electronic music

noun

1. electronically produced sounds recorded on tape and arranged by the composer to form a musical composition.

electronic music

noun

1. a form of music consisting of sounds produced by oscillating electric currents either controlled from an instrument panel or keyboard or prerecorded on magnetic tape

Word History and Origins

Origin of electronic music¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Dance and electronic music are in a curious place in this fragmented era, with an extraordinary amount of interesting music appearing every week that finds a very small yet devoted audience.

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With “Tranquilizer,” the composer returns to methods deployed on his 2011 album, “Replica,” a landmark of contemporary experimental electronic music.

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It’s sometimes said that electronic music is instantly dated because the technology used to create it is always changing.

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But one event at the university, in which avant garde designs were celebrated with a show that included electronic music and colourful projections attracted unwelcome attention.

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Drawing on her early background in classical music and a fascination with scabrous rock and electronic music, she found a sound that melded the Velvet Underground and Nico’s elegant miserablism, Chelsea Wolfe and Lingua Ignota’s doom-laden art metal and the close-miked , creepy goth-pop of Billie Eilish’s first LP.

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