May 19, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
Dutch house, sometimes known as ‘Dirty Dutch,’ is an electro house genre that developed in the Netherlands. It gained popularity in 2009, thanks to Vato Gonzalez, Afrojack, and DJ Chuckie. It eventually became widely known because radio stations all over...
May 12, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
Deep house, a subgenre of house music, was born out of Chicago house music and 1980s jazz-funk and soul. Its origins are attributed to the music of Larry Heard. Heard released Mystery of Love in 1985 under the moniker “Mr. Fingers”. Thus, he set the stage...
May 3, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
Chicago house is an electronic dance music genre that began in the mid-1980s in the city of Chicago. It incorporates disco, European synth music, soul music from the 1970s, and beats created on drum machines and synthesizers. The mainstream popularity of disco...
Apr 26, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
Glitch hop is an electronic music subgenre that incorporates elements of both electronic dance music (EDM) and hip-hop, with additional elements of “glitch” music. Common production methods used to create sounds in this genre include malfunctioning...
Apr 21, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
Grime is a sub-genre of electronic music that originated in the early 2000s in London. It evolved from the style known as UK garage and incorporates elements of jungle, dancehall, and hip hop. The style is characterized by fast, syncopated breakbeats, typically at a...
Apr 8, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
UK garage, known as UKG, is an electronic dance music genre that debuted in England in the early to mid-1990s. Since then it has spread around the world. Garage house was the genre’s primary influence, although it also combines elements of R&B, jungle, and...
