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	MySpace.com - Folktronica - 100 - Male - UK - www.myspace.com/folktronica_events
		Folktronica is a sophisticated contemporary form of music born from the encounter between traditional live instrumentation and computer generated sound manipulation.
		The Folktronica events gather some of the most intriguing artists from various contemporary music scenes, which due to the sophisticated or experimental nature of their music remain generally unknown to mainstream culture, but are well recognised and respected within many underground circles.
		The Folktronica events held in London aims to act in a similar fashion, creating a hub where both fans and musicians of such genres can find a place to meet, perform, exchange ideas and harness the future evolution of music.
	www.myspace.com /folktronica_events (938 words)

	Folktronica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Folktronica or Electrofolk is a genre of music comprised of varying elements of folk music and electronica.
		The label "folktronica" seems to have originated in the British press, having come to encompass performers and bands that include elements of ambient electronica, folk, jazz, classical, and even hip-hop.
		Folktronica was a term first used to describe the music of British producer Kieran Hebden (Four Tet).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Folktronica (209 words)

	Folktronica - Your Subculture Soundtrack - a Wikia Music wiki
		Folktronica, a style combining folk and electronica music, is one of the few new genres to come to life in recent years.
		The name itself is said to be dubbed by the British press in 2001 while trying to describe a new breed of producer that utilizes elements of ambient electronica, acoustic folk, jazz, psychedelia and even instrumental hip-hop.
		Also along the lines of jazz is the song structure of a typical folktronica song, which reminisces of free jazz where a theme is introduced, but soloists are not constrained to stay within that melody and are allowed to progress on their own.
	music.wikia.com /wiki/Folktronica (393 words)

	Walmart.com - Music Downloads
		One of the key artists of the "folktronica" movement Kieran Hebden, a.k.a., Four Tet, mixes samples of jazz, acoustic, and lite psychedelic with midtempo techno and hip-hop beats to create a uniquely warm and organic form of electronica.
		The superb Rounds, released in summer 2003, honed the folktronica style to something close to perfection and was nominated by many critics in their end of year "best of" polls.
		Released in May 2005, the album shifted away from the folktronica style into an unsettling mix of Krautrock and free jazz.
	www.walmart.com /swap/LoadArtistBio.do?artistId=92586 (372 words)

	Elusive Reviews Halfset
		Conflating folktronica, post-rock, and electronica into a single song, “Electrolooks” revisits the ‘60s with its organ flourishes, but the song eventually transforms into a pulsating analog bruiser with its sonic mass extended by banjo and glockenspiel.
		Halfset's debut album is a pleasing collection of folktronica that initially sits comfortably in the background -- but before you know it, it climbs to the top of its own giant day-glow shamrock and demands your attention, even as it's chilling you out.
		Folktronica would be an easy tag but in the main it doesn’t quite fit.
	www.elusiverecordings.com /Reviews_Halfset_Dramanalog.html (5064 words)

	KFMU (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In May of 2001, Keiran Hebden released the album Pause under the name Four Tet, and was credited with inventing the folktronica musical genre.
		Though a marriage of the words “folk” and “electronica” may be an unholy sin against semantics, Kieran Hebden’s amalgam brings exciting hip-hop beats and rhymes together with innovative computer composition to create experimental electronic music within an unusually warm atmosphere.
		It is interesting to hear music on the extreme forefront, and this EP runs the gamut from acoustic drums to otherworldly breaks and beyond.
	www.kfmu.com /review.php?reviewID=12 (253 words)

	press
		Described as "folktronica", her songs come across as a mix of indie pop with electro and folk influences strung throughout.
		Pillmore's "folktronica" blends a singer-songwriter's introspection with rock sensibilities and fusion chops, the last of these courtesy of bassist Viktor Krauss and drummers Matt Chamberlain and Craig Barnette.
		After doing a little research, I found that folktronica is defined as a cross between acoustic guitar and modern electronic effects—a sound that can be fairly similar to soft, radio friendly rock; a sound that I can handle.
	www.jesspillmore.com /review.html (1677 words)

	Folktronica, progressive music reviews page 15
		Much more than all the others by Múm, a large section have been led by the rhythmic sound-clever electronica (which actually is not always electronica, only it just seems to be), a part which also on other recordings showed its attractive, pop sensibility.
		After more subtle folktronica releases what can be a better moment than to reissue and refocus on Múm’s equally beautiful and new reissued debut.
		De laatste jaren kregen we al prachtige pareltjes te horen van folktronica en aanverwante subtiele semi-electronische muziek, die kabbelt als een watertje, dat licht is, sfeerrijk, kleurrijk en beschrijvend.
	progressive.homestead.com /prog13.html (4347 words)

	Folktronica @ the inSpiral lounge - PsyMusic UK
		The Folktronica events gather some of the most intriguing artists from various contemporary undergroung music scenes such as Nu-Gazer / Post Rock / Nu-Jazz / Fusion / Glitch / IDM / Glitch-Hop / Dubstep / Minimal which are all considered by many critics to be the most avant-garde contemporary musical movements of the moment.
		Folktronica will bring to InSpiral a special appearance of artists from the the US based record label Native State Records
		Known for his vast and eclectic array of artistic collaborators —cultivated and acquired through years of producing spectacular audiovisual events and sharing bills with some of the worlds best electronic musicians — Nalepa is considered a key node in the west coast audiovisual scene and holds the appropriate title of Flavorpill’s “beat guru”.
	www.psymusic.co.uk /forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2008-7-25&e=2550&c=1 (299 words)

	BBC - collective - Tunng - Good Arrows (Full Time Hobby
		Having gained a reputation as spearheaders of the recent folktronica movement through their last two records, Tunng have created a much fuller recording this time.
		The record is beautifully produced with sounds, bleeps, samples and noises reminiscent of Autechre and Aphex Twin heavily embedded in the music thanks, largely, to Phil Winters the "laptop man".
		Tunng are a hard band to pigeon hole with Mike Lindsay feeling the misnomer "folktronica" is perhaps too misleading and the range of acoustic instruments, earthy melodies, brooding lyrics and eclectic samples create a warm sound placed a million miles from their contemporaries.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A28617348 (343 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Radio & Music > Folktronica
		Sung Tongs is more folk than "tronica" i'll admit, but there's no denying that both genres are packed in there (along with indie, prog, noise, psychedelia, bubblegum pop, and about a million other disparate influences).
		a different breed of folktronica than Manitoba or Four Tet, that's for sure, but if our qualifications are simply the seamless mixing of the two genres, then this album is in many ways a better fit than both of those artists' catalogues.
		it seems as if he's retreated from the "folktronica" thing and gone for an album of more krautrock styled things.
	www.barbelith.com /topic/21324 (1206 words)

	test tube - [tube012] Aitänna77 - Spring is Coming Soon EP
		Too often for me, folktronica seems to be just an retro-fit electro remix of straight-up folk.
		Here the two seem to co-exist much more effectively, it's glitch as an instrument, the electronics are at the centre of the piece, and married seemlessly with acoustic guitar and xylophone.
		Se avesse un qualsiasi significato, potremmo definirlo pop-folk elettronico strumentale di inizio millennio, folktronica per gli amici.
	www.monocromatica.com /netlabel/releases/tube012.htm (1236 words)

	Everything Ecstatic - Four Tet - Music Reviews
		Kieran Hebden had every right to retreat from the folktronica tag stapled to his Four Tet recordings.
		Although he was the premier name in the sub-subgenre, and although his productions transcended even the cutest label that could be attached to them, the folktronica term was too clever by half;...
		Although he was the premier name in the sub-subgenre, and although his productions transcended even the cutest label that could be attached to them, the folktronica term was too clever by half; more importantly, no respectable artist in the indie underground can stand idly by while he's being pigeonholed.
	www.mp3.com /albums/20013550/reviews.html (948 words)

	The Sweet New Sounds of Finnish Pop and Rock Music — Virtual Finland
		The 31-year-old Finn is characteristically modest about his band's success: "I've just produced the kind of music I like and fortunately others have enjoyed it too," he says.
		But the group's gentle blend of uplifting folktronica is anything but typical.
		Indeed, Husky Rescue is part of a new genre called folktronica, which combines folk and electronica to produce a new breed of electro-acoustic music.
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=44883 (730 words)

	Folktronica!
		I particularly enjoyed "Gibbering Smit" and the easy-going flute of "A Taste of Rum." A little less insistent about getting up from the keyboard and onto the dance floor, this disc succeeds where lesser efforts fail: it preserves the spirit of the music, and is in no way watered down through over-production.
		And that, dear readers, is the big danger with folktronica -- if your favorite band is kidnapped by a producer with New Age leanings and a marketing plan, good folk music will be lost in the studio.
		OK folktronica fans, that's it for this round of heady, trippy electronic music.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_omni_folktronica.html (1888 words)

	G4 - Feature - Momus: Hero of Folktronica
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		Since 1986, Momus has been releasing quirky, technology-influenced, alternative "folktronica" music on various independent labels.
		Momus is probably best-known for his work in the late 1980s on the influential UK label Creation -- the same label that launched the careers of My Bloody Valentine and Oasis.
	www.g4tv.com /techtvvault/features/27600/Momus_Hero_of_Folktronica.html (148 words)

	Textura
		While some of this EP's twenty minutes dates back as far as 1998, Where does dust come from hardly sounds stale, with its seven tracks apparent samplings from a larger mass of material.
		If one had to categorise it, 'folktronica' might be one's first choice, given the predominance of acoustic guitar and drums plus the electronic manipulations with which they're treated.
		Stéphane Obadia carves out an idiosyncratic path by boldly chopping and shredding his material to the extreme, though that in itself isn't terribly unusual these days; what recommends the EP are the satisfying musical results that accrue from such transformations.
	www.textura.org /newreviewspages/obadia.htm (145 words)

	Indie Laundry - danish/icelandic musicblog mp3: Beach House - not folktronica, but still...
		Indie Laundry - danish/icelandic musicblog mp3: Beach House - not folktronica, but still...
		On their Myspace site they refuse to be pinned down by simplifying genre terms, especially folktronica.
		Not only must I admit I haven't encountered that term before but also when hearing the songs of their 2006 self-titled debut, I find it quite useful here.
	indielaundry.blogspot.com /2007/10/beach-house-not-folktronica-but-still.html (374 words)

	Four Tet
		Ideas are central to Keiran Hebden's music-making process, and although improvisation also has an important role in generating his distinctive soundscapes, it's always used in the service of a clearly defined musical goal.
		Even the 'folktronica' genre is something Hebden has thought about and planned from the top down.
		Kieran Hebden's thoughtful, ideas-led approach to music making is visible at every level, from his conception of the 'folktronica' genre to the details of his drum patterns.
	www.soundonsound.com /sos/Jul03/articles/fourtet.asp (3856 words)

	Street News Service (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When the hipster music press coined the term ‘folktronica’ a few years back, little did they know it would become one of the more loathed words in the indie music idiom.
		A lazy catch-all term for a growing number of artists who incorporated acoustic samples into electronic music, folktronica lumped together musicians – including Four Tet, múm, Caribou and Matmos – who were, in reality, each making their own very different styles of music.
		Lindsay even suspects that irritating journalistic expressions like ‘folktronica’ have played a small part in Tunng’s success.
	www.streetnewsservice.org /index.php?page=archive_detail&articleID=688 (551 words)

	Rosa Musica @ Crystal Grid Wins Australian Dolphin Award
		Electric Swamp Creaturez, dubbed an electro-folk fantasy adventure, is truly folktronic, with songs of love, nature, spirit and peace -- set to a club music background.
		Folktronica is a new musical genre comprised of varying elements of folk and electronica, or electronic dance music.
		Electric Swamp Creaturez is her new, award-winning debut album.
	ww1.prweb.com /releases/2006/10/prweb455822.htm (516 words)

	Gavouna \| Aurgasm :: your favorite music you've never heard (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Andrew (blog) is a travelling Scot who writes and currently lives in London.
		The 'folktronica' name has been getting a lot of flack lately, though it may be well deserved.
		Folktronica is just a naturalistic (and somewhat minimalistic) approach to songwriting that often uses samples such that you can hear they're samples and develops a warm atmosphere of sound out of seemingly chilly sounds.
	aurgasm.us /2005/04/gavouna.html (770 words)

	Not so obvious / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC
		"Folktronica" perfecter saves her sadness for her songs
		For a while, it did appear that Orton would languish in obscurity (if not the dark); however, in '96 she released her first solo effort, Trailer Park (Dedicated), followed by the transcendent Central Reservation (Arista, 1999).
		Somewhere along the way, Orton sort of fell into her own sound, coined "folktronica," and she's managed to stay true to that slightly skewed vision of folk-meets-dance-floor.
	www.mountainx.com /ae/2004/0609orton.php (669 words)

	Rob McDowell Live @ Green Man Festival 2006 - samurai.fm \| BBS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 2006 he has DJ'd at the Borderlines Film Festival, (with MASH Cinema at the launch of the Hereford Future Shorts Programme), the Green Man Festival and at the recent ABC Mini Chill Festival.
		This recording of his set at the Green Man Festival in August, journeys through contemporary alternative folk, pyschedelia and folktronica.
		Featuring recent tracks by UK folktronica artists, US Alt folkers and an obligatory homage to Pentangle, his debut Samurai FM mix is a good starting point for anyone unfamiliar with today's new folk movement.
	www.samurai.fm /bbs/index.php?showtopic=1606 (302 words)

	Midheaven Mailorder \| Browse by Artist: MANITOBA
		Here Snaith's chops are alternately meshed with an off-center rock beat, fragmented harp and an infectious melody that straddles cutting-edge electronic music and good old-fashioned pop songcraft.
		DAN "MANITOBA" SNAITH offers a limited edition EP of bumpin' laptop get-down, and a farewell to the style, as he prepares to release a blissed-out new album recorded as a trio.
		The A-side is a bold and sassy, 21st century psychedelic pop moments, that builds up a runway of deafening keyboard tones, takes off into a wonderland of sprightly guitar, falls away into a patch of breezy strings and vocal rustlings, and then bursts into a rainbow of multi-layered melodies.
	www.midheaven.com /artists/manitoba.html (507 words)

	The Meter 05/21/04
		Birdcalls, acoustic guitar, and electronic flourishes are all part of Greg Davis's folktronica mix.
		With his full beard, wire-rimmed spectacles, and quiet, careful demeanor, Greg Davis seems like the sort of guy you'd expect to find settled down in a cabin in the woods, taking long walks and talking to the birds.
		On the strength of two solo albums -- his 2002 full-length debut, Arbor, and the February release Curling Pond Woods (both on the New York label Carpark) -- Davis has become one of the leading lights of a nascent genre that critics are variously calling folktronica, laptop folk, or pastoral electronica.
	www.chicagoreader.com /TheMeter/040521.html (1106 words)

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