Folktronica or Electrofolk is a genre of music comprised of varying elements of folk music and electronica.

History of term

The label "folktronica" seems to have originated in the British press, having come to encompass performers and bands that include elements of ambient electronica, folk, jazz, classical, and even hip-hop. In 2001, postmodern pop artist Momus released an album titled Folktronic deliberately exploring (and satirizing) the fusion . A similar genre is "Laptop folk", which refers to a slightly more minimalistic electronic folk .

Folktronica was a term first used to describe the sound of the second album of British producer Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), Pause.

Folktronica musicians

• Adem
• The Album Leaf
• The Beta Band
• Bibio
• The Books
• Capitol K
• Caribou (AKA Manitoba)
• CocoRosie
• Colleen
• Greg Davis
• Deek hoi
• Department of Eagles
• Josh Doyle
• Efterklang
• Found

• Fridge
• Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
• Goldfrapp
• Gravenhurst
• The High Llamas
• J Xaverre
• Jakokoyak
• David Kitt
• Koushik
• Scott Lanaway
• Little Glitches
• Leafcutter John
• Lucky Dragons
• Matmos

• Minotaur Shock
• Juana Molina
• Nobukazu Takemura
• William Harper
• Beth Orton
• Paavoharju
• Benoît Pioulard
• The Prize Fighter Inferno
• Psapp
• Silje Nes
• Tunng
• Jeremy Warmsley
• Ylid
• Richard Youngs
• Whitley
• Patrick Wolf
• Electric President
• Jeremy Bender
• It's Jo and Danny

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