Electronic indie, also called "indietronica", is a term used to describe artists who have ties to independent rock, but whose music is influenced by electronic music, more specifically by genres such as Krautrock and synth pop, and features the use of samplers, synthesizers, drum machines and computer programs.
Emerging in the 1990s, the style had the Anglo-French band Stereolab as its main exponent in that decade. Their experimental pop also flirted with funk, jazz, French pop from the 1960s and Brazilian music.
Electronic indie became popular at the turn of the 21st century. In its early years, the independent scene was taken over by artists who carried this musical label, such as Ladytron, Broadcast, Lali Puna, The Postal Service, LCD Soundsystem, M83, Grimes, School of Seven Bells, Caribou, Chromatics, MGMT, among others. Their sound can be danceable, experimental, or just relaxing and familiar pop for the listener.
