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Concrète was combined with other, synthesized forms of Electronic music to create Edgar Varèse's "Poème électronique". "Poème" was played at the 1958 Brussels World's fair through 400 carefully placed loudspeakers in a special pavilion designed by Iannis Xenakis.

After the 1950s, Concrète was somewhat displaced by other forms of Electronic composition, although its influence can be seen in popular music by many bands, including The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Traditional and non-traditional Concrète has experienced a revival in the 1980s and 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn, although modern samplingDigital sampling is the recording, playback, looping and editing of sound in a musical context using a computer to convert the sound into a series of numbers representing the measurement of the amplitude of the sound. The measurement or "sample" is taken technology is now often used in place of magnetic tape.

Recently, the growing popularity in all forms of electronicaElectronica is a rather vague term (which appears to have originated in the United States) that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. The term has been defined by some to mean modern electronic music that is not necessarily des has led to a re-birth of Musique Concrète. Artists such as Christian Fennesz, and Francisco Lopez use many Concrète techniques in their music while often being classified under more common electronica genres such as Intelligent Dance Music or DowntempoDowntempo is a laid-back electronic music style intended more for listening and socializing than dancing, though some releases are danceable in their own right. Often it is named lounge music, but this name also refers to another style of music. The genre. ElectronicaElectronica is a rather vague term (which appears to have originated in the United States) that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. The term has been defined by some to mean modern electronic music that is not necessarily des magazines such as The Wire regularly feature articles and reviews of Musique Concrète.