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'''Futurepop''' is an ] genre that has been characterized as a blend of ], ] and dance beats, based on ] and ].<ref name="Matzke/Seeliger">Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon.'' Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, {{ISBN|3-89602-522-8}}, page 230.</ref><ref name="Schmidt/Braun273">Axel Schmidt, Klaus Neumann-Braun: ''Die Welt der Gothics. Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz.'' 2004, {{ISBN|3-531-14353-0}}. page 273.</ref> It began to emerge in the late 1990s with artists like ], ], and ].<ref name="Schmidt/Braun273" /><ref name="Matzke/Seeliger" /><ref name="Sorted"/> Other leading figureheads include ],<ref name="Matzke/Seeliger" /> ],<ref name="Matzke/Seeliger" /> and ],<ref name="side">{{cite web |url=http://www.side-line.com/interviews_comments.php?id=40977_0_16_0_C |publisher=Side-Line Magazine |title=Assemblage 23 - I've never been fond of the 'future pop' moniker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906214750/http://www.side-line.com/interviews_comments.php?id=40977_0_16_0_C |archive-date=2013-09-06 |year=2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and ].<ref name="Elferen">Isabella van Elferen: ''Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny'', University of Wales Press, 2012, {{ISBN|0708325130}}, page 165.''</ref>
'''Futurepop''' is an ] genre, an outgrowth of ], that evolved in the late 1990s with groups like ], ], and ].<ref name="Sorted"/> It is characterized by the heavy use of ] and an absence of vocal modification that is popular in many other forms of industrial dance music, such as ].<ref name="Schmidt">Axel Schmidt, Klaus Neumann-Braun: ''Die Welt der Gothics – Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz'', page 276, 2004, {{ISBN|3-531-14353-0}}</ref>


Futurepop is mostly associated with the ].<ref name="Elferen" /> It has become popular in alternative dance clubs, particularly in ]. Music festivals that feature Futurepop bands include ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Schmidt/Braun273" />
⚫ ] of VNV Nation credited himself with the term "futurepop" during a discussion with Apoptygma Berzerk lead singer ] to describe the sounds of their music and similar groups at the time: According to ''Sorted Magazine'' writer "Girl the Bourgeois Individualist":


==Characteristics==
⚫ {{quote|He says he came up with it during a conversation with Apop's Stefan Groth when they were discussing the arrogant attitude the press had towards the scene, dismissing it as simply an '80s revival. There was also the problem with the terms that were around, they regarded electro as encompassing too many things, while EBM is not what it used to be and the idea of the whole dark scene gives the impression that everyone is hanging out in crypts and listening to Sopor Aeternus. Ronan sees their sound as coming from the '80s scene, the Front 242/Nitzer Ebb scene, but bringing in a broad range of elements.<ref name="Sorted">{{cite web|url=http://sortedmagazine.com/Sordid.php3?nID=261|author=Girl the Bourgeois Individualist|website=Sorted magAZine|title= Being a little bit productive|year=2002}}{{better source|date=November 2018}}</ref>}}
Futurepop is mainly characterized by its "technoid"<ref name="Schmidt/Braun273" /> and "dance-oriented"<ref name="Schmidt/Braun273" /> ] structures,<ref name="Matzke/Seeliger" /> catchy melodies,<ref name="Schmidt/Braun273" /> the "pervasive use of trance beats"<ref name="Elferen" /> (mostly at 140 ]<ref name="Schmidt/Braun273" />), and an absence of vocal modification.<ref name="Matzke/Seeliger" /> The genre is distinguished from regular trance music by "retaining the lyrical and vocal structure of synthpop".<ref name="Elferen" /> Its "transparent sounds"<ref name="Elferen" /> and "smooth production" style<ref name="Elferen" /> has been considered as "designed for music clubs".<ref name="Schmidt/Braun273" />


Tom Shear of Assemblage 23 described the style ironically as "mostly people who can't sing over '90s era trance patches".<ref>S. Alexander Reed: ''Assimilate. A Critical History of Industrial Music.'' Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, {{ISBN|978-0-19-983260-6}}, page 297.</ref>
As of 2009, other leading artists of the genre were ] and ].<ref name="side">{{cite web |url=http://www.side-line.com/interviews_comments.php?id=40977_0_16_0_C |publisher=Side-Line Magazine |title=Assemblage 23 - I've never been fond of the 'future pop' moniker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906214750/http://www.side-line.com/interviews_comments.php?id=40977_0_16_0_C |archive-date=2013-09-06 |year=2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Etymology==
⚫ ] of VNV Nation credited himself with the term "futurepop" during a discussion with Apoptygma Berzerk vocalist ] to describe the sounds of their music and similar groups at the time.<ref name="Elferen" /> According to ''Sorted Magazine'' writer "Girl the Bourgeois Individualist":

⚫ {{quote|He says he came up with it during a conversation with Apop's Stefan Groth when they were discussing the arrogant attitude the press had towards the scene, dismissing it as simply an '80s revival. There was also the problem with the terms that were around, they regarded electro as encompassing too many things, while EBM is not what it used to be and the idea of the whole dark scene gives the impression that everyone is hanging out in crypts and listening to Sopor Aeternus.<ref name="Sorted">{{cite web|url=http://sortedmagazine.com/Sordid.php3?nID=261|author=Girl the Bourgeois Individualist|website=Sorted magAZine|title= Being a little bit productive|year=2002}}{{better source|date=November 2018}}</ref>}}


==References== ==References==
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"Future Pop" redirects here. For the Perfume album, see Future Pop (album).
Futurepop
Stylistic origins
Cultural originslate 1990s, Western Europe
Typical instrumentssynthesizer, music software

Futurepop is an electronic dance music genre that has been characterized as a blend of electropop, EBM and dance beats, based on trance and techno. It began to emerge in the late 1990s with artists like VNV Nation, Covenant, and Apoptygma Berzerk. Other leading figureheads include Assemblage 23, Icon of Coil, and Neuroticfish, and Rotersand.

Futurepop is mostly associated with the cybergoth subculture. It has become popular in alternative dance clubs, particularly in Germany. Music festivals that feature Futurepop bands include Infest, Amphi festival, Wave Gotik Treffen and M'era Luna.

Characteristics

Futurepop is mainly characterized by its "technoid" and "dance-oriented" pop music structures, catchy melodies, the "pervasive use of trance beats" (mostly at 140 bpm), and an absence of vocal modification. The genre is distinguished from regular trance music by "retaining the lyrical and vocal structure of synthpop". Its "transparent sounds" and "smooth production" style has been considered as "designed for music clubs".

Tom Shear of Assemblage 23 described the style ironically as "mostly people who can't sing over '90s era trance patches".

Etymology

Ronan Harris of VNV Nation credited himself with the term "futurepop" during a discussion with Apoptygma Berzerk vocalist Stephan Groth to describe the sounds of their music and similar groups at the time. According to Sorted Magazine writer "Girl the Bourgeois Individualist":

He says he came up with it during a conversation with Apop's Stefan Groth when they were discussing the arrogant attitude the press had towards the scene, dismissing it as simply an '80s revival. There was also the problem with the terms that were around, they regarded electro as encompassing too many things, while EBM is not what it used to be and the idea of the whole dark scene gives the impression that everyone is hanging out in crypts and listening to Sopor Aeternus.

References

  1. ^ Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger: Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon. Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-522-8, page 230.
  2. ^ Axel Schmidt, Klaus Neumann-Braun: Die Welt der Gothics. Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz. 2004, ISBN 3-531-14353-0. page 273.
  3. ^ Isabella van Elferen: Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny, University of Wales Press, 2012, ISBN 0708325130, page 165.
  4. ^ Girl the Bourgeois Individualist (2002). "Being a little bit productive". Sorted magAZine.
  5. "Assemblage 23 - I've never been fond of the 'future pop' moniker". Side-Line Magazine. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06.
  6. S. Alexander Reed: Assimilate. A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6, page 297.
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