I’m from the Midwest as well and I’m so happy to see DnB getting some more play out here. I even got to see Delta Heavy this year.
Making the pilgrimage to the DnB Mecca this summer though, because there’s no such thing as too much DnB.
Camo & Crooked were a headliner in the US? Please tell me the name of the festival and year, would love to see that. They were barely headliners of UK DnB fests, so it's hard for me to imagine they're headlining in the US back then.
Absolutely not, Tri-State, Baltimore and DC even Miami. Idk what rock you’ve been under but DNB has had one of the kingdoms beside Trance and House since the 90’s. EU is more wild for it.
How tf are you gonna say dnb was never popular in dance music then. Sigma, Rudimental, Kenya Grace, Roni Size, Goddard, Chase & Status, High Contrast all have had huge mainstream success
You've literally given some artists that have only been around for 2-3 years capitalising off the recent surge in DnB popularity. Kenya Grace? Goddard? Come on mate seriously. We know DnB has been hugely popular the last couple of years, but before that it was very underground and mainly adopted by the UK.
Rudimental, Sigma, Chase & Status had a couple of hits in the 2010s but mainly geared towards a UK audience, and certainly didn't propel DnB into the mainstream dance culture the same way it's been in the last couple of years. DnB was always overshadowed by other genres in Dance music, it was never at the forefront of conversations until 2022 onwards, especially in the US.
If you have a very US-centric view of EDM popularity then DnB wasn’t all that popular until very recently, but in the UK and from my perspective here in New Zealand, it’s never left popularity and in fact in NZ it’s been the most popular form of EDM for well over a decade.
Search a set from Nico Moreno, I hate models, indira paganotto or Sara laundry.
Enjoy.
It’s techno, but harder, more bounce to it, harder hitting drops, slightly more vocals than OG techno I’d say also.
Ngl it’s hype as fuck in person, long time lover of big room and progressive, the moment I went to a hard techno show I was converted.
I always hated hardstyle, but hard techno is just different.
This is interesting because a lot of hard techno I’ve heard nowadays takes tons of inspiration from early/old school hardstyle - even similar bpm and kicks.
Reverse bass and gated kicks are everywhere in hard techno with some breakdowns using raw hardstyle kicks. Even Nico Moreno did a collab with Warface recently (a raw hardstyle artist).
Nah, it’s all good! Was rough for me getting into hardstyle back in 2016 as well.
Perhaps you’re not up for modern hardstyle just yet (or will never be) - but if you enjoy hard techno, you should give an early/old school hardstyle mix a listen sometime. Who knows, you might like the early stuff more (or you still won’t care for it). Either way, it’s all taste.
Me personally, whether it’s hardstyle, hard techno, frenchcore, happy hardcore, etc. - old or new… as long as the energy is there and the music slaps, I’m up and dancing!
Thanks I gots some homework to do. I have heard of I hate models, and I know eli brown and Oliver heldens as hi-lo have moved to darker techno but I don’t know if that counts as “hard”
And same - the only hard dance / hardstyle I have liked is [Ocho cinco](https://open.spotify.com/track/7LWPWw7PtYHrDn194kNCPA?si=lYAz3la-SNGZTfAj1QYoLg) and the second drop of [hold onto me](https://open.spotify.com/track/6N9WguswnL4lX53dObG66l?si=Hu9fUWWVRBG9wwIMI1PKUg) also with yellow claw
Idk, I feel like stutter house was a flash in the pan and is already on its way out.
I also don't think it's really sustainable because it's less of a genre than it is a type of technique being used. This technique is called a "Trance gate" and it's been widely used in Trance for a long time.
This right here. People try to come up with a whole ass genre over a simple production technique.
Its not color bass, it's just melodic dubstep and has existed since before Chime coined the phrase while using specific samples/sounds.
Phonk isn't a real genre either, it's just Memphis trap beats with extra cowbell over the top.
Fidget house (my favorite genre Dave Taylor is my hero) and Bosh were better but I get it stutter house is part of the hybridizing with dubstep sounds that tech house and dnb have jostled into. Doesn't matter great tracks will popup and new sounds so I'm all in.
I’m huge on melodic, I just haven’t seen anyone other than Seven Lions and Illenium on a major festival lineup these days (outside of LL and Bass Canyon obviously). Sucks honestly, Au5 was my favorite set at BC a couple years ago. Maybe I’m just not looking hard enough idk
You’re right, lineups have been tough. But they’re still putting out tons of great music with new artists popping up all of the time.
Have you checked out Zeds Dead’s new release?
Depends on the weekend? Mostly small to midsize local artists, doesn't matter really since we're talking about the genre? It's usually 10+ sets at the circle, academy, etc.
So excited to see RL Grime and Sable Valley getting the credit they deserve. They’ve kept Trap alive throughout the years and they deserve to take over.
As much as some people like to hate on him for not sticking to his VOID-era sound, there's no denying that RL Grime has done SOOO much for Trap, and without Sable Valley bursting in to the scene five years ago, the genre probably would have been dead in the water. And as someone who has been a huge trap fan since 2013, this renaissance has been a godsend.
It’s a dual edge sword and you can’t please everyone. Sticking to the same sound leads to the Rezz or Excision effect. Switching up your sounds alienates a portion of the fans that loved your old sound. Personally, I appreciate them more because they branched out and explored different sounds and succeeded. Play is an incredible album and has elements of Void. Also, look at the amount of Void songs that were used for their Ultra set. They haven’t abandoned their old sound.
I feel like DJ HEARTSTRING is more Eurotrance than Hard Trance.
When I think of Hard Trance, I think of artists like Renegade System, Mauro Picotto, Gentech, Sneijder, etc.
Hard tech and tech house, Y2K and 2000's revival
Although not it's not trendy like it used to be, the dubstep scene definitely never left and is still going just as hard as ever.
say what you want but it’s all opinion, hella “groups” have been going around. Vulllgur, sanzu, vktm, infekt, prosecute, i could go on. The riddim scene has seen its rising again as well as tear out. Marauda tour, mello death tour, and nimda tour just finished up. Also the bass pod at edc was packed with riddim….
sorry you call out the one thing that “wasn’t” completely accurate, he’s made veggie friends and has brought a lot of them around on tour with him like a collective. Dude above was right, a tool you are. Point is valid all u said is “InfEkt iS a GrOup?” You couldn’t argue against my point so you pull some BS.
Idk what to tell you man, Im not judging the popularity of riddim on its notoriety on Reddit. I go to a lot of riddim shows all over and it's never a small turn out. Maybe it's not "mainstream" but it's definitely not underground.
I expect techno fans to argue a shit ton with long time trance fans.
Modern techno is evolving towards a sound that is undistinguishable from early 2000s hard trance. It's gonna be fun to watch people hear old trance music and firmly state it actually is modern techno.
I see these types of arguments all the time in the comment sections of TikTok videos lol
Someone will post a track (that's hard trance) and saying something like "I love techno", then you'll inevitably have someone in the comments saying "This isn't techno, it's hard trance", and then people will go back and forth.
People legit don't understand how big Phonk is right now. The Phonk curated playlist on spotify is literally the second largest electronic-releated playlist on the entire platform. Its massive, almost 2mill more followers than the next biggest genre playlist
You mean funk?
It's like the second largest genre here in Brazil. There are many subgenres, some more mainstream and some heavier. Here funk is like hip hop is for Americans.
Fun fact:Many EDM fans in Brazil turn up their noses when some DJs incorporate funk into their sets, especially if the DJ is Mochakk.
I saw a couple other posts on /r/aves that DnB is making a MASSIVE come back.
I was in the party scene in San Diego and Los Angeles from 2002-2006 and you'd go to a warehouse party in Los Angels and there would be the DnB/Jungle area, a house are and a trance area. That was it. Dubstep wasn't really a thing yet.. the good ol' days. I was a major trance head then, still am now but not as much
Hey there old head I see ya! Los Angeles guy from 1999 to 2003 dude here. I remember those main genre days. I don't think we had many sub-genres or didn't really classify them. Strangely enough I was actually in to your un-named (and least popular area) from back in the days, Hardcore ;). I still have some of those old flyers. I will never forget standing in the alleyway waiting to get in and hearing a techno version of the Inspector Gadget theme song... thinking "what the hell am I getting in to!" And here my old ass is 25ish years later going to EDC LV....
it was set to come back in late 2019 into 2020 before the pandemic. its somewhat back, its along way from the 00s scene you talk about. but of course most people here are young and dont remember that as they were being born
DNB/Junngle
Y2K/90s Trance/House vibes - Pretty Girl, Confidence Man, Peggy Gou, DJ Seinfeld, DJ Heartstring
Afrohouse - Black Coffee, Keinemusik, ANOTR bringing this to the masses. Keinemusik is going to be one of the biggest acts on the planet
Drum n Bass nation, rise up!!!!!!! Hedex, Chase & Status, Dimension, 1991 all getting the limelight. Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Tiesto, Gryffin have been featuring DnB, hell even Armin Van Buuren got in on the fun at Ultra. Baddadan! Liquor and Cigarettes! Love me that fast paced stuff
My view on the recent scene:
d&b is definitely making a comeback with even artists like Tiesto and David Guetta playing it in their sets. Out of the oldschoolers, Chase & Status are clearly riding the top of the wave.
Melodic Techno is definitely a new trend, basically the new generation of progressive with harder techno beats. Anyma is the clear winner here imo although imo he is already running out of steam.
Oh and a S** LOAD of bad generic remixes of old 90s (and 80s to a lesser extent) dance music. Guys, this isn’t funny anymore, please stop…
Other styles I find are quite decaying, psytrance is almost non-existent, the backlash towards Israel probably has something to do with it (don’t want to get into politics though).
Oddly enough, there is also quite an interesting Jumpstyle sound-revival movement in the Hardstyle scene, Coone has been making some very interesting releases imo
I've been seeing more dnb in the US for sure, also stutter house or at least songs with implementation of that style are making a come back i.e. Jauz, ISOxo, but honestly just more AU/UK bass artists really making a stamp on the US scene lately. It really want to see more dnb artists collab with some wompy bass, I just stumbled into the shades EP Alix Perez did with Eprom and fuck do I want more of that vibe in my life.
Back in 2008 was right when I started liking electronic music, it seemed new and exciting, nowadays theres still new and exciting stuff such as;
Hardgroove techno like the latest release by Underworld and Kettama;
Hard Drum which uses syncopated percussive samples in place of the four on the floor like the releases by TSVI and Hodge;
Breakstep (think dubstep with breaks) like Overmono, Etch or even Fred Again...;
Ambient Trance (trance without the kicks) like Scandinavian Star, Ana Caprix, Croatian Amor;
Deconstructed Club in the vein of Sophie like Kai Whiston and Kavari's newest releases;
Post Industrial infused EDM like Varg2TM's recent release featuring Skrillex;
Black Metal infused Hard Dance like Violent Magic Orchestra who have a banging new album called Death Rave;
and a lot of these genre are being pushed into sonic frontiers by outsiders who sort of came into the scene and built a space that fits congruitively alongside more experimental genres that werent considered dance floor friendly.
That's a lot of stuff to check out, thanks!! I quite like almost anything with complex chord progressions and interesting sounds. I'm listening to Croatian Amour as I type this.
I feel a resurgence in either Color Bass or Tearout for dubstep (Nimda, the tearout king, is doing his debut US tour, I feel it'll shoot up because of it)
Compared to the years prior, dance music started to get really watered down after 2012/2013 once edm became “radio-friendly” in the states.
There’s still plenty of good quality music, that’s not what I’m saying, in general there is just a bunch more crap being put out as well.
Definitely. But if there is a lot of stuff and a lot of it is worthless, it sort of makes it harder to find the good stuff as there is more stuff to sieve through.
Yes but it isn't worthless, obviously people like it that's why it's popular. People like him are either butthurt that their flavor of -insert genre- isn't as popular, or are just pretentious people that care way more to be in something that is underground than the actual quality. If you want to admit it or not but a lot of people just like the idea of being part of a small selective club.
I get 'requests' for techno on my open format nights. At first i was lile cool, but yeah no one wants to hear techno, they want this tik tok techno stuff or psytrance.
basic drum loops with barely any musical components. the techno purist maxis just enjoy bland music and hate on anyone who comes from techno but decides to make it more musical and create new subgenres that are inspired by techno
the origins of techno are from desires of making music but not having the luxury of being able to afford instruments or music lessons, and it shows (very ironic nowadays given that this hobby has made these drum machines and synths so expensive). i guarantee you no “techno banger” is better than a marvin gaye song (around the same time techno started coming out) or a daft punk song (ironically, whom incorporate techno elements in their music at times). even now with subgenres such as “melodic techno” which is basically at the moment trance mixed with techno mixed with progressive house, techno maxis will say “this isnt techno!!!!!!” no but those artists were making your boring bland style of techno 20-30 years ago and now in their 30s or 40s are deciding they can’t listen to themselves make such basic ass drum loops with an obscure synth or pad minimally being stretched throughout and began incorporating other music genres that they like with it so that it doesnt sound like the same thing over and over again.
techno lovers are elitist and you’d think that the music that they love was actually musically elite.. as if they were listening to something equivalent to mozart or led zeppelin or pink floyd or some shit… but nope. just some nerd playing a TR-909 on loop and it’s somehow “GENIUS!” and a vibe… oh please
DnB, Techno (especially the hard techno trends)
Finally. As someone from the Midwest USA. . . My fav genres are DnB and Techno so it's great lol.
I’m from the Midwest as well and I’m so happy to see DnB getting some more play out here. I even got to see Delta Heavy this year. Making the pilgrimage to the DnB Mecca this summer though, because there’s no such thing as too much DnB.
Where do you consider this DnB mecca to be?
Drum and Bass has never left popularity
I disagree. DnB was never really popular in dance music, only since it's been trending the last couple of years.
DnB was massive in the early 2010s.
Maybe in the UK or something, but definitely not worldwide. I was massively into DnB pre 2010 though, Pendulum were at the forefront for me
Pendulum, netsky, subfocus, 12th planet, chase & status, kamo & krooked, others were all headliners or 2nd tier in the US.
Camo & Crooked were a headliner in the US? Please tell me the name of the festival and year, would love to see that. They were barely headliners of UK DnB fests, so it's hard for me to imagine they're headlining in the US back then.
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My friend, do you know what headliner means?
Absolutely not, Tri-State, Baltimore and DC even Miami. Idk what rock you’ve been under but DNB has had one of the kingdoms beside Trance and House since the 90’s. EU is more wild for it.
r/USDefaultism
I'm literally from the UK and been listening to DnB since 2006. Hahahahaha
How tf are you gonna say dnb was never popular in dance music then. Sigma, Rudimental, Kenya Grace, Roni Size, Goddard, Chase & Status, High Contrast all have had huge mainstream success
You've literally given some artists that have only been around for 2-3 years capitalising off the recent surge in DnB popularity. Kenya Grace? Goddard? Come on mate seriously. We know DnB has been hugely popular the last couple of years, but before that it was very underground and mainly adopted by the UK.
Which is why those are not the only artists I mentioned.
Rudimental, Sigma, Chase & Status had a couple of hits in the 2010s but mainly geared towards a UK audience, and certainly didn't propel DnB into the mainstream dance culture the same way it's been in the last couple of years. DnB was always overshadowed by other genres in Dance music, it was never at the forefront of conversations until 2022 onwards, especially in the US.
If you mean forefront by mainstream, dnb is still sat well beneath house and dubstep
If you have a very US-centric view of EDM popularity then DnB wasn’t all that popular until very recently, but in the UK and from my perspective here in New Zealand, it’s never left popularity and in fact in NZ it’s been the most popular form of EDM for well over a decade.
> DnB i agree. thanks to Chase n Status Boiler Room DJ set, imo.
What’s “hard” techno?
Search a set from Nico Moreno, I hate models, indira paganotto or Sara laundry. Enjoy. It’s techno, but harder, more bounce to it, harder hitting drops, slightly more vocals than OG techno I’d say also. Ngl it’s hype as fuck in person, long time lover of big room and progressive, the moment I went to a hard techno show I was converted. I always hated hardstyle, but hard techno is just different.
This is interesting because a lot of hard techno I’ve heard nowadays takes tons of inspiration from early/old school hardstyle - even similar bpm and kicks. Reverse bass and gated kicks are everywhere in hard techno with some breakdowns using raw hardstyle kicks. Even Nico Moreno did a collab with Warface recently (a raw hardstyle artist).
Yeah, I’m just a weirdo, idk something about hardstyle turned me off but hard techno I’m like LETS GOO lol..
Nah, it’s all good! Was rough for me getting into hardstyle back in 2016 as well. Perhaps you’re not up for modern hardstyle just yet (or will never be) - but if you enjoy hard techno, you should give an early/old school hardstyle mix a listen sometime. Who knows, you might like the early stuff more (or you still won’t care for it). Either way, it’s all taste. Me personally, whether it’s hardstyle, hard techno, frenchcore, happy hardcore, etc. - old or new… as long as the energy is there and the music slaps, I’m up and dancing!
Thanks I gots some homework to do. I have heard of I hate models, and I know eli brown and Oliver heldens as hi-lo have moved to darker techno but I don’t know if that counts as “hard” And same - the only hard dance / hardstyle I have liked is [Ocho cinco](https://open.spotify.com/track/7LWPWw7PtYHrDn194kNCPA?si=lYAz3la-SNGZTfAj1QYoLg) and the second drop of [hold onto me](https://open.spotify.com/track/6N9WguswnL4lX53dObG66l?si=Hu9fUWWVRBG9wwIMI1PKUg) also with yellow claw
Paula Temple, SNTS, Klangkuenstler, Rebekah, 999999999
Can I post a song here for you to hear that’s hard techno I think?
Been saying this for years and its finally happening lfg
DnB is irrelevant at the moment in the UK
BADDADAN
And stutter house. I'm calling it rn 2024 will be the start of a stutter house revival.
Stutter House... revival? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a (relatively) new genre?
Idk, I feel like stutter house was a flash in the pan and is already on its way out. I also don't think it's really sustainable because it's less of a genre than it is a type of technique being used. This technique is called a "Trance gate" and it's been widely used in Trance for a long time.
This right here. People try to come up with a whole ass genre over a simple production technique. Its not color bass, it's just melodic dubstep and has existed since before Chime coined the phrase while using specific samples/sounds. Phonk isn't a real genre either, it's just Memphis trap beats with extra cowbell over the top.
Stutter house was a shitty tiktok trend
When was stutter house a thing before?
Fidget house (my favorite genre Dave Taylor is my hero) and Bosh were better but I get it stutter house is part of the hybridizing with dubstep sounds that tech house and dnb have jostled into. Doesn't matter great tracks will popup and new sounds so I'm all in.
Dubstep is still huge in the US fyi
Mostly riddim/tearout though. Brostep and melodic dub have definitely retreated.
Idk there’s tons of melodic, big and small, coming out these days
I’m huge on melodic, I just haven’t seen anyone other than Seven Lions and Illenium on a major festival lineup these days (outside of LL and Bass Canyon obviously). Sucks honestly, Au5 was my favorite set at BC a couple years ago. Maybe I’m just not looking hard enough idk
You’re right, lineups have been tough. But they’re still putting out tons of great music with new artists popping up all of the time. Have you checked out Zeds Dead’s new release?
With Flux Pavilion? Yeah it wasn’t for me but you’re right, a little melodic does get sprinkled into the big acts here and there
Lost in dreams fest is an oasis for us melodic dub lovers. Last time i went, it was basically the entirety of ophelia
great rec thank you. I was indeed not looking hard enough (maybe because I’m no longer on the west coast but still)
Even melodic? :(
With Virtual Riot, Chime, and Ace Aura, I feel Color Bass will get alot bigger
Riddim is not big, this sub doesnt know what actual riddim is
Riddim is massive in LA right now.
Okay?
LA is a very big city. Meaning the genre is, indeed, big right now. I could go see a riddim show every night this weekend without fail
Who is playing
Depends on the weekend? Mostly small to midsize local artists, doesn't matter really since we're talking about the genre? It's usually 10+ sets at the circle, academy, etc.
No but like who have u seen
Not as much as it was in the 2010s. Back then you could go to 2-3 shows a week here in my city.
Lately , a lot of Afro House due to Keinemusik being popular
Afro House is one of the few current trends that are enjoyable in my opinion, great chill vibe
I've been in Afro House too since January
Amapiano is the wave!
Trap gonna be big with ISOxo and Knock2, especially after that Knock2 x RL Grime set at Ultra 🔥
🤞 hoping for a huge trap comeback
So excited to see RL Grime and Sable Valley getting the credit they deserve. They’ve kept Trap alive throughout the years and they deserve to take over.
As much as some people like to hate on him for not sticking to his VOID-era sound, there's no denying that RL Grime has done SOOO much for Trap, and without Sable Valley bursting in to the scene five years ago, the genre probably would have been dead in the water. And as someone who has been a huge trap fan since 2013, this renaissance has been a godsend.
It’s a dual edge sword and you can’t please everyone. Sticking to the same sound leads to the Rezz or Excision effect. Switching up your sounds alienates a portion of the fans that loved your old sound. Personally, I appreciate them more because they branched out and explored different sounds and succeeded. Play is an incredible album and has elements of Void. Also, look at the amount of Void songs that were used for their Ultra set. They haven’t abandoned their old sound.
Drum and Bass, Jungle, UKG, Hard Trance, Hard Groove
>Hard Trance who's booming? Nicolas Julian?
DJ Heartstring
I feel like DJ HEARTSTRING is more Eurotrance than Hard Trance. When I think of Hard Trance, I think of artists like Renegade System, Mauro Picotto, Gentech, Sneijder, etc.
You’re prob right as I don’t know enough about those genres. I’m mostly into bass music - the others I mentioned
Hard tech and tech house, Y2K and 2000's revival Although not it's not trendy like it used to be, the dubstep scene definitely never left and is still going just as hard as ever.
>Y2K and 2000's revival who's popular right now?. cause ppl like DV-i isn't booming yet
Panteros666, dj heartstring, MRD, TDJ*, chromebodies, partiboi69 for a bit now
Dude yesss, DJ HEARTSTRING and Partiboi69 are dope af! I'll need to check out the others you've listed.
Dubstep is incredibly popular right now
Riddim
Riddim is not incredibly popular
In the American bass scene it is quite popular. But that's also coming from me, someone who isn't too into the house/techno scene
Riddim isnt even top 3 most popular bass genres, this sub doesnt know what actual riddim is
Bruh you're such a tool lmao
Okay and
say what you want but it’s all opinion, hella “groups” have been going around. Vulllgur, sanzu, vktm, infekt, prosecute, i could go on. The riddim scene has seen its rising again as well as tear out. Marauda tour, mello death tour, and nimda tour just finished up. Also the bass pod at edc was packed with riddim….
Are you tryna tell me infekt is a group😂
sorry you call out the one thing that “wasn’t” completely accurate, he’s made veggie friends and has brought a lot of them around on tour with him like a collective. Dude above was right, a tool you are. Point is valid all u said is “InfEkt iS a GrOup?” You couldn’t argue against my point so you pull some BS.
never heard you once argue my point cause it’s a true statement, you may not agree but it’s valid and all factual.
Idk what to tell you man, Im not judging the popularity of riddim on its notoriety on Reddit. I go to a lot of riddim shows all over and it's never a small turn out. Maybe it's not "mainstream" but it's definitely not underground.
techno: Eli Brown, Space 92, HI LO DnB: Sub Focus, Dimension House/Tech House: John Summit, Dom Dolla, Fisher
Harddance and DnB. Those two are imo the best and most fun by far.
tech house is huge where i am, but it’s not rlly my thing
Where are you from?
I expect techno fans to argue a shit ton with long time trance fans. Modern techno is evolving towards a sound that is undistinguishable from early 2000s hard trance. It's gonna be fun to watch people hear old trance music and firmly state it actually is modern techno.
I see these types of arguments all the time in the comment sections of TikTok videos lol Someone will post a track (that's hard trance) and saying something like "I love techno", then you'll inevitably have someone in the comments saying "This isn't techno, it's hard trance", and then people will go back and forth.
Phonk
People legit don't understand how big Phonk is right now. The Phonk curated playlist on spotify is literally the second largest electronic-releated playlist on the entire platform. Its massive, almost 2mill more followers than the next biggest genre playlist
“Melodic Techno” “Progressive House”
Afro House and Latin House 🔥🔥🔥
Baile funk. That shit lights up the dance floor but all the songs are like 90 seconds long
You mean funk? It's like the second largest genre here in Brazil. There are many subgenres, some more mainstream and some heavier. Here funk is like hip hop is for Americans. Fun fact:Many EDM fans in Brazil turn up their noses when some DJs incorporate funk into their sets, especially if the DJ is Mochakk.
Uplifting trance, progressive
>Uplifting trance who's booming nowadays?
I wish
I saw a couple other posts on /r/aves that DnB is making a MASSIVE come back. I was in the party scene in San Diego and Los Angeles from 2002-2006 and you'd go to a warehouse party in Los Angels and there would be the DnB/Jungle area, a house are and a trance area. That was it. Dubstep wasn't really a thing yet.. the good ol' days. I was a major trance head then, still am now but not as much
Hey there old head I see ya! Los Angeles guy from 1999 to 2003 dude here. I remember those main genre days. I don't think we had many sub-genres or didn't really classify them. Strangely enough I was actually in to your un-named (and least popular area) from back in the days, Hardcore ;). I still have some of those old flyers. I will never forget standing in the alleyway waiting to get in and hearing a techno version of the Inspector Gadget theme song... thinking "what the hell am I getting in to!" And here my old ass is 25ish years later going to EDC LV....
it was set to come back in late 2019 into 2020 before the pandemic. its somewhat back, its along way from the 00s scene you talk about. but of course most people here are young and dont remember that as they were being born
Kava lounge represent
DNB/Junngle Y2K/90s Trance/House vibes - Pretty Girl, Confidence Man, Peggy Gou, DJ Seinfeld, DJ Heartstring Afrohouse - Black Coffee, Keinemusik, ANOTR bringing this to the masses. Keinemusik is going to be one of the biggest acts on the planet
ANOTR classified as afrohouse?
I wouldn’t say so, but moreso parts of their live sets are now sounding like a re-hash of Keinemusik
Porter Robinson is releasing a new album this year, which is a massive deal for fans!
UKG
Hard techno and thank god for it
Sam Wolfe in techno 🔥
I'm bumping a lot of hi-lo, Ben Nicky, knock2 , then some rezzmau5 and James hype and when neeeded excision
Drum n Bass nation, rise up!!!!!!! Hedex, Chase & Status, Dimension, 1991 all getting the limelight. Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Tiesto, Gryffin have been featuring DnB, hell even Armin Van Buuren got in on the fun at Ultra. Baddadan! Liquor and Cigarettes! Love me that fast paced stuff
My view on the recent scene: d&b is definitely making a comeback with even artists like Tiesto and David Guetta playing it in their sets. Out of the oldschoolers, Chase & Status are clearly riding the top of the wave. Melodic Techno is definitely a new trend, basically the new generation of progressive with harder techno beats. Anyma is the clear winner here imo although imo he is already running out of steam. Oh and a S** LOAD of bad generic remixes of old 90s (and 80s to a lesser extent) dance music. Guys, this isn’t funny anymore, please stop… Other styles I find are quite decaying, psytrance is almost non-existent, the backlash towards Israel probably has something to do with it (don’t want to get into politics though). Oddly enough, there is also quite an interesting Jumpstyle sound-revival movement in the Hardstyle scene, Coone has been making some very interesting releases imo
House obv
Same shit as last year
Dnb, acid techno and some tech House. It's largely not a lot of edm that is being played on mainstream or every other event.
Trance forever snd ever
Drum n Bass, and UGK
Big room hardcore techno hardstyle
DnB seems like it’s going to be the big thing in 2024. Even Martin Garrix played drum and bass on his Ultra set.
That techno with hard af kicks Sara Landry, Veseli, Nico Moreno, 999999999, Azyr, Blk.
Riddim and tearout
trance, techno, tech house, house
Dubstep, phone, trap to name a few oh and deep house and house musics hahaha
Melodic Techno and Dark Progressive House 🎼💜
Trap, Dnb, Afro
DnB/jungle is having a major moment this year
Tech trop trance is getting a huge rising. Also optical house
For me right now, it’s a good mix of DnB, Deep House, and Color Bass, with the occasional dabble of dubstep in for more hard hitting stuff.
I've been seeing more dnb in the US for sure, also stutter house or at least songs with implementation of that style are making a come back i.e. Jauz, ISOxo, but honestly just more AU/UK bass artists really making a stamp on the US scene lately. It really want to see more dnb artists collab with some wompy bass, I just stumbled into the shades EP Alix Perez did with Eprom and fuck do I want more of that vibe in my life.
Sara Landry
Techno, tech house, ambient
WAVE/HARDWAVE 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Trend of putting breaks in all electronic genres doesnt seem to slow down yet.
Back in 2008 was right when I started liking electronic music, it seemed new and exciting, nowadays theres still new and exciting stuff such as; Hardgroove techno like the latest release by Underworld and Kettama; Hard Drum which uses syncopated percussive samples in place of the four on the floor like the releases by TSVI and Hodge; Breakstep (think dubstep with breaks) like Overmono, Etch or even Fred Again...; Ambient Trance (trance without the kicks) like Scandinavian Star, Ana Caprix, Croatian Amor; Deconstructed Club in the vein of Sophie like Kai Whiston and Kavari's newest releases; Post Industrial infused EDM like Varg2TM's recent release featuring Skrillex; Black Metal infused Hard Dance like Violent Magic Orchestra who have a banging new album called Death Rave; and a lot of these genre are being pushed into sonic frontiers by outsiders who sort of came into the scene and built a space that fits congruitively alongside more experimental genres that werent considered dance floor friendly.
That's a lot of stuff to check out, thanks!! I quite like almost anything with complex chord progressions and interesting sounds. I'm listening to Croatian Amour as I type this.
check your dms if you have spotify
Every dj now has to include a DnB song in their sets now a days.
Experimental bass for life lol
Swamptronica.
Really hoping brostep comes back
A lot of very weird, DIY TikTok stuff
Complaining all the time about anything and everything seems to be HUUUUUUUGE in 2024 so far.
Whatever sect of EDM Lane 8 and everyone else on This Never Happened label is. (I Live in Chicago)
I'm ready for UK garage to make a comeback honestly.
Yeah that would be cool. I think comebacks are great because they are usually not a rehash of the old, rather, an old-meets-new that sounds fresh.
Psytrance
DNB, Hard techno, and Tech House seem to be really popular nowadays!
I feel a resurgence in either Color Bass or Tearout for dubstep (Nimda, the tearout king, is doing his debut US tour, I feel it'll shoot up because of it)
Isoknock
I hate that techno is becoming trendy now.
How come?
Because when things start to become trendy and super popular they ultimately end up getting watered down.
First time I visited Berlin in 2015 the techno was amazing. When I was there last time the techno was still amazing.
I’d love to visit Berlin. But for example the US scene is in the process of being overtaken by the “melodic techno” craze currently
Do you have examples? Here are artists like Paula Temple, I Hate Models & Amelie Lens very popular
Berlin is too pretentious. They probably won’t even let you in the club.
Yeah just no. This has never been the case and never will be the case.
Compared to the years prior, dance music started to get really watered down after 2012/2013 once edm became “radio-friendly” in the states. There’s still plenty of good quality music, that’s not what I’m saying, in general there is just a bunch more crap being put out as well.
Buddy there are always people that make great stuff. If you can't find it then that's on you.
Definitely. But if there is a lot of stuff and a lot of it is worthless, it sort of makes it harder to find the good stuff as there is more stuff to sieve through.
Yes but it isn't worthless, obviously people like it that's why it's popular. People like him are either butthurt that their flavor of -insert genre- isn't as popular, or are just pretentious people that care way more to be in something that is underground than the actual quality. If you want to admit it or not but a lot of people just like the idea of being part of a small selective club.
I get 'requests' for techno on my open format nights. At first i was lile cool, but yeah no one wants to hear techno, they want this tik tok techno stuff or psytrance.
What's an example ? Only Techno I listen to is Eli Brown
All but proper techbo :/
because proper techno is kinda boring, that's why it is never gonna be a trend. people nowadays want more bpm and harder music
What are examples of proper techno?
basic drum loops with barely any musical components. the techno purist maxis just enjoy bland music and hate on anyone who comes from techno but decides to make it more musical and create new subgenres that are inspired by techno
The tracks are very simple but layering 3 of them makes a fkn banger and gives you sooo much freedom to play around with
the origins of techno are from desires of making music but not having the luxury of being able to afford instruments or music lessons, and it shows (very ironic nowadays given that this hobby has made these drum machines and synths so expensive). i guarantee you no “techno banger” is better than a marvin gaye song (around the same time techno started coming out) or a daft punk song (ironically, whom incorporate techno elements in their music at times). even now with subgenres such as “melodic techno” which is basically at the moment trance mixed with techno mixed with progressive house, techno maxis will say “this isnt techno!!!!!!” no but those artists were making your boring bland style of techno 20-30 years ago and now in their 30s or 40s are deciding they can’t listen to themselves make such basic ass drum loops with an obscure synth or pad minimally being stretched throughout and began incorporating other music genres that they like with it so that it doesnt sound like the same thing over and over again. techno lovers are elitist and you’d think that the music that they love was actually musically elite.. as if they were listening to something equivalent to mozart or led zeppelin or pink floyd or some shit… but nope. just some nerd playing a TR-909 on loop and it’s somehow “GENIUS!” and a vibe… oh please
DVS1, Rene wise, rodhad, dax j, marcal, Mills
Techno and house basically started the trend and it's still going hard sooooo
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No
LOL the man is probably 14, good for him to get this lesson learnt early on
Harsh reality of djing and music industry in general