Electroclash
Electroclash is a style that mixes 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, adding elements of punk and performance art.
It emerged in the late 1990s around the Munich label International DeeJay Gigolo Records, founded by DJ Hell, and soon spread to Berlin, London and New York. The DJ and promoter Larry Tee popularized the name in the United States with his Electroclash festival in New York in 2001. It was a reaction against the strict formulas of techno, and it puts songwriting, showmanship and humour back at the centre.
Artists it is known for: Fischerspooner, Miss Kittin, Peaches.
- Family
- Electronic & Dance
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- Munich, late 1990s
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 7%
About 5,500 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have electroclash among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Electroclash artists
Crystal Castles
2hollis
Jane Remover
Snow Strippers
Ninajirachi
LONOWN
Bassvictim
Cece Natalie
Frost Children
The Hellp
The electroclash artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
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