A to Z of electronic music genres
Just how many dance music genres have been ‘invented’ by journalists trying to attach themselves to a scene? Sure there a lots of of genres that have stood the test of time, but I was wondering if we could manage the A-Z of genres. I’ve started the list with some of the top of my head, all have been touted as scenes by journo’s.
Let me know what you’ve got… The more obscure the better.
A - Acid house, Ambient
B - Breakbeat, Balearic, Big Beat
C - Chill, Chicago
D - Deep house, Downtempo, Disco, Detroit, Drum & Bass, Dubstep
E - Electro, Euro House (etc)
F - Funky house, Fidget, Filth,
G - Gabba, Garage, Grime, Goa
H - House, Hip Hop, Hip House, Hard dance, Handbag House
I - Italo House
J - Junglist
K -
L - Leftfield, Latin House
M -Minimal
N - Nuwave
O - Old School
P - Progressive house
Q -
R - Rave, Rap
S - Scouse House (my own personal fave), Soulful House
T - Techno, Trance, Two step, Tribal
U - Underground, UK garage, Urban
V - Vocal House
W - Warehouse
X -
Y -
Z -
