Bass music

Umbrella term for EDM and hip hop music genres

Bass music is a term used to describe several genres of electronic dance music and hip hop music[1] arising from the 1980s on, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass music to fall into, each putting a different spin on one of music's loudest elements".[2] Typically, the bass sound is created using synthesizers and drum machines such as the influential Roland TR-808.

Electronic dance music genres of this type may include:

  • Bass house
  • Bassline[1]
  • Drum and bass[3]
  • Dubstep[1]
  • Footwork[4]
  • Future bass[5]
  • Glitch hop[6]
  • Midtempo bass[7]
  • Moombahton[8]
  • Trap (EDM)[3]
  • UK bass
  • UK garage
  • Wave[9][10]
  • Wonky

Hip hop genres of this type may include:

See also

  • Booty bass

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bass Music Music | Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  2. ^ Mason, Steven (March 16, 2018). "4 Songs to Show You the Power of Bass". relentlessbeats.com.
  3. ^ a b May 2013, Computer Music Specials 06 (6 May 2013). "What is bass music?". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2021-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Flashdance: Footwork And the Future". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  5. ^ Richardson, Annie. "Why Future Bass is The Future of Bass Music". Relentless Beats. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  6. ^ "YourEDM: glitch hop". Your EDM. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  7. ^ "YourEDM: midtempo". Your EDM. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  8. ^ "YourEDM: moombahton". Your EDM. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. ^ Matthew Meadow (8 February 2021). "Diving Into "WAVE," The New Genre That's Destined To Blow Up In 2021". Your EDM. Wikidata Q106369426.
  10. ^ Juliane Reil (6 May 2017). ""Wave" erobert Londons Underground". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Wikidata Q106466879.
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