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Description of Electropop

 
Not a style easily identified with any particular tribe or location, electropop is the globally appealing idea of recasting the traditional indie-rock song with synthesisers and processed beats. Its obvious antecedent is the 1980s synth pop of Depeche Mode, New Order and Yazoo, but most electropop acts also owe an influence to Stereolab and the loungier strains of post-rock. Unashamedly retro, often kitsch, electropop proves that abandoning the guitar doesn't have to mean submitting to facelessness and formlessness.
 

Top Electropop Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. DONT TRUST ME (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$0.99
2. That's Not My Name The Ting Tings
$1.29
3. Fireflies Owl City
$1.29
4. Paper Planes M.I.A.
$1.29
5. STARSTRUKK (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
6. Cave In Owl City
$1.29
7. Hello Seattle Owl City
$1.29
8. The Bird and The Worm Owl City
$1.29
9. Shut Up And Let Me Go The Ting Tings
$1.29
10. DONT TRUST ME (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
11. DONT TRUST ME (Amended Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
12. Wrong Depeche Mode
$0.99
13. RICHMAN (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
14. Umbrella Beach Owl City
$1.29
15. Vanilla Twilight Owl City
$1.29
16. The Saltwater Room Owl City
$1.29
17. Meteor Shower Owl City
$1.29
18. Tapp 3OH!3
$1.29
19. Dental Care Owl City
$1.29
20. On The Wing Owl City
$1.29
21. Such Great Heights The Postal Service
$0.99
22. The Tip Of The Iceberg Owl City
$1.29
23. IM NOT YOUR BOYFRIEND BABY (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
24. PUNKB*TCH (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
25. Tidal Wave Owl City
$1.29
26. L.E.S. Artistes Santigold
$0.99
27. Enjoy The Silence Depeche Mode
$0.99
28. O... Saya featuring A.R. Rahman M.I.A.
$1.29
29. Personal Jesus Depeche Mode
$0.99
30. Great DJ The Ting Tings
$0.99
31. Sleepyhead Passion Pit
$0.99
32. Don't You Want Me The Human League
$1.29
33. Paper Planes M.I.A.
$1.29
34. I CANT DO IT ALONE (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
35. Policy Of Truth Depeche Mode
$0.99
36. CHOKECHAIN (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
37. Le Disko Shiny Toy Guns
$0.99
38. Little Secrets Passion Pit
$0.99
39. STILL AROUND (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
40. The Reeling Passion Pit
$0.99
41. Shove It Santigold
$0.99
42. Heartbreaker (feat. John Legend) MSTRKRFT
$0.99
43. COLORADO SUNRISE (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
44. The District Sleeps Alone The Postal Service
$0.99
45. Cars Gary Numan
$0.99
46. HOLLER TIL YOU PASS OUT (Explicit Album Version) 3OH!3
$1.29
47. Crimewave Crystal Castles
$0.99
48. Lights Out Santigold
$0.99
49. In Chains Depeche Mode
$0.99
50. Hot Air Balloon Owl City
$0.99
 

Electropop Key Albums

 
Again
$7.99
Apples & Synthesizers
$8.99
Beams
$8.99
Black Cherry
$9.99
Coming On Strong
$9.99
Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89 (Part 2: Electrowave)
$7.99
Cross
$9.99
Dots & Loops
$6.99
Ed Rec Vol. 2
(Explicit) $9.99
First Album
$7.99
Gimmie Trouble
$7.99
Give Up
$9.99
How Do You Dance?
$9.99
In Ghost Colours
$6.99
Information Society
$9.99
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
(Bonus Tracks) $7.99
Odyssey
$9.99
Oracular Spectacular
(Explicit) $9.99
Replicas
$9.99
Speak & Spell [digital version]
(Bonus Tracks) $9.99
The Album
$5.99
The Voice
$7.99
The Warning
$7.99
Travelogue
$11.99
Unrest
$7.99
We Are Pilots
(Explicit) $9.99
We Started Nothing
$7.99

 

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Electropop Key Artists

 
Adult

Adult. is the electro-punk
duo from Detroit made up of
married couple Nicola
Kuperus and Adam Lee
Miller. The two combine r...

Annie

Norway's Annie Lilia Berge
Strand sings chirpy
electropop with the aid of
Royksopp and Richard X
production. Annie's 1999...

Cut Copy

Cut Copy are a
Melbourne-based
electro-power-pop group.
It is the brainchild of
Australian DJ and produc...

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode's romantic,
gloomy, synthetic pop has
made them one of the first
New Wave acts to find
arena-sized success. Tho...

Erlend Oye

Erlend Oye is best known as
a member of the "quiet
core" band, Kings of
Convenience. As a solo
artist, Oye uses electroni...

Fad Gadget

Frank Tovey was the
one-man wrecking (man)
machine behind the arty
electro band Fad Gadget.
Tovey emerged as a pion...

Felix Da Housecat

Felix Stallings, Jr. from
Chicago has a variety of
influences ranging from
new wave to acid house.
With some production hel...

Gary Numan

Best known for the hit
"Cars," Gary Numan's
detached electro-pop has
proven to be influential to
today's retro-futurists. His...

Hot Chip

Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard,
Al Doyle, Owen Clarke and
Felix Martin are the men
behind this electropop
Casiotone-hop group. Hot...

Information Society

Synth Pop late bloomers
who hit big with 1988’s
"What's On Your Mind (Pure
Energy)."

Junior Boys

If New Order and the
Beloved merged and moved
to Canada, they might sound
like Junior Boys. Junior
Boys' sound features rob...

Justice (electro)

Justice are France's
Gaspard Auge and Xavier de
Rosnay, who met in Paris
and formed the band after
winning a remix contest....

Kraftwerk

A hugely influential outfit
from Germany, Kraftwerk's
ground-breaking Electronic
sounds jumpstarted
modern-day dance music....

Ladytron

Atari-loving indie rockers
with a penchant for
angularity and analog
synths. Ladytron take their
name from Roxy Music's "...

Mantronix

NYC based duo led by
superproducer Kurtis
Mantronik, Mantronix were
pivotal in the development
of Electro-Funk and hip-h...

Miss Kittin

Miss Kittin is French DJ and
producer Catherine Herve,
the voice of Felix Da
Housecat's "Kittenz And
Thee Glitz" LP.

Soft Cell

The ever-dramatic Soft Cell
are most famous for their
cover of "Tainted Love."
Their debut LP, "Non-Stop
Erotic Cabaret" remains a...

The Human League

Releasing their first single in
1978, Human League were
the first international synth
pop stars. Human League's
early lineup formed a dar...

The Postal Service

Death Cab For Cutie's Ben
Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy
Tamborello make up the
electro-indie pop outfit,
The Postal Service. After...

Ultravox

Ultravox were a suave and
svelte electro-pop/new
romantic outfit from the
U.K. who hit the pop scene
in the late '70s.

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