by Redmond Bacon | May 22, 2020
Electronic music from the 90s made the world turn into a rave. It characterised a time when dance music really hit the mainstream. Flourishing throughout the underground in the 80s, it hit centre stage by the end of the century, with dance acts, clubs and festivals…
by Redmond Bacon | May 7, 2020
The decade of big hair, fine suits, slick cars and unfiltered capitalist excess, the 80s electronic music took the revolutionary spirit of the 70s and paved the way for the rise of club culture in the 90s. As a result, it is really the decade where electronic music…
by Redmond Bacon | Apr 26, 2020
When you’re at a party and it’s time to change the tone, to move the mood into a more chilled space that’s still good for partying, French House music offers the best compromise between a fun time and a relaxing one. Spanning from the mid-90s to the late 00s, it is a…
by Redmond Bacon | Dec 4, 2018
A quintessentially British genre, drum and bass is the sound of illegal raves, moshpits and really letting yourself go crazy. Beginning in the early 90s and inspired by jungle, Jamaican dub and reggae, breakbeats, big beat and hard house, drum and bass has achieved…
by Redmond Bacon | Nov 27, 2018
Techno Music Definition Techno is the sound of warehouse raves, dimly-lit basements and weekend-long parties. From Germany (Kraftwerk) to Detroit to Germany again, techno is synonymous with post-industrial, post-mechanical landscapes, and a desire to break through the…
by Redmond Bacon | Nov 9, 2018
Its the sound of flared trousers, disco balls and quaaludes. Get to know more about disco music, the biggest genre of the 70s!
by Redmond Bacon | Oct 29, 2018
“Jack boldly declared “Let There Be House” and House music was born” – Chuck Roberts, 1985 House music is the best of both worlds. While it has undoubtably influenced and altered the pop landscape to a massive effect, it has never lost its edge, still managing to be…
by Redmond Bacon | Oct 22, 2018
With roots in the late 80s UK rave scene, before its true birth in Germany in the early 1990s, trance music quickly developed into one of the most popular of all electronic music genres. Seen as a more melodic alternative to both house and techno, it features highly…
by Redmond Bacon | Oct 14, 2018
Of all the micro-genres to spawn out of 2000s chillwave, vaporwave aesthetic has had the most lasting impact. Drawing almost entirely from the music and culture of the 1980s and 1990s, it has a self-aware and nostalgic quality. Sampling sources as diverse as muzak,…
by soundontime | Sep 28, 2018
Tracing back their roots to the 1980s, lo fi hip hop beats correspond to a “do it yourself” esthetic, the opposite of “high fidelity” and polished sounds. Over the years, lo fi music has become intermingled with various music genres. However, in reality, lo fi hip hop…
by soundontime | Aug 18, 2018
If we were almost getting used to techno, house, and linearity in electronic music during the 1990s, our era is characterized by a long-awaited flow of innovative and groundbreaking sub-genres. Future bass is part of them. Drawing inspiration from UK garage and…