Oct 7, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
Dub techno is a subgenre of techno music that incorporates aspects of dub music – such as minimal, delay-heavy production and powerful bass – as its main style. Origin of Dub Techno. When German techno producers Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus joined...
July 28, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
UK hard house, “hardbag” or just “hard house” appeared in the early 1990s and relates to the Trade club and the accompanying DJs who created it. This genre is essentially a faster and more aggressive version of Eurodance. Another way to...
Sep 1, 2022 | Musical Genre Terminology, Resources
Industrial techno emerged in the 1990s as a hybrid of techno and industrial dance music. It’s one of the roughest forms of techno there is. The music aims to mimic the mechanical rhythm of industrial factory machinery while replicating the sterile aesthetic of a...
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 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...
