What sub-genre of Dance music is this?
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Hi all,
Have a listen to these examples below, and tell me what genre of dance these are please?
The reason I'm asking, is because when I was a teenager, this particular sub-genre was quite prominent. Lots of nightclubs had a second dancefloor/room dedicated to this type of music (either this or Trance/Hard House) and we all knew this style as 'Italian House'. You could go into any record store for DJ's and this type of stuff would be clearly all in an 'Italian House' section. We all shared Italian House tapes recorded live from the mixers of nightclubs and it was ace
It is really distinctive. It is high-energy, faster BPM, features the classic 'pop pop pop pop' bass kick, synths, and most importantly singing and MC'ing, usually both on every record.
But... I cannot find more of this genre on Apple Music, or YouTube, or anywhere, presumably because it isn't actually called Italian House, and is called something else. Apple Music is usually brilliant at finding playlists of even obscure genres, but I'm not finding much here...
Italian House, Italo House, Italo Disco, Rave, Piano House, Euro Dance, Euro Beat, Old Skool House. It is none of of these. They all sound very different. The only thing I do know for sure, is that 90% of these tracks did come from Italy during the 1990's.
Any suggestions?
Have a listen to these examples below, and tell me what genre of dance these are please?
The reason I'm asking, is because when I was a teenager, this particular sub-genre was quite prominent. Lots of nightclubs had a second dancefloor/room dedicated to this type of music (either this or Trance/Hard House) and we all knew this style as 'Italian House'. You could go into any record store for DJ's and this type of stuff would be clearly all in an 'Italian House' section. We all shared Italian House tapes recorded live from the mixers of nightclubs and it was ace
It is really distinctive. It is high-energy, faster BPM, features the classic 'pop pop pop pop' bass kick, synths, and most importantly singing and MC'ing, usually both on every record.
But... I cannot find more of this genre on Apple Music, or YouTube, or anywhere, presumably because it isn't actually called Italian House, and is called something else. Apple Music is usually brilliant at finding playlists of even obscure genres, but I'm not finding much here...
Italian House, Italo House, Italo Disco, Rave, Piano House, Euro Dance, Euro Beat, Old Skool House. It is none of of these. They all sound very different. The only thing I do know for sure, is that 90% of these tracks did come from Italy during the 1990's.
Any suggestions?
According to Discogs, it's called Italo Dance:
https://www.discogs.com/master/63571-Future-City-O...
HTH
https://www.discogs.com/master/63571-Future-City-O...
HTH
Jeanboi said:
Indeed.... That is one of the first genre names I crossed off the list after hearing it!Gassing Station | Music | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff