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Electronic dance music (EDM), [1] also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. It is generally produced for playback by DJs who create seamless selections of tracks, called a DJ mix , by segueing from one recording to another. [ 2 ]
The category "indie electronic" (or "indietronica") [208] has been used to refer to a wave of groups with roots in independent rock who embraced electronic elements (such as synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and computer programs) and influences such as early electronic composition, krautrock, synth-pop, and dance music. [209]
Techno is a genre of electronic dance music [2] which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4 4) and often characterized by a repetitive four on the floor beat. [3]
Industrial dance is a North American umbrella term for electronic body music and electro-industrial music. Fans associated with these genres call themselves rivetheads. In general, industrial dance is characterized by its "electronic beats, symphonic keyboard lines, pile-driver rhythms, angst-ridden or sampled vocals, and cyberpunk imagery ...
Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno) [2] [3] is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany [4] in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by faster tempos and a distorted sawtooth kick (160 to 200 BPM or more [5]), the intensity of the kicks and the synthesized bass (in some subgenres), [6] the rhythm and the atmosphere of the themes (sometimes ...
After a meteoric rise in the music industry, Avicii stepped away from the stage in 2016 to prioritize his mental and physical health. But just two years later, in 2018, the Swedish DJ and musician ...
This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [ 1 ]
This category contains subcategories and articles relating to any of the subgenres of electronic dance music (EDM) such as house, techno, trance, dance-pop, electro, drum and bass, trap, dubstep etc.