Techno & Trance
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TRANCE. 1990s - 2010s
Originating in UK, 110-150bpm electronica with a euphoric sound (typical of a lot of music around the turn of the millenium). Tends to build for 6-10 mins or more.
GOA / PSY TRANCE. 1990s - 2010s
Indian influenced trance genre. Kind of an electronic descendant of both trance, but also pschedelia rock and various folk and prog styles of the 1960s. - No playlist linked.
90s CLUB STYLE. 1990s - 2010s
90s - 2010s dance and club hits in the upbeat style of the 90s .. sound 4 celebrations.
HAPPY HARDCORE.
1990s - 2000s
Gabber - Just a very very fast Euro style dance / techno / rave genre 160-190bpm from the 1990s Netherlands - turns into Happy Hardcore ("Happy Gabber"), most of in major key and still huge in the Netherlands. - No playlist linked.
BREAKCORE. 1990s - 2000s
Breakcore - a version of hardcore. Almost the entire track is breakouts from a regular beat - it's sort of at the limits of techno experiments. No playlist linked.
RAVE. Late 80s - 90s
Massive UK scene intense fast music - caused controversy tho... due to ppl creating unlicensed festivals ... often near 2 villages around London...
ACID HOUSE. Late 80s - early 90s
Like most House genres of the 1980s, coming originally from Chicago, but later associated with the 'Madchester' scene (Hacienda club, etc). Random fact: The plinky sound is a Roland TB-303 synthesizer.
TECHNO.
1980s - 2010s
Techno is the basic style of club electronica as it lays down the simplest possible rhythm just 4 bass beats to the bar, then enters into long slowly changing loops - which creates forgetfulness about the passage of time.
MINIMAL TECHNO.
1970s - 2010s
Really stripped down version of Techno. Not for clubs. Some is just nothing but simple experiments in minimal sounds, while others eg Plastikman, makes up to more complete sounding pieces of music with more layering.
EARLY SYNTH.
1970s
Electro-classic instruments such as electric guitar used by Blues musicians had existed since the 30s. Many sound engineers in the late 60s and early 70s started to work with pure electronic instruments. Along with african percussion styles, folk, jazz, ska, breaks, blues, & the rules worked out classically, one of the real foundation places in music. Pretty much created the 80s.
EXPERIMENTAL.
1960s - 80s
All kinds of strange stuff left over. Experimental often means - unusual instruments, especially made out of household things. There might be little or no melodies recognisable as "music" in the normal meaning of the word. Just structured sounds. No clear boundary onto other styles.