GENRES EXPLAINED in This File
GENRES EXPLAINED As stated in this week’s ‘Track Analysis’ document, not all tracks are easy to fit in a typical genre-folder, when organising your songs. But, some background knowledge about how each genre sounds is helpful in shaping your collection. And, to communicate with colleagues, we think that everything written in this file is pretty essential know-how for every DJ. So, here are your must-know’s on each of today’s most relevant types of dance music! In this file: 1. HOUSE 2. HOUSE SUB-GENRE: JACKIN’ HOUSE 3. HOUSE SUB-GENRE: LATIN HOUSE 4. HOUSE SUB-GENRE: SOULFUL HOUSE 5. HOUSE SUB-GENRE: EDM 6. HOUSE SUB-GENRE: TECH-HOUSE 7. HOUSE SUB-GENRE: DEEPHOUSE 8. HOUSE SUB-GENRE: FUTURE HOUSE 9. TECHNO 10. TRANCE 11. DISCO 12. NU-DISCO 13. R&B 14. MOOMBAHTON 15. DRUM ‘n’ BASS Ofcourse there are many more genres to play as a DJ. Small ‘niches’ like 2-Step or Frenchcore and other variations on ‘bigger’ genres. But also big movements like Hip-Hop and Hardstyle. We chose the genres that are most present in the clubs and festivals worldwide at the time of writing, and in the past decade. Also, these are the genres that most of our students play or would like to play. HOUSE Description: ‘House’ is a generic term for anything with a 4-to-the-floor beat and a BPM between 120 and 130. Many genres described here, can be seen as a subgenre or spin-off from House. Also, nowadays, ‘house’ is often used as a collective nuon for anything from Soulful to commercial Deep- or Techhouse that doesn’t fit the specific subgenre’s characteristics.
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