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Originally Posted by return to the red
You'll have to excuse me, but what is the difference between Trance, House, Progressive, etc.?
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As someone posted before
http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html
is a good guide.
A site that DJs use to download actual tracks they play:
www.beatport.com
The difference between the genres is based upon:
BPM
The drum sound
The beat style
but actually learning to pick apart a song quickly takes some time.
progressive isn't actually a genre of electronica, it's attached to one of them, like progressive house, or progressive trance.
generally though, in my opinion (I spin house and breaks usually
House is a 4/4 beat, usually around 125-135 BPM, and feels more soulful/funky, etc. Djs/producers: MSTRKRFT, DJ Dan, Deadmau5. Local DJs: Jon Delirious, Dom G
Trance is a 4/4 beat, more repetitive than house, often full of "wave your hands in the air feeling". It's around 135-145BPM (mostly, this can vary) DJs/Producers: Tiesto, AVB, well, lots have been listed already Local DJs: Rodi Styles
Techno is a 4/4 beat. It feels like machines have made it. the BPM can vary widely in this genre, I have techno tracks s slow as 124BPM, and some up to around 140BPM+ DJ/Producers: Dave the Drummer, Orbital, Ritchie Hawkins. Local DJs: ANX
Breakbeat is kind of close to house, expcept it has a "broken" beat, meaning its not a just a 4/4 bass beat. Most hip hop gets it's beats from this genre now. BPM is similar to house DJs/Producers: Krafty Kuts, Stanton Warriors. Local DJs: Can't think of one right now
Jungle/Drum and Bass is another broken beat genre, but faster than breakbeat, and known for being much more aggressive. BPM is trance speeds or faster, usually. DJs/Producers: Diesel Boy, Hive
Hardcore is stupidly fast, and either very angry and aggressive or stupid and fun. BPM at lest 150, but usually higher. DJs/Producers: I don't ealy listen to this genre..
And last:
Ambient. basically anything else can be thrown in here. it
s had to classify this genre, as it's incredibly wide. Anything from Aphex Twin, to Boards of Canada, to Enya can be considered ambient.