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'''Electroclash''' describes a style of music that fuses [[new wave music|new wave]], [[Punk rock|punk]], & [[electronic dance music]]. The movement combines this [[1980s]] sound (using [[synthesizers]], [[drum machine|drum machines]], etc) with visuals from the post-[[1970]]s [[Vivienne Westwood|Westwood]] & [[Andy Warhol|Warhol]] fashion/art scenes, with a decidedly mid-70s German influence. It mainly developed in the mid to late [[1990s]] in [[New York City]] and [[Detroit]] but came to prominence in 2000 - 2002 through [[Larry Tee]]'s [[Mutants (club night)|Mutants]] and [[Berliniamsburg]] nights at [[Club Luxx]] and his [[Electroclash™ Festival]] (which he used to trademark the word "electroclash") in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]].

:''For the band, see [[Red Box (band)]]

The name derives from the [[Electropop]] bands who provide the majority of the musical influence. Lyrics are generally punk inspired, often angry and more given to emotion than technique while the vocals are generally atonal in nature. A hyper-sexual [[post-feminist]] stance is often evident in the themes of many Electroclash outfits. In late 2004-2005, the Southern California Electroclash scene started to branch out from its NY counterparts. Led by [[a kiss could be deadly]], the SoCal Dance/Punk scene incorporates more guitar and live drums, while still remaining very synth heavy. The subjects and song lyrics are often darker than those of the East Coast bands.

Before [[cellular phone|cellular]] (radio) telephones became cheap and widely available, people who wanted to make telephone calls away from home used [[payphone]]s. Older model [[payphone]]s signalled the deposit of coins by ringing bells. A dime was represented by two ''dings'', a nickel by one, and a quarter by a lower-pitched chime. For local calls, the phone would activate when the price of a local call (a nickel or a dime) was deposited. For long distance calls, an operator would listen to the bell chimes as coins were deposited, would record payment of the toll charge, and would then connect the call. With the advent of solid-state technology, bells were replaced by electronic tones. One beep was a nickel, two a dime, and five a quarter. This permitted completion of toll calls without operator intervention, because the tones could be detected by the automatic switching system at the [[telephone company]].

==Representative artists and ensembles==

Phone [[phreaks]] came up with methods to play these tones into the telephone's microphone, thus fooling the system into completing free calls. These methods included playing back the tones using an audio recorder (usually a tape recorder as magnetic tape was then the primary means of recording audio).

* [[A1 People]]

* [[Adult. (group)|Adult.]]

* [[Aier Sauft]]

* a kiss could be deadly

* [[Alice in Videoland]]

* [[Ambra Red]]

* [[A.R.E. Weapons]]

* [[Avenue D (band)|Avenue D]]

* [[Cazwell]]

* [[Chicks on Speed]]

* [[Client (band)|Client]]

* [[Crazy Girl]]

* [[Death in Vegas]]

* Di$h and ShiQuana

* [[De-Regulator]]

* [[DJ Hell]]

* [[Dr. Wundt & Perfection]]

* [[Felix da Housecat]]

* [[Fairlight Children]]

* [[Fischerspooner]]

* [[Freezepop (band)|Freezepop]]

* [[Generation Aldi]]

* [[Goatlords]]

* [[Hong Kong Counterfeit]]

* [[Hungry Wives]]

* [[Ju Ju Babies]]

* [[Kompleksi]]

* [[Ladytron]]

* [[Larry and the interns]]

* [[Larry Tee]]

* [[Lesbians On Ecstasy]]

* [[Mindless Self Indulgence]]

* [[Miss Kittin]] & [[The Hacker]]

* [[Misty Martinez]]

* [[Morplay]]

* [[Mount Sims]]

* [[My Robot Friend]]

* [[Nitsch & Glienser]]

* [[Noblesse Oblige]]

* [[Peaches (artist)|Peaches]]

* [[Phiiliip]]

* [[Prance]]

* [[Sophia Lamar]]

* [[Soylent Gringo]]

* [[Spray (band)]]

* [[Stalker7]]

* [[Station Wagon]]

* [[Stuart Price]]

* [[Tiga (musician)]]

* [[Temposhark]]

* [[Tobell von Cartier]]

* [[The Droyds]]

* [[The Most]]

* [[The Laws]]

* [[Vive la Fête]]

* [[W.I.T.]]

* [[Zoot Woman]]

==See also==

A '''red box''' is a [[phreaking]] device that synthesizes these tones, which are not unlike the [[DTMF]] tones used for dialing. Other devices which generated these tones included modified Radio Shack tone dialers, and Hallmark audio-recording greeting cards.

*[[Electrocrass]]

*[[Dance-punk]]

*[[Tech house]]

==External links==

The specifications for the tones are as follows:

* [http://www.electroclash.com/ electroclash.com] - Larry Tee's Electroclash site

* [http://www.euroclash.com euroclash] - A more comprehensive list of artists.

Satirizing Electroclash:

RED BOX FREQS: 1700 HZ AND 2200 HZ MIXED TOGETHER

* [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1455416 How to make electroclash] - An [[Everything2]] node

* [http://www.phinnweb.org/313ctr0/electroclash/ The Great Electroclash Swindle @ pHinnWeb]

{{Synth_pop-footer}}

A NICKEL IS 66 MS ON (1 BEEP).

[[Category:PhreakingSynth pop]]

A DIME IS 66MS ON, 66MS OFF, 66MS ON (2 BEEPS)

A QUARTER IS 33MS ON, 33MS OFF REPEATED 5 TIMES.

(MS= MILLISECOND).

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In the [[United Kingdom]]:

[[ru:Электроклэш]]

10p is 1000Hz for 200msec

50p is 1000Hz for 350msec

Red boxes no longer work in most western nations, the pay phones either include filters on the handset to remove this sound, or in many cases, use digital systems that are not so easily fooled. The basic concept still works in many other countries, however.

== References ==

* [http://web.textfiles.com/hacking/redbox.010.01 "Frequently Asked Questions About Red Boxing"] by Mr. Sandman

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