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House music
House is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago, then in New York City, New Jersey, Detroit, and... -
Trance music
Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 155 BPM, short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. It is a combination of many forms of electronic... -
Gamewave
Gamewave is primarily classified as an electronic music genre that was born in the early 1990s with the idea of creating original songs influenced by video game music. Though the movement had existed for some time, the actual term "Gamewave" was coined in a 2005 article by Matt Martinez who was the... -
Electropop
Electropop (diminutive form of Electronic pop) is a form of electronic music that is made with synthesizers, and which first flourished from 1978 to 1983. Electropop is sometimes confused with synthpop (pop music made with synthesizers) , and is generally regarded to be a particular style of... -
Bitpop
Bitpop is a type of electronic music, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers and video game consoles. Among systems used are Commodore 64, Game Boy, Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System. The sounds produced from these systems can be combined to any degree with... -
Picopop
Picopop is a type of electronic music, similar to electropop, with origins in Japanese experimental bands. The name derives from "pikopiko" (the Japanese onomatopoeia for the electronic sounds characteristic of 8-bit synthesis) and pop. Correspondingly, the style is characterised by the prominent... -
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