Electro music genres ( What. The. Fuck.)

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Can someone explain all these differant genres theyr'e using to lable minute differances in modern computer generated music.
Dont get me wrong, I love this shit.. but all the different names these kids come up with is making my head spin..

Trap?
Dubstep?
Pornstep? (yea i get that.. haha.. load some porn sound clips into your track.. clever)
im not even gonna get into the rest of the list..
the you got those lighter sounding electro like
pretty light
blockhead
ratatat
little people
mimosa

feed me (and sorts) idk what the fuck to call this either, but its some BOOMin shit.

Help me..

If you know of a genre and a detailed description why its seperate from the rest,
I would be more then happy to compile this thread's response to a list...
CLEAR THE AIR
soon as that wobble bass stops..

Please post sources if you can..
 
TheGrasshopper said:
Can someone explain all these differant genres theyr'e using to lable minute differances in modern computer generated music.
Dont get me wrong, I love this shit.. but all the different names these kids come up with is making my head spin..

Trap?
Dubstep?
Pornstep? (yea i get that.. haha.. load some porn sound clips into your track.. clever)
im not even gonna get into the rest of the list..
the you got those lighter sounding electro like
pretty light
blockhead
ratatat
little people
mimosa

feed me (and sorts) idk what the fuck to call this either, but its some BOOMin shit.

Help me..

If you know of a genre and a detailed description why its seperate from the rest,
I would be more then happy to compile this thread's response to a list...
CLEAR THE AIR
soon as that wobble bass stops..

Please post sources if you can..
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I think you mean electronic music. Electro is a genre itself.
 
Here are summaries of some of the genre’s within hard dance from Wikipedia. Folley mentioned hardstyle but there are a few more. I put a general BPM under each genre but that can vary.

Hardstyle

140-160 BPM
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from hardtechno, hard house, hard trance, and hardcore. Hardstyle typically consists of a deep, hard-sounding kick drum, intense faded or reversed basslines accompanying the beat, a synth playing a melody, and detuned and distorted sounds. It bears some similarities to hard trance. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle tracks as well, and many newer Hardstyle tracks are written in compound time.[1]


Hardcore

160-200 BPM

Hardcore is a sub-genre of electronic dance music originally European from the emergent raves in the 1990s initially designed at Rotterdam in Netherlands derived from techno.[3] Its sub-genres are usually distinct from the other electronic dance musics by a higher rapidity (160 to 200 BPM or more[4]), the intensity of the kicks and the basses (in some sub-genres),[5] the rhythm and the atmosphere of their theme (sometimes violent),[6] the usage of saturation and experimentation close to the industrial music.



Terror

200-250 BPM generally

Terrorcore is a faster variant of hardcore techno. It is noticeably different to some other hardcore genres like breakcore, which uses samples of breakbeat, and speedcore, which primarily concentrates on faster tempo. Terrorcore is a difficult music style to describe because everyone has different interpretations of the music. Most commonly, terrorcore is described as many sounds synthesized to create a 'terror effect' on the music, with regular, and slightly louder sounds. In some genres of dance music, DJs put in sharp terror sounds.
Speedcore


Speedcore

250 BPM +
Speedcore is a form of hardcore techno that is characterized by a high tempo and aggressive themes. The name originates from the genre hardcore techno, and refers to the high tempo found in this genre, which rarely drops below 300 beats per minute (bpm). Earlier speedcore tracks often averaged at about 250 bpm, which could be defined as terrorcore, whereas more recent tracks sometimes exceed 1000 bpm. Songs with tempos above 600 bpm are often classified as splittercore.[citation needed] When a song reaches 1000 bpm, the music is often known as extratone.[citation needed] However, when beats are in the range of 1000-1500 bpm the individual beats become indistinguishable, and turn into continuous tones.
Speedcore tracks often contain elements of the related genres gabber and breakcore.
 
^ That's all just hard dance though, and the fast variants at that.. there's also Gabber and Extratone, but everything over 150bpm sounds very distorted IMO.


Hardstyle is my true love, anything past Hardcore just sounds like a kid spazzing out on a drum set. Hard Trance is also a great variant, usually 130-145bpm. Slower and more psychedelic, I find the groove to be unmatched. Try out some Kidd Kaos or Josh Lang.




As for non 4x4 beats, dubstep and trap are probably the main stuff you'll hear now. Very hip hop oriented, though dub is usually much more electronic focused and features those "wubs" and usually a bass that is more designed around audio frequencies rather than vibration. Trap is basically techno rap, so a ton of old school samples with slowed down bass and high frequency melodies.

Twerk is basically trap at 100bpm, and is usually all about booty shaking. Most dub/trap tracks will be in the 140bpm range otherwise


Funk and disco are making a huge comeback, but it's not really my cup of tea.




House is probably the most popular genre right now, it's also very diverse. You have the generic sounding big room tracks, I wouldn't pay much attention at all to them. Melbourne is great and bouncy, but a little bit TOO upbeat and it can get annoying. Electro house is the good old school standard, but it's kind of been swept to the side recently. There are some great deep/tech house songs as well, that are a MUCH more chill vibe with a slowed beat. Much less intense and is overall very minimalistic.


No one listens to techno anymore, so I'll just leave that out. (just kidding.. not really)
 
Which is why I began my post by stating that I was only giving genre’s within hard dance =p. I only mentioned those because those are the only genre’s that interest me at the moment. Especially Italian hardcore, the shit they do with distortion is mind blowing from a production standpoint. Don’t you worry folley, I am going to convert you hardcore by the end of the summer. It’s my mission now. (for real though, I’m going to find some stuff you like, I have not found a hardstyle fan that I couldn’t get into hardcore)

RE: Techno
I don’t know what festivals you go to but Carl Cox, Hawtin, Sven Vath, Seth Troxler etc are always packed out. Techno may not be the hot pop music genre at the moment like trap, dubstep and electrohouse but it’s def got a huge following. This is coming from someone that doesn’t even like techno.
 
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You can try man lol, send me some tracks. I do have somewhat of a hardcore collection, I could mix for an hour or two if needed.. it just doesn't have quite the epic melodies that Hardstyle can bring out, though. Frontliner put out a hardcore track not that long ago that was pretty good, but otherwise I feel like I need some speed or coke to fully enjoy it lol


Some newer Hardcore though:
https://soundcloud.com/officialtih


As far as "techno", it seems a lot of the big names have been pretty much just been playing house... of course, there is an underground scene that will never die. I won't say too much though, as I really don't listen to it.
 
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