electronic music has over time evolved and branched out into various forms including house, trance, dubstep, techno, drum 'n' bass, ambient, trap and tribal, just to mention a few - mainly in relation to the advancements in technology, cariocas are everyday, more involved with the electromechanical sound and its different genres.

the main introduction was seen in 1956 when reginaldo de carvalho, brazilian composer and head of the villa-lobos institute, traveled to paris and began experimenting with electronic music, eventually sharing his knowledge with peers and students.