One4Rekab [WGD12010] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZkK_m5Uc1wI || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: soundBots. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkK_m5Uc1wI A1. E.R.P. - One4Rekab [WGD12010]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkK_m5Uc1wI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: soundBots. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="ZkK_m5Uc1wI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ZkK_m5Uc1wI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ZkK_m5Uc1wI" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kim Cosmik || Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats || https://www.youtube.com/embed/1xNNLh8YxuI || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xNNLh8YxuI Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xNNLh8YxuI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="1xNNLh8YxuI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1xNNLh8YxuI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1xNNLh8YxuI" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kim Cosmik || Cascading || https://www.youtube.com/embed/2zmVMphK_04 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zmVMphK_04 Cascading].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zmVMphK_04 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="2zmVMphK_04" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2zmVMphK_04" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2zmVMphK_04" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kim Cosmik || Calculated Risk || https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Bru6ZudEsg || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-08-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bru6ZudEsg Calculated Risk].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bru6ZudEsg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-08-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="3Bru6ZudEsg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="3Bru6ZudEsg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="3Bru6ZudEsg" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kim Cosmik || Star Glider || https://www.youtube.com/embed/fnAfuiV2Low || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnAfuiV2Low Star Glider].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnAfuiV2Low Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="fnAfuiV2Low" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="fnAfuiV2Low" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="fnAfuiV2Low" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kim Cosmik || Another Rainy Day || https://www.youtube.com/embed/PPs56EzlCbE || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPs56EzlCbE Another Rainy Day].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPs56EzlCbE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="PPs56EzlCbE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="PPs56EzlCbE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="PPs56EzlCbE" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kim Cosmik || Unknown Territory || https://www.youtube.com/embed/SjDO9ra70u0 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjDO9ra70u0 Unknown Territory].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjDO9ra70u0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="SjDO9ra70u0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SjDO9ra70u0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SjDO9ra70u0" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| b0t23 and inoperative system || B0t23 + inoperative system - Binary [Science Cult] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/R7LFMqgThXQ || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7LFMqgThXQ B0t23 + inoperative system - Binary [Science Cult]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7LFMqgThXQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="R7LFMqgThXQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="R7LFMqgThXQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="R7LFMqgThXQ" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Kim Cosmik || Kim Cosmik -- Crystalline || https://www.youtube.com/embed/MnKE-cuVUYE || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnKE-cuVUYE Kim Cosmik -- Crystalline].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnKE-cuVUYE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="MnKE-cuVUYE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MnKE-cuVUYE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MnKE-cuVUYE" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Dopplereffekt || Dopplereffekt - Time Modulation-Graviton Pulse (Official Music Video) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dsu2ztVbPBQ || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsu2ztVbPBQ Dopplereffekt - Time Modulation-Graviton Pulse (Official Music Video)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || music-video || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsu2ztVbPBQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Dsu2ztVbPBQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Dsu2ztVbPBQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Dsu2ztVbPBQ" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Dopplereffekt || Dopplereffekt - Collapse of Simultaneity || https://www.youtube.com/embed/jKkaWagWMR8 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKkaWagWMR8 Dopplereffekt - Collapse of Simultaneity].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKkaWagWMR8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="jKkaWagWMR8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="jKkaWagWMR8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="jKkaWagWMR8" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. || E.R.P - Four Alone || https://www.youtube.com/embed/rpGJ-Erd5Sg || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: morfeus Opus. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGJ-Erd5Sg E.R.P - Four Alone].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGJ-Erd5Sg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: morfeus Opus. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="rpGJ-Erd5Sg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rpGJ-Erd5Sg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rpGJ-Erd5Sg" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. (Convextion) || E.R.P. - JD50800 (Convextion Version) [SYNCRO68] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/5xxH4HRNGL8 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xxH4HRNGL8 E.R.P. - JD50800 (Convextion Version) [SYNCRO68]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xxH4HRNGL8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="5xxH4HRNGL8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5xxH4HRNGL8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5xxH4HRNGL8" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. || E.R.P. - Microcentric [SYNCRO68] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/rLN6oYUrnAE || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-10-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLN6oYUrnAE E.R.P. - Microcentric [SYNCRO68]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLN6oYUrnAE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="rLN6oYUrnAE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rLN6oYUrnAE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rLN6oYUrnAE" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. || ERP -- Telenovela || https://www.youtube.com/embed/xGMaB72ezVw || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-05-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMaB72ezVw ERP -- Telenovela].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMaB72ezVw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="xGMaB72ezVw" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xGMaB72ezVw" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xGMaB72ezVw" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Dopplereffekt, Release || Dopplereffekt LIVE Earth-Hackney 1st March 2025 (unreleased track) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVKZQ6I203w || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HackneyJunglist. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-03-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVKZQ6I203w Dopplereffekt LIVE Earth-Hackney 1st March 2025 (unreleased track)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVKZQ6I203w Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HackneyJunglist. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="BVKZQ6I203w" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BVKZQ6I203w" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BVKZQ6I203w" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| DJ Stingray 313 || Outsourced || https://www.youtube.com/embed/TsqbpXpIQtk || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2022-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsqbpXpIQtk Outsourced].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsqbpXpIQtk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="TsqbpXpIQtk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TsqbpXpIQtk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TsqbpXpIQtk" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| DJ Stingray 313 || Room Clearance || https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wdluQizSEk || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2022-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wdluQizSEk Room Clearance].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wdluQizSEk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="5wdluQizSEk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5wdluQizSEk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5wdluQizSEk" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| DJ Stingray 313 || Reverse Engineering || https://www.youtube.com/embed/TYaNJ3IY7n8 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2022-04-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYaNJ3IY7n8 Reverse Engineering].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYaNJ3IY7n8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="TYaNJ3IY7n8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TYaNJ3IY7n8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TYaNJ3IY7n8" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| DJ Stingray 313 || Bioplastics || https://www.youtube.com/embed/zHi3tAzwJD0 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2021-09-24; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2021-09-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHi3tAzwJD0 Bioplastics].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHi3tAzwJD0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2021-09-24; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="zHi3tAzwJD0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="zHi3tAzwJD0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="zHi3tAzwJD0" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. || E.R.P. - Noetic [FFLP001] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/2OKdvFUX5lU || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Givi Gelashvili. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-12-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OKdvFUX5lU E.R.P. - Noetic [FFLP001]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OKdvFUX5lU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Givi Gelashvili. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="2OKdvFUX5lU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2OKdvFUX5lU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2OKdvFUX5lU" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| CRC, remixed by E.R.P. (Convextion) || Vaskitsaherra (E.R.P. aka Convextion Remix) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/cf7pArKepUQ || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: CRC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2009-10-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2018-11-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf7pArKepUQ Vaskitsaherra (E.R.P. aka Convextion Remix)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf7pArKepUQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: CRC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2009-10-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="cf7pArKepUQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cf7pArKepUQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cf7pArKepUQ" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. || E.R.P. - Lodestone [SEMANTICA14] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVXZbJvS_AI || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HATE Lab. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVXZbJvS_AI E.R.P. - Lodestone [SEMANTICA14]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVXZbJvS_AI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HATE Lab. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="kVXZbJvS_AI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="kVXZbJvS_AI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="kVXZbJvS_AI" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| E.R.P. || E.R.P - Ancient Light ( Hubble Telescope Series Vol. II ) ( Solar One Music 2016 ) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGD8EXeUGus || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Simon René Thomassen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-04-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGD8EXeUGus E.R.P - Ancient Light ( Hubble Telescope Series Vol. II ) ( Solar One Music 2016 )].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGD8EXeUGus Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Simon René Thomassen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="SGD8EXeUGus" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SGD8EXeUGus" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SGD8EXeUGus" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Helena Hauff || Silver Sand & Boxes of Mould || https://www.youtube.com/embed/H59dlCcoMjA || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2015-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H59dlCcoMjA Silver Sand & Boxes of Mould].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H59dlCcoMjA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="H59dlCcoMjA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="H59dlCcoMjA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="H59dlCcoMjA" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Helena Hauff || Piece of Pleasure || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z5EmS7lEjj0 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2015-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EmS7lEjj0 Piece of Pleasure].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EmS7lEjj0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="Z5EmS7lEjj0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Z5EmS7lEjj0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Z5EmS7lEjj0" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Helena Hauff || Helena Hauff - 'Tryst' || https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tkRCv-zVP4 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tkRCv-zVP4 Helena Hauff - 'Tryst'].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tkRCv-zVP4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="8tkRCv-zVP4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="8tkRCv-zVP4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="8tkRCv-zVP4" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Helena Hauff || Helena Hauff - 'Spur' || https://www.youtube.com/embed/R_gZQXEqGCY || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-08-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_gZQXEqGCY Helena Hauff - 'Spur'].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_gZQXEqGCY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="R_gZQXEqGCY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="R_gZQXEqGCY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="R_gZQXEqGCY" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Helena Hauff || Helena Hauff - 'Sworn To Secrecy Part II' (Official Video) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/t90Xi4shzj8 || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-06-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90Xi4shzj8 Helena Hauff - 'Sworn To Secrecy Part II' (Official Video)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || music-video || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90Xi4shzj8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="t90Xi4shzj8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="t90Xi4shzj8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="t90Xi4shzj8" field="authentic" /> | |||
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| Helena Hauff || Helena Hauff - 'The First Time He Thought, He Died' || https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKKgZMrFK7E || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-02-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKKgZMrFK7E Helena Hauff - 'The First Time He Thought, He Died'].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKKgZMrFK7E Recording/context source] || Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="LKKgZMrFK7E" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LKKgZMrFK7E" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LKKgZMrFK7E" field="authentic" /> | |||
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Summary
Electro is an electronic dance-music field whose syncopated machine rhythms, synthetic bass, futuristic textures and connections to funk and early hip-hop distinguish it from generic electronic music. The catalogue uses the historical electro/electro-funk sense, rather than every later style marketed with electro in its name. A broken drum pattern can feel both mechanical and physically supple. Vocoder or processed voice is one resource, not a compulsory ingredient. Its cultural identity developed through several American scenes and later international communities, giving the music multiple local centers of gravity. [1]
Contemporary and trending
Electro continues through specialist DJs, labels, live drum-machine performance, dancers, reissues and new production. Some artists emphasize party-oriented directness, others a more austere or speculative machine world. The field can intersect with techno events without being merely a tempo variation of four-on-the-floor music. Older records remain useful to dancers and selectors because their rhythmic organization still creates distinct possibilities. Contemporary continuity lies in the active reuse and transformation of those possibilities, not only in nostalgia for early equipment or a particular science-fiction visual style.
History
Early 1980s American producers connected electronic influences, funk and emerging hip-hop practice in different local ways. New York recordings supplied major points of circulation, Detroit's Cybotron connected electro with a developing techno world, and Los Angeles parties and artists built another substantial scene. Egyptian Lover's account of Uncle Jamm's Army and studio experimentation gives a practitioner's view of local social energy. Juan Atkins's recollections reveal overlapping transatlantic reception. These histories should not be flattened into a claim that one machine or one European influence single-handedly invented the music. [2]
Musical characteristics
Listen to the placement of kick and snare around an implied pulse, the short articulation of bass and the contrast between repeated patterns and changing accents. TR-808-associated sounds are a defining historical resource, but programming and context determine their feel. A synthetic voice can become melodic material, narrative persona or rhythmic punctuation. Space between sounds matters as much as density. Electro can reward bodily response and analytical attention simultaneously: the pattern invites a dancer to articulate gaps and shifts that a more regular kick pattern organizes differently. [1]
Geography and communities
Strong American landscapes include Detroit/Great Lakes, the northeastern hip-hop/electronic corridor and southern California, each with distinct histories. Benelux/German and British adopted cultures sustain significant detached production and listening. A weaker southeastern American field recognizes bass-oriented connections without calling every Miami bass or regional party track electro. Broad regional fields include linked towns, dancers and record networks rather than only a few famous studios. These are selected areas of cultural depth, while the internet makes the current public much more dispersed than a simple birthplace map could suggest.
Artists
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force provide a major early New York route, while Cybotron and Model 500 connect related Detroit histories. Egyptian Lover and Arabian Prince reveal contrasting Los Angeles approaches. Drexciya and Dopplereffekt open later speculative and rhythmic worlds, and artists such as Helena Hauff help show continued international reinterpretation. These careers span different categories, so use particular recordings as guides. Comparing a vocal party record with an austere instrumental makes clear that the family is connected by rhythmic and sonic thinking rather than one mood or lyrical subject.
Representative performances
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
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| popular | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note | MuGlobe favorite | Current hit | Authentic |
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| Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force | Planet Rock | https://www.youtube.com/embed/nGsQT3DAo7M | The officially distributed studio recording is a foundational electro example, combining electronic percussion and synthesizer figures with early hip-hop vocal delivery. Audio of the record, not a concert performance.[3] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. | false | false | false |
| Cybotron | Clear | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Unc8kDUzbU8 | Official audio of the recording credited to Juan Atkins and Richard Davis. Its electronic rhythm and synthesizer vocabulary provide a Detroit-associated electro reference alongside Planet Rock.[4] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. | false | false | false |
| X-Truder | 🔻X-Truder - Titan Breaks [Science Cult] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/cPPxIp6EclU | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[5] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| X-Truder | X-TRUDER: LET ME TRY SOME ACID THEN [SCIENCE CULT] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uDT3R08Osdw | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: 0bleak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[6] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: 0bleak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Detroit In Effect | Detroit In Effect – Who's In Control | Electronic / Electro | Clone West Coast Series – CWCS029 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/smAHeRpEJIU | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Julie Marghilano. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[7] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Julie Marghilano. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| DJ Stingray313, remixed by Aubrey | Dj Stingray 313 - Comunication System Aubrey Remix 2015 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/f5qU62vcN8c | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Aubrey. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[8] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Aubrey. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Kid Bucle | Decipherer | https://www.youtube.com/embed/PKZAH3YhXGg | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kid Bucle - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-08-21; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-08-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kid Bucle - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-08-21; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. | A1. E.R.P. - One4Rekab [WGD12010] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZkK_m5Uc1wI | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: soundBots. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: soundBots. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Kim Cosmik | Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats | https://www.youtube.com/embed/1xNNLh8YxuI | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| Kim Cosmik | Cascading | https://www.youtube.com/embed/2zmVMphK_04 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| Kim Cosmik | Calculated Risk | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Bru6ZudEsg | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-08-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-08-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| Kim Cosmik | Star Glider | https://www.youtube.com/embed/fnAfuiV2Low | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2026-01-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| Kim Cosmik | Another Rainy Day | https://www.youtube.com/embed/PPs56EzlCbE | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| Kim Cosmik | Unknown Territory | https://www.youtube.com/embed/SjDO9ra70u0 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Kim Cosmik - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-03-18; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| b0t23 and inoperative system | B0t23 + inoperative system - Binary [Science Cult] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/R7LFMqgThXQ | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Future Funk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Kim Cosmik | Kim Cosmik -- Crystalline | https://www.youtube.com/embed/MnKE-cuVUYE | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Dopplereffekt | Dopplereffekt - Time Modulation-Graviton Pulse (Official Music Video) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dsu2ztVbPBQ | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] | popular | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Dopplereffekt | Dopplereffekt - Collapse of Simultaneity | https://www.youtube.com/embed/jKkaWagWMR8 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Tresor Berlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. | E.R.P - Four Alone | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rpGJ-Erd5Sg | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: morfeus Opus. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: morfeus Opus. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. (Convextion) | E.R.P. - JD50800 (Convextion Version) [SYNCRO68] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/5xxH4HRNGL8 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. | E.R.P. - Microcentric [SYNCRO68] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rLN6oYUrnAE | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-10-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Acidalia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. | ERP -- Telenovela | https://www.youtube.com/embed/xGMaB72ezVw | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-05-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: ballacid. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Dopplereffekt, Release | Dopplereffekt LIVE Earth-Hackney 1st March 2025 (unreleased track) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVKZQ6I203w | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HackneyJunglist. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-03-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] | popular | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HackneyJunglist. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| DJ Stingray 313 | Outsourced | https://www.youtube.com/embed/TsqbpXpIQtk | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2022-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| DJ Stingray 313 | Room Clearance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wdluQizSEk | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2022-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-11; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| DJ Stingray 313 | Reverse Engineering | https://www.youtube.com/embed/TYaNJ3IY7n8 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2022-04-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[28] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2022-04-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| DJ Stingray 313 | Bioplastics | https://www.youtube.com/embed/zHi3tAzwJD0 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2021-09-24; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2021-09-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[29] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: DJ Stingray 313 - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2021-09-24; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. | E.R.P. - Noetic [FFLP001] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/2OKdvFUX5lU | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Givi Gelashvili. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-12-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[30] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Givi Gelashvili. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| CRC, remixed by E.R.P. (Convextion) | Vaskitsaherra (E.R.P. aka Convextion Remix) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/cf7pArKepUQ | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: CRC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2009-10-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2018-11-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[31] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: CRC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2009-10-26; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. | E.R.P. - Lodestone [SEMANTICA14] | https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVXZbJvS_AI | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HATE Lab. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[32] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: HATE Lab. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| E.R.P. | E.R.P - Ancient Light ( Hubble Telescope Series Vol. II ) ( Solar One Music 2016 ) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGD8EXeUGus | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Simon René Thomassen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-04-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[33] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Simon René Thomassen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Helena Hauff | Silver Sand & Boxes of Mould | https://www.youtube.com/embed/H59dlCcoMjA | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2015-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[34] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| Helena Hauff | Piece of Pleasure | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z5EmS7lEjj0 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2015-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[35] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: Helena Hauff - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2015-09-04; reissue dates do not establish the original session. | false | false | false |
| Helena Hauff | Helena Hauff - 'Tryst' | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tkRCv-zVP4 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[36] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Helena Hauff | Helena Hauff - 'Spur' | https://www.youtube.com/embed/R_gZQXEqGCY | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-08-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[37] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Helena Hauff | Helena Hauff - 'Sworn To Secrecy Part II' (Official Video) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/t90Xi4shzj8 | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-06-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[38] | popular | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
| Helena Hauff | Helena Hauff - 'The First Time He Thought, He Died' | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKKgZMrFK7E | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-02-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[39] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Electro recording in its actual musical context. Source: WERKDISCS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. | false | false | false |
Related genres
Funk, early hip-hop, techno and Miami bass supply immediate neighboring paths while retaining their own institutions and histories. Electro-house is a later and different naming context, so an introductory search should not assume the terms are synonymous. Synth-pop shares some instruments but often organizes rhythm and song differently. Electro is most useful as a category when it preserves those distinctions and makes the expressive potential of machine syncopation audible: programmed patterns become a language of movement, character and imaginative possibility through the choices of musicians and dancers.
References and further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Egyptian Lover — Red Bull Music Academy2013.
- ↑ Juan Atkins — DJ History/Red Bull Music Academy interview.
- ↑ Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force — Planet Rock. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ Cybotron — Clear. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ 🔻X-Truder - Titan Breaks [Science Cult].
- ↑ X-TRUDER: LET ME TRY SOME ACID THEN [SCIENCE CULT].
- ↑ Detroit In Effect – Who's In Control | Electronic / Electro | Clone West Coast Series – CWCS029.
- ↑ Dj Stingray 313 - Comunication System Aubrey Remix 2015.
- ↑ Decipherer.
- ↑ A1. E.R.P. - One4Rekab [WGD12010].
- ↑ Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats.
- ↑ Cascading.
- ↑ Calculated Risk.
- ↑ Star Glider.
- ↑ Another Rainy Day.
- ↑ Unknown Territory.
- ↑ B0t23 + inoperative system - Binary [Science Cult].
- ↑ Kim Cosmik -- Crystalline.
- ↑ Dopplereffekt - Time Modulation-Graviton Pulse (Official Music Video).
- ↑ Dopplereffekt - Collapse of Simultaneity.
- ↑ E.R.P - Four Alone.
- ↑ E.R.P. - JD50800 (Convextion Version) [SYNCRO68].
- ↑ E.R.P. - Microcentric [SYNCRO68].
- ↑ ERP -- Telenovela.
- ↑ Dopplereffekt LIVE Earth-Hackney 1st March 2025 (unreleased track).
- ↑ Outsourced.
- ↑ Room Clearance.
- ↑ Reverse Engineering.
- ↑ Bioplastics.
- ↑ E.R.P. - Noetic [FFLP001].
- ↑ Vaskitsaherra (E.R.P. aka Convextion Remix).
- ↑ E.R.P. - Lodestone [SEMANTICA14].
- ↑ E.R.P - Ancient Light ( Hubble Telescope Series Vol. II ) ( Solar One Music 2016 ).
- ↑ Silver Sand & Boxes of Mould.
- ↑ Piece of Pleasure.
- ↑ Helena Hauff - 'Tryst'.
- ↑ Helena Hauff - 'Spur'.
- ↑ Helena Hauff - 'Sworn To Secrecy Part II' (Official Video).
- ↑ Helena Hauff - 'The First Time He Thought, He Died'.
Hotspot mushrooms
Distinct American electro cultures and substantive European adoption form several meaningful landscapes. The category remains historical electro/electro-funk, not all electro-house or every bass-music public; regional fields include dancer/record networks.
These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| electro-great-lakes | Detroit and Great Lakes Electro landscape | 42.5 | -84 | 1100 | 1 | Cybotron and later independent machine-funk culture. |
| electro-northeastern-us | Northeastern American Electro landscape | 40 | -75 | 1000 | 0.9 | Early hip-hop/electronic dance and connected regional public. |
| electro-southern-california | Southern Californian Electro landscape | 34 | -118 | 1100 | 1 | LA party, dancer and producer culture with broad regional memory. |
| electro-southeastern-us | Southeastern American Electro-related landscape | 29 | -83 | 1100 | 0.55 | Bass-oriented connections with distinct local traditions. |
| electro-benelux-german | Benelux–German Electro cultural landscape | 51 | 8 | 1300 | 0.85 | Independent labels, selectors, producers and adopted dance public. |
| electro-britain | British Electro cultural landscape | 53 | -2 | 900 | 0.65 | Substantial detached production and listening communities. |