Electronic Genres

[PsyleNce]

House <
Generated out of disco music in New York and Chicago in the mid-1980's, by 1990, house had blitzkrieged Europe, revolutionizing and spawning modern-era club culture in the process. House epitomizes electronic dance grooves, and is probably more mainstream and widely accepted than any other of type of DJ music today. Characterized by groovy 4/4 beat tempos, and swinging upbeat harmonies, house can cover a lot of territory, from disco house, to acid house to Latin and French house, it is perhaps the most versatile of all electronic music genres, ranging in style from deep, to hardcore to progressive.

Old School Pioneer: Frankie Knuckles
Superstar House DJ's: John Digweed, Sasha, Deep Dish, Derrick Carter, Armand Van Helden, Basement Jaxx, Masters at Work
Hot House Tunes: Groovejet, by Spiller; Brazil Over Zurich, by Tanga Chicks; Pasilda, by Afro Medusa

Techno <
Many people generalize and label all electronic music as "techno." In reality, techno is a separate genre within the electronica panoply. Techno started in Detroit in the 1980's as an extension of (or alternative to, depending on who you're talking to) house.
However, unlike house, techno is abstract with a harder edge, and more frenetic style. Techno found its enduring mainstream success in Europe, and was not even used as a label to describe a particular style of music until it reached corporate Great Britain in 1988; the British press coined a new genre, Techno, so as not to confuse it with house or hip hop.
Whereas the original Detroit techno was influenced by funk and synthetic pop, the version found in Europe today is best characterized by the mindless throbbing techno pulsating within dark underworld clubs. Hardcore techno is more aggressive and turbulent, with BPM's reaching 190. Dutch techno, called gabber (or happy hardcore), has even faster BPM's.

Subgenre: Ambient
Old School Pioneers: Derrick May, Kraftwerk
Techno Masters: Moby, Orbital
Classic Techno Tunes: Homework, by Daft Punk, Vegas, by Crystal Method


Trance <
A European extrusion of techno, trance originated in early 1990's Germany, accompanying the infamous Berlin Love Parades, creating a type of music conducive to drug-imposed euphoria and the accompanying rave culture. More upbeat than techno, the melodic dreamy anthems and spaced-out sonic sounds characterized by trance, sparked a widespread following among the growing rave-culture youth of early-mid 1990's Europe.

Subgenre: Goa Trance
Trance DJ Superstars: Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyke , Seb Fontaine
Top Trance Tune: Fusion, by Sven Vath

Jungle <

Evolving from hardcore techno in London in the early 1990's, jungle utilized techno's breakier beats, culminating in electronica superstardom in the mid 1990's.
The music itself is an amalgamation of many different genres, and characterized by faster BPM's (up to 170 beats per minute), contrasted with a smoother, slower bass line.

Old School Pioneers: A Guy Called Gerald, Goldie
Subgenre: Drum n' Bass
Drum n' Bass Sounds: Reprazent, by Roni Size, Logical Progression, by LTJ Bukem



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thanks for that.. but with all due respect i think they're somehow outdated.. wanna get better definitions? pls visit THE LIBRARY section

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