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- 2-Step♡
130–140 BPM · Mid-1990s
A skippy, syncopated strand of UK garage from the late 1990s that ditched four-on-the-floor kicks for broken, off-kilter rhythms and R&B-inflected vocals.
- Acid House♡
120–130 BPM · Mid-1980s⚙ Roland TB-303
Chicago house built around the squelchy, resonant Roland TB-303 bassline that gave the genre -- and the late-1980s UK rave scene it fueled -- its name.
- Acid Techno♡
130–145 BPM · Late 1980s⚙ Roland TB-303
Techno fused with the raw, squelching 303 acid sound, favoring a harder, more relentless edge than acid house's dancefloor roots.
- Acid Trance♡
130–145 BPM · Early 1990s
Trance built on driving acid basslines, blending the genre's uplifting melodic sweep with the gritty texture of the 303.
- Afro House♡
118–124 BPM · Early 2010s
House music layered with African percussion, rhythms, and vocal traditions, particularly popular across South African and broader African club scenes.
- Aggrotech / Dark Electro♡
130–145 BPM · Early 2000s⚙ Distorted vocal processors, Roland TR-909/TR-8, four-on-the-floor kick with rhythmic noise layers
An aggressive, dancefloor-driven strain of electro-industrial defined by distorted vocals, harsh rhythmic noise, and confrontational themes.
- Algorave♡
120–140 BPM · Early 2010s
Live-coded electronic music performed by programmers writing and modifying algorithms in real time, projected alongside the resulting sound and visuals.
- Amapiano♡
110–115 BPM · 2010s⚙ Software "log drum" (FM sine bass), jazzy piano chords, deep lounge pads
A South African house hybrid built on deep, jazzy piano lines, log-drum bass, and a laid-back, mid-tempo groove -- also draws directly on Kwaito and South African jazz.
- Ambient (Pure)♡
60–90 BPM · Early 1970s⚙ Roland Space Echo (tape delay)
- Ambient House♡
90–120 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Akai S1000 sampler (texture collage), analog tape delay/reverb
A gentler, atmosphere-first strain of house that traded peak-time energy for lush pads and a chilled, late-night tempo.
- Ambient Techno♡
100–130 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Analog pads (Juno/Jupiter), dub delay, minimal 4/4 kick
Techno stripped of its dancefloor urgency in favor of hypnotic, textural loops and deep, immersive atmosphere.
- Atmospheric D&B♡
160–176 BPM · Mid-1990s
Drum and bass that emphasizes lush pads, cinematic textures, and emotional atmosphere over the genre's more aggressive rhythmic attack.
- Baile Funk (Funk Carioca)♡
130–140 BPM · Late 1980s⚙ Roland TR-808
A Rio de Janeiro club sound built on stripped-down, bass-heavy drum-machine rhythms descended from Miami Bass, fused with Brazilian Freestyle and samba rhythm.
- Balearic Trance♡
128–138 BPM · Early 1990s
A sun-soaked, melodic strand of trance shaped by Ibiza's laid-back Balearic scene, favoring warmth and song-like structure over pure peak-time intensity.
- Bass House♡
124–128 BPM · Early 2010s
House built around heavy, growling basslines and UK bass-music energy, bridging house's groove with the aggression of dubstep and garage.
- Bassline♡
130–140 BPM · Early 2000s⚙ Korg MS2000 / Access Virus (wobbling "bassline" synth patch)
A UK garage offshoot centered on deep, wobbling sub-bass and 4/4 rhythms, closely associated with Sheffield's and the North of England's club scenes.
- Batida / Kuduro♡
130–145 BPM · Late 1990s
An Angolan-rooted electronic sound built on fast, percussive rhythms fusing Afro House and Techno production with the traditional Angolan Kuduro dance style, not yet catalogued here as its own genre.
- Berlin School♡
90–130 BPM · Early 1970s⚙ Moog/ARP modular synthesizers
Long-form, sequencer-driven electronic music pioneered in 1970s Germany, built on pulsing arpeggios and slowly evolving synthesizer textures.
- Big Beat♡
120–140 BPM · Mid-1990s⚙ E-mu SP-1200, Roland TB-303, distorted electric basslines
A breakbeat-driven, riff-heavy genre that broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, pairing chunky drum breaks with rock and hip-hop attitude.
- Braindance♡
90–160 BPM · Mid-1990s
An arch, self-aware label for intricate, IDM-adjacent electronic music, popularized by the Rephlex label as a wink at genre categorization itself.
- Breakbeat Hardcore♡
120–150 BPM · Late 1980s⚙ Akai S950 / Amen Break
The frenetic, sample-heavy sound of the early UK rave scene, fusing breakbeats, hoover stabs, and pitched-up vocals -- the direct ancestor of jungle and drum & bass.
- Breakcore♡
160–200 BPM · Mid-1990s
An extreme, chaotic fusion of breakbeat and hardcore, splicing hyper-fast, glitched-out drum edits with noise, gabber, and ragga influences.
- Broken Beat♡
100–120 BPM · Late 1990s
A London-born fusion of jazz, funk, and house built on syncopated, off-kilter drum programming, closely tied to the early-2000s West London scene.
- Brostep♡
138–145 BPM · Late 2000s
An aggressive, mid-2000s American variant of dubstep defined by distorted, mid-range bass drops rather than the genre's original sub-bass minimalism.
- Chicago House♡
118–125 BPM · Early 1980s⚙ Roland TR-909
The original house sound, born in early-1980s Chicago clubs from stripped-down disco edits and drum-machine grooves -- the foundation the entire genre is named for.
- Chillout / Balearic Beat♡
80–110 BPM · Early 1990s
Relaxed, melodic electronic music designed for winding down, often played in club chill-out rooms as a counterpoint to peak-time sets.
- Chillsynth / Dreamwave♡
90–110 BPM · Mid-2010s
A mellow, downtempo branch of synthwave built for relaxed listening rather than the genre's usual driving, retro-action energy.
- Classic Electro (808 / Machine Funk)♡
110–130 BPM · Early 1980s⚙ Roland TR-808
- Colour Bass♡
140–150 BPM · Late 2010s
A melodic, sound-design-forward strand of bass music that pairs dubstep-style low end with bright, emotive synth melodies.
- Cumbia Digital♡
90–105 BPM · 2000s
- Dark Ambient / Drone♡
40–80 BPM · Late 1970s
Ambient music built from unsettling drones, field recordings, and minimal tonal material to evoke dread or isolation rather than calm.
- Dark Psytrance / Forest Psy♡
145–155 BPM · Late 1990s
A harder, more menacing branch of psytrance, favoring faster tempos and twisted, discordant sound design over the genre's brighter psychedelic side.
- Darkstep♡
170–180 BPM · Late 1990s
A moody, horror-inflected strand of drum and bass built on ominous basslines and unsettling atmosphere rather than liquid warmth.
- Deathstep♡
140–150 BPM · Early 2010s
An extreme, horror-themed strand of dubstep built on crushing bass distortion and cinematic dread.
- Deconstructed Club♡
130–150 BPM · Mid-2010s
An experimental club sound that fractures Grime and Industrial / EBM production into abrasive, off-kilter rhythms, closely tied to Ballroom/Vogue culture.
- Deep House♡
118–124 BPM · Mid-1980s⚙ Roland Juno-106, Rhodes electric piano, Korg M1, vinyl sampling
A smoother, soulful strain of house built on jazzy chords, warm basslines, and a laid-back groove, rooted in Chicago's earliest house scene.
- Detroit Electro♡
125–135 BPM · Early 1980s⚙ Roland TR-808, E-mu SP-1200, vocoder, deep analog sub-bass
A Detroit-specific strain of electro distinct from the city's later techno scene, built on the Cybotron/Model 500 lineage and carried forward by Drexciya and Aux 88 -- deep 808 sub-bass, vocoded/robotic vocals, and an Afrofuturist, sci-fi aesthetic.
- Detroit Techno♡
120–135 BPM · Mid-1980s⚙ Roland TR-909
The founding sound of techno, born in 1980s Detroit from a fusion of Kraftwerk-inspired electronics, funk, and Motown's machine-soul lineage.
- Digital Hardcore♡
180–250 BPM · Early 1990s
A confrontational fusion of breakcore, punk, and industrial noise, pioneered by the Digital Hardcore Recordings label in 1990s Berlin.
- Disco House♡
120–126 BPM · Mid-1990s⚙ Vinyl disco sample loops, filter-sweep edits, live strings/horns
House built directly on disco's string-laden grooves and sampled basslines, reviving the genre's four-on-the-floor swing for the club era.
- Diva House♡
120–128 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Gospel-trained belting vocals, Roland Juno pads, piano stabs
A vocal-forward, anthemic strain of house built around powerhouse, gospel-inflected singing, popular on 1990s mainstream dancefloors.
- Donk / Bounce (Scouse House)♡
140–150 BPM · Mid-2000s
- Drill and Bass♡
160–200 BPM · Mid-1990s
A frantic, breakbeat-driven IDM style built on chopped, impossibly fast drum programming, pioneered by artists like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.
- Drum and Bass♡
165–180 BPM · Mid-1990s
Fast, breakbeat-driven electronic music built around heavy sub-bass and rapid-fire percussion, evolved directly out of the early-90s jungle scene.
- Drum and Bass (Classic)♡
160–175 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Akai S950 / Amen Break
- Drumfunk♡
160–174 BPM · Early 2000s
A technical, breakbeat-science-focused strain of drum and bass built on intricate, funk-inspired drum editing rather than heavy bass or melody.
- Dub Techno♡
115–130 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Roland Space Echo (RE-201), Sequential Prophet-5, tape saturation
Techno filtered through dub reggae's spacious echo and reverb techniques, built on minimal, hazy chord stabs and deep low end.
- Dubstep♡
138–142 BPM · Early 2000s
A dark, sub-bass-heavy genre that emerged from early-2000s South London, built on spacious half-step rhythms and cavernous low end. Also carries a direct lineage from Jamaican dub and sound-system culture.
- Early Hardcore / Gabber♡
150–200 BPM · Early 1990s
An extremely fast, distorted strain of hardcore techno born in early-1990s Rotterdam, defined by its overdriven kick drums.
- EBM♡
120–135 BPM · Early 1980s
Electronic Body Music -- a pounding, sequencer-driven genre born in early-1980s Belgium and Germany that fused industrial aggression with dancefloor rhythm.
- Electro House♡
125–130 BPM · Mid-2000s⚙ Distorted analog-style synth stabs, sidechain-heavy production
House music charged with electro's punchy, distorted basslines and harder synth stabs, a mid-2000s fusion that pushed house toward festival-scale energy.
- Electro-Funk♡
100–120 BPM · Late 1970s⚙ Roland TR-808
A funk-infused strain of electro built on syncopated drum-machine grooves and slap-bass-style synth lines, a direct bridge from 1980s funk to hip-hop's electronic turn.
- Electro-Industrial♡
120–140 BPM · Mid-1980s
A harsher, dancefloor-focused strain of industrial built on distorted electro rhythms and aggressive, mechanized textures.
- Electroclash♡
120–130 BPM · Late 1990s
A campy, fashion-conscious fusion of electro, new wave, and punk attitude that flared up in early-2000s New York and Berlin clubs.
- Euro-Disco♡
110–130 BPM · Late 1970s
The glossy, synthesizer-driven European strain of disco that dominated 1970s and 80s continental dancefloors and radio.
- Florida Breaks♡
130–140 BPM · Mid-1990s
A bright, bass-heavy strain of breakbeat that emerged from Florida's early rave scene, closely linked to the region's Miami bass lineage.
- Footwork / Juke♡
155–165 BPM · Late 1990s⚙ Roland TR-808
- Footwork Jungle♡
155–168 BPM · Early 2010s
A hybrid style splicing Chicago footwork's rapid-fire drum programming into jungle's breakbeat-and-bass framework.
- French House♡
120–128 BPM · Late 1990s⚙ Bitcrushed/filtered disco samples, vocoder, Roland TR-909
A filtered-disco-sampling strain of house that defined late-1990s French dance music, popularized by acts like Daft Punk and Cassius.
- Frenchcore♡
180–250 BPM · Early 2000s
A melodic, high-tempo strain of hardcore techno that emerged from France's hard dance scene, distinct from Dutch hardcore's harsher edge.
- Full-On♡
145–155 BPM · Early 2000s
A bright, relentlessly energetic strain of psytrance built for continuous, full-throttle dancefloor momentum.
- Funky House♡
120–126 BPM · Early 2000s
An upbeat, groove-forward strain of house built on funk and soul samples, popular in UK clubs through the 2000s.
- Future Bass♡
130–160 BPM · Early 2010s
A melodic, synth-heavy strain of bass music built on pitched vocal chops and glossy, emotive drops, popularized in the mid-2010s.
- Future Garage♡
130–140 BPM · Late 2000s
A hazy, atmospheric evolution of 2-step and dubstep, built on skittering garage rhythms and ambient, downtempo textures.
- Future House♡
120–128 BPM · Mid-2010s⚙ Serum/Spire wavetable bass, pitched vocal chops
A bouncy, bass-forward strain of house built on pitched, filtered bass stabs and a punchier, more electronic edge than deep house.
- Garage House♡
118–124 BPM · Late 1980s
A soulful, vocal-driven strain of house descended from New York's Paradise Garage club, emphasizing warmth and gospel-tinged musicality.
- Ghetto House♡
130–135 BPM · Late 1980s⚙ Roland TR-808
A raw, sexually explicit, drum-machine-driven strain of Chicago house built for stripped-down, bass-heavy dancefloors, a direct precursor to juke and footwork.
- Ghettotech♡
140–160 BPM · Mid-1990s
A hybrid style blending electro, Miami bass, and Detroit techno into a raw, drum-machine-driven club sound.
- Glitch♡
80–140 BPM · Mid-1990s
Experimental electronic music built from digital artifacts -- clicks, skips, and processing errors -- turned into deliberate rhythmic and textural material.
- Goa Trance♡
140–150 BPM · Late 1980s⚙ Roland TB-303 (acid bass), morphing psychedelic synth arps
The psychedelic, hypnotic trance style born from 1990s parties on Goa's beaches, built on driving basslines and swirling, acid-inflected leads -- the direct ancestor of psytrance.
- Gqom♡
120–128 BPM · Early 2010s
A raw, minimalist club sound from Durban built on stripped-back, percussive rhythms and dark, tribal-house-adjacent textures, with roots in Kwaito.
- Grime♡
130–140 BPM · Early 2000s⚙ FL Studio/Cubase software synths, sub-bass 8-bar riddims, MC vocal chant
A fast, MC-driven UK genre built on stark, syncopated 8-bit-style beats, emerging from 2-step and UK garage in early-2000s East London.
- Halftime D&B♡
170–176 BPM · 2010s
- Happy Hardcore♡
160–180 BPM · Early 1990s
An upbeat, melodic strain of hardcore techno built on euphoric synth stabs, pitched-up vocals, and a relentlessly fast, cheerful tempo.
- Hard Techno♡
140–155 BPM · Mid-1990s
A faster, more aggressive strain of techno built on pounding kicks and relentless, industrial-tinged intensity.
- Hard Trance♡
145–155 BPM · Mid-1990s
A driving, kick-forward strain of trance that pushes tempo and aggression higher than the genre's more melodic mainstream side.
- Hardgroove♡
130–138 BPM · Late 1990s
A driving, percussion-forward techno style fusing Detroit Techno's machine-funk with Tribal House's polyrhythmic energy.
- Hardstyle♡
150–160 BPM · Late 1990s
A hard dance genre built on distorted, reverse-bass kick drums and euphoric melodic buildups, born from a fusion of hardcore techno and trance.
- Hyperpop♡
130–160 BPM · Late 2010s
A maximalist, internet-native genre built on hyper-processed vocals, glossy synths, and exaggerated pop hooks pushed to their extremes.
- Hypnotic / Raw Techno♡
135–150 BPM · 2010s
- IDM (Intelligent Dance Music)♡
90–160 BPM · Late 1980s
Intelligent Dance Music and its wider experimental orbit -- electronic music built for close listening as much as dancing, favoring intricate programming and unconventional sound design.
- Illbient♡
70–100 BPM · Mid-1990s
A murky, sample-collaged strain of ambient music that emerged from 1990s New York, blending dub, hip-hop, and noise into unsettling atmosphere.
- Industrial♡
110–135 BPM · Late 1970s
An umbrella spanning industrial music's harsh, mechanized noise and EBM's more dancefloor-oriented sequenced rhythms.
- Industrial Rock/Metal♡
100–140 BPM · Late 1980s
A fusion of industrial's electronic aggression with rock and metal instrumentation, distortion, and song structure.
- Industrial Techno♡
130–150 BPM · Early 1990s
A punishing strain of techno built on distorted, mechanized textures drawn from industrial music, favoring raw intensity over melody.
- Italo Disco♡
110–130 BPM · Early 1980s
A synthesizer-heavy, melodramatic Italian strain of disco from the late 1970s and 80s, prized for its cheap drum machines and soaring hooks.
- Jersey Club / Baltimore Club♡
130–135 BPM · Late 1990s
- Jump Up♡
170–180 BPM · Mid-1990s
A bouncy, bass-heavy strain of drum and bass built for maximum dancefloor impact, favoring big, playful basslines over technical complexity.
- Jumpstyle♡
140–150 BPM · Early 2000s
A hard dance genre built around a distinctive stomping dance style, paired with hardstyle-adjacent kicks and simple, driving melodies.
- Jungle♡
150–170 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Akai S950 / Amen Break
The breakbeat-and-bass sound that emerged from early-1990s UK rave culture, fusing ragga and dancehall vocals with chopped breaks and deep sub-bass -- the direct root of drum and bass.
- Liquid Funk♡
170–176 BPM · Early 2000s⚙ Fender Rhodes, soul/funk vocal sample chops, high-pass filtered Reese bass
A smooth, soulful strain of drum and bass built on jazzy chords, warm basslines, and melodic, song-like structure.
- Mahraganat (Electro Shaabi)♡
100–130 BPM · Late 2000s
- Melodic Dubstep♡
138–142 BPM · Early 2010s
A softer, more emotive strain of dubstep built around lush chord progressions and melody rather than aggressive bass drops.
- Melodic Techno♡
120–128 BPM · Early 2010s
A more emotive, chord-driven strain of techno that pairs the genre's driving rhythm with sweeping, atmospheric melodic arcs.
- Miami Bass♡
125–135 BPM · Mid-1980s⚙ Roland TR-808
A bass-heavy, electro-rooted genre born in 1980s Miami, built on booming 808 sub-bass and uptempo, party-driven energy.
- Microhouse♡
120–128 BPM · Late 1990s
A minimal, detail-focused strain of house built on glitchy, precisely sculpted percussion and sparse, understated arrangements.
- Minimal Techno♡
125–135 BPM · Late 1990s⚙ Stripped-down drum machines, micro-edited loops, dub-adjacent space
A stripped-back strain of techno built on sparse loops, subtle variation, and restrained percussion rather than dense layering.
- Neo-Trance / Eurodance Revival♡
135–150 BPM · 2010s
- Neurofunk♡
172–180 BPM · Late 1990s
A dark, technical strain of drum and bass built on aggressive, sci-fi-inflected sound design and intricate, mechanical basslines.
- Nu Skool Breaks♡
130–140 BPM · Late 1990s⚙ Access Virus synth leads, layered breakbeats
A polished, electro-influenced evolution of breakbeat built on punchy, futuristic sound design and festival-ready energy.
- Nu-Disco♡
115–122 BPM · Early 2000s
A modern revival of disco's four-on-the-floor grooves and orchestral flourishes, filtered through contemporary house production.
- Outsider House / Lo-Fi House♡
115–125 BPM · Early 2010s
A deliberately raw, off-kilter strain of house that embraces imperfection and unconventional production over polished club norms.
- Progressive House♡
125–130 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Studio layering (Access Virus, Roland JP-8000), long-form arrangement tools
A slow-building, layered strain of house built on gradual arrangement shifts and hypnotic, evolving grooves rather than abrupt drops.
- Progressive Trance♡
128–138 BPM · Mid-1990s
A more restrained, groove-focused strain of trance built on gradual builds and deep, rolling basslines rather than the genre's more euphoric peaks.
- Psybient (Psychill)♡
80–110 BPM · 1990s
- Psytrance♡
140–150 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ TB-303-style acid basslines, layered psychedelic FX sweeps
A hypnotic, psychedelic strain of trance descended from Goa trance, built on fast, driving basslines and swirling, acid-drenched textures.
- Rawstyle♡
150–180 BPM · 2000s
- Riddim♡
140–150 BPM · Mid-2010s
A stripped-back, repetitive strain of dubstep built around a single looping bass "riddim" pattern rather than the genre's usual drop-based structure.
- Rominimal♡
120–128 BPM · Mid-2000s
A stripped-back, hypnotic house/techno hybrid that emerged from Bucharest, built on the same minimalist restraint as Microhouse and Dub Techno.
- Speed Garage♡
130–140 BPM · Mid-1990s
A bass-heavy, pitched-up strain of UK garage that sped up house and R&B samples over syncopated, bassline-driven rhythms.
- Speedcore/Extratone♡
250–500 BPM · Mid-1990s
An extreme strain of hardcore techno pushed to punishing tempos, with extratone pressing beats-per-minute to their theoretical limits.
- Synthwave / Darksynth♡
80–115 BPM · Early 2010s
A nostalgic, retro-futurist genre built on 1980s-style analog synthesizers and drum machines, evoking that decade's film and video-game soundtracks.
- Tearout♡
138–142 BPM · 2010s
- Tech House♡
122–128 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Roland TR-909, deep rolling basslines, minimal percussion loops
A hybrid of house's groove and techno's driving minimalism, built on stripped-back percussion and hypnotic, functional dancefloor grooves.
- Techstep♡
160–180 BPM · Mid-1990s
- Tribal House♡
120–128 BPM · Early 1990s
A percussion-heavy strain of house built on hand drums, chants, and tribal rhythmic patterns layered over a four-on-the-floor groove.
- Trip Hop♡
80–100 BPM · Early 1990s⚙ Akai MPC sampler, dusty breakbeat loops, Rhodes/vinyl crackle
A slow, hip-hop-influenced strain of downtempo built on dusty samples, heavy beats, and a hazy, cinematic atmosphere, born in early-1990s Bristol.
- Tropical House♡
100–116 BPM · Mid-2010s⚙ Marimba/steel-drum soft synths, plucked guitar samples, saxophone hooks
A breezy, mid-tempo strain of house built on marimba-like tones, soft percussion, and warm, summery melodies.
- UK Funky♡
128–135 BPM · Mid-2000s
A London club sound blending UK Garage's 2-Step swing with Tribal House and Broken Beat rhythms into a lighter, more percussive groove.
- UK Hardcore♡
170–180 BPM · Early 1990s
A fast, relentless British strain of hardcore techno, closely tied to the happy hardcore and rave scenes of the 1990s.
- Uplifting/Euphoric Trance♡
138–142 BPM · Mid-1990s⚙ Supersaw leads (Roland JP-8000), soaring pad breakdowns
A soaring, emotionally driven strain of trance built on anthemic melodies and dramatic, tension-and-release arrangements.
- Vocal Trance♡
130–140 BPM · Mid-1990s
A song-based strain of trance built around prominent, often emotive vocal performances layered over the genre's melodic synth work.
- Wonky♡
85–100 BPM · Late 2000s
A woozy, off-kilter strain of electro built on deliberately unstable, pitch-bent basslines and glitchy, disorienting rhythm.