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    Electronic Dance (Club Dance) : Matthew Wrigley

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    Electronic dance music uses drum machines, drum/percussion samples, synthesizers, samplers and turntables. It is performed by DJs and producers at a tempo of 120-140 BPM and is designed for club dancing. Popular genres include house, trance and techno which feature four-on-the-floor bass drums and hi-hat patterns. Technology like sequencers and cheap computers made production more accessible. Main artists include The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Aphex Twin. The genre was influenced by disco, hip hop, reggae and dub, synth pop, soul, funk and jazz.

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    Electronic dance music uses drum machines, drum/percussion samples, synthesizers, samplers and turntables. It is performed by DJs and producers at a tempo of 120-140 BPM and is designed for club dancing. Popular genres include house, trance and techno which feature four-on-the-floor bass drums and hi-hat patterns. Technology like sequencers and cheap computers made production more accessible. Main artists include The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Aphex Twin. The genre was influenced by disco, hip hop, reggae and dub, synth pop, soul, funk and jazz.

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    Electronic dance music uses drum machines, drum/percussion samples, synthesizers, samplers and turntables. It is performed by DJs and producers at a tempo of 120-140 BPM and is designed for club dancing. Popular genres include house, trance and techno which feature four-on-the-floor bass drums and hi-hat patterns. Technology like sequencers and cheap computers made production more accessible. Main artists include The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Aphex Twin. The genre was influenced by disco, hip hop, reggae and dub, synth pop, soul, funk and jazz.

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    Electronic dance music uses drum machines, drum/percussion samples, synthesizers, samplers and turntables. It is performed by DJs and producers at a tempo of 120-140 BPM and is designed for club dancing. Popular genres include house, trance and techno which feature four-on-the-floor bass drums and hi-hat patterns. Technology like sequencers and cheap computers made production more accessible. Main artists include The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Aphex Twin. The genre was influenced by disco, hip hop, reggae and dub, synth pop, soul, funk and jazz.

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    Electronic Dance (Club Dance)

    MATTHEW WRIGLEY

    Instrumentation
    Electronic Dance pieces have: Vocals Drum Machines Drum/Percussion Samples Synthesisers Samplers Turntables

    Performance and Arrangement


    House, Trance and Techno. 120-140bpm. Designed for

    clubbing, and played by DJs/Programmers. Four-to-the-floor bass drum, and hi-hat emphasis on the off-beat quavers. Synth stabs or staccato stabs on piano. Bass line Synths. Synth riffs and pad chords. Samples taken from lots of different places. Epic feel to songs, featuring breakdowns. Structure built on building and breaking down textures. D&B uses frantic syncopated drums.

    Technology and Production


    Use of sequencers.

    Cheap computer systems made music production

    more accessible. Drum machines or sampled drums. Wide use of synthesisers. Extensive use of samples. Effects used in a wide variety of different ways.

    Main Artists
    MARRS Coldcut Bomb the Bass S-Express Aphex Twin The Orb The KLF Basement Jaxx Red Alert (1999) Paul Oakenfold Fatboy Slim The Rockafeller Skank (1998) Moby

    The Prodigy Smack My

    Bitch Up (1997) The Chemical Brothers Galvanize (2005) Orbital Roni Size Goldie Groove Armada Daft Punk Leftfield St. Germain Trentmller

    Influences
    Electronic Dance/Club Dance was influenced by: Disco Hip Hop Reggae and Dub Synth Pop Soul Funk Jazz

    Key Facts and Terminology


    Mid 80s, Chicago house part scene used disused

    warehouses for all-night dance events. Gained popularity during the late 80s in Europe. Most artists are club DJs as well as producers. Late 80s, many mainstream pop singles were released as dance mixes. House scene in UK is tied closely to the indie scene. Clubs in Ibiza were important venues.

    FIN.

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