Editing Electronica (section)

=== Early 1990s: Origins and UK scene ===
The original widespread use of the term "electronica" derives from the influential English [[experimental techno]] label New Electronica, which was one of the leading forces of the early [[1990s in music|1990s]] introducing and supporting dance-based [[electronic music]] oriented towards home listening rather than dance-floor play,<ref name="bogdanov" /> although the word "electronica" had already begun to be associated with [[synthesizer]] generated music as early as 1983, when a "UK Electronica Festival" was first held.<ref name="attritionrecollection">{{cite web |url=http://www.attrition.co.uk/history/recollection.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008105131/http://www.attrition.co.uk/history/recollection.htm|archive-date=8 October 2006|title=Attrition reminiscence |last=Levermore |first=Gary |work=[[Attrition (band)|Attrition]] |date=March 2000 |accessdate=17 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Gregory, Andy |title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 |year=2002|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |page=466 |isbn=9781857431612}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=International Who's who in Music Popular music. Vol. two|year=2000 |publisher=Melrose Press |page=429 |isbn=0948875070}}</ref> At that time electronica became known as "electronic listening music", also becoming more or less synonymous to [[ambient techno]] and [[intelligent techno]], and was considered distinct from other emerging genres such as [[Jungle music|jungle]] and [[trip hop]].<ref name="bogdanov" />

Electronica artists that would later become commercially successful began to record in the late [[1980s in music|1980s]], before the term had come into common usage, including for example [[the Prodigy]], [[Fatboy Slim]], [[Daft Punk]], [[the Chemical Brothers]], [[the Crystal Method]], [[Moby]], [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] and [[Faithless]].<ref name="wired-method">"Crystal Method...grew from an obscure club-culture due to one of the most recognizable acts in electronica, ...", page 90, ''Wired: Musicians' Home Studios : Tools & Techniques of the Musical Mavericks'', Megan Perry, Backbeat Books Music/Songbooks 2004, {{ISBN|0-87930-794-3}}</ref>