Electric Oasis

ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʟ ɢᴇɴʀᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏɴɪᴄ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ.

ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏ ɪꜱ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴇᴅ ʙʏ ꜰᴜᴛᴜʀɪꜱᴛɪᴄ, ꜱᴘɪɴᴇ-ᴛɪɴɢʟɪɴɢ, ᴜꜰᴏ-ʀᴏʙᴏᴛ-ʟɪᴋᴇ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅꜱ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴇᴍʙᴏᴅʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴɢɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇꜱꜱ.

In the late 1990s, our relationship with technology began to change; machines became part of our everyday lives, and the longing for advancements that would come with the 2000s appeared.

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ʙᴜᴛ ʟᴇᴛ’ꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ.

Electro emerged alongside electronic music, although the first experiments with electronic music began as early as the second half of the 1950s. A good example of this is the Hungarian science education program *Delta*’s theme song, composed by ᴛᴏᴍ ᴅɪꜱꜱᴇᴠᴇʟᴛ & ᴋɪᴅ ʙᴀʟᴛᴀɴ.

The first conscious electronic dance music can be traced back to the 1970s, championed by ᴋʀᴀꜰᴛᴡᴇʀᴋ’ꜱ ʟᴘ *ᴀᴜᴛᴏʙᴀʜɴ*.

Electro exploded in the early 1980s, blending with hip-hop, boogie, and breakbeat. Examples include “ᴘʟᴀɴᴇᴛ ʀᴏᴄᴋ” ʙʏ ᴀꜰʀɪᴋᴀ ʙᴀᴍʙᴀᴀᴛᴀᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏᴜʟꜱᴏɴɪᴄ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ, and the Grammy-winning “ʀᴏᴄᴋɪᴛ” ʙʏ ʜᴇʀʙɪᴇ ʜᴀɴᴄᴏᴄᴋ.

Afterward, the spotlight shifted to other electronic music genres, and electro faded into the background before regaining popularity in the early 2000s.

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For this club night, we aimed to showcase the genre’s leading Hungarian artists. More on them soon!