Livetronica


Livetronica, also known as jamtronica, is a style of music that blends jam band elements with those of electronica as the name is a portmanteau of the terms "live music" and "electronica".

History

The genre traces its roots to the late 1990s and early 2000s as it tends toward a synthy, extended dance tunes soaked in a jam-banded atmosphere.

Examples

Bands includes The Disco Biscuits, STS9, and The New Deal.
Entertainment Weekly also identified Prefuse 73, VHS or Beta, Lotus, Signal Path, MFA, and Midwest Product as notable livetronica groups.