Editing Electroclash (section)

==Terminology and characteristics==
The term electroclash describes a musical movement that combined [[synthpop]], [[techno]], [[punk rock|punk]] and [[performance art]]. The genre was in reaction to the rigid formulations of techno music, putting an emphasis on song writing, showmanship and a sense of humour,<ref name=Lynskey2002/> and was described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as one of "the two most significant upheavals in recent dance music history".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/theguide/music/story/0,,2281522,00.html "The female techno takeover"], ''The Guardian'', May 24, 2008</ref> The visual aesthetic of electroclash has been associated with the 1982 [[cult film]] ''[[Liquid Sky]]''.<ref>[http://www.phinnweb.org/313ctr0/electroclash/index3.html "The Great Electroclash Swindle"]. Retrieved August 10, 2008.</ref> [[DJ Hell]] is widely credited as inventor and name giver of the genre,<ref name="PureFM">{{cite web| url = http://www.pure-fm.de/dj-hell-rhabarbersaft-schorle-und-champus/| title = The gentleman of electronic music| publisher = Pure FM| date = 11 June 2014| access-date = 11 August 2016| language = de| archive-date = 1 January 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150101012852/http://www.pure-fm.de/dj-hell-rhabarbersaft-schorle-und-champus/| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="FAZEmag">{{cite web| url = http://www.fazemag.de/dj-hell-electronic-music-megastar/ | title = DJ Hell – Electronic Music Megastar| date = 6 April 2012| publisher = FAZEmag| access-date=26 August 2016|language=de}}</ref><ref name=arte_documentary>{{cite AV media | people=Pailhe, Dimitri (Director), Marx, Jean-Claude, Alary, Romain, Sève, Thibault | date=2014 | title=Bienvenue au club : 25 ans de musiques électroniques | trans-title=Welcome to the club! 25 years of electronic dance music | medium=Motion picture | language=fr | location=France | publisher=[[Arte|Arte France]], Bellota Films | url=https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/074985-000-A/bienvenue-au-club/}}</ref> while DJ and promoter [[Larry Tee]] later popularized the term in the US by naming the Electroclash 2001 Festival in New York<ref name="FREEwilliamsburg"/> after it.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Paoletta |first=Michael |date=27 July 2002 |title=Nü-Electro Sound Emerges |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | issue=114| volume=30 | pages=66–68 | issn=0006-2510 |location= New York| publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc. }}</ref><ref name="Yahoo"/>