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Chemical Brothers make music that is in itself the lovechild of Techno, House and even bits and bobs of Hip Hop, as well as pop itself, but still not exactly a duo that you would strictly file under the electronica section. Electronica is generally an umbrella term for a wide range of electronic music that is mainly instrumental and leans towards abstraction, hardly something that applies to the music of Chemical Brothers, which is the fruit of rave guys with stadium/festival aspirations, therefore easily filed into the pop section. House/Hip Hop/Techno have all definite components that elevate them as specific styles, while the music of Authecre/Jake Mandell/Matmos etc incorporates elements that are disparate and come (amongst others) from musique concrete, soundscapes, avantgarde etc, hence the useful and flexible term electronica being widely used to describe them.
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