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Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco) is a genre of popular music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, retro-style electropop and electronic dance music. It emerged in the late 1990s and was pioneered by and associated with acts such as I-F, DJ Hell, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, and Fischerspooner. Terminology and characteristics The term electroclash describes a musical movement that combined synth-pop, techno, punk rock and performance art. .