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Following the decline of disco music in the late 1970s, electro emerged as a fusion of funk and disco combined with German and Japanese electropop, with Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) being key influences.[1]
In 1982, producer Afrika Bambaataa released a track that used music from one of Kraftwerk's songs. In 1983, Hashim created an influential electro funk sound and Herbie Hancock had the hit single "Rockit". By the late 1980s, the genre moved away from its funk influences.
The early 1980s were electro's mainstream peak. Electro became popular again the late 1990s with artists such as Anthony Rother and DJs such as Dave Clarke. A third wave of popularity occurred in 2007. Electro has branched out into subgenres, including "electrocore" and Skweee, which developed in Sweden and Finland.