Electronic dance music is described by fans as an ever-
evolving genre with lots of changing styles and sub-styles The
number of beats per minute (BPM) is what defines between the
different sub-genres of dance music The use of vocals, live
instrumentation vs. synthetic instrumentation and drum beats are
also important in finding out the genres of electronic dance music
There are different sub-genres of dance music such as techno,
house, trance, electro and drum and bass. Those are the sub-genres
used to promote actual dancing within dance music
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Electronic music is music that has electronic musical
instruments and uses music technology within its production In the
late 1980s, dance music songs were increasing becoming popular,
especially songs using only electronic music technology The trend
has continued to the present day with modern nightclubs worldwide
regularly playing electronic dance music.
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Originated from Paris, France Started out in 1993 and are still
active to the present day They are a duo: Thomas Bangalter and
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo They specialise in House and Electronic
Music Won two Grammy awards for their inspirational awards Kanye
West drew inspiration from them for one of his songs
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Younger people from the ages of 12 to around 30 Both males and
females Ethnicity doesnt matter with dance music since a lot of
genres use the features of dance music: alternative hip-hop,
alternative rock, etc Normally played in social situations
clubbing, raving, dancing, etc Students seems to be the majority
that listens to dance music Source:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=64122352
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Kandi Kids A group of people between 12 and 20 who heavily
listen to dance music, wear extremely bright neon clothing and
primarily love techno music. Many see them as druggies, especially
considering they were once best known for selling and ingesting
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There arent many dance music magazines in circulation at the
moment. This could show a gap in the market for this genres
magazine market. On the other hand, this could show that there isnt
a mainstream market for dance music yet since its too social and
not enough people are hardcore fans to support the genre and
regularly buy its merchandise.
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DJ Hero DJ Hero is a game that came out in 2009 for all the
major gaming platforms. The game launched with a turntable which
people could use to play the game and enhance their gaming
experience. The game sold for around 69 in the UK, and generated
around 1,600,000 sales worldwide which compared to Guitar Hero was
extremely poor.
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XL Recordings are an independent record label that are based in
the United Kingdom. They were founded in 1989 with another record
label called Beggars Banquet Records to release its rave and dance
music. In 1994, Richard Russell gained the position of being the
sole director and in ownership of the whole record label. This
situated in them expanding into other genres such as alternative
rock, hip hop and garage. Influential artists from this genre
include: Adele, Basement Jaxx, The Cool Kids, Radiohead, The White
Stripes.
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We have seen a lot of Dance music evolving into hip hop, pop
and rock. We might see dance music fusing in with jazz, and a
revival of blues In New York, there is a new movement of dance
music called Space Disco or Cosmic House Space Disco and Cosmic
House is a mixture of noise, beats and old school rock which leaves
fans confused about how it relates to dance music overall More and
more vocals are starting to be included in electronic music, using
Auto-tune, also increasingly popular in pop and hip-hop