Goa trance is a type of electronic dance music that began in the early 1990s in the Indian state of Goa. This music style often includes repeating bass sounds and has similarities to the simple, repetitive rhythms found in 21st-century psychedelic trance (psytrance). Psychedelic trance evolved from Goa trance.
Psychedelic trance, also called psytrance or psy, is a type of trance music that uses fast rhythms and layered melodies. This music has different moods, speeds, and styles. Examples include full on, darkpsy, forest, minimal (Zenonesque), hitech psy, progressive, night-time, suomi, psy-chill, psycore (a mix of psychedelic trance and hardcore), psybient (a mix of psychedelic trance and ambient), and psybreaks.
Trance is a type of electronic dance music that began in Frankfurt, Germany, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It developed from techno and EBM music and soon became popular across Europe. Trance music usually has a tempo of 120 to 150 beats per minute.
Trance is a type of electronic dance music that began in Frankfurt, Germany, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It developed from techno and EBM music and soon became popular across Europe. Trance music usually has a tempo of 120 to 150 beats per minute (BPM).
Gabber ( / ˈ ɡ æ b ər / GAB -ər ; Dutch: [ˈɣɑbər] ) is a type of electronic dance music and a subgenre of hardcore, as well as the culture that surrounds it. The music is defined by fast beats, loud and powerful kick drums, and themes that are dark in tone. It also includes samples from other sources.
Happy hardcore, also called 4-beat, is a type of hardcore dance music. It began in the early 1990s from the UK breakbeat hardcore rave scene and from the hardcore techno scenes in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. Although similar in some ways, happy hardcore is different from gabber because it often uses breakbeats that are played together with the 4/4 kick drum.
Hardcore, also called hardcore techno, is a type of electronic dance music that began in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in the early 1990s. It is known for having very fast beats, usually between 160 and 200 beats per minute or more. The music features a loud, distorted sound called a sawtooth kick.
Breakbeat is a type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, which are often taken from old recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. This style has been used in music genres such as Florida breaks, hip-hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK garage (including 2-step, breakstep, and dubstep).
Jungle is a type of electronic music that began in the 1990s in the UK rave scene and Jamaican sound system culture. It came from breakbeat hardcore and is known for fast breakbeats, complex rhythmic patterns, and repeated musical phrases. These are combined with deep basslines, melodies, and vocal samples from dub, reggae, dancehall, hip-hop, and funk music.
Drum and bass (D&B), also called drum ‘n’ bass (DnB or D’n’B), is a type of electronic dance music that began in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s. It is known for fast drum beats (usually 165–185 beats per minute), strong bass sounds, deep sub-bass lines, and music samples from other genres. This music style started in the UK’s jungle scene during the early 1990s.