Music Genres
Electronica Music
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Reaching back to grab the grooves of '70s disco/funk and the gadgets of electronic composition, Electronica soon became a whole new entity in and of itself, spinning off new sounds and subgenres with no end in sight two decades down the pike. Its beginnings came in the post-disco environment of Chicago/New York and Detroit, the cities who spawned house and techno (respectively) during the 1980s. Later that decade, club-goers in Britain latched onto the fusion of mechanical and sensual, and returned the favor to hungry Americans with new styles like jungle/drum'n'bass and trip-hop. Though most all early electronica was danceable, by the beginning of the '90s, producers were also making music for the headphones and chill-out areas as well, resulting in dozens of stylistic fusions like ambient-house, experimental techno, tech-house, electro-techno, etc. Typical for the many styles gathered under the umbrella was a focus on danceable grooves, very loose song structure (if any), and, in many producers, a relentless desire to find a new sound no matter how tepid the results.
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Dance
Dance-Pop House Disco
Hi-NRG Acid Jazz Euro-Dance
Club/Dance Rave Garage/House
Freestyle Alternative Dance Latin Dance
Teen Pop Latin Freestyle
Electronica
Ambient Acid House Newbeat
Techno Hardcore Techno Jungle/Drum'n'bass
Trance Trip-Hop Electro
Tribal-House Acid Techno Ambient Dub
Ambient Techno Dark Ambient Detroit Techno
Electro-Techno Neo-Electro Electro-Jazz
Ambient Breakbeat Downbeat Electronica
Experimental Electro Experimental Techno Funky Breaks
Gabba Progressive House Happy Hardcore
Ambient House 2-Step/British Garage Big Beat
Experimental Dub Goa Trance Tech-House
Downtempo Experimental Ambient Experimental Jungle
Industrial Drum'n'Bass Techno Bass Progressive Trance
Drill'n'bass Jazz-House Techno-Dub
Minimal Techno Illbient Glitch
Nu Breaks IDM Broken Beat
Left-Field House Microhouse Garage Rap/Grime
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