Presentation of electronic surrealism : the meeting of dreams and electronic music…

Discover the exploration of soundscapes where electronics become poetry, and sound becomes vision...

What is Electronic Surrealism?

It is an artistic movement that blends electronic music and surrealist aesthetics to explore dreams, the unconscious, and the imagination.
He combines synthetic textures, dreamlike atmospheres, and poetic visions to create soundscapes where reality is distorted, dissolved, and reinvented.
Between introspective experience and fantastical journey, Electronic Surrealism invites listeners to traverse invisible worlds, to feel what words cannot express, and to contemplate the irrational in a vibrant, modern form.

But also...

It is also an attempt to bring together electronic music that has been around for a long time but which, until now, has not been identified with a specific genre. Each artist is free to consider their music as being comparable to Electronic Surrealism. This genre belongs to no one and nothing, just like any other musical style.

The Manifesto

Presentation of electronic surrealism: explorations

Below are examples of iconic music videos that could be considered Electronic Surrealism. It should be noted that each artist is free to define their own musical style, which may not necessarily be Electronic Surrealism, even if their music and visual representations suggest it:

The movement's playlists

Spotify playlist inspired by Electronic Surrealism:

Here is a playlist, also inspired by Electronic Surrealism, available on YouTube (14 selected tracks):

Inspirations and encounters

There are many musical influences. These are artists, often pioneers, whose genre is not identified as electronic surrealism but who have had a significant influence. Here are a few examples: Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Kitaro, Tangerine Dream...

Here are several examples of Surrealist visuals:

Graphic artists were the first to create surrealist works such as René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy... Musicians also created works in a similar vein, but without using the electronic instruments that became more popular decades later.

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