What exactly are the different type of "dance" music?
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What exactly are the different type of "dance" music?
How is each of the following described/examples of artists.
Dance
Trance
Garage
House
Underground
etc.
Always wondered...
Dance
Trance
Garage
House
Underground
etc.
Always wondered...
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Dance - let me be your fantasy - set you free type stuff
trance - more along the lines of dj sammi stuff
garage - slower - 2step and 4/4 so solid crew type stuff
house - crap! errr... constant boom boom boom bass line
its not definative but rough examples
trance - more along the lines of dj sammi stuff
garage - slower - 2step and 4/4 so solid crew type stuff
house - crap! errr... constant boom boom boom bass line
its not definative but rough examples
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trance - more along the lines of dj sammi stuff
bollox - trance is Paul Van Dyk ie For An Angel, Ferry Corsten - Spaceman, Balleric Bill - Destination Sunshine (tiesto remix)
R&B aint dance and it never will be
dont forget Hardcore , Funk House, Progressive, Techno the list goes on
bollox - trance is Paul Van Dyk ie For An Angel, Ferry Corsten - Spaceman, Balleric Bill - Destination Sunshine (tiesto remix)
R&B aint dance and it never will be
dont forget Hardcore , Funk House, Progressive, Techno the list goes on
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Originally Posted by Madjay2
bollox - trance is Paul Van Dyk ie For An Angel, Ferry Corsten - Spaceman, Balleric Bill - Destination Sunshine (tiesto remix)
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Originally Posted by ChrisB
I'd argue that house music isn't boom boom boom but usually more vocal and uplifting.
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i believe u are thinking more of HARD house. house music is cracker i have busted a few groovey moves to some house tunes. but i've thrown full wobblers to Hard House if ya like it check out a song Champion Burns - Scratchism, its a beast
ur idea of what Trance is, is easy to understand as this is what u r told his Trance (a buzz word lately) but it is really very watered down trance/dance i personally dont recongise it at trance
ur idea of what Trance is, is easy to understand as this is what u r told his Trance (a buzz word lately) but it is really very watered down trance/dance i personally dont recongise it at trance
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Originally Posted by Madjay2
ur idea of what Trance is, is easy to understand as this is what u r told his Trance (a buzz word lately) but it is really very watered down trance/dance i personally dont recongise it at trance
you could argue that some artists dont produce rock music just cos its not as hard rock as others...but its still rock music
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Dj sammy trance? LOL Thats pop music/euro dance. But it certainly isnt trance.
using random examples (that you may have heard of or did well) from my record boxes- as i play all styles there are plenty to choose from
p.s- all your genres listed can be subdivided many times and they cross over a lot also (subdivided genres also breifly mentioned)
Very briefly:
-Dance- general term to describe anything with a dancey beat (with bom tsch bom tsch bom tsch bom tsch being the generic dance beat)
-Trance (hard/euphoric/euro/dark/)- example-armin van buuren, system F, basically Generally euphoric and uplifting (although can be darker)- the main characteristic of trance is the long, quiet breakdown which then builds up to the peak of the track. fast music
Garage (2 step/speed garage/4 to the floor)-example:shola ama- imagine(asylum remix),K ci and jojo- tell me its real (remix), artful doger-re rewind
an evolution of house music fused with r&b/soul/hip hop/ragga. skippy drums and BIG bassline being the characteristics. tends to be quite fast, although not as fast as trance. roughly double the speed of r&B/hip hop (and not by coincidence)
House (baleric/funky/progressive/U.S/soulful/)example: Narcotic thrust- i like it,Shapeshifters-lolas theme.
Typical dancey beat (see 'dance' above for description) varies widely in speed, soulfulness, content and appeal. Can catergorise anything from basement jaxx to masters at work.
Underground- General term for anything not very commercially viable, or small fan base, no potential for radio/video play/record sales. For example, seb fontaine (aka dead mundane) plays mainly underground stuff on his show on radio 1. can also be used as a term for something that may become big, but isnt yet. But its most common use is with regards to commercial viablilty/those 'in the know'
You can argue until the cows come home over genre defining, and peple always will- the fact is so many genres cross over nowadays, and evolve from one another it can be difficult to pigeonhole them.
I could write pages on this stuff-
using random examples (that you may have heard of or did well) from my record boxes- as i play all styles there are plenty to choose from
p.s- all your genres listed can be subdivided many times and they cross over a lot also (subdivided genres also breifly mentioned)
Very briefly:
-Dance- general term to describe anything with a dancey beat (with bom tsch bom tsch bom tsch bom tsch being the generic dance beat)
-Trance (hard/euphoric/euro/dark/)- example-armin van buuren, system F, basically Generally euphoric and uplifting (although can be darker)- the main characteristic of trance is the long, quiet breakdown which then builds up to the peak of the track. fast music
Garage (2 step/speed garage/4 to the floor)-example:shola ama- imagine(asylum remix),K ci and jojo- tell me its real (remix), artful doger-re rewind
an evolution of house music fused with r&b/soul/hip hop/ragga. skippy drums and BIG bassline being the characteristics. tends to be quite fast, although not as fast as trance. roughly double the speed of r&B/hip hop (and not by coincidence)
House (baleric/funky/progressive/U.S/soulful/)example: Narcotic thrust- i like it,Shapeshifters-lolas theme.
Typical dancey beat (see 'dance' above for description) varies widely in speed, soulfulness, content and appeal. Can catergorise anything from basement jaxx to masters at work.
Underground- General term for anything not very commercially viable, or small fan base, no potential for radio/video play/record sales. For example, seb fontaine (aka dead mundane) plays mainly underground stuff on his show on radio 1. can also be used as a term for something that may become big, but isnt yet. But its most common use is with regards to commercial viablilty/those 'in the know'
You can argue until the cows come home over genre defining, and peple always will- the fact is so many genres cross over nowadays, and evolve from one another it can be difficult to pigeonhole them.
I could write pages on this stuff-
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Originally Posted by suprabeast
Dance - let me be your fantasy - set you free type stuff
trance - more along the lines of dj sammi stuff
garage - slower - 2step and 4/4 so solid crew type stuff
house - crap! errr... constant boom boom boom bass line
its not definative but rough examples
trance - more along the lines of dj sammi stuff
garage - slower - 2step and 4/4 so solid crew type stuff
house - crap! errr... constant boom boom boom bass line
its not definative but rough examples
still is dance music i suppose
Dj sammi, if anything other then complete ****e, could be classed as commercial cheesy and crappy trance
as the man above said i would class PVD and Tiesto as typical trance, Trance also has a few off springs such as Hard Trance (which i Dj and is a lot harder and less "floaty" ) and more recently the Goa/Psy-Trance which i rekon will be a big, well known genre by the end of this year, been listening to quite a bit of Psy-Trance recently, doesnt seam to be much uk involvement
everything seams to split up and start its new genre, house, hard house, funky house, still waiting for Psy-House
to get to sum decent "trance" you have to dig underneath the many layers of the commercial crap, and get into a decent club which plays for the people, and not just for the drinks sold from the bar
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cant remember how to post a link but this gives a pretty damm good explanation of trance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music
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In the good old days House was house and Garage was vocal house
None of this 2 step UK MTV bollocks.
Theres some good stuff out there if you look for it, proper garage has never been mainstream
None of this 2 step UK MTV bollocks.
Theres some good stuff out there if you look for it, proper garage has never been mainstream
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Dj Sammy = Trance - oh dear
Cheesy pop/dance.
Proper trance comes from the like of the Tunnel lot, DJ Networx etc etc
Not to say I dont like any cheesy pop type stuff, some I dont mind, but for proper stuff, you need the tunes that aren't in the charts.
Go listen to the channels on di.fm for some clarification.
Cheesy pop/dance.
Proper trance comes from the like of the Tunnel lot, DJ Networx etc etc
Not to say I dont like any cheesy pop type stuff, some I dont mind, but for proper stuff, you need the tunes that aren't in the charts.
Go listen to the channels on di.fm for some clarification.
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Originally Posted by Jay m A
In the good old days House was house and Garage was vocal house
None of this 2 step UK MTV bollocks.
Theres some good stuff out there if you look for it, proper garage has never been mainstream
None of this 2 step UK MTV bollocks.
Theres some good stuff out there if you look for it, proper garage has never been mainstream
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Here ya go - Ishkur's guide to Electronic Music. May not be quite complete but shows when things started to appear and what they came from http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html
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There's a lot of stuff that doesn't fit into any category at all, or is categorised as something that's pretty meaningless. For example:
IDM is Intelligent Dance Music, but you can't really dance to it.
Garage (the real US stuff) is so called because of the Paradise Garage club. "UK Garage" or "Speed Garage" has nothing to do with Garage at all really.
Trance was originally so-called because of it's hypnotic properties, the latest Euro Screamers from AvB, Ferry Corsten et al are hardly likely to put you to sleep. What they used to call "Eurodance" - European music at 135-145bpm with big synths and female vocals, Cappella etc is now what most people call Trance, it's just the sounds have progressed and the melodies become more complex, but it's essentially the same thing.
IDM is Intelligent Dance Music, but you can't really dance to it.
Garage (the real US stuff) is so called because of the Paradise Garage club. "UK Garage" or "Speed Garage" has nothing to do with Garage at all really.
Trance was originally so-called because of it's hypnotic properties, the latest Euro Screamers from AvB, Ferry Corsten et al are hardly likely to put you to sleep. What they used to call "Eurodance" - European music at 135-145bpm with big synths and female vocals, Cappella etc is now what most people call Trance, it's just the sounds have progressed and the melodies become more complex, but it's essentially the same thing.
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Originally Posted by AdrianFRST
Garage (the real US stuff) is so called because of the Paradise Garage club. "UK Garage" or "Speed Garage" has nothing to do with Garage at all really.
UK Garage is pure Turd and it's an insult to compare it with 'Garage'
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Dont forget the Hardcore.
Sharkey, Sy, Kevin Energy, Dougal, Hixxy, Brisk Et. al.
The Hardcore scene has remerged from the 99 dark days of chipmunk vocals and not production talent.
I'm loving my hardcore and have been since 97though
astraboy.
Sharkey, Sy, Kevin Energy, Dougal, Hixxy, Brisk Et. al.
The Hardcore scene has remerged from the 99 dark days of chipmunk vocals and not production talent.
I'm loving my hardcore and have been since 97though
astraboy.
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What a pointless thread!!!
The people who make the music don't pigeonhole themselves (and lets face it, these days there are new "types" of dance/house music evolving on a daily basis!!), so why does everybody else try!! Basically the only two types of dance music and 4 beat and breakbeat.
And by the way - Let me be your fantasy was first released in 1992!
The people who make the music don't pigeonhole themselves (and lets face it, these days there are new "types" of dance/house music evolving on a daily basis!!), so why does everybody else try!! Basically the only two types of dance music and 4 beat and breakbeat.
And by the way - Let me be your fantasy was first released in 1992!