genre alice in videoland
A vernacular or vernacular language is the native language or native dialect ( usually colloquial or informal ) of a specific population , especially as distinguished from a literary , national or standard ___MASK31___ of the language , or a lingua franca ( vehicular language ) used in the region or state inhabited by that population . Some linguists use " vernacular " and " nonstandard dialect " as synonyms . The Epoxies were an American ___MASK17___ band from Portland , Oregon , formed in 2000 . Heavily influenced by ___MASK17___ , the band jokingly described themselves as robot garage rock . Members included FM Static on synthesizers , guitarist Viz Spectrum , lead singer Roxy Epoxy , bass guitarist Shock Diode , and drummer Ray Cathode . They grew in popularity due in large part to extensive touring in both the United States and Europe where they showcased frantically paced , highly energetic on - stage productions . They were known for using special effects for their live act and sporting home - made costumes , sometimes made mostly of duct tape . Brian Chase ( born February 12 , 1978 ) is an American drummer playing in the New York ___MASK57___ band Yeah Yeah Yeahs . He was ranked at # 50 in Gigwise ' s list of " The Greatest Drummers of All Time ". He plays drums with traditional grip . Electronic ___MASK42___ music ( also known as EDM , ___MASK42___ music , club music , or simply ___MASK42___ ) is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs , raves , and festivals . EDM is generally produced for playback by disc jockeys ( DJs ) who create seamless selections of tracks , called a mix , by segueing from one recording to another . EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA . In the United Kingdom and in continental Europe , EDM is more commonly called ' ___MASK42___ music ' or simply ' ___MASK42___ '. ___MASK98___ is a musical genre which combines electronic music and pop music , with primary usage of synthesizers and various electronic and pop musical instruments . The genre has seen a revival of popularity and influence since the 1980s , all the way to the 2010s . ___MASK50___ is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s . ___MASK50___ encapsulates indie pop and lo - fi , among others . Originally used to describe record labels , the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock . As grunge and punk revival bands in the US , and then Britpop bands in the UK , broke into the mainstream in the 1990s , it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective . In the 2000s , as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet , some ___MASK50___ acts began to enjoy commercial success , leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , ___MASK58___ , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . David Pajo ( born June 25 , 1968 ) is an American alternative ___MASK57___ musician . He has played a wide ___MASK31___ of music , loosely fitting into several other genres such as hardcore punk , math ___MASK57___ , post - ___MASK57___ , electronica , folk ___MASK57___ and indie pop . Though a multi - instrumentalist ( including guitar , bass guitar , banjo and drums ), he is best known for his guitar work . Helsingborg ( spelled Hälsingborg between 1912 and 1970 ) is a town and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality , Scania , Sweden . It had 132 , 989 inhabitants in 2013 . Helsingborg is the centre of the northern part of ___MASK14___ Scania . There is no formal metropolitan area , but the municipality of Helsingborg City and its neighbouring five municipalities ( within Scania ) had in spring of 2013 a population of 269 . 489 inhabitants at an area of , a population density of 200 people / km . This makes Helsingborg the fourth largest population area in Sweden . The city is also Sweden ' s closest point to Denmark , with the Danish city Helsingør clearly visible on the other side of the Øresund about to the west , closer than to the city ' s own remoter areas . If including all population around the northern part of Øresund , as a Helsingborg - Helsingør metropolitan area , its population increases to 732 . 450 at an area of . The busy ferry route , known as the HH Ferry route has through ___MASK95___ been operated by several shipping lines . more than 70 car ferries departures from each harbour every day . ___MASK24___ , also known as retro ___MASK53___ , nouveau disco , the new ___MASK17___ , and tech - pop is a genre of music that fuses 1980s ___MASK53___ , ___MASK17___ and ___MASK25___ with 1990s techno , retro - style electropop and electronic dance music . It emerged in the later 1990s and is often thought of as reaching its peak circa 2002 / 2003 . It was pioneered by and associated with acts such as I - F , Miss Kittin & The Hacker or Fischerspooner . Norway (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the ___MASK14___ portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom . Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Nicholas Joseph " Nick " Zinner ( born December 8 , 1974 ) is the guitarist for the New York ___MASK57___ band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and producer . Zinner is an accomplished photographer and a vegan . I - f ( also Interr - Ference ) is the stage name of Ferenc E . van der Sluijs , a Dutch producer and DJ based in The Hague . He is a former member of the Dutch ___MASK96___ - pioneers Unit Moebius . Yeah Yeah Yeahs is an American ___MASK50___ band formed in New York City in 2000 . The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O , guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner , and drummer Brian Chase . They are complemented in live performances by second guitarist David Pajo , who joined as a touring member in 2009 and replaced Imaad Wasif who had previously held this role . According to an interview that aired during the ABC network ' s " Live from Central Park SummerStage " series , the band ' s name was taken from modern New York City vernacular . Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west , the ___MASK72___ has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south of the ___MASK72___ across the Gulf of Finland . Finland is a Nordic ___MASK72___ situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . Finland ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms of area , it is the eighth largest ___MASK72___ in Europe and the most sparsely populated ___MASK72___ in the European Union . The Cars are an American ___MASK57___ band that emerged from the ___MASK17___ scene in the late 1970s . The band originated in Boston , Massachusetts , in 1976 , with singer , rhythm guitarist and songwriter Ric Ocasek , singer and bassist Benjamin Orr , lead guitarist Elliot Easton , keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson . Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian ___MASK72___ in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest ___MASK72___ in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest ___MASK59___ in the southern half of the ___MASK72___ . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Michel Amato , better known by his stage name The Hacker , is a French ___MASK24___ and ___MASK96___ producer who has worked extensively with Miss Kittin . His work has been influenced by ___MASK53___ artists like Kraftwerk , ___MASK17___ artists such as The Cure and Depeche Mode , as well as the French rave scene of the early 1990s . His artist name comes from the Jeff Mills ' track of the same name . Imaad Wasif is a singer , guitarist and songwriter whose ___MASK10___ combines elements of psychedelic folk and ___MASK57___ . Wasif  s ___MASK10___ has been described as  unbelievably intense with sparkling , raga - influenced guitar and a mystic bent . Karen Lee Orzolek ( born November 22 , 1978 ), better known by her stage name Karen O , is a South Korean - born American singer and musician . She is the lead vocalist for American ___MASK57___ band Yeah Yeah Yeahs . Caroline Hervé ( born 1973 ), better known by her stage name Miss Kittin , is a French ___MASK32___ DJ , singer , and songwriter . Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles " 1982 " and " Frank Sinatra " with The Hacker , she has worked with other musicians such as Chicks on Speed , Felix da Housecat and Golden Boy . She released her debut solo ___MASK85___ " I Com " in 2004 , a second , " BatBox ", in 2008 , and a third , " Calling From The Stars ", in 2013 . She achieved international popularity with the singles " Rippin Kittin " and " Silver Screen Shower Scene ". Denmark is a Scandinavian ___MASK72___ in Europe . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - west of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of Denmark is the sovereign state that comprises Denmark proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . Denmark has a total area of , and a population of 5 . 7 million . The ___MASK72___ consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . ___MASK96___ is a form of electronic ___MASK42___ music that emerged in Detroit , Michigan , in the United States during the mid - to - late 1980s . The first recorded use of the word " techno " in ___MASK93___ to a specific genre of music was in 1988 . Many styles of techno now exist , but Detroit techno is seen as the foundation upon which a number of subgenres have been built . ___MASK10___ is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence , which exist in time . The common elements of ___MASK10___ are pitch ( which governs melody and harmony ), ___MASK61___ ( and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ), dynamics ( loudness and softness ), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ( which are sometimes termed the " color " of a ___MASK6___ sound ). Different styles or types of ___MASK10___ may emphasize , de - emphasize or omit some of these elements . ___MASK10___ is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping ; there are solely ___MASK91___ pieces , solely vocal pieces ( such as songs without ___MASK91___ accompaniment ) and pieces that combine singing and instruments . The word derives from Greek  (" mousike "; " art of the Muses "). In its most general form , the activities describing ___MASK10___ as an art form include the production of works of ___MASK10___ ( songs , tunes , symphonies , and so on ), the ___MASK3___ of ___MASK10___ , the study of the history of ___MASK10___ , and the aesthetic examination of ___MASK10___ . Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined ___MASK10___ as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies . Common sayings such as " the harmony of the spheres " and " it is ___MASK10___ to my ears " point to the notion that ___MASK10___ is often ordered and pleasant to listen to . However , 20th - century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be ___MASK10___ , saying , for example , " There is no noise , only sound ." Fischerspooner is an ___MASK24___ duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York City . The name is a combination of the founders ' last names , Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner . Influenced by retro ___MASK98___ tendencies ( arguably similar to Kraftwerk , early Pet Shop Boys , and Gary Numan ) Fischerspooner uses a modern approach to programming . The Sounds are a Swedish ___MASK50___ band . Formed in Helsingborg in 1999 , the group ' s ___MASK6___ style has been compared to ___MASK17___ acts such as Blondie , The Cars , the Epoxies and Missing Persons . Alice in Videoland is an ___MASK24___ band from Sweden . They are compared to bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs , Missing Persons and The Sounds , although they are more electronic . ___MASK25___ ( also known as " technopop "), a subgenre of new wave music first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument . It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock , electronic , art rock , disco , and particularly the " Krautrock " of bands like Kraftwerk . It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post - punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late - 1970s to the mid - 1980s .