i wondered why, since its simple spanish meaning nothing more than "electronic", why people use it to define whole "edm" genre???

anyone knows more specific?

Don't ask questions.

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you are forgiven

WHy? No idea...

but why the hell do the people above me make so much noise when they're fukin?

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It's not the Spanish word, it's a singular collective noun. The "-a" or "-ia" suffix are often used to conjugate singular nouns into singular collective nouns.

Australis = Australia
Paraphernalis = Paraphernalia
Animal = Animalia

By the same token:

Electronic = Electronica

If you have several different "variants" of an electronic music, then these variants can be referred to, collectively, as "electronica" in the same way that several different variants of "animals" can be referred to collectively as "animalia".

(I think that's how it works anyway...)

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because it's better than techno.

most of the ppl i know use the term- i think it's a much better umbrella term.
EDM- electronic dance music, b/c there is a lot of experimental electronic stuff you won't hear ina club, and you can't dance to that is sort of in it's own genre.

Ahhh so if i got u right with my crappy english renegade

instead of one eletronic, u can call different "electronics" also eletronica, n its just as right?

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Originally posted by Bloodflower Ahhh so if i got u right with my crappy english renegade instead of one eletronic, u can call different "electronics" also eletronica, n its just as right?

Electronic = adjective ("This is an electronic thing.")
Electronics = Plural Noun ("These things use/are electronics.")
Electronica = Singular Collective Noun ("These electronic things that use electronics are known collectively as "electronica".")

"Electronica" would technically refer to the all things that are electronic or all electronics. Why it generally only refers to types of electronic music is something I don't know.... so I hope you're as confused as I am?

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ahhhhh so like

people old or young are HUMANS, aka HUMANIA?

Yeah, it's a similar thing but different suffix:

Human = noun/adjective
Humans = plural
Hominidae = Singular Collective Noun

But that only works if you have different "types" of humans - i.e. different species - not just lots of humans of the same specie (in which case you'd use the plural noun).

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