Ethnic electronica

Ethnic electronica
Stylistic origins	World music electronic music electronica new age music
Cultural origins	1980s, worldwide
Other topics
Afro tech Afrobeats Asian underground Azonto Bachatón Coupé-décalé Funk carioca Gqom Kidandali Kuduro Kwaito Mahraganat Manila sound Nortec Psybient Rabòday Rara tech Sambass Shamstep Shangaan electro Trival Worldbeat

Ethnic electronica (also known as ethnotronica, ethno electronica or ethno techno) is a broad category of electronic music, where artists combine elements of various styles of electronic music, world music and new age music. The music is primarily rooted in local music traditions and regional cultures, and can often engage in elements of popular music.

History

See also: Turbofolk

In the Western Balkans, a Southern European subgenre of contemporary pop music known as "turbo-folk" (sometimes referred to as "popular folk") initially developed during the 1980s and 1990s, with similar music styles in Greece (Skyladiko), Bulgaria (Chalga), Romania (Manele) and Albania (Tallava). It's a fusion genre of popular music blending Serbian folk music with other genres such as pop, rock, electronic, and/or hip-hop.

Other notable examples of 1980s ethnic electronica include Angolan kuduro, Mexican tecnocumbia and the Indian album Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat.

In the late 2010s, the Ukrainian ethnotronica scene had a rise, when such artists as Go_A, Onuka, Yuko, Mavka became popular outside of their country.

Notable artists

Notable acts of ethnic electronica include Bryn Jones with his project Muslimgauze, the artists of the Asian underground movement—such as Talvin Singh, Nitin Sawhney, Cheb i Sabbah, Asian Dub Foundation, State of Bengal, Transglobal Underground Joi and Natacha Atlas,—Mozani Ramzan, Shpongle, Ott, Zavoloka, Linda George, Banco de Gaia, AeTopus, Zingaia, Afro-Celt Sound System, Métisse, The Halluci Nation, early work by Yat-Kha (with Ivan Sokolovsky).