Genres

engrish?

The kind of question you are embarassed to ask, but what are the genres of dance / electronic music? I understand the word but how do you class a song?

ie drum and bass, I can spot that ****e a mile away, what are the others?

Neurojazz

feck - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_music_genres

electrofilth

engrish? wrote: »

The kind of question you are embarassed to ask, but what are the genres of dance / electronic music? I understand the word but how do you class a song?

ie drum and bass, I can spot that ****e a mile away, what are the others?

everyone has their own opinion on which genre any song could fit into, therefore genres are only useful when speaking in broad terms about the style of a tune...to answer your question , you class a song based on your knowledge of music, which without doubt will be in conflict with someone elses definition. you asked a stupid question now you got my stupid answer

thecommander

Have a blast at this

http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/music.swf

PurpleBerry

House
Acid House
Ambient House
Chicago House
Funky House
Hard House
Progressive House
Tech House
Tribal House

Trance
Ambient Trance
Anthem trance
Euro-Trance
Futurepop
Hardstyle
Ibiza Trance (aka Baleric Beat)
Psychedelic Trance

There are many more...

TechnoFreek

thecommander wrote: »

Have a blast at this

http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/music.swf

cheers for this, I saw this years ago and was never able to find it again.
some [many] of the descriptions of the various genres are very opinionated however at least you can listen to sample songs and make up your own mind.

Gillo

That's a lot of pigeon holes, stick with the basic genres and work from there.

gsparx

thecommander wrote: »

Have a blast at this

http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/music.swf

that guy is seriously opinionated!

Spunge

check out his "gabber house" one.
its the cheesiest cheese that ever cheesed

VinylJunkie

comes down to opinion but when i started djing i just constantly listened to all types of music on sites like beatport then you will start find the same patterns and stuff its also a good idea to look into the history of genres

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EznncXgJqyU

engrish?

Cheers.

Neesa

Neesa wrote: »

House
Chicago House

There's a few regional ones, Balearic House, Detroit House, French House, Brit House, Italo House etc. etc.

Executive Steve

Deleted User wrote: »

There's a few regional ones, Balearic House, Detroit House, French House, Brit House, Italo House etc. etc.

thousands of regional ones.

PurpleBerry

I'm looking forward to hearing some from the newest House sub-genre:

Frying Pan House

(I have been informed that "It sizzles".)

jonny68

I like pussy house myself, one for the ladys :pac::):p

TechnoFreek

and not forgetting scouse house!! :rolleyes: