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    Dance music, or simply dance, is a set of electronic music genres, such as house, techno, trance, eurodance, Italo-disco, drum and bass, the dance-pop hybrid, among others. Oriented mainly to dance, it is characterized by being made with synthetic sounds and well-marked and repetitive rhythms, with catchy lyrics when it is not instrumental music. It is also common, in non-English-speaking countries, to use the term "dance" in a more restrictive sense - which can cause some confusion - to refer to a subset of electronic dance music made up fundamentally of the genres most widely spread among the general public. public, such as dance-pop, italo-disco, euro-disco, euro-dance and trance. Index 1 Features 1.1 Musical styles 1.2 Rhythms 2 History 2.1 Dance-pop from 87 to 91 2.2 Technodance or eurobeat, from 92 to 94 2.3 Eurodance, first generation, from 92 to 96 2.4 Pizzicato, from 96 to 98 2.5 Eurodance, second generation, from 97 to 2004 2.6 Bubble-gum dance and happy house from 98 to 2002 2.7 Clubhouse DJ, from 2002 to 2007 2.8 Eurodance third generation, from 2007 to the present 2.8.1 Commercial return 3 Significant Record Labels 4 Related Styles 5 External links Features[edit] Dance comprises a wide spectrum of musical genres with percussive content that, to a large extent, are heirs of the electronic music of Kraftwerk and the disco music of the 1970s. This music was born and popularized in different club environments in the 1980s. By the early 1990s, the presence of electronic dance music within contemporary culture had spread widely, beginning to be studied academically in scientific areas such as history, culture and sociology. Electronic instruments such as the synthesizer, the drum machine and the sequencer are used to create it. The unique sounds of these instruments are generally emphasized, even when the sound of other traditional acoustic instruments is imitated. Sometimes it also includes music not primarily intended for dance, but which is derived in any case from some genre of dance-oriented electronic music. Musical styles[edit] The most popular genres within dance such as dance-pop and euro-dance adopt several characteristics of other genres (House, Techno, Trance, Pop among others), without having absolutely their own characteristics, they are always influenced by the fashion of dance. moment.[citation needed] Another characteristic is that their music is not complex due to its commercial approach, handling simple and basic sounds, and combining them with happy rhythms, being very different from Underground music. They have very simple pop structures: verses, choruses, climax moments, etc. It is the most commercial variant of electronics. The bass sound is usually TB-303 type (undistorted), the simple lyrics that talk about love or party, the drum sounds are mostly 909 type, includes few rhythmic variations, some filter sweep, mostly female vocals and almost always a main melody made with some type of sawtooth wave synth sound (usually played after a sung chorus). Rhythms[edit] Like all music, it is made up of several measures marked by the rhythm, which varies depending on the type of electronic music in question, being differentiated mainly by the sub-style it deals with. All songs use 4/4 time signature, just varying the tempo. History[edit] Dance-pop from 87 to 91[edit] Although it is not Dance per se, this evolution of disco and synthpop appeared with more marked rhythms thanks to the appearance of new, more powerful drum machines. In Italy this evolution began gradually from the Italo disco with Spagna and Sabrina among others and in Centroeu

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    Dance music, or simply dance, is a set of electronic music genres, such as house, techno, trance, eurodance, Italo-disco, drum and bass, the dance-pop hybrid, among others. Oriented mainly to dance, it is characterized by being made with synthetic sounds and well-marked and repetitive rhythms, with catchy lyrics when it is not instrumental music. It is also common, in non-English-speaking countries, to use the term "dance" in a more restrictive sense - which can cause some confusion - to refer to a subset of electronic dance music made up fundamentally of the genres most widely spread among the general public. public, such as dance-pop, italo-disco, euro-disco, euro-dance and trance. Index 1 Features 1.1 Musical styles 1.2 Rhythms 2 History 2.1 Dance-pop from 87 to 91 2.2 Technodance or eurobeat, from 92 to 94 2.3 Eurodance, first generation, from 92 to 96 2.4 Pizzicato, from 96 to 98 2.5 Eurodance, second generation, from 97 to 2004 2.6 Bubble-gum dance and happy house from 98 to 2002 2.7 Clubhouse DJ, from 2002 to 2007 2.8 Eurodance third generation, from 2007 to the present 2.8.1 Commercial return 3 Significant Record Labels 4 Related Styles 5 External links Features[edit] Dance comprises a wide spectrum of musical genres with percussive content that, to a large extent, are heirs of the electronic music of Kraftwerk and the disco music of the 1970s. This music was born and popularized in different club environments in the 1980s. By the early 1990s, the presence of electronic dance music within contemporary culture had spread widely, beginning to be studied academically in scientific areas such as history, culture and sociology. Electronic instruments such as the synthesizer, the drum machine and the sequencer are used to create it. The unique sounds of these instruments are generally emphasized, even when the sound of other traditional acoustic instruments is imitated. Sometimes it also includes music not primarily intended for dance, but which is derived in any case from some genre of dance-oriented electronic music. Musical styles[edit] The most popular genres within dance such as dance-pop and euro-dance adopt several characteristics of other genres (House, Techno, Trance, Pop among others), without having absolutely their own characteristics, they are always influenced by the fashion of dance. moment.[citation needed] Another characteristic is that their music is not complex due to its commercial approach, handling simple and basic sounds, and combining them with happy rhythms, being very different from Underground music. They have very simple pop structures: verses, choruses, climax moments, etc. It is the most commercial variant of electronics. The bass sound is usually TB-303 type (undistorted), the simple lyrics that talk about love or party, the drum sounds are mostly 909 type, includes few rhythmic variations, some filter sweep, mostly female vocals and almost always a main melody made with some type of sawtooth wave synth sound (usually played after a sung chorus). Rhythms[edit] Like all music, it is made up of several measures marked by the rhythm, which varies depending on the type of electronic music in question, being differentiated mainly by the sub-style it deals with. All songs use 4/4 time signature, just varying the tempo. History[edit] Dance-pop from 87 to 91[edit] Although it is not Dance per se, this evolution of disco and synthpop appeared with more marked rhythms thanks to the appearance of new, more powerful drum machines. In Italy this evolution began gradually from the Italo disco with Spagna and Sabrina among others and in Centroeu

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    Dance music, or simply dance, is a set of electronic music genres, such as house, techno, trance, eurodance, Italo-disco, drum and bass, the dance-pop hybrid, among others. Oriented mainly to dance, it is characterized by being made with synthetic sounds and well-marked and repetitive rhythms, with catchy lyrics when it is not instrumental music. It is also common, in non-English-speaking countries, to use the term "dance" in a more restrictive sense - which can cause some confusion - to refer to a subset of electronic dance music made up fundamentally of the genres most widely spread among the general public. public, such as dance-pop, italo-disco, euro-disco, euro-dance and trance. Index 1 Features 1.1 Musical styles 1.2 Rhythms 2 History 2.1 Dance-pop from 87 to 91 2.2 Technodance or eurobeat, from 92 to 94 2.3 Eurodance, first generation, from 92 to 96 2.4 Pizzicato, from 96 to 98 2.5 Eurodance, second generation, from 97 to 2004 2.6 Bubble-gum dance and happy house from 98 to 2002 2.7 Clubhouse DJ, from 2002 to 2007 2.8 Eurodance third generation, from 2007 to the present 2.8.1 Commercial return 3 Significant Record Labels 4 Related Styles 5 External links Features[edit] Dance comprises a wide spectrum of musical genres with percussive content that, to a large extent, are heirs of the electronic music of Kraftwerk and the disco music of the 1970s. This music was born and popularized in different club environments in the 1980s. By the early 1990s, the presence of electronic dance music within contemporary culture had spread widely, beginning to be studied academically in scientific areas such as history, culture and sociology. Electronic instruments such as the synthesizer, the drum machine and the sequencer are used to create it. The unique sounds of these instruments are generally emphasized, even when the sound of other traditional acoustic instruments is imitated. Sometimes it also includes music not primarily intended for dance, but which is derived in any case from some genre of dance-oriented electronic music. Musical styles[edit] The most popular genres within dance such as dance-pop and euro-dance adopt several characteristics of other genres (House, Techno, Trance, Pop among others), without having absolutely their own characteristics, they are always influenced by the fashion of dance. moment.[citation needed] Another characteristic is that their music is not complex due to its commercial approach, handling simple and basic sounds, and combining them with happy rhythms, being very different from Underground music. They have very simple pop structures: verses, choruses, climax moments, etc. It is the most commercial variant of electronics. The bass sound is usually TB-303 type (undistorted), the simple lyrics that talk about love or party, the drum sounds are mostly 909 type, includes few rhythmic variations, some filter sweep, mostly female vocals and almost always a main melody made with some type of sawtooth wave synth sound (usually played after a sung chorus). Rhythms[edit] Like all music, it is made up of several measures marked by the rhythm, which varies depending on the type of electronic music in question, being differentiated mainly by the sub-style it deals with. All songs use 4/4 time signature, just varying the tempo. History[edit] Dance-pop from 87 to 91[edit] Although it is not Dance per se, this evolution of disco and synthpop appeared with more marked rhythms thanks to the appearance of new, more powerful drum machines. In Italy this evolution began gradually from the Italo disco with Spagna and Sabrina among others and in Centroeu

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    Dance music, or simply dance, is a set of electronic music genres, such as house, techno, trance, eurodance, Italo-disco, drum and bass, the dance-pop hybrid, among others. Oriented mainly to dance, it is characterized by being made with synthetic sounds and well-marked and repetitive rhythms, with catchy lyrics when it is not instrumental music. It is also common, in non-English-speaking countries, to use the term "dance" in a more restrictive sense - which can cause some confusion - to refer to a subset of electronic dance music made up fundamentally of the genres most widely spread among the general public. public, such as dance-pop, italo-disco, euro-disco, euro-dance and trance. Index 1 Features 1.1 Musical styles 1.2 Rhythms 2 History 2.1 Dance-pop from 87 to 91 2.2 Technodance or eurobeat, from 92 to 94 2.3 Eurodance, first generation, from 92 to 96 2.4 Pizzicato, from 96 to 98 2.5 Eurodance, second generation, from 97 to 2004 2.6 Bubble-gum dance and happy house from 98 to 2002 2.7 Clubhouse DJ, from 2002 to 2007 2.8 Eurodance third generation, from 2007 to the present 2.8.1 Commercial return 3 Significant Record Labels 4 Related Styles 5 External links Features[edit] Dance comprises a wide spectrum of musical genres with percussive content that, to a large extent, are heirs of the electronic music of Kraftwerk and the disco music of the 1970s. This music was born and popularized in different club environments in the 1980s. By the early 1990s, the presence of electronic dance music within contemporary culture had spread widely, beginning to be studied academically in scientific areas such as history, culture and sociology. Electronic instruments such as the synthesizer, the drum machine and the sequencer are used to create it. The unique sounds of these instruments are generally emphasized, even when the sound of other traditional acoustic instruments is imitated. Sometimes it also includes music not primarily intended for dance, but which is derived in any case from some genre of dance-oriented electronic music. Musical styles[edit] The most popular genres within dance such as dance-pop and euro-dance adopt several characteristics of other genres (House, Techno, Trance, Pop among others), without having absolutely their own characteristics, they are always influenced by the fashion of dance. moment.[citation needed] Another characteristic is that their music is not complex due to its commercial approach, handling simple and basic sounds, and combining them with happy rhythms, being very different from Underground music. They have very simple pop structures: verses, choruses, climax moments, etc. It is the most commercial variant of electronics. The bass sound is usually TB-303 type (undistorted), the simple lyrics that talk about love or party, the drum sounds are mostly 909 type, includes few rhythmic variations, some filter sweep, mostly female vocals and almost always a main melody made with some type of sawtooth wave synth sound (usually played after a sung chorus). Rhythms[edit] Like all music, it is made up of several measures marked by the rhythm, which varies depending on the type of electronic music in question, being differentiated mainly by the sub-style it deals with. All songs use 4/4 time signature, just varying the tempo. History[edit] Dance-pop from 87 to 91[edit] Although it is not Dance per se, this evolution of disco and synthpop appeared with more marked rhythms thanks to the appearance of new, more powerful drum machines. In Italy this evolution began gradually from the Italo disco with Spagna and Sabrina among others and in Centroeu

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    Dance music, or simply dance , is a set of electronic music genres, such as house, t

    echno, trance, eurodance, italo-disco, drum and bass, the dance-pop hybrid, among others.
    Oriented mainly to dance, it is characterized by being made with synthetic sounds and well-
    marked and repetitive rhythms, with catchy lyrics when it is not instrumental music.

    It is also common, in non-English speaking countries, to use the term "dance" in a more
    restrictive sense - which can cause some confusion - to refer to a subset of electronic
    dance music made up fundamentally of the genres most widely spread among the general
    public. public, such as dance-pop , italo-disco , euro-disco , euro-dance and trance .

    Index

     1 Features
    o 1.1 Musical styles
    o 1.2 Rhythms

     2 History
    o 2.1 Dance-pop from 87 to 91
    o 2.2 Technodance or eurobeat, from 92 to 94
    o 2.3 Eurodance, first generation, from 92 to 96
    o 2.4 Pizzicato, from 96 to 98
    o 2.5 Eurodance, second generation, from 97 to 2004
    o 2.6 Bubble-gum dance and happy house from 98 to 2002
    o 2.7 Clubhouse DJ, from 2002 to 2007
    o 2.8 Eurodance third generation, from 2007 to the present

     2.8.1 Commercial return


     3 Significant Record Labels
     4 Related Styles
     5 External links

    Features [ edit ]
    Dance comprises a wide spectrum of musical genres with percussive content that, to a
    large extent, are heirs of the electronic music of Kraftwerk and the disco music of the 1970s
    . This music was born and popularized in different club environments in the 1980s . By the
    early 1990s , the presence of electronic dance music within contemporary culture had
    spread widely, beginning to be studied academically in scientific areas such as history,
    culture and sociology. Electronic instruments such as the synthesizer , the drum machine
    and the sequencer are used for its creation. The unique sounds of these instruments are
    generally emphasized, even when the sound of other traditional acoustic instruments is
    imitated. Sometimes it also includes music not primarily intended for dance, but which is
    derived in any case from some genre of dance-oriented electronic music.
    Musical styles
    The most popular genres within dance such as dance-pop and euro-dance adopt several
    characteristics of other genres (House, Techno, Trance, Pop among others), without having
    absolutely their own characteristics, they are always influenced by the fashion of dance.
    moment. [ citation needed ] Another characteristic is that their music is not complex due to its
    commercial approach, handling simple and basic sounds, and combining them with happy
    rhythms, being very different from Underground music. They have very simple pop
    structures: verses, choruses, climax moments, etc. It is the most commercial variant of
    electronics. The bass sound is usually TB-303 type (undistorted), the simple lyrics that talk
    about love or party, the drum sounds are mostly 909 type, includes few rhythmic variations,
    some filter sweep, mostly female vocals and almost always a main melody made with some
    type of sawtooth wave synth sound (usually played after a sung chorus).
    Rhythms
    Like all music, it is made up of several measures marked by the rhythm, which varies
    depending on the type of electronic music in question, being differentiated mainly by the
    sub-style it deals with. All songs use 4/4 time signature, only varying the tempo .

    History [ edit ]
    Dance-pop from 87 to 91 [ edit ]
    Although it is not Dance itself, this evolution of disco and synthpop appeared with more
    marked rhythms thanks to the appearance of new, more powerful drum machines. In Italy
    this evolution began gradually from Italo disco with Spagna and Sabrina among others and
    in Central Europe with Modern Talking and CC Catch . In UK The producers Stock-Aitken &
    Waterman [SAW] released from 1986-87 to different singers with this more evolved sound
    Rick Astley "Never gonna give you up", "Together forever" among others, Sinitta with "Toy
    Boy" and " Cross my heart", Bananarama with "Venus", "Love in the 1st degree"..., Mel &
    Kim with "Respectable" among others, and in the USA, parallel to the development of
    Chicago House and Techno from Detroit, some artists like Billy Ocean "Get into my car"
    also began to mark the rhythms of synthpop more.

    Technodance or eurobeat, from 92 to 94 [ edit ]


    With dry and short chords inherited from Rave and with a clear increase in the range of
    beats per minute used ("Twilight Zone" by 2 Unlimited, "Mr. Vain" by Culture Beat, "Feel
    The Heat Of The Night" by Masterboy or "U Got To Let The Music" by Cappella). The hit of
    the time was "No Limits" by 2 Unlimited.

    In the mid-1990s, commercial Dance music reached the top, being very popular in all
    European countries, thanks to a commercial boom in sales of the genre thanks to massive
    broadcasting on radios and nightclubs by DJs, who in many cases were also producers of
    some of the fashionable bands.
    Eurodance, first generation, from 92 to 96 [ edit ]
    It begins with a more melodic influence, a lot of melody and happy intonation and with the
    appearance of remixed versions of songs from the 80s. There was also an even greater
    acceleration up to 140-150 BPM. Alexia , Double U , Taleesa among others had more than
    one hit between 1995 and 1996.

    Pizzicato, from 96 to 98 [ edit ]


    Highly influenced by Dream (Robert Miles) and later by Trance. Hypnotic sounds with
    repetitions of chords reminiscent of Eurobeat and the bass in counterpoint with the bass
    drum, a greater tendency towards instrumental songs or songs with little vocal component,
    the rapped sections practically disappeared, Red 5 with "Lift Me Up" was one of the first In
    turn making use of pizzicato, Sash appeared with "Encore Une Fois", "Meet Her At The
    Love Parade" by Da Hool, "Move Your Ass" by Scooter, "Insomnia" by Faithless, "Seven
    days and one week" by BBE ). At this stage the genre lost the influence it had on
    commercial diffusion, so there were no great sales successes or massive hits.

    Eurodance, second generation, from 97 to 2004 [ edit ]


    With the appearance of new bands, the more melodic sound was revived. With catchy sung
    choruses and rhythms with fewer beats per minute, "Boom Boom Boom Boom" and "Up
    and Down" by Vengaboys that still made use of pizzicato, "Barbie Girl" by Aqua , "Opa
    Opa" by Antique , " Believe " by Cher , "Sexy" by French Affair , " Can't Get You Out Of My
    Head " by Kylie Minogue and in Spanish "Liquid Heaven" by Fey .

    Different European countries see artists of this genre succeed. In Greece, Helena
    Paparizou is considered the queen of dance, after her success with the group Antique . The
    Moldovans from " O-Zone " had great international success with the single "Dragostea Din
    Tei". Switzerland brings DJ BoBo , best known for the song "Chihuahua". And from
    Germany the band Cascada is considered the most influential of the genre with its single
    "Everytime We Touch", although Passion Fruit also had great success with the song "The
    Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song".

    Bubble-gum dance and happy house from '98 to 2002 [ edit ]


    It is a type of dance, in which the music and its subsequent authors/group have a colorful,
    effeminate, childish and gay friendly aesthetic. Everything about them seems unrealistically
    fun and happy. A clear example is Aqua, followed by Vengaboys (their biggest commercial
    successes, not other productions clearly diverted towards the Trance sphere). They are
    generally dressed carnival-like.

    Important exponents of this new stage are: Gigi D'Agostino "La Passion", Armand Van
    Helden "King of my castle", Miss Papaya "Sugarboy", Smile.DK "Butterfly", Toy Box
    "Tarzan & Jane", and Paridisio "Let's Go To The Disco" among others.

    Clubhouse DJ, from 2002 to 2007 [ edit ]


    Influence House . Definitely displaced from the mainstream of commercial diffusion by
    genres such as hip hop or reggaeton, dance music has returned to concentrate in the
    underground sphere, there despite the disbandment of most of the representative groups,
    DJs continue to generate dance music to use In discos and nightclubs, singles are released
    by independent labels and are rarely released in albums by the same artist, but rather are
    released in compilations of hits by various authors to facilitate their sale. Currently Rihanna
    gave her album a dance feel to her album Good Girl Gone Bad .

    Eurodance third generation, from 2007 to the present [ edit ]


    It preserves the chords of the eurodance of the second generation, but is used as an
    auxiliary genre to pop , in addition to being fused with Hi-NRG , which was also taken up.
    Thanks to the record company Zooland Records , Eurodance remained in force in Europe,
    thanks to artists like Italobrothers , Yanou and Cascada , who are the only ones in force
    since the first generation of the genre. "What Is Life?" by Danzel , "Gold" by Antoine
    Chamaran , "In Da Name Of Love" by Ray & Anita , "Fever" by Cascada , "Only Girl (In The
    World)" by Rihanna , "Summerlove" by David Tavaré , "Vampires Are Alive" by DJ BoBo , "
    Scheisse " by Lady Gaga .

    Commercial return
    After the disappearance of the commercial environment of dance music and eurodance,
    following the dissolution during the last stage of 2002 of numerous groups that set the trend
    during the last years of the 90s and the first years of the new century, such as Eiffel 65,
    Alexia, Vengaboys, French Affair, Ace Of Base, etc. Dance and Eurodance music
    subsisted away from the general public outside their countries of origin, with some
    exceptions, taking their place in the commercial environment during the 2003-2008 period
    for genres such as hip hop or reggaeton.

    Currently, Eurodance is experiencing a process of rebirth, returning strongly to the


    commercial environment and the general public, thanks to the contributions of DJs who
    kept the genre alive within the underground sphere in its low years, such as Bimbo Jones,
    Freemasons, Antoine Clamaran , Bob Sinclar, etc. To this we must add the persistence of
    artists such as the Belgian Kate Ryan (one of the few singers, who, faithful to this genre,
    has remained successful during this last decade) and the return of some of the famous
    groups and artists of the period previous like the legendary Vengaboys , Ace Of Base ,
    Haddaway , the well-known singer Sophie Elis Bextor, and the former members of the
    group 2 Unlimited, who return with the name Ray & Anita.

    The contribution of the Spanish singer Soraya Arnelas to the promotion of the Eurodance
    genre in Europe and Spain has also been notable, especially due to the success achieved
    by her latest album Dreamer.

    Significant record labels


    Until the 1980s, there were practically no record labels focused exclusively on electronic
    dance music. This changed when Larry Sherman created the house label Trax Records
    and techno pioneer Juan Atkins started Metroplex Records . In Britain , Warp Records
    emerged in the early 1990s. Other significant later labels are Astralwerks , Ed Banger
    Records or Ninja Tune .

    Related styles
     Electronic music
     Machine
     Italian dance
     Breakbeat
     Jungle
     Bumping
     Hardstyle
     Jumpstyle
     Electro house
     dance punk
     hard dance

    There are also other sub-styles within them. Currently, through globalization, dance and
    electronic music has expanded so much that the cultures of various countries (musical
    culture) have been shaped to new rhythms and more and more genres of music are being
    created.

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