Journal #5488

Electronica is a very broad genre. Its music that's meant to be listened to, like any other "real" song, the difference being that its synthesized instead of recorded. Really, the general rule of thumb seems to be that electronica is whatever you don't want to call techno, because techno implies the whole dance thing.

Electronic is a more specific genre that utilizes all those cheesy "computery" sounds to sound like "cyber music". Electronic is more like stereotypical techno because its usually repetitive, being geared towards dancing. Edit: At least, that's it from my experience. But to be honest, I've only seen something labeled as "electronic" a handful of times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronica

Just Wiki it.