Muzica electronica, sau muzica de club este un gen muzical produs special in scopul de a fi ascultat in cluburi de noapte, sau intr-un mediu care este centrat pe evenimente de dans. Muzica este in mare masura creat pentru a fi utilizate de Dj-i cu intentia de a fi ascultata continuu intr-un DJ set. Evolutia de la inregistrare la alta, sau de la o piese la alta ce se asculta in cluburi se numeste asadar un “mix”.

Acest stil muzical s-a dezvoltat din muzica de disco din anii 70 si din muzica de pop experimentala ale celor de la Kraftwerk. Muzica electronica asa cum o cunoastem noi astazi s-a nascut si s-a dezvoltat incepand cu anul 1980 prin cluburile de noapte regionale.Pe la inceputul anilor 1990, rolul muzicii electronice in societate a fost mentionat si in lucrari academice, intrand astfel in cultura contemporana.
Muzica electronica este creat prin intermediul unor instrumente cum ar fi sintetizatoarele, drum machines si sequenceri si in general scoate in evidenta sunete unice a instrumentelor respective.

Trupe si DJ-i care au contribuit la evolutia muzicii electronice sunt : Silver Apples, A-ha, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, New Order, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, The Human League si Kraftwerk.

Case discuri care promoveaza muzica electronica in intreaga lume sunt: Trax Records, Metroplex Records, Plus 8, Warp Records ( UK ) , Astralwerks, Ninja Tune, Rerfecto ( Paul Oakenfold)

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De-a lungul anilor in muzica electronica au aparut foarte multe subgenuri si stiluri muzicale:

• Ambient: ambient house, ambient tehno, dark ambient, drone music, psybient, space music, italo house
• Breakbeat: Baltimore club, big beat, broken beat, florida breaks, hip hop, nu skool breaks, progressive breaks
• Disco: Cosmic disco, eurobeat, eurodance, euro disco, Hi-NRG, Italo dance, Italo disco, Nu disco, Spacesynth.
• Downtempo: Acid jazz, Balearic Beat, Chill out, Ethnic electronica, Glitch, Illbient, Minimal, New Age, Nu jazz, Tri hop
• Electro: Electro-hop, Electro backbeat, Freestyle, Techno bass
• Electronica: Electropop, Folktronica, Glitch, IDM,
• UK Garage: 2-step, 4×4, Bassline, Breakstep, Dubstep, Funky, Grime, Speed garage
• Hardcore/Hard dance: Bouncy techno, Breakbeat Hardcore, Breakcore, Darkcore, Digital Hardcore, Doomcore, Freeform, Gabber, Happy Hardcore, Hardstyle, Jumpstyle, Makina, Noisecore, Speedcore,Terrorcore.
• House: Acid house, Bubblegum dance, Chicage house, Dark house, Deep house, Disco house, Electro house, Fidget house French house, US garage , Ghetto house, UK Hard house, Hard NRG,Hip house,Italo house,Kwaito,Latin house, Merenhouse , Minimalhouse/Microhouse, Progressive house, Scouse house,Tribal house, Tech house
• Industrial: Aggrotech, Ambient industrial, Cybergrind , Dark ambient ,Dark electro ,Death industrial , Electronic body music , Electro-industrial , Industrial DnB , Industrial metal, Industrial rock , Industrial techno , Japanoise , Martial industrial, Neofolk, Noise , Power noise
• Jungle/Drum’n'bass: Clownstep Darkstep Drumfunk Hardstep Intelligent drum and bass Jump-Up Liquid funk Neurofunk Raggacore Sambass Techstep Trancestep
• Techno: Acid techno Detroit techno Free tekno Ghettotech Jtek Minimal New beat Nortec Schranz Wonky techno
• Trance: Acid trance Ambient trance Classic trance Dream trance Euro-trance Hard trance Hardstyle Nu-NRG Progressive trance Tech trance Uplifting trance Vocal trance