Style definitions
Here’s
a small list with definitions of the styles in music as we see it.
We
know that everybody has his own vision on how to define certain styles, and that
it is as much diverse as
the
styles of music which excist.
This
list is just a guide, and many artist have made various styles of music ,for
instance Donna Summer,
she
has made Disco , High Energy , Soul and R&B/Soul in her carreer, so don’t hold it against us if certain
records
are
not placed in the style that you would like to see.
Style |
comment |
sample |
2
step/uk garage |
catchie
offbeat soulful garage |
artful
dodger / wideboys / |
acid |
house
and/or techno with the strange acidic sounds in it. started around 1988 |
baby
ford/acid junkies/stakker humanoid/phuture/hardfloor/random xs |
african |
music
from africa. |
fela
kuti/manu dibango/sunny ade/afric simone/unknown cases |
ambient/dub |
trancey
space without beats/or with slow dubby beats. chill out music |
the
orb/pete namlook/fax records/apollo records/biosphere/klaus schulze |
asian |
music
from asia. |
|
beats/dj
tools |
records
with only beats or breaks or sounds, specially for djs to mix |
beats
for jeeps/dmc grooves/beats, breaks+scratches/fat acapellas/bird sounds |
belgium
techno |
techno
from belgium. started in 1990 when new beat ended |
frank
de wulf/b sides/outlander/liaisons d/rhythm device/spectrum |
big
beatz |
big
beatz/chemical beatz. combines techno + rock + triphop |
prodigy/chemical
brothers/eboman/junkie xl/basco/crystal method |
blues |
like
soul music, but mostly very sad songs |
john
lee hooker/robert cray/bb king/muddy waters |
breakbeat |
fast
instrumental hiphop breaks combined with house and techno |
old
prodigy records/acen/altern 8/nu matic/nrg/sl 2/zero b/manix |
caribbean |
tropical
happy music from the caribbean |
lobo/byron
lee/mighty sparrow/20th century steel band/johnny ventura |
chicago |
house/techno
from chicago, where it all started around 1986 |
lil
louis/steve poindexter/armando/dj pierre/robert armani/adonis |
club |
club
house / disco house, the disco music of the 90s. |
george
morel/masters at work/boris dlugosch/junior vasquez |
disco |
dance
music from the disco era 1973-1983 |
saturday
night fever/kc & the sunshine band / frank stallone |
dance
italo |
happy
dance music from italy. mostly from 1983-1990 |
koto/den
harrow/fun fun/kano/kasso/taffy/laser dance/miko mission |
electro
newschool |
like
modern techno/house music but with influences from old (1983-1986) electro
music |
cybotron/drexciya/jedi
knights/dopplereffect/tiga&syntherium |
electro
oldschool |
rap/hiphop
music with electronic influences. used for breakdancing/electric boogie,
mostly 1983-1986 |
man
parrish/newcleus/hashim/jonzun crew/afrika bambaataa+soul sonic force |
euro
techno |
european
techno, mostly from 1990-1994. also called old style |
ultimate
seduction/go bang records/fierce ruling diva/dhs/apotheosis |
freestyle |
freestyle
house, mostly from 1989-1991. mostly from new york |
royal
house/black riot/minument/bonesbreaks/looney tunes/casanovas revenge |
funk |
like
disco and soul, but more funky. eehh. |
funkadelic/bootsy
collins/george clinton/zapp/fred wesley/parliament |
garage |
house,
slow, soulful vocals, moody pianos. the disco music from the 90s |
robin
s/ce ce peniston/robert owens/mk/adeva/urban soul/dajae/also 2 step music |
german
tekno |
euro
techno from germany. mostly 1989-1994 |
westbam/hypnotist/mark
nrg/alec empire/hardsequencer/biochip c/cellblock x |
gogo |
a
blend of speed up soul / jazz / blues
/ rap / african beats |
trouble
funk/tted records/dett records/little benny and the masters |
hardcore |
hardcore
euro techno. started in holland around 1992. also called gabber |
mokum
records/omar santana/charly lownoise/chosen few/rotterdam records |
high
energy |
fast
disco music, almost trancey |
donna
summer/patrick cowley/giorgio moroder/boys town gang/bobby o/sylvester |
hiphouse |
house
with rap vocals. started in chicago around 1988. |
fast
eddie/tyree/2 in a room/mr lee/kc flightt/ka posse/doug lazy/deskee |
hollands |
music
in our own easy to learn dutch language. also called nederlandstalig |
doe maar/andre hazes/andre
van duin/herman van veen/de kast/normaal |
house |
all
styles of house music we couldnt define in any of the other styles. |
fortran
5/nicolette/da juice/electronic voodoo/t cut f/t coy |
house
jazzy |
house
music with a big jazz influence in it, mostly very soft music. |
pal
joey/urban knights/tympanum/loop dloop records/future minds |
house
top 40 |
very
commercial house/techno music. top 40 |
2
unlimited/c+c music factory/deeelite/cappella/49ers/rozalla/black box |
IDM/electronic
listening |
Intelligent
Dance Music |
plaid/to
rococo rot/fennesz/herbert |
industrial |
industrial,
very chaotic techno with lots of industrial noises. |
most
aphex twin/caustic window/unit moebius/spiral tribe/afx |
italo
techno |
euro
techno from italie, mostly from 1990 to 1994 |
cappella/ramirez/datura/digital boy/antico/dirty mind/raf/pwm |
jazz |
very
hard for me to explain. help would be appreciated |
ella
fitzgerald/miles davis/nina simone/blue note records/bob james |
jazz
dance |
modern
version of old jazz music. mostly mixed with modern hiphop beats. |
jestofunk/spank
da monkey/talking loud records/incognito/jamiroquai |
jungle/d&b |
started
as breakbeat, later became faster and less samples + noises |
roni
size/ed rush/ltj bukem/alex reece/dj die/aphrodite/movin shadow records |
klassiek |
classical
music from the old days. |
bach/beethoven/strauss/verdi/vivaldi/mozart |
latin |
|
tito
puento/joe loss/celia cruz/sergio mendes/some herb alpert/da lata |
latin
hiphop |
disco
music from around 1985-1991. has latin, freestyle and hiphop influences |
nocera/cover
girls/safire/cyre/latin rascals/trinere/tka/johnny o/debbie deb |
mellow/deep
house |
mellow
house is the slowest house style. mostly instrumental. also called deep house |
mr
fingers/ron trent/pal joey/keytronics ensemble/upi/sueno latino/lectroluv |
meringue |
|
kaoma/armais camilo |
mixes |
lps
or 12inch singles with remixes and/or megamixes |
disconet/dmc/hot
tracks/wicked mix/ultimix/hot plate/razormaid |
new
beat |
belgium
style house music 1988-1991. called new beat because you can change the speed |
confettis/neon/bizz
nizz/jade 4 u/taste of sugar/plaza/erotic dissidents |
new
jack swing |
invented
by teddy riley in 1984, same as r&b/soul but with a jazz flavour en more
hiphop beats |
guy/today/basic
black/livin/wrecks n effect/good girls/teddy riley |
new
york |
new
york style of house music. mostly very slow and mellow with little latin
touch |
nugroove
records/old strictly rhythm records/lb bad/phenix/earth people |
nu
skool breaks |
modern
breakbeats, slower than d&b but better produced than old ragga style |
adam
freeland/akasha/rennie pilgrem/meat katie/freq nasty |
pop |
blah
blah blah style of music, with a touch of blah blah blah |
for
rolling stones/abba/stereo mcs/madonna/britney spears/nik kershaw/toto |
pop
house |
records
with house remixes from songs from pop artists |
house
mixes of madonna/house mixes of rolling stones/house mixes of front 242 |
pop
synthesizer |
pop
music made almost completely from sythesizers |
jean
michel jarre/kraftwerk/riuichi sakamoto/art of noise/tangerine dream |
progressive |
progressive
house/trance. english style with pop music instruments, mostly 1993-95 |
limbo
records/boomshanka/cowboy records/leftfield/gipsy/aloof/lionrock/havana |
psy
trance/goa |
tribal
and trippy trance consisting of mostly organic sounds |
hallucinogen/astral
projection/total eclipse/koxbox/transwave |
r&b |
same
as r&b/soul but since end of the 90's called r&b as the style went
crossover |
mariah
carey/destiny's child/justin timberlake/ |
r&b/soul |
old
style soul mixed with a touch of modern hiphop |
destinys
child/tlc/total/new edition/mary j blige/toni braxton/aaliyah |
rap |
hiphop.
take an old soul/funk song, loop the break, talk over it, and voila ! |
beastie
boys/gangstarr/mantronix/audio 2/lord finesse/2 pac/grandmaster flash |
reggae |
slow
dubby relaxing music from jamaica. sounds best with a fresh joint |
bob
marley/ub 40/peter tosh/king tubby/shabba ranks/aswad/beenie man/third world |
rock |
pop
music, but much harder, with loads of heavy guitars and heavy vocals |
iron
maiden/kiss/sepulatura/ac dc/guns n roses/torhead/metallica/tool/def leppard |
salsa |
|
edsel juliet&orchestra sal juco |
ska |
upbeat
whiteboy reggae with lots of horns |
madness/specials/special
aka/selector/the beat/the english beat |
soca |
|
machel montano |
soul |
jazz/blues/rhythm
& blues mix of music ,sung more
from the heart ( many styles ) |
james
brown/marvin gaye/lou rawls/barry white/freddie jackson/anita baker |
speed
garage |
speeded
up version of garage house. with reggae influences |
double
99/tuff jam/funkjunkeez/187 lockdown/serious danger/satellite records |
surinam |
tropical
music from surinam. very happy. |
trafassi |
swingbeat |
the
english word for new jack swing ( see: new jack swing ) |
|
techno |
very
monotone house music. instrumental. very industrial. very pure and clean
sounds |
derrick
may/underground resistance/steve rachmad/juan atkins/cari lekebusch |
trance |
instrumental
house music, faster, and with spacey psychedelic sounds in it |
visnadi/paul
van dyk/underworld/sven vath/secret knowledge/total eclipse |
tribal |
house,
trance or techno music with lots of percussion |
goodmen/rene
et gaston/jambo/astrospider/pascals bongo massive/mackino |
triphop |
instrumental
slow hiphop beats with some reggae, dub and ambient influences |
moloko/mo
wax records/unkle/clubbed to death #1 + #2/cup of tea records |
uk
techno |
techno
from the u.k. started around 1989 |
warp
records/lfo/black dog/orbital/irdial records/eon/tricky disco |
uptempo |
fast
club house music. very happy and danceable. started around 1992 |
fresh
fruit records/felix/dimitri+jaimy/sil/outland records/exposure |
world |
|
heera/las chicas del can/erasmo carlos/biguines/herbie
hancock&foda musa suso |
zouk |
french
african music |
kassav/fitzroy
williams/zouk time |