&gt; the year 2000 was the rise of electronic music<p>Electronic music goes back to the 60&#x27;s.<p>Synthpop became popular (mainstream) in the early 1980&#x27;s as synthesizer keyboards became common.<p>The 90&#x27;s dropped the synths as they became too much of a cliché.  So you just had a bit of a silent period before 2000, so electronic music in 2000&#x27;s seemed like something new, but it merely utilized the new technological possibilities.