For the genre also called indie dance, see Madchester.
Alternative dance
Other names
Indie dance
underground dance
Stylistic origins
Post-disco[1]
alternative rock[1]
indie rock[1]
post-punk[1]
new wave[2]
synth-pop[1]
house[1]
Cultural origins
Early 1980s, United Kingdom[3]
Typical instruments
Synthesizers[1]
Derivative forms
Electroclash
new rave
grebo
Subgenres
Baggy
Regional scenes
Madchester
Other topics
Electronic rock
indietronica
industrial rock
big beat
chillwave
Alternative dance (also known as indie dance[4] or underground dance in the United States[5]) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music. Although largely confined to the British Isles, it has gained American and worldwide exposure through acts such as New Order in the 1980s and the Prodigy and in the 1990s.
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