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| Cultural origins | 1990s–2000s |
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Folktronica[1] is a genre of music comprising various elements offolk music andelectronica, often featuring uses ofacoustic instruments – especially stringed instruments – and incorporatinghip hop,electronic ordance 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 albumEvery Man and Woman is a Star byUltramarine is credited as a progenitor of the genre; it featured apastoral sound and incorporated traditional instruments such as violin and harmonica withtechno andhouse elements.In 1994 Swedish Eurodance groupRednex released what could arguably be the most popular song of the genre for the time, "Cotton Eye Joe". The song incorporates classic 90s electronic sounds with Southern American staples from the banjo to the fiddle.[4] In the early 2000s, artists such asFour Tet,Isan, andGravenhurst were lumped into a folktronica "scene" by the media and press.[5] According toThe Sunday Times Culture's Encyclopedia of Modern Music, essential albums of the genre are Four Tet'sPause (2001),Tunng'sMother's Daughter and Other Songs (2005), andCaribou'sThe Milk of Human Kindness (2005).[6]
Notable folktronica records released in the 21st century include:Avicii's "Wake Me Up",[7]Ellie Goulding'sLights,[8]Sufjan Stevens'The Age of Adz, andMaggie Rogers'Now That the Light Is Fading.[9]
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