What is "electro"?

[SherpaPsy]

Well, this thread took exactly 4 posts to turn full circle, via 'Electro equals EDM' . Well done everybody!

Really that's like saying Thunderbird = wine

For me Electro is.....annoying.

[Lilja]

Electro shouldn't be included in the same category as "complextro" that has all the wobbly wobbly, bleep and bloops all over the place.

I'd say electro is 4 on 4 with angrier synths and basses compared to regular house or progressive house, but now when I think about it, I'm probably referring to Indie / Nu-Disco which has a more "mature" sound comparing to electro, not to mention complextro (trying all I can to seperate the two genres)

[Tha Gooch]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro_(music)

[Publicservice]

what I thought of as electro

[lethal_pizzle]

This website has a decent stab at it:
Electro-Funk
Electro-House
even
Complextro

[rkelley23]

EDM is simply an abbreviation for Electronic Dance Music. Multiple genres fall into this category.

[RossH]

EDM is simply an abbreviation for Electronic Dance Music. Multiple genres fall into this category.

EDM is a 'trendy' term made up by people who have highjacked our industry and flooded it with complete and utter shi*e!

[Pearce161]

There plenty of good 'electro house' out there, its just that pop cheese dance crud has really taken to the sound and made a nasty poppy formulaic version of it that seems to be dominating the charts (here in the UK anyway) that now all these pop rappers are jumping all over it aswell. Shame

[dj subculture]

There plenty of good 'electro house' out there, its just that pop cheese dance crud has really taken to the sound and made a nasty poppy formulaic version of it that seems to be dominating the charts (here in the UK anyway) that now all these pop rappers are jumping all over it aswell. Shame

The story of most genres for the last 30 years.

[D-Kem]

Electro to me always mean records like this