The dark alternative (dark culture) scene, includes goth and dark wave culture, most of the post-industrial scene, including the genres electro-industrial, EBM, aggrotech and dark electro, parts of neofolk and the early gothic metal associated scene. Dark culture's origin lies in followers of dark wave and independent music, but over the decades it has developed to a social network held together by a common concept of aesthetics, self-representation, and individualism. The musical preferences of the dark scene are characterised by a mix of styles ranging from futurism, electropop, early music, (neo-) classical, and folk music to punk rock, rock, techno and ambient music.