List of folktronica artists
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This is a list of artists classified as folktronica, a genre of indie electronic music comprising various elements of folk music and electronica; often incorporating hip hop, electronic or dance rhythms.[1][2]
Folktronica artists
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- Alex G[3]
- Alt-J[4]
- Ásgeir[5]
- Avicii[6]
- Bat for Lashes[7]
- Bibio[8]
- Björk[9]
- Boards of Canada[10]
- Bon Iver[11]
- The Books[9][12]
- Bunt[13]
- Caribou (fka Manitoba)[14]
- Detektivbyrån[15]
- Cosmo Sheldrake[16]
- Eivør[17]
- Ellie Goulding[18]
- Four Tet[2][19][20]
- Go_A[21]
- Goldfrapp[22][23]
- Hood[24]
- Jakokoyak[25]
- Daniela Lalita[26][27][28]
- Juana Molina[29]
- Beth Orton[30][31][32]
- Maggie Rogers[33][34]
- Mid-Air Thief[35][36]
- Minute Taker[37][38]
- Múm[9]
- Patrick Wolf[39]
- Sylvan Esso[40]
- Talkdemonic[32]
- Tanxugueiras[41]
- Tunng[9]
- Wintergatan[42]
- James Yuill[43]
- Yuko[44]
References
- David Smyth (23 April 2004). "Electrifying folk: Folktronica, new folk, fuzzy folk – call it what you will. Laptops are replacing lutes to create a whole new sound", Evening Standard, p. 31.
- Kitty Empire (27 April 2003). "Up front on the verge: Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden", The Observer, p. 14.
- Tom Adams (20 September 2022). "Album Review: Alex G - God Save The Animals". Gigwise. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- Kitty Empire (28 September 2014). "Alt-J review – what's all the fussiness about?". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- Kitty Empire (25 January 2014). "Ásgeir: In the Silence – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- Jeremy Blacklow (17 June 2018). "Remembering Avicii, the Pop Innovator Who Led EDM Into the Mainstream". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- Piya Sinha-Roy (13 April 2013). "French indie band Phoenix set to headline Coachella festival". Reuters. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- Staff (27 March 2019). "The New Single From Bibio is Definite Ear Candy". closedcap.com.
- Derek B. Scott, ed. (2016). The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7546-6476-5.
- Segal, David (2021). "Boards of Canada". Contemporary Musicians. Cengage Group. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
- Tim Sendra. "Bon Iver". AllMusic.
- Winkie, Luke (2017). "The Books | The Lemon of Pink". In Jacobs, Emma; Knowles, Hannah; Poulter, Pollyanna (eds.). Vinyl me, please : 100 albums you need in your collection. New York: Abrams Image. p. 50. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
- Laurence Phelan(May 4, 2003). "Discs etc: beautifully weird synths: Four Tet: Rounds domino", The Independent on Sunday, p. 15.
- Admin (17 Feb 2011). "Detektivbyrån – Wermland (Folk/Electronica – Sweden)". umstrum.com.
- Flude, Peter (February 2021). "The earth has its music – Online-Session mit Cosmo Sheldrake" [The earth has its music – Online session with Cosmo Sheldrake]. Stiftung Kunst und Natur (in German). Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- "Scandinavian artist Eivor on playing in a pitch-black cave and her new folktronica record "Segl"". Mundane Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- "Folktronica singer Ellie Goulding tops BBC's Sound Of 2010". BBC. January 8, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- Kevin Harley (30 January 2010). "Four Tet: There Is Love in You", The Independent, p. 24
- Jonathan Brown; Lucy Kinnear (11 February 2008). "The real school of rock". p. 10., Elliott School is a struggling comprehensive in south London. But it has an astonishing record in nurturing a diverse range of avant-garde pop stars. The Independent. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- "Go_A - Ukraine - Rotterdam 2021". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- Brad Reno. "Goldfrapp". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- Jeremy Allen (5 September 2013). "Goldfrapp – 'Tales Of Us'". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- Robert Berry (2 March 2012). "Hood Recollected (box set)". The Quietus. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- "In The City: Best of the Rest". Clash Magazine. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
- Ossandón, Juan Pablo (January 4, 2023). "Los mejores EP's internacionales del 2022" [The best international EP's of 2022]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- "Mejores Discos 2022 #03: Rock, Jazz y Regionales" [Best Albums 2022 #03: Rock, Jazz, and Regional]. Lúcuma (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Agustín Wicki. January 19, 2023. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- Odgers, Eliot (January 2, 2023). "The Top 20 EPs of 2022". Still Listening Magazine. London: Eliot Odgers & Harry Odgers. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- "Welcome return for folktronica" (PDF). Newmarket News. February 27, 2013. p. 15. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
- "Reviews Music" (PDF). Rolling Stone. October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
- Henriksen, Katy (November 2008). "Folktronica, or What Good is a Label?". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
- Leonie Cooper (16 February 2017). "Maggie Rogers – 'Now That The Light Is Fading' EP Review". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- Tim McPhate (15 August 2017). "Maggie Rogers Talks Tokyo, Steinbeck, Style & Songwriting". Grammys. The Recording Academy. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- St. Michel, Patrick (15 January 2019). "Hidden Gems: Mid-Air Thief, "Crumbling"". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- Gersten, Amanda (31 December 2019). "Daily Dose: Shadow Community, "Restless Song"". Paste. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- "To Love Somebody Melancholy". Time Out. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "The 405 meets Minute Taker". The 405. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- Neil Scott. "The Mind's Construction Quarterly » Patrick Wolf". www.tmcq.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- Laurence Day (29 May 2014). "Album Review Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso". musicomh.com.
- Del Corral, Pedro (February 3, 2023). "Año I después del 'huracán' Tanxugueiras: "Nuestro idioma es el gallego, pero no tenemos miedo a ningún otro"" [Year I after the “hurricane” Tanxugueiras: ‘Our language is Galician, but we are not afraid of any other language’]. El Periódico de España (in Spanish). Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- Emile Uys. "Wintergatan Marble Machine: Making music with marbles". Design Indaba. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- Michael Cragg (6 December 2012). "New music: James Yuill – Lost In California". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- Shvets, Olha (October 8, 2020). "Ukrainian Folktronica". What's On. Kyiv. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- Sources
- Scott, Derek B. (editor), The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology (2016), ISBN 978-0-7546-6476-5