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The Drug Free [Electronic Music] Thread - Festival Season!

CantidoCantido Registered User regular
edited June 2018 in Debate and/or Discourse
So during my time in Korea I got to attend this twice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRzXHqv77Mo

And I developed a taste for electronic music. This thread is to discuss electronic music and all its vast subgenres. Trance, EDM, House, Drum n' Bass, Breaks, etc.
TL DR wrote: »
There are a lot of misconceptions in this thread that I want to clear up a bit.

So, genres. Generally it's not necessary to even use the concept of genres if you don't want to, and getting into pedantic arguments over whether something is techstep or neurofunk is largely pointless. However, if you want to use a genre descriptor, it should be accurate.

Genres in electronic music are largely defined by tempo, percussive patterns ("four to the floor" house and techno beats, or broken beats as in hip-hop, breaks, DnB, and dubstep), and aesthetic (is the tune soulful and pretty, or is it dark? Are there a lot of reggae samples and airhorns, or maybe glitchy computer noises?).

Here's a nifty though dated chart:
BEATPORT1.jpg

Artists may or may not make music that exclusively fits into one of these categories. Deadmau5 is mostly progressive house, for instance, but a given Bonobo album, while generally (and somewhat unhelpfully) described as 'trip hop' or 'downtempo', will have a large range of tempo and energy level across different tracks.

Interested in broken beat genres? Watch this video about the drum beat that started it all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

Examples:
(these are extremely general and lengthy articles can and have been written about sub-genres for each of these broad categories; also this is not going to be complete since I'm headed out the door)

House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qlstDkSrY&feature=kp
Kick, clap.
Check out: Frankie Knuckles, Gorgon City

Techno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL6F6qYkr4U
Still 4/4 patterned, but note the bass hit on every measure.
Check out: Robert Hood

Trance

Generally cheesy as fuck, very melodic, and ranging from very ambient to in-your-face psytrance
Check out: Armen Van Buren, Liquid Soul

Breaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvS7cJWXQxo
Note the drums coming in at 1:00.
Check out: Stanton Warriors

Drum and Bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzYlQFGAb24
Note the higher tempo and the "bm, tsh, bm tsh" pattern. This tune shows a lot of the ragga jungle roots, with Jamaican slang and hip-hop influences.
Check out: Dieselboy, LTJ Bukem

Whether to jump up and down, cruise in your car, or just relax in your own home, talk about the phat electronic beats that you listen to!

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