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v. t. e. This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [1]
This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental manifestations of electronic music. From early recording equipment to the most recent multimedia performances, the history of electronic music is full of interesting characters, fascinating and unusual music, and radical technology. Covering many different eras, genres, and ...
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- Ambient
- Bass House
- Big Room House
- Breakbeat
- Brostep
- Deep House
- Disco
- Downtempo
- Dub
- Dubstep
Let’s start off on the quieter end of the spectrum. Ambient music is one of the oddballs in this list, given that it typically omits drums as an element of the composition. Pioneered by Brian Eno, this genre has no detectable meter (although a slower tempo may be used from a production standpoint), a vague sense of rhythm and is heavily characteris...
This modern form of house music combines the ‘screeches’ and ‘womps’ from brostep and bass music in general, with the danceable beat of house music. A clear winner for the dancefloor. With an emphasis on energy, this genre is on the faster end of house music at ~130BPM and features a very ‘digital’ sounding production. While it does borrow the grow...
1, 2, 3, JUMP! Yeah, you know what I’m talking about, especially if you watched any of the Ultra Music Festival live streams around 2012, or basically anything on Spinnin’ Records. Big Room House is a distinct departure from traditional house music with the festival in mind. While it’s initial hype has died down significantly, it’s still prominent ...
Breakbeat (or simply ‘Breaks’) is quite a broad genre, and technically could encompass other genres featured in this list, like drum and bass, garage, hip-hop and jungle, but I’ll cover it for its own sake. This genre is based around sampled drum breaks from funk and soul records, pitched up to a danceable BPM similar to that of house music. A ‘bre...
I had to include this as a separate genre to ‘dubstep’, as there is a markedly different sound in this modern form – ‘brostep’. In terms of tempo, drum patterns and general structure and arrangement, you’ll find a lot of similarities between Brostep and original Dubstep. 1. ~140BPM 2. Half-time drum pattern – a kick on the 1 and a snare on the 3 3....
Deep house has birthed many different branches of house music over the decades, but here, by deep house, we mean the OG stuff, heavily influenced by Chicago house in the ’70s and ’80s. There are many other modern forms, such as the future house variety, featuring a strong bassline and groove, or the melodic house variety, offered by labels like Anj...
Disco was born in the 70’s, and heavily influenced the development of house and techno in later years. While disco sometimes crossed over into pop, for the most part, it had a very distinct sound, featuring the use of drum machines, rhythm guitars, pianos, and synthesizers. While disco has largely evolved since that time period, it has influenced a...
Sharing similarities with ambient, IDMand trip-hop, downtempo is a genre that is, well, typically lower on the BPM spectrum (100 and below). As the name suggests, you wouldn’t go fist-pumping to this at Coachella. Quiet drums, soft pads and delicate vocals and leads are the name of the game here. As with its sister genres, experimentation is a comm...
Although it started out as a branch of reggae music, Dub quickly became a genre in its own right, borrowing elements from electronic music and reggae at the time. Although the genre still features a lot of traditional instruments like drums, trumpets, rhythm guitar and other brass/wind instruments, it’s the use of electronic FX and subtle synth ele...
This time, we’re talking about original dubstep. If you’re meaning the more modern variant, ‘brostep’, then check that one out. Dubstep, the child of UK garage and drum and bass, is stylized by a half-time 140BPM drum beat, meaning there is a kick on the one and a snare on the 3. The similarity in drum pattern to ‘Dub’ is where the name comes from....
- Techno. One of the biggest genres of electronic music, Techno, began in Detroit in the United States in the 80s, before taking over the rest of the world in the 90s.
- House. Similar to Techno in terms of BPM, House music originated in Chicago in the 80s. Spearheaded by the DJs Frankie Knuckles and Marshall Jefferson, House has since evolved into sub-genres such as Acid, Big Room, Chicago, Deep, French, Deep/Electro, Future, Latin, Minimal, Progressive, Tech, and Tropical House.
- Electro. With the decline of disco music in the United States, funk and early hip-hop merged to form Electro (or, Electro-Funk). The Roland TR-808 remained a common component of the music but added to this were synthesizers, homemade circuits, voice boxes, and instruments such as the flute.
- Dubstep. One of the newer branches of electronic music, Dubstep originated in London in the early 2000s. The genre is characterized by syncopated beats which are somewhere between 130 to 140BPM, with a dedicated break at half-time.
- House. House music was the first form of electronic music as we know it today, and to many it is still the best. Formulated in the black neighbourhoods of Chicago in the 1980s, house music sprung up from the ashes of disco, and was pioneered by young musicians who bought Roland TR-808s and other drum machines at pawn shops.
- Techno. Keeping the list chronological, techno was the second genre of electronic music to break through. Inspired in equal parts by disco, house, and computer-based music coming out of Europe and Japan, techno emerged in Detroit under similar circumstances to house in Chicago.
- Dubstep. Taking a trip over the pond to London, we find dubstep. The successor to another UK genre, 2-step, dubstep’s aggressive sound is based on 140 bpm tempos and the wild use of electronic instruments.
- Garage. Also known as UK garage or UKG, garage is one of the UK’s most popular electronic music creations. Largely influenced by house music but allowing for more variations in rhythm, garage often bases itself on chopped vocal samples and 130 bpm tempos.
Apr 21, 2024 · A Definition and Brief History. Electronic music can be defined as music that is created or produced using electronic devices, instruments, and technologies. This includes a wide range of genres and subgenres, each with its own unique characteristics and sounds.
The ideal reader of this book is anyone who knows and likes electronic music of any genre, has plenty of facility with computers in general, and who wants to learn how to make electronic music from the ground up, starting with the humble oscillator and continuing through sampling, FM, flltering, waveshaping, delays, and so on.
