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By the end of the 1990s, a number of post-techno [136] underground styles had emerged, including ghettotech (a style that combines some of the aesthetics of techno with hip-hop and house music), nortec, glitch, digital hardcore, electroclash [1] and so-called no-beat techno. [137]
Acid techno, sometimes known generally as "acid", is a genre of techno that was derived from acid house and developed in Europe in the late 1980s to early 1990s. It saw younger artists apply the "squelching" synthesizer sound of Chicago acid house to harder-edged techno material.
Countries such as Germany and Belgium, however, developed harder, darker styles of music, namely gabber, hard trance and techno. Trance emerged in the early 1990s and by the end of the decade had penetrated most of Europe, with artists such as ATB, Ferry Corsten, WestBam and Paul Van Dyk gaining huge commercial and underground success. European ...
Asian underground: 1997 United Kingdom Broken beat: 1997 United Kingdom (London) 2-step garage: Late 1990s United Kingdom (London) Electroclash: Late 1990s United States (New York City & Detroit), Germany, Netherlands Jersey club: Late 1990s United States (New Jersey) Juke: Late 1990s United States (Chicago) Uplifting trance: Late 1990s Germany ...
Gabber, also known as gabba, early hardcore and Rotterdam hardcore is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. [4] [5] It was derived from acid house, techno and new beat in the early 1990s. [citation needed] The musical style is described as "a relentless mix of superfast BPMs, distorted kickdrums, and roared vocals". [6]
Detroit techno is a type of techno music that generally includes the first techno productions by Detroit-based artists during the 1980s and early 1990s. Prominent Detroit techno artists include Juan Atkins , Eddie Fowlkes , Derrick May , Jeff Mills , Kevin Saunderson , Blake Baxter , Drexciya , Mike Banks , James Pennington and Robert Hood .
Alternative dance (also known as indie dance [4] or underground dance in the United States [5]) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music. Although largely confined to the British Isles , it has gained American and worldwide exposure through acts such as New Order in the 1980s and the Prodigy and in the 1990s.
Originally a slow form of electronic dance music, Belgian new beat evolved into a native form of hardcore techno during the early 1990s with the introduction of techno records played at their intended speeds or slightly accelerated. [10] This brutal new hardcore style spread throughout Europe's rave circuit and reached the pop charts. [11]