Editing Electroclash (section)

===Role of International Deejay Gigolos===
Electroclash emerged in the late 1990s. The [[Munich]]-based label [[International DeeJay Gigolo Records]], founded by [[DJ Hell]], is considered the "germ cell" and "THE home" of the electroclash sound.<ref>'''Sources''':
*{{cite news| url = http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/dj-hell-vokuhila-koks-und-schampus-a-274462.html |title=DJ Hell: Vokuhila, Koks und Schampus |trans-title=DJ Hell: Mullet, coke and champers |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |author=Ulf Lippitz|  date=18 November 2003|language=de}}
*{{cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/mar/02/djhell-electroclash-helmut-geier |title = DJ Hell creates dance music heaven at last |newspaper =[[The Guardian]] |author=Tony Naylor |date=2 March 2009}}
*{{cite magazine| url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/03/07/save-the-planet-kill-yourself-remembering-electroclash/2/ |title=Save the Planet, Kill Yourself: remembering Electroclash |magazine=[[Fact (UK magazine)|FACT Magazine]] |author=Joe Muggs| date=7 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="dallach">{{cite news |url=https://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/26767194 |title=Aufgewärmte Kälte – Das Revival findet doch statt: Ladytron macht aus Klängen der Achtziger Electroclash |trans-title=Warmed up cold – The revival takes place after all: Ladytron turn the sounds of the eighties into electroclash |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |author=Von Kraehahn and Christoph Dallach |date=31 March 2003|language=de}}</ref><ref name="baines">{{cite magazine| url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-bullshitters-guide-to-electroclash/| title = A Bullshitter's Guide to Electroclash| magazine = [[Vice (magazine)|VICE]] | author = Josh Baines| date =10 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="skiddle">{{cite web| url =http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/DJ-Hell-Interview-Power-and-innovation/26712/| title = Dj Hell Interview: Power and Innovation| publisher = [[Skiddle]]| date=20 October 2015| access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref>  Gigolo featured many of the early electroclash songs, such as for example Christopher Just's ''I'm a Disco Dancer'' from 1997 or [[Chris Korda]]'s ''Save the Planet, Kill Yourself'', which originally even had been released as early as 1993.<ref name="Joe Muggs">{{cite magazine| url =http://www.factmag.com/2014/03/07/save-the-planet-kill-yourself-remembering-electroclash/2/| title = Save the Planet, Kill Yourself: remembering Electroclash| magazine = [[Fact (UK magazine)|FACT Magazine]] | author = Joe Muggs| date =7 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/de/Chris-Korda-Save-The-Planet-Kill-Yourself/release/189345|title=Chris Korda – Save The Planet, Kill Yourself|work = [[Discogs]]|date=1993 |publisher=Zinc Media, Inc|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref> Then in 1998, Gigolo released the songs "[[1982 (Miss Kittin & The Hacker song)|1982]]" and "[[Frank Sinatra (Miss Kittin & The Hacker song)|Frank Sinatra]]" by French recording duo [[Miss Kittin]] & [[The Hacker]], which were among the most successful early hits of the new genre.<ref name="velle"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-And-The-Hacker-Champagne-EP/master/38663|title=Miss Kittin And The Hacker* - Champagne! E.P.|work = [[Discogs]]|date=1998 |publisher=Zinc Media, Inc|access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="stylusmagazine"/> This was followed by the hit "[[Emerge (song)|Emerge]]" by New York duo [[Fischerspooner]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Fischerspooner-Emerge/release/8348 |title=Fischerspooner – Emerge |work = [[Discogs]]|date=30 July 2001 |publisher=Zinc Media, Inc|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> as well as the remake of [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]]'s "[[Sunglasses at Night]]" by Canadian duo [[Tiga (musician)|Tiga]] & [[Jori Hulkkonen|Zyntherius]], both released on Gigolo in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Tiga-Zyntherius-Sunglasses-EP/release/18500 |title=Tiga & Zyntherius – Sunglasses EP |work = [[Discogs]]|date=4 September 2001 |publisher=Zinc Media, Inc|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="kleinfeld">{{cite magazine |last=Kleinfeld |first=Justin |date=3 February 2003 |title=Artist Spotlight:Tiga |magazine=[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Report]] | issue=799| volume=74 | pages=20 | issn=0890-0795 |location= New York| publisher=The CMJ Network Inc. }}</ref> DJ Hell brought the artists of the new genre together on the label and acted primarily as their mentor.<ref name="kleinfeld"/> But also Hell's own releases like the album ''Munich Machine'' from 1998 are seen as groundbreaking for the genre Electroclash.<ref name="theguardian_20090302">{{cite news |url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/mar/02/djhell-electroclash-helmut-geier |title=DJ Hell creates dance music heaven at last |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |author=Tony Naylor |date=2 March 2009 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> In the widely recognized film documentary ''Welcome to the club! 25 years of electronic dance music'' by European television network [[Arte]], Miss Kittin describes the origination of the first songs of the new style together with DJ Hell and declares him the inventor of the Electroclash genre.<ref name=arte_documentary/> Since DJ Hell gathered the international artists of the new genre at Gigolo in Munich and many of them gave their first performances in the city's nightclubs, Munich is considered the city in which electroclash "was significantly co-invented, if not invented".<ref name="mjunikdisco"/><ref name="dallach"/> Soon the new style of music also spread to other cities such as Berlin, London and New York.<ref name="hartmann">{{cite news |url=http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/?dig=2003/01/17/a0265 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225023741/https://taz.de/!822729/ |archive-date=25 February 2020 |title=The Great Gigolo Swindle |newspaper = [[Die Tageszeitung]] |author = Andreas Hartmann | date =17 January 2003 |access-date=24 August 2016|language=de}}</ref>