query: what style of electronic dance music developed in chicago

pos: Electronic dance music emergence of raving, pirate radios and an upsurge of interest in club culture, EDM achieved widespread mainstream popularity in Europe. In the United States at that time, acceptance of dance culture was not universal; although both electro and Chicago house music were influential both in Europe and the United States, mainstream media outlets and the record industry remained openly hostile to it.There was also a perceived association between EDM and drug culture, which led governments at state and city level to enact laws and policies intended to halt the spread of rave culture. Subsequently, in the new millennium, the popularity

pos: Warehouse (nightclub) Warehouse (nightclub) The Warehouse was a nightclub established in Chicago, Illinois in 1977 under the direction of Robert Williams. It is today most famous for being what many consider to be the birthplace of house music, specifically Chicago house, and the genre's center in the United States while under its first musical director, DJ Frankie Knuckles. A broad spectrum of dance music was played there; however, first and foremost were R'n'B and Disco. Knuckles experimented with different possibilities of developing an original expression, mixing disco music with European electronic music. DJ History reports: "The style of music now known as

pos: Garage house Garage house Garage house (originally known as "garage music"; also "New York house") is a dance music style that was developed alongside house music. Garage, which had a more soulful R&B-derived sound, was developed in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City and Club Zanzibar in Newark, New Jersey, United States, during the early-to-mid 1980s. There was much overlap between it and early house music, making it difficult to tell the two apart. It predates the development of Chicago house, and according to All Music, is relatively closer to disco than other dance styles. As Chicago house gained international

pos: Jacking Jacking Jacking, or the jack, is a freestyle dance move in which the dancer ripples his or her torso back and forth in an undulating motion. Jacking developed in the late 1980s, and is especially associated with Chicago house music. Just as house music evolved from disco, jacking came from the expressiveness of disco dancing. As house music evolved, the dance and movement associated with house also began to change. Thematically, house music endorsed an abandonment of subjectivity and self-will, promoting the ecstasy of being enthralled with the beat. Post-sexual delirium is reflected in the Chicago dance style known as

pos: History of DJing bassline. In 1983, Jesse Saunders released what some consider the first house music track, "On & On." The mid-1980s also saw the emergence of New York Garage, a house music hybrid that was inspired by Levan's style and sometimes eschewed the accentuated high-hats of the Chicago house sound. During the mid-1980s, techno music emerged from the Detroit club scene. Being geographically located between Chicago and New York, Detroit techno artists combined elements of Chicago house and New York garage along with European imports. Techno distanced itself from disco's roots by becoming almost purely electronic with synthesized beats. In 1985, the

pos: Garage house birth to a derivative genre called UK garage. Garage house Garage house (originally known as "garage music"; also "New York house") is a dance music style that was developed alongside house music. Garage, which had a more soulful R&B-derived sound, was developed in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City and Club Zanzibar in Newark, New Jersey, United States, during the early-to-mid 1980s. There was much overlap between it and early house music, making it difficult to tell the two apart. It predates the development of Chicago house, and according to All Music, is relatively closer to disco than

pos: Underground dance music Garage, The Loft and The Warehouse. Underground dance music The term underground dance music (short version in music jargon: UDM) has been applied to artistic dance music movements, such as early 1970s disco and 1980s Chicago house, but the term has since then come to be defined by any electronic dance or house music artist/band that avoids becoming a trend/mainstream nowadays. Other early "underground dance music" artists include Little Louie Vega, Tony Humphries, Larry Levan, David Mancuso, Frankie Knuckles, Nicky Siano, Lenties Deep and many others. In the late 1970s, the term underground dance music was associated with the music

pos: Underground dance music Underground dance music The term underground dance music (short version in music jargon: UDM) has been applied to artistic dance music movements, such as early 1970s disco and 1980s Chicago house, but the term has since then come to be defined by any electronic dance or house music artist/band that avoids becoming a trend/mainstream nowadays. Other early "underground dance music" artists include Little Louie Vega, Tony Humphries, Larry Levan, David Mancuso, Frankie Knuckles, Nicky Siano, Lenties Deep and many others. In the late 1970s, the term underground dance music was associated with the music initially played at places like Paradise

pos: Miami bass and the 2 Live Crew. Miami bass is closely related to the electronic dance music genres of ghettotech and booty house, genres which combine Detroit techno and Chicago house with the Miami bass sound. Ghettotech follows the same sexually oriented lyrics, hip-hop bass lines and streetwise attitude, but with harder, uptempo Roland TR-909 techno-style kick beats. In 2007, contemporary hip-hop and R&B songs became more dance oriented, showing influences of Miami bass and techno, and are typically sped up to a "chipmunk" sound for faster tempos for dances such as juking, wu-tanging and bopping (usually only done in Miami-Dade, Broward

pos: The Zap best sounds of underground dance. While "Tonka" straddled the acid house and early trance eras, "Protechtion" went for a more British style of techno, championed by Eric Powell which was later further developed by DJs such as Dave Clarke, and Powell's Bush Records label; a happier, British house sound, played by London DJ Paul Newman (better known as "Tall Paul") Smokin Jo, John "double O" Fleming and DJ Paulette. Additionally, Chris Coco's Saturday night showcased a more American style of dance music, predominantly Chicago house and then US garage. The success and popularity of the Coco Club was due to

pos: Detroit techno into an underground "family," where May, Atkins, and Saunderson DJed with fellow pioneers like Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes and Blake Baxter. It allowed for collaboration, and helped inspire what would become the second wave of Detroit-area techno, which included artists whom the Belleville Three had influenced and mentored. In 1988, due to the immense popularity of American electronic music in Great Britain, dance music entrepreneur Neil Rushton approached the Belleville Three to license their work for release in the UK. To define the Detroit sound as being distinct from Chicago house, Rushton and the Belleville Three chose the word "techno" for

neg: Shuffle dance the game's 1 year anniversary. Shuffle dance The shuffle dance, also known as the Melbourne Shuffle or simply the shuffle, is a rave and club dance that developed in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1990s. Many of the movements used in shuffling are typical jazz dance steps but with a contemporary twist. The style is also influenced by a Chicago based ghetto house dance called footwork and a style called the crip walk that originates in Compton LA. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Most

neg: Shuffle dance Shuffle dance The shuffle dance, also known as the Melbourne Shuffle or simply the shuffle, is a rave and club dance that developed in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1990s. Many of the movements used in shuffling are typical jazz dance steps but with a contemporary twist. The style is also influenced by a Chicago based ghetto house dance called footwork and a style called the crip walk that originates in Compton LA. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Most variants also incorporate arm movements.

neg: Music of Chicago Music of Chicago Chicago, Illinois is a major center for music in the midwestern United States where distinctive forms of blues (greatly responsible for the future creation of rock and roll), and house music, a genre of electronic dance music, were developed. The "Great Migration" of poor black workers from the South into the industrial cities brought traditional jazz and blues music to the city, resulting in Chicago blues and "Chicago-style" Dixieland jazz. Notable blues artists included Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Howlin' Wolf and both Sonny Boy Williamsons; jazz greats included Nat King Cole, Gene Ammons, Benny Goodman and Bud

neg: Illinois house music, a genre of electronic dance music, were developed. The Great Migration of poor black workers from the South into the industrial cities brought traditional jazz and blues music to the city, resulting in Chicago blues and "Chicago-style" Dixieland jazz. Notable blues artists included Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Howlin' Wolf and both Sonny Boy Williamsons; jazz greats included Nat King Cole, Gene Ammons, Benny Goodman, and Bud Freeman. Chicago is also well known for its soul music. In the early 1930s, Gospel music began to gain popularity in Chicago due to Thomas A. Dorsey's contributions at Pilgrim Baptist Church.

neg: 1980s the decade. The techno style of electronic dance music emerged in Detroit, Michigan, during the mid- to late 1980s. The house music style, another form of electronic dance music, emerged in Chicago, Illinois, in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit. It eventually reached Europe before becoming infused in mainstream pop and dance music worldwide. Punk rock continued to make strides in the musical community. With bands leading the significance of this period such as Black Flag, Bad Brains,

neg: Music of the United Kingdom (1980s) as the rave scene. House music was a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the early 1980s. House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. House music generally mimics disco's percussion, especially the use of a prominent bass drum on every beat, but may feature a prominent synthesiser bassline, electronic drums, electronic effects, funk and pop samples, and reverb- or delay-enhanced vocals. In the early 1980s a UK house scene developed in cities such as London, Birmingham and Manchester, particularly at The Haçienda Club and on the holiday

neg: History of DJing spun, became the prototype for the modern dance club where the music and the DJ were showcased. Around the same time, the disco-influenced electronic style of dance music called house music emerged in Chicago. The name was derived from the Warehouse Club in Chicago, where resident DJ Frankie Knuckles mixed old disco classics and Eurosynth pop. House music is essentially disco music with electronic drum machine beats. The common element of most house music is a 4/4 beat generated by a drum machine or other electronic means (such as a sampler), together with a solid (usually also electronically generated) synth

neg: Netto Houz Netto Houz Netto Houz or Netto is a Berlin-based House Music project formed by Ralf Zimmermann and Markus Wegner in 1994. In the second half of the 1990s Netto Houz appeared alongside projects like Whirlpool Productions on Ladomat 2000, the dance and electronic music department of L'Age D'Or, which was one of the record labels that had evolved from the Hamburg indie music scene known as Hamburger Schule. At first Netto Houz was heavily influenced by the tracky sound of Chicago labels like Relief Records or Dance Mania, but developed a deeper musical style over the years. Because of the

neg: Music of the Netherlands lives and works in The Netherlands, although not strongly connected to the Dutch scene. Venues like WORM in Rotterdam, Extrapool in Nijmegen and STEIM, OT301 and Mediamatic in Amsterdam are the main venues for this musical niche. In the early 1990s, Dutch DJ's developed a style of electronic dance music called gabber. The style was developed in reaction to the commercialization of house music and was heavily influenced by early hardcore from Frankfurt and New York City. The DJs stripped the music of what they perceived as excess sounds, songs were reduced to a high-speed monotonous beat, of sometimes over

neg: African-American neighborhood After his career as a classical ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet, Arthur Mitchell founded a school and dance company in Harlem. Alvin Ailey created dances out of the African American experience with his Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Chicago stepping is a name given to a dance that was created in Chicago's predominantly African American neighborhoods. House music, a form of Electronic Dance Music was first developed in Chicago in the early 1980s. By the 1990s, it had spread both nationally and globally. Hip hop is both a cultural movement and a music genre developed in New York

neg: New Beat New Beat New Beat is a style of Belgian underground music and subculture that fused techno and acid genres and flourished in Western Europe during the late-1980s. It is a type of electronic dance music and electronic body music that was played at a slower speed and influenced the evolution of industrial dance music. The European new beat sound originated in Belgium in the late 1980s, especially in 1987 and 1988. It was an underground danceable music style, well known at clubs and discos in Western Europe. It is a crossover of electronic body music (EBM, which also developed in

neg: Music history of the United States in the 1980s the 1980s, dance music records made using only electronic instruments became increasingly popular, largely influenced from the Electronic music of Kraftwerk and 1970s disco music. Such music was originally born of and popularized via regional nightclub scenes in the 1980s, and became the predominant type of music played in discothèques as well as the rave scene. House music is a style of electronic dance music which originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the early 1980s. House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. Club play from pioneering DJs like Ron Hardy and Lil Louis,

neg: Electronic body music style spawned the dark electro genre, and in the end of the decade a strongly techno- and hard-trance-inspired style called "hellektro" or "aggrotech". Industrial dance is a North American alternative term for electronic body music and electro-industrial music. Fans associated with this music scene call themselves "rivetheads". Electronic body music Electronic body music (EBM) is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk. It developed in the early 1980s in Germany and Belgium and came to prominence in Belgium at the end of the decade. EBM was generally considered a part of the European new

neg: Electronic dance music associations with violence and criminal activity, both from the gang culture that had affected the UK's hip-hop scene and as a consequence of jungle's often aggressive or menacing sound and themes of violence (usually reflected in the choice of samples). However, this developed in tandem with the often positive reputation of the music as part of the wider rave scene and dance hall-based Jamaican music culture prevalent in London. By 1995, whether as a reaction to, or independently of this cultural schism, some jungle producers began to move away from the ragga-influenced style and create what would become collectively labelled,

neg: Grime (music genre) and preserving" the life that he and his peers live on the streets every day. Grime (music genre) Grime is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged in London in the early 2000s. It developed out of earlier UK electronic music styles, including UK garage and jungle, and draws influence from dancehall, ragga, and hip hop. The style is typified by rapid, syncopated breakbeats, generally around 140 bpm, and often features an aggressive or jagged electronic sound. Rapping is also a significant element of the style, and lyrics often revolve around gritty depictions of urban life. The style initially

neg: Grime (music genre) Grime (music genre) Grime is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged in London in the early 2000s. It developed out of earlier UK electronic music styles, including UK garage and jungle, and draws influence from dancehall, ragga, and hip hop. The style is typified by rapid, syncopated breakbeats, generally around 140 bpm, and often features an aggressive or jagged electronic sound. Rapping is also a significant element of the style, and lyrics often revolve around gritty depictions of urban life. The style initially spread among pirate radio stations (such as Rinse FM) and underground scenes before achieving some

neg: ATMA (electronic musician) names in the electronic music scene. With his long musical background and the experience of working different musical styles he developed a totally unique style of electronic dance music. Deep melodies, perfect harmonies, psychedelic sounds and pumping basslines, it's his "new definition" of the trance dance music. After the great success of his first two solo albums, "Beyond Good & Evil" (Geomagnetic.Tv) and "The Secrets Of Meditation" (Millennium Records) Atma is back in business with his brand new album, "Music Revolution", released in December 2011 on the German label BMSS. Beside his trance projects, Andrei works as music composer for

neg: 1980s in music nightclub scenes in the 1980s, and became the predominant type of music played in discothèques as well as the rave scene. House music is a style of electronic dance music which originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the early 1980s. House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. Club play from pioneering DJs like Ron Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops, and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago and among visiting DJs & producers from Detroit. Trax Records and DJ International

neg: Acid house Acid house Acid house is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style was defined primarily by the deep basslines and "squelching" sounds of the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer. Acid house spread to the United Kingdom and continental Europe, where it was played by DJs in the acid house and later rave scenes. By the late 1980s, acid house had moved into the British mainstream, where it had some influence on pop and dance styles. Acid house brought house music to a worldwide audience. The influence of acid house can be heard on

neg: Music of Paraguay created by the fusion of rhythms is called "Avanzada", which in 1977 was elaborated by the Paraguayan musician Oscar Nelson Safuán. The modern rhythms reached Paraguay in the 50s, with the importation of electronic instruments that began to use dance orchestras. Mainly in the 1970s, symphonic music, rock music, pop, dance, protest song, cumbia, among others, were developed. Currently there is also a growing scene of blues music, jazz, electronic music, classical, ethnic, reggae, and various genre fusions. The Paraguayan polka combines ternary and binary rhythms, where as the European only uses binary. The most famous style of music is

neg: House music Hardy's music in Music Box. In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5, and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played a range of styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, Arthur Baker, and John Robie, and electronic pop. Some DJs made and played their own edits of their favorite songs on reel-to-reel tape, and sometimes mixed in electronic effects, drum machines, synthesizers and other rhythmic electronic instrumentation. In the 2017 film "What We Started", legendary DJ

neg: Graduation (album) European musical influences. According to Jayson Green of "Stylus Magazine", West had developed a fascination with Euro-disco, a European form of electronic dance music that branched off from American disco in the 1970s. Going further, a columnist for "Slant Magazine" claims that the album's hip-hop beats would be "European-club-worthy" were they stripped of the vocals. Most importantly, Green perceives that Kanye West had developed an affinity with electronic synthesizers. "Chicago Tribune" music critic Greg Kot comments on the incorporation of synthesizer sounds. From a musical standpoint, he views "Graduation" as "an album steeped in keyboard tones, in all their richness

neg: The Algorithm and electronic dance music with progressive metal (including djent and mathcore). For live performances Rémi Gallego uses an Akai APC40, a MIDI controller produced by the company Akai, co-developed with the German company Ableton, connected to a laptop running Ableton Live. In addition, a distorted female voice can be heard on almost all the releases, provided by Florent Latorre, a friend of Gallego's. The Algorithm The Algorithm is the musical project of French musician Rémi Gallego (born October 7, 1989) from Perpignan. His style is characterised by an unusual combination of electronic dance music with progressive metal. Gallego chose the

neg: Electronic dance music Electronic dance music Electronic dance music, also known as EDM, dance music, club music or simply dance, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves and festivals. It is generally produced for playback by disc jockeys who create seamless selections of tracks, called a mix by segueing from one recording to another. EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA. In Europe, EDM is more commonly called 'dance music', or simply 'dance'. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the

neg: Disco Feel For You" (1984). House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in Chicago, circa 1984. House music quickly spread to other American cities such as Detroit, New York City, and Newark – all of which developed their own regional scenes. In the mid- to late 1980s, house music became popular in Europe as well as major cities in South America, and Australia. Early house music commercial success in Europe saw songs such as "Pump Up The Volume" by MARRS (1987), "House Nation" by House Master Boyz

neg: Trap music (EDM) Trap music (EDM) In the late 2000s and early 2010s, elements of trap music—which was originally derived from Southern hip hop—filtered into electronic music and created a distinct style of electronic dance music (EDM). A variety of artists spurred trap's move into pop and EDM. In 2012, a style of electronic dance music (EDM) incorporated elements of trap music, and began gaining popularity. Most of these new subgenres combined snare and hi-hats typical to hip hop music and sub-bass and slow tempos of dubstep, creating "dirty, aggressive beats [and] dark melodies." Electronic music producers, such as TNGHT, Baauer, UZ, Luminox,

neg: Popular music of Birmingham name, Germ was one of the formative influences on early UK techno, pioneering the combination of the form and techniques of electronic dance music with the more "composerly" models of classical, industrial and experimental jazz music to form what would later become known as electronic listening music, becoming "one of the most influential, under-recognized forces of innovation in the European experimental electronic music scene". Originally a solo project of the Birmingham-born musician Tim Wright, Germ later developed into a collaboration with other musicians including trombonist Hilary Jeffrey, double-bassist Matt Miles, and producer John Dalby. In 1998 Wright and Jeffreys became

neg: Merenhouse by a musical beat in the background. The term “hip hop” encompasses all of these elements, including rap, DJing, MCing, break dancing and graffiti. "House music" House music is considered a type of electronic dance music which was spawned in Chicago, IL, and it is heavily influenced by disco. The synthesizer is most commonly associated with electronic dance music and the music is often characterized by its continuous and repetitive beat. This subgenre of electronic dance music was influenced heavily by DJ Knuckles, who moved from playing others' records to making his own music. There are many subgenres of House

neg: Dance music enormously popular during the 1920s. In the 1930s, called the Swing era, Swing music was the popular dance music in America. In the 1950s, rock and roll became the popular dance music. The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music. The rise of disco in the early 1970s led to dance music becoming popular with the public. By the late 1970s, electronic dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in nightclubs, radio stations, shows and raves. Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved. Folk dance music

neg: History of modern Western subcultures presence attempting to prevent the festival and break up the Peace Convoy. The resulting Battle of the Beanfield was the largest mass civil arrest in English history. Free parties and raves began from the mid-80s and became a flourishing subculture. The music embraced by this subculture was electronic dance music which developed from Techno, pioneered in Detroit and Chicago by people like Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, as well as electronic music, pioneered by Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage and others, taken by way of progressive rock bands like Hawkwind, filtered through the sounds of dub-reggae and the electropop

neg: Zahed Sultan with local talents through audio, visual and dance. The project continues to be developed and performed, the latest edition of which was presented at Abu Dhabi Festival 2018. In an interview with London Live in 2015, Sultan described his music as «alternative electronic», using live instrumentation as well as electronic music to «fuse those worlds in a live scenario [and blur] the lines between analog and digital». Sultan’s music and performance style continues to evolve using a cross-disciplinary approach. In addition to his own projects, Sultan has worked as a music producer for Saudi Arabian singer / songwriter "tamtam", on

neg: Kate Simko Kate Simko Kate Simko is an American electronic music producer from Chicago. Simko spent her childhood years studying piano and music theory. During her teens in Chicago, she fell in love with underground dance music, while also gaining a voracious appetite to hear new sounds. Her passion for electronic music eventually led to her to study music technology and piano at Northwestern University, while also directing the dance and hip-hop format of the respected radio station WNUR. In 2001, Simko relocated for a music composition program in Santiago, Chile, where she met Andrés Bucci and they recorded their first record

neg: Jazz dance contemporary jazz dance are Sonya Tayeh, Mandy Moore, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Commercial jazz, which has been popular since the ‘80s, combines aspects of hip hop and jazz and is often done to pop music. This style can be seen in the music videos of Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. Lastly, commercial jazz often includes more "tricks." Commercial jazz and contemporary jazz are both seen at dance competitions. Another variety of jazz is Latin jazz. "Maria Torres developed and popularized the fusion at Broadway Dance Center". Latin jazz has an emphasis on the movement of hips and isolations. It

neg: Kate Simko Simko graduated with a master's in Composition for Screen from the Royal College of Music. In 2014, she debuted her project "London Electronic Orchestra", which meshed her two major musical influences: live orchestra and electronic music. Simko is currently based in London. Kate Simko Kate Simko is an American electronic music producer from Chicago. Simko spent her childhood years studying piano and music theory. During her teens in Chicago, she fell in love with underground dance music, while also gaining a voracious appetite to hear new sounds. Her passion for electronic music eventually led to her to study music technology

neg: Synth-pop in mainstream pop music. It also influenced the sound of many mainstream rock acts, such as Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top and Van Halen. It was a major influence on house music, which grew out of the post-disco dance club culture of the early 1980s as some DJs attempted to make the less pop-oriented music that also incorporated influences from Latin soul, dub, rap music, and jazz. American musicians such as Juan Atkins, using names including Model 500, Infinity and as part of Cybotron, developed a style of electronic dance music influenced by synth-pop and funk that led to the emergence

neg: Raptor house songs of this style and also compose. American DJ Scoop DeVille also expressed how he liked this movement saying that "he has developed a true passion for this". The most famous meeting place in Caracas where the tuki music was danced and there were good DJs of the genre was "Adrena". Also many people at that time linked the tuki word offensively and that most of the Tukis were really Venezuelan style-thugs. Raptor house Raptor house (many times called as Changa tuki) is a life-style, dance and music genre derived from Electronic music that originated in Caracas, Venezuela in early-1990s

neg: Electronic dance music of house and acid house paved the way for Detroit Techno, a style that was initially supported by a handful of house music clubs in Chicago, New York, and Northern England, with Detroit clubs catching up later. The term Techno first came into use after a release of a 10 Records/Virgin Records compilation titled "Techno: The Dance Sound of Detroit" in 1988. One of the first Detroit productions to receive wider attention was Derrick May's "Strings of Life" (1987), which, together with May's previous release, "Nude Photo" (1987), helped raise techno's profile in Europe, especially the UK and Germany, during

neg: Tecnocumbia Tecnocumbia Tecnocumbia is a style of Cumbia where there is a fusion between electronic sounds generated by electronic musical instruments through electronic drums, the electric guitar, synthesisers, and samplers. "Tecnocumbia" was a word developed in Mexico to describe this type of music. However, the style of music was developed throughout South America with different names given to it before the name "Tecnocumbia" was adopted as the single denomination for the music. In Mexico, it developed as a variant of the Mexican cumbia that started in the early 1980s. The style added electronic instruments along with samplers to the Mexican cumbia

neg: Swing (dance) Beantown Swing Orchestra (Boston), The Boilermaker Jazz Band (Pittsburgh), the Southside Aces (Minneapolis), Gordon Webster Septet (New York), Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five (Los Angeles) and The Jonathan Stout Orchestra featuring Hilary Alexander (Los Angeles), The Flat Cats (Chicago), Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators (Seattle), the Solomon Douglas Swingtet (Seattle), The Gina Knight Orchestra (Chicago and Joliet, IL), the Solomon Douglas Swingtet and the Tom Cunningham Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), Sonoran Swing (Arizona), and The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra (Los Angeles). Swing (dance) Swing dance is a group of dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in

neg: Björk hands". On 25 November, the Black Rock Studios in Santorini affirmed that the singer is recording in their studios. On 7 December 2018, "Utopia" was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, making her fifteenth nomination at the Grammys. Over her three-decade solo career, Björk has developed an eclectic and avant-garde musical style that incorporates aspects of electronic, dance, alternative dance, trip hop, experimental, glitch, jazz, alternative rock, instrumental, and contemporary classical music. Her music has since been subject to critical analysis and scrutiny, as she consistently defies categorization in a musical genre. Although she

neg: Bothy Culture corporeal existence." First and foremost an album of dance music, "Bothy Culture" primarily celebrates and draws from the music of Bennett's native Gaeldom as well as Scandinavian music and Islamic music. Dave Sleger of AllMusic felt the album mixes music from Punjabi, Scandinavian, Turkish and Irish cultures with modern club music styles like rave, techno and hip-hop, creating what he calls a "assiduous hybrid." Though Bennett's previous work used electronic dance beats, "Bothy Culture" developed upon the prominence of these beats considerably, with styles of drum and bass and trippy breakbeats. "Billboard" believed the album uses Bennett's native folk styles

neg: Electronic dance music reminiscent of Jean-Michel Jarre than Basement Jaxx), Progressive Trance became the sound of the world's dance floors by the end of the millennium. Critics ridiculed its focus on predictable breakdowns and relative lack of skill to beat-mix, but progressive trance was caned by the hottest DJ." By the early 1990s, a style of music developed within the rave scene that had an identity distinct from American house and techno. This music, much like hip-hop before it, combined sampled syncopated beats or break beats, other samples from a wide range of different musical genres and, occasionally, samples of music, dialogue and

neg: Stelsi Stelsi Stelsi is a Ukrainian electro-folk/synthpop/electronic dance music group, founded in 1999 by Alex Kukharsky in Chernivtsy, Bukovina. The band have been credited as one of the first electronic music acts in Ukraine,with fusion of styles that quickly grew into mainstream popularity at the beginning of the 2000s. During its more-than-decade history, band`s sound developed rapidly from big-beat, techno, house & other club-oriented genres (2000-2003) up to more live performance synthpop\alternative\rock music (2003-2005), finally incorporating ethnic\folk elements which resulted in a unique style fusion that was called "electro-folk" by critics and press (2005–present). The band`s music can be frequently heard

neg: Björk she listens too daily. Two young Icelandic bands played their music on this same event. Gróa, a girl-pop-band and Sideproject, a boys-electronic-dance-band. Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir (; ; born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, actress, record producer, and DJ. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a range of influences and genres spanning electronic, pop, experimental, classical, trip hop, IDM, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, she began her music career at age 11 and first gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band

neg: Alan Steward forerunner of what is now termed House music and Electronic dance music. Alan's musical style is best described as electronic World fusion music with strong Jazz and Funk influences as it combines exotic instruments and voices with jazz, funk grooves and electronica. He also draws on his many years of living in the Caribbean and working with Caribbean artists on his current Reggae album release. As a producer, Alan recorded hits for Dennis Edwards and Eddie Kendricks of the legendary Temptations, the Baha Men (of 'who let the dogs out' fame), David Black (Capitol/EMI Records) who went on a World

neg: Hardcore punk which the band combined heavy metal with their traditional sound, made a strong impact in Seattle. Digital hardcore is a music genre fusing elements of hardcore punk and various forms of electronic music and techno. It developed in Germany during the early 1990s, and often features sociological or left-extremist lyrical themes. Nintendocore, another musical style, fuses hardcore with video game music, chiptunes, and 8-bit music. The Washington state band Melvins, aside from their influence on grunge, helped create what would be known as sludge metal, which is also a combination between Black Sabbath-style music and hardcore punk. This genre developed

neg: Tech house Tech house Tech house is a subgenre of house music that combines stylistic features of techno with house. The term "tech house" developed as a shorthand record store name for a category of electronic dance music that combined musical aspects of techno, such as "rugged basslines" and "steely beats," with the harmonies and grooves of progressive house. The music originally had a clean and minimal production style that was associated with techno from Detroit and the UK. In the mid to late 1990s a scene developed in England around club nights such as The Drop run by the former Shamen

neg: Stelsi in commercials, radio & TV shows, presentations, sport events and other popular media throughout Ukraine. Stelsi Stelsi is a Ukrainian electro-folk/synthpop/electronic dance music group, founded in 1999 by Alex Kukharsky in Chernivtsy, Bukovina. The band have been credited as one of the first electronic music acts in Ukraine,with fusion of styles that quickly grew into mainstream popularity at the beginning of the 2000s. During its more-than-decade history, band`s sound developed rapidly from big-beat, techno, house & other club-oriented genres (2000-2003) up to more live performance synthpop\alternative\rock music (2003-2005), finally incorporating ethnic\folk elements which resulted in a unique style fusion that

neg: Drill 'n' bass end of the 1990s, the style had largely dissipated. Drill 'n' bass Drill 'n' bass is a subgenre of electronic music which developed in the mid-1990s as IDM artists began experimenting with elements of drum and bass, breakbeat, and jungle music. Artists utilized powerful audio software programs and deployed frenzied, irregular time signatures that often discouraged dancing. The experimental style was often interpreted as having a lightly parodic relationship with the dance styles that inspired it. Early exponents of drill 'n' bass included Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, and Luke Vibert. Pioneering releases in the style included Aphex Twin's "Hangable Auto Bulb"

neg: Pierre Khazen intellectual lyrics. Guitar and Piano Tune is an instrumental piece of classical/romantic style comprising a guitar and piano performances. From the Drama Album, Waves of the Heart and Dance of the Sea are Chamber Music of a romantic style but the second part of Dance of the Sea is flamenco music. This is Love is a love song of classical/romantic style consisting of piano, strings and vocal performances. Drama is minimal music with an electronic touch including narration. Home is electronic including classical instruments so it sounds fusion. Silence of the Death is serial music while Teen Flirt is a

neg: Phynn Phynn announced on his Facebook page that he will no longer be making Trance music, and that he is taking a new musical direction and will focus on Techno going forward. Phynn Finne Jager (; born 6 December 1984), commonly known as Phynn, is a Dutch trance and techno DJ and producer. He is the founder of the American electronic dance music label Lunary Records. In 2000, Finne discovered his love for electronic dance music. Finding the style extremely interesting, he started exploring the possibilities of making electronic dance music. He first gained notoriety in an Ernesto vs. Bastian remix

neg: 20th-century music it is by no means obvious that the Sex Pistols' records were "accessible", Frank Zappa's work "simple", or Billie Holiday's "facile". Blues musicians such as Muddy Waters brought the Delta Blues, played mostly with acoustic instruments, from the Mississippi delta north to cities like Chicago, where they used more electric instruments to form the Chicago Blues. Country music, once known as "Country and Western music", is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music that originated in the early 1970s,

neg: Electronic dance music disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish, Jellybean Benitez, Arthur Baker, and John Robie, and electronic pop music by Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Some made and played their own edits of their favorite songs on reel-to-reel tape, and sometimes mixed in effects, drum machines, and other rhythmic electronic instrumentation. The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house

neg: Techno label Basic Channel had its releases mastered by Detroit's National Sound Corporation, the main mastering house for the entire Detroit dance music scene. In a sense, popular electronic music had come full circle, returning to Germany, home of a primary influence on the electronic dance music of the 1980s: Düsseldorf's Kraftwerk. Even the dance sounds of Chicago also had a German connection, as it was in Munich that Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte first produced the 1970s Eurodisco synthpop sound. As techno continued to transmute a number of Detroit producers began to question the trajectory the music was taking. One

neg: Laputa (band) vocal style. He covered Japanese metal bands in his high school days, such as Dead End, Loudness, 44 Magnum, Gastunk, , , Sniper and Tilt. Kouichi stated he was influenced by Yngwie Malmsteen and from . As a solo artist, Everlasting-K, he admired hide, describing him as "my eternal goal". When asked what bands he listened to in his high school days, Kouichi mentioned Vow Wow, Anthem and Earthshaker. His early influences included Duran Duran, Bon Jovi, Bauhaus, Dead Can Dance and The Cure. Junji was later into Electronic dance music and Trip hop. His style was mostly influenced by

neg: Tecnocumbia them both having the Colombia cumbia as a base, but they developed through different methods independently of each other and do not sound exactly alike. Tecnocumbia Tecnocumbia is a style of Cumbia where there is a fusion between electronic sounds generated by electronic musical instruments through electronic drums, the electric guitar, synthesisers, and samplers. "Tecnocumbia" was a word developed in Mexico to describe this type of music. However, the style of music was developed throughout South America with different names given to it before the name "Tecnocumbia" was adopted as the single denomination for the music. In Mexico, it developed

neg: Phynn Phynn Finne Jager (; born 6 December 1984), commonly known as Phynn, is a Dutch trance and techno DJ and producer. He is the founder of the American electronic dance music label Lunary Records. In 2000, Finne discovered his love for electronic dance music. Finding the style extremely interesting, he started exploring the possibilities of making electronic dance music. He first gained notoriety in an Ernesto vs. Bastian remix contest under the 'Mind Markers' guise. Out of hundreds of contestants, Finne was one of the three winners in the competition. He got in touch with Ernesto vs. Bastian and Sony's

neg: Belly dance Turkish and Egyptian movements and music, American Cabaret ("AmCab") belly dancing has developed its own distinctive style, using props and encouraging audience interaction. In 1987, a distinctively American style of group improvisational dance, American Tribal Style Belly Dance, (ATS), was created. Although a unique and wholly modern style, its steps are based on existing dance techniques, including those from North India, the Middle East, and Africa. Many forms of "Tribal Fusion" belly dance have also developed, incorporating elements from many other dance and music styles including flamenco, ballet, burlesque, hula hoop and even hip hop. "Gothic Belly Dance" is a

neg: Hardcore (electronic dance music genre) find signs of hard electronic dance music within industrial music. Groups such as Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Cabaret Voltaire, SPK, Foetus and Einstürzende Neubauten produced music using a wide range of electronic instruments. The message diffused by industrial was then very provocative. Some of the musical sounds and experimentation of industrial have directly influenced hardcore since the beginning of the movement. In the mid-1980s, under the influence of the Belgian group Front 242, electronic body music (EBM), a new genre more accessible and more dancing inspired by industrial and new wave, appeared. This style is characterized by minimalism, cold sounds unlike

neg: Electronic dance music "dance" are more common terms for EDM.What is widely perceived to be "club music" has changed over time; it now includes different genres and may not always encompass EDM. Similarly, "electronic dance music" can mean different things to different people. Both "club music" and "EDM" seem vague, but the terms are sometimes used to refer to distinct and unrelated genres (club music is defined by what is popular, whereas EDM is distinguished by musical attributes). Until the late 1990s, when the larger US music industry created music charts for "dance" ("Billboard" magazine has maintained a "dance" chart since 1974 and

neg: Music of Illinois performed there in 2008. Chicago's greatest influence on electronic dance music is its role as the birthplace of house music. The name House music is said to come from the Chicago dance club, the Warehouse, where the legendary Frankie Knuckles (d. 2014) "the Godfather of House" DJed. The classic house record label Trax Records was based in Chicago, and put out seminal house records like Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles's "Your Love" and Marshall Jefferson's "Move Your Body". Other influential house artists to come out of Chicago include Adonis, Larry Heard, Ron Hardy, Phuture, Robert Owens, and Farley Jackmaster Funk.

neg: Electronic dance music sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specifically Poly-61) synthesizer. "On and On" is sometimes cited as the 'first house record', though other examples from around that time, such as J.M. Silk's "Music is the Key" (1985), have also been cited. House music quickly spread to other American cities such as Detroit, New York City, and Newark—all of which developed their own regional scenes. In the mid-to-late 1980s, house music became popular in Europe as well as major cities in South America, and Australia. Chicago

neg: Count Dante Karate Federation unassociated with Keehan's was formed. In Chicago, Keehan co-promoted America's first full-contact style martial arts tournament at the University of Chicago on July 28, 1963, and hosted many other such tournaments during the 1960s, pairing practitioners of different styles against one another. Keehan also worked as a hairdresser. Keehan grew disillusioned with conventional karate instruction's focus on ceremony, tradition and protocol over what he felt to be "effectiveness" and began developing his own style that he would promote as "street-effective". Through these efforts, he developed a system that became known as the Dan-te system, "Dance of Death" or

neg: Drill 'n' bass Drill 'n' bass Drill 'n' bass is a subgenre of electronic music which developed in the mid-1990s as IDM artists began experimenting with elements of drum and bass, breakbeat, and jungle music. Artists utilized powerful audio software programs and deployed frenzied, irregular time signatures that often discouraged dancing. The experimental style was often interpreted as having a lightly parodic relationship with the dance styles that inspired it. Early exponents of drill 'n' bass included Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, and Luke Vibert. Pioneering releases in the style included Aphex Twin's "Hangable Auto Bulb" EP (1995) and Squarepusher's "Conumber" EP (1995). By the

neg: Pierre Khazen Heart, Dance of the Sea, This is Love, Drama, Home, Silence of the Death, Teen Flirt Pierre Khazen's Music Pierre Khazen's music includes different kinds of genres such Instrumental, Fusion (Usually of classical and electronic), POP, Vocal, Classical, Electronic, Club, Dance. From the Trauma Album, The Storm and Trauma are electronic/mood/instrumental pieces. Romance is a classical piece adopting the romantic period style comprising piano and a string quartet. From the Heaven Album, Magic and Heaven include different musical elements such electronic, classical and vocal while the overall genre is pop. DSM-Sex With You is a dance/club song including sexual and

neg: House music House music House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s. Early house music was generally characterized by repetitive 4/4 beats, rhythms mainly provided by drum machines, off-beat hi-hat cymbals, and synthesized basslines. While house displayed several characteristics similar to disco music, which preceded and influenced it, as both were DJ and record producer-created dance music, house was more electronic and minimalistic. The mechanical, repetitive rhythm of house was one of its main components. Many house songs were instrumental, with no vocals; some had singing throughout the

neg: Pretty Good Dance Moves UK downtempo group Zero 7 and the Brazilian Girls. Pretty Good Dance Moves has collaborated with Genevieve Schatz from Chicago band Company of Thieves, American comedian Kristen Schaal famously known from HBO series Flight of the Conchords in the making of the music video for the song "Demons Dancing" and America's Next Top Model runner up Shandy Sullivan in the making of the music video for "In the Heat of the Night". The band is currently working on collaborations with members of Chicago indie rock group The Changes and Chicago electronic rock band Walter Meego. Pretty Good Dance Moves Pretty

neg: Breakbeat Hybrid, BT, Way Out West, Digital Witchcraft, Momu, Wrecked Angle, Burufunk, Under This and Fretwell. In electronic music, "acid breaks" is a fusion between breakbeat, acid house and other forms of dance music. Its drum line usually mimics most breakbeat music, lacking the distinctive kick drum of other forms of dance music. One of the earliest synthesizers to be employed in acid music was the Roland TB-303, which makes use of a resonant low-pass filter to emphasize the harmonics of the sound. Breakbeat Breakbeat is a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music which utilizes breaks, often sampled from earlier

neg: Think About It (Melanie C song) sees Melanie move away from her more rock-influenced sound that she had spent time crafting in years prior. Incorporating "a more electronic and layered production style", the song has been described as a "summer track", with an "infectious melody". The single has been compared to some of the music featured on her debut solo album titled "Northern Star", whilst being described as a "poppier dance feel", it has elements of dance-music. Lyrically the song discusses doing something "you know you shouldn't", with lyrics stating "you only regret what you don't do". Lewis Corner from Digital Spy described the track as

neg: DJ Collage 2 Dublin's third album, "Planet Electric", marked the debut of the name change. As vocalist: Tracks Appear On: DJ Collage Lawrence Chatman, better known as DJ Collage or Mista Chatman, is a reggae vocalist and electronic music producer. Raised in Chicago, he moved to the Bay Area in the early 1990s, and now calls Seattle home. His style of music is referred to as reggae fusion. Trained in the old school tradition of "ram dance" DJ chatting made popular by artists such as Yellowman, Nicodemus, and Super Cat, Collage began his musical career performing weekly guest spots with live Jamaican

neg: DJ Collage DJ Collage Lawrence Chatman, better known as DJ Collage or Mista Chatman, is a reggae vocalist and electronic music producer. Raised in Chicago, he moved to the Bay Area in the early 1990s, and now calls Seattle home. His style of music is referred to as reggae fusion. Trained in the old school tradition of "ram dance" DJ chatting made popular by artists such as Yellowman, Nicodemus, and Super Cat, Collage began his musical career performing weekly guest spots with live Jamaican reggae bands at the famed Wild Hare nightclub on Chicago's north side. After relocating to California he had

neg: Ghetto house reminiscent of old drum machines. The production style is often markedly lo-fi, much like baile funk. Chicago Juke evolved to match the energy of footwork, a dance style born in the disparate ghettos, house parties and underground dance competitions of Chicago. RP Boo, a former footwork dancer, is generally credited with making the first songs that fall within the canon Living hand in hand with juke music, "footwork" is one of the popular "hood" dance music styles in the world. Footwork is a controlled and complex moving of the feet at high speeds, a modern form of house dance footwork

neg: New Beat produce in this tempo range can be extremely gritty and heavy to really melodic and beautiful to calm, relaxing and atmospheric." Rezz's new beat studio album "Certain Kind of Magic" peaked at number 12 on the US "Billboard" Dance/Electronic Albums and her previous album "Mass Manipulation" received the Electronic Album of the Year awarded at the Juno Awards. New Beat New Beat is a style of Belgian underground music and subculture that fused techno and acid genres and flourished in Western Europe during the late-1980s. It is a type of electronic dance music and electronic body music that was played

neg: Chicago Revisited: Live At Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase Brown's "Daahoud," John Handy's "Dance to the Lady" and "Be My Love" among its nine selections. Jamal's style had developed since his early days, but his basic approach was unchanged while still sounding quite fresh. This date is an excellent example of Ahmad Jamal's unique sound and highly appealing music in the '90s.". All compositions by Ahmad Jamal unless noted. Chicago Revisited: Live At Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase Chicago Revisited: Live At Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1992 and released on the Telarc label. In

neg: Blackpool Mecca Darn Soulful", Frankie Beverly & the Butlers' "If That's What You Wanted" and R. Dean Taylor's "There's A Ghost in My House". Later in the 1970s, the Highland Room became synonymous with a more contemporary and less frenetic style of Northern soul music, typified by records such as The Carstairs' "It Really Hurts Me Girl", Voices of East Harlem's "Cashin' In" and the Charisma Band's "Ain't Nothing Like Your Love". Because of the change in tempo, a slightly different "shuffling" dance style developed at the venue. This newer sound and dance style caused some controversy and led to the formation

neg: Tech house like Dirtybird and the booking of multiple Tech House DJ's at festivals like Coachella and CRSSD. Notable contributors to the genre include: Tech house Tech house is a subgenre of house music that combines stylistic features of techno with house. The term "tech house" developed as a shorthand record store name for a category of electronic dance music that combined musical aspects of techno, such as "rugged basslines" and "steely beats," with the harmonies and grooves of progressive house. The music originally had a clean and minimal production style that was associated with techno from Detroit and the UK. In

neg: Chicago popular form of electronic dance music) and industrial music, and is the site of an influential hip hop scene. In the 1980s and 90s, the city was the global center for house and industrial music, two forms of music created in Chicago, as well as being popular for alternative rock, punk, and new wave. The city has been an epicenter for rave culture, since the 1980s. A flourishing independent rock music culture brought forth Chicago indie. Annual festivals feature various acts, such as Lollapalooza and the Pitchfork Music Festival. A 2007 report on the Chicago music industry by the University

neg: Electronic dance music Stylistic variation within an established EDM genre can lead to the emergence of what is called a subgenre. Hybridization, where elements of two or more genres are combined, can lead to the emergence of an entirely new genre of EDM. In the late 1960s bands such as Silver Apples created electronic music that was intended to be danced to. Other early examples of music that influenced later electronic dance music include Jamaican dub music in the 1970s, the synthesizer-based disco music of Italian producer Giorgio Moroder in the late 1970s, and the electro-pop of Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra in

neg: Futuro Primitivo released "Yesterday Was OK, Today Is Dramatic", to paraphrase the name of the album of the Icelandic band múm. Futuro Primitivo uses visuals to accompany his live presentations. Futuro Primitivo Futuro Primitivo is the electronic music stage name of Matyas Mon, an Argentine musician from Buenos Aires. The musician developed a very personal project of music and modern times, being named as "doomsday primitive musician" or "the dark side of Manu Chao". His musical style comes from a combination of post-rock, intelligent dance music, nu jazz and digital hardcore, retaining a characteristic sound using only virtual instruments and sequencers. His

neg: Futuro Primitivo Futuro Primitivo Futuro Primitivo is the electronic music stage name of Matyas Mon, an Argentine musician from Buenos Aires. The musician developed a very personal project of music and modern times, being named as "doomsday primitive musician" or "the dark side of Manu Chao". His musical style comes from a combination of post-rock, intelligent dance music, nu jazz and digital hardcore, retaining a characteristic sound using only virtual instruments and sequencers. His debut release, the concept album "Everyday Life Is War", was launched on the 1 January 2009, the same day that the Gaza War conflict began. He has also

neg: 1980s in jazz style that merits multi-disciplinary analyses of its origins, critical dialogues, performance practice, and reception." Acid jazz developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and was influenced by jazz-funk and electronic dance music. Vibraphonist Roy Ayers is considered a forerunner of acid jazz. Although acid jazz often contains electronic composition (sometimes including sampling or live DJ cutting and scratching), it is just as likely to be played live by musicians who showcase jazz interpretation as part of their performance. Nu jazz is influenced by jazz harmony and melodies. There are usually no improvisational aspects. It ranges from combining live

neg: New Beat Belgium) with the nascent Chicago-originated acid and house music. new beat is the immediate precursor of hardcore electronic dance music (at the time known as rave), which developed in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and elsewhere around 1990. The genre was "accidentally invented" in the nightclub Ancienne Belgique (AB) in Antwerp when DJ Dikke Ronny (literally ""Fat Ronny"") played the 45 rpm EBM record "Flesh" by A Split-Second at 33 rpm, with the pitch control set to +8. In addition to A Split-Second, the genre was also heavily influenced by other industrial and EBM acts such as Front 242 and The

neg: Richmond Robottin robot routines that were performed to faster speeds of selected music. Thus, the style of "Richmond Robottin'." Richmond, California USA's version of moving and dancing individually like a robot is heavily influenced by the idea of the human being as a dancer, moving in an unhuman-like manner. The dance-incorporated versions of urban robotic movements in Richmond, California communities of the 1970s and early 1980s are influenced by American Soul/Funk/R&B music, as well as Electronic and some Rock. The Richmond Robottin dance style can be described as a combination of standard robotic movement and urban dance influenced by Soul/Funk/R&B music. Dance

neg: Lento Violento released in 2009, fused Lento with modern hardstyle elements; while the track claims to christen the new genre "undersound", the term "lento" is still used occasionally to denominate hardstyle tracks. Technoboy himself has continued to use such motifs in his tracks like "Catfight", and the track "MF Point of Lento" by Brennan Heart and Headhunterz explicitly calls Technoboy the most prominent artist of the genre. Lento Violento Lento Violento, sometimes shortened to simply Lento, is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Italy. Its name means "slow & violent", as this style typically has a tempo between 85

neg: Lento Violento Lento Violento Lento Violento, sometimes shortened to simply Lento, is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Italy. Its name means "slow & violent", as this style typically has a tempo between 85 and 115 BPM. It consists of a hard kick, like the ones present in hardcore or hardstyle, but played at a very slow tempo, with vocal samples and dark and acid sounds or loops. The first tracks with the Lento Violento sound were "Anima Ladina" by Ottomix (1991), Panic Mouse (stress mix) by Gigi d'Agostino (1996), "Ibiza" by Ottomix (1998) and Alex Castelli's "Enjoy", that

neg: Boom Boom Rocket Boom Boom Rocket Boom Boom Rocket (BBR) is a downloadable video game for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service. "Boom Boom Rocket" is the first rhythm game for Xbox Live Arcade and was developed by "Geometry Wars" creators Bizarre Creations and published by the Pogo division of Electronic Arts. The game was made backwards compatible on Xbox One on July 26, 2016. The objective of "Boom Boom Rocket" is to trigger fireworks explosions in time with music, in a gameplay style very similar to that of "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Guitar Hero". Each rocket is color-mapped to one of the

neg: Seapunk Seapunk Seapunk is a subculture that originated on Tumblr in 2011. It is often associated with an aquatic-themed style of fashion, 3D net art, iconography, and allusions to popular culture of the 1990s. The advent of seapunk also spawned its own electronic music microgenre, featuring elements of Southern hip hop and pop music and R&B music of the 1990s. Seapunk gained limited popularity as it spread through the Internet, although it was said to have developed a Chicago club scene. Originally, seapunk started as a trend and an Internet meme on Tumblr in 2011. The term "seapunk" was coined by

neg: Beatsound Loverboy He said he would like people to listen to it carefully, dance and have fun. The album is essentially an electronic rock album. It has a lot of "rock attitude". Slimmy said that his "heroes" from the past and present are rock stars. It's an album of songs that don't matter what style of music they have, all that matters is that people stay with the song and get the emotions Slimmy was feeling when he was writing the songs. The album is "rock fused with electronic". When he was asked about the "final product" he said: "Honestly, I think

neg: Dance-pop the former of which has elements of house music, the latter electropop; Lady Gaga's singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" were also heavily influenced by synthpop and electropop; Kesha's debut single, "Tik Tok", was also highly electronic in style and employed a video game beat. Katy Perry's "Hot N Cold" (2008), "California Gurls" (2010), and "Firework" (2010), which were major commercial hits, also showcased influences of electropop and house music. The 2010s so far have, similarly to the late 2000s, seen strong electronic influences present within dance-pop and also heavy emphasis on bass-heavy drum beats. Dance-pop artists such as Britney

neg: Hyeong traditional taekwondo forms, then switched to ITF-style forms, then switched again to a set of forms developed by Jhoon Rhee. As a lover of dance and music, and someone who believed that the human form is the greatest of all works of art, Rhee wondered what it would be like to add music to the choreographed body movements of Tae Kwon Do, similar to the way that music is used in Olympic skating, ballroom dancing, and gymnastic floor exercise routines. Rhee choreographed several dances in ballet style, based on Tae Kwon Do moves, and set them to classical music, including