quoted 17 lines what is electro ?
> > what is electro ?
>
> Good question! I think Electro is one of those terms that gets used but
> not many people are actually clear on what it means.
>
> To me Electro is a certain style of music that existed from the early to
> mid 80s. It was largely American and most of the artists were black.
> I don't know who coined the phrase Electro but there was a series of albums
> on Streetsounds records in the UK that were called Electro - these compiled
> together the best 'Electro' tracks at the time. I think these may actually
> be responsible for the term Electro.
>
> One of the first Electro records was Afrika Bambaata's "Planet Rock". In
> an interview with him I read how that track was greatly influenced by
> Kraftwerk (even down to stealing a riff from Trans Europe Express) and
> that the band was a big influence on young blacks at the time. I guess
> you could say Electro was Kraftwerk's funky cousin.