Hello there! I'm compilating some info to create the "history of electronic music" @ the website of the Ibero-American forum. It'll come with a list of 130 genres, which I won't include here now for obvious reasons.

Here's what I've got so far: (trance is in chapter 8, for those who are too lazy to read it all )

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In 1950, Pierre Schaeffer was already producing experimental music mixing footsteps, cars and all sorts of sound samples. It?s believed that the first electronic music ever recorded was produced by Edgar Varese?s Desert (1954). In 1967, the "Silver Apples" released the first electronic music album ever, and a few years later, disco and Kraftwerk were born. This article will explain (almost) everything that happened after these events. Chapter 1: Chicago House, NYC House and deep house House evolved from disco, there?s no doubt about it. After ten years of existence, disco started to collapse because of several reasons, such as commercial exploitation and prejudice. Despite of the situation, two clubs managed to become legends: Warehouse (in Chicago) and Paradise Garage (in NYC). The music played at these clubs wasn?t the same though. "All of the records coming out of New York had been either mid or down tempo, and the kids in Chicago wouldn't do that all night long, they needed more energy" commented Frankie Knuckles, who was Warehouse?s DJ. Probably, the first house track was made in 1985 by Jessie Saunders. People didn?t really like it in the beginning, and most of these first house tracks were made by DJ?s who wanted something new to play rather than producers as were used to. After some time, house evolved to something more popular and in 1986, Marshall Jefferson released "Move your Body" which became a hit in the house music world, both in Chicago and the UK. Also, because of the "house music boom" in Chicago, other cities in the US and worldwide absorbed it an started to work on their own styles. The sound from New York and New Jersey was deeper and firmly based on r?n?b, and ironically, as the first garage hits began to appear, evolving from this New Yorker sound, The "paradise garage" closed. The vibe, however, wasn?t extinct. By that time, deep house began to take hold in Chicago, and Nightwriter?s "Let the music use you", mixed by Frankie Knuckles. And it wasn?t the beginning of a new era just for deep house. Chapter 2: Acid House, Detroit Techno and German Techno In Chicago, acid house was also being created, however it wouldn?t properly make it in till till 1988, when a warehouse party called Hedonism represented some kind of "acid debut" in the UK. Actually, acid house became the biggest youth cult in Britain since punk rock. Back to 1987, Manchester?s Hacienda was one of the first clubs in the UK to devote whole nights to house music and, together with this new European House trend, M/A/R/R/S "Pump of the volume" remained as #1 in the charts for 3 weeks. At this time, Juan Atkins was also taking house music to Detroit, and together with two other guys who had been to school with him (Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson) plus a couple of other producers (Eddie Fowlkes and Blake Baxter), helped to forge house into a new sound: faster, more frantic and more influenced by European electrobeat... and that?s how techno was born. By the way, over the years and around the world the term "techno" has come to mean many things to many people. The term was first cloned by Kraftwerk from Germany to describe their unique use of technology in electronic and computerized instruments while making contemporary Pop Music. In time it stood for what now refers to "industrial" and for some house styles. An important subgenre of techno was its German counterpart. Throught all the phases and trends and ups and downs that techno has endured, one man maintained his position as an instigator and innovator and is now consider the godfather of the German techno movement - Talla 2XLC. Born and Raised in Frankfurt, Germany, he founded the first club exclusively devoted to techno, conceived Frontpage Magazine, and launched, with Zoth Ommog "suck me plasma", the first techno-house label. Although the seeds of German techno were planted in Frankfurt's Rhein-Main district, it soon spread internationally through 80's and 90's. Chapter 3: Garage Anyway, in 1989, the UK had become the local point of the dance music world. The smiley, appearing on t-shirts was a sign of how popular acid house had become there. By the summer, the acid house scene had grown into the rave scene which was becoming so big that promoters came up with the idea of putting on huge events in the countryside outside London - events that could not only hold thousands of people but which could go on all night. And in this scenario, they discovered a new beat from Belgium. It was some cross between acid, techno and heavy industrial euro music, which wasn?t really appreciated outside Belgium, and it was called "garage". Yes, "garage", as a term had already long been in use on the house scene to differentiate the smooth, soulful songs flowing from New York and New Jersey from the more energetic, uplifting deep house out of Chicago. But the hype on this supposedly new music did allow a lot of very good acts a chance of exposure that otherwise they wouldn't have had. Obviously it puzzled New Yorkers, but they were happy for the European version of their music. Chapter 4: Gabber, happy hardcore and other bizarre Dutch genres In fact, Europe is the homeland of several genres, such as gabber (or Gabba, it?s the same thing). It could be defined as Dutch house music, however, it doesn?t really sound that much like American house (it?s faster - around 180 BPM, darker and the bass drum is usually distorted) The Gabber generation in the Netherlands had a typical "look" : bald head, Australian track suit, Nick air max shoes. Gabber branches off to many other styles of music such as happy hardcore (HHC) and terrorcore. Basically, happy hardcore is the "mainstream" or the "public" version of gabber. HHC?s origins date back to the early '90s in the UK to what is now known as old school hardcore (circa 1992). This hardcore began to split into different forms, such as Jungle which has enjoyed a growing following everywhere including North America. Typical characterists of happy hardcore music are: a driving 4/4 kick (hence the name 4-beat), usually (but not always) lots of piano and female vocals (making the music 'happy'). Happy hardcore also features lots of break beats, although they are being dropped in favour of more techno sounds and stompy dutch inspired. The first famous track was made by Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo called "wonderful days". Chapter 5: Hi-NRG, Tesko and Acid Jazz But not only house evolved from disco. Hi-NRG remained truest to it's mid'70'-disco roots and is the perennial musical staple of gay dance club. This style is not as important as house was to the history of electronic music though. Some Hi-NRG artists were Abigail, Kylie Minogue and Pet Shop Boys. It?s consisted on strong melodies, full vocal arrangements, happy and uplifting energy. And obviously, after some time, house blended itself with some Disco/Hi-NRG elements and this is how Disco house was created. It borrows heavily from classic late '70's e discos and funk, and is indicative of the current shift toward music with strong hooks and melodies, and a comfortable familiarity. In England, this style of music is called Tesko - a hybrid of disco and techno, however, it never became as popular as acid house. Acid Jazz is misleading name. There is nothing "acid like" about acid jazz. It is actually a fusion of old and new classic jazz riffs and scat vocals with funky hip hop beats and modern technology. During a true acid jazz set, a DJ may spin the latest Mo' Wax releases, funky, hip-hop, rap interspersed with Ella Fitzgerald or Harvey Mason. The key word here is fusion. Attributes: hip-hop or house rhythms live instrumentation, silky smooth arrangements, and an easy, flowing soulful energy. US3 and Jamiroquai are the most famous Acid Jazz acts. Chapter 6: Jungle, Drum?n?bass and Drum?n?braz. Jungle?s origins are from England and it is named after the big concrete, metallic "jungle" city. Different mixes with reggae and hardcore are divided into several categories: Drum?n?Bass, Hardstep, drum?n?braz and intelligent jungle (aka Artcore) are some of these subgenres. Some of the greatest names of jungle music are: LTJ Buken, PFM, Jamie Myerson, and Goldie. Drum?n?braz is a Brazilian subgenre, consisted on the blending of typical jungle and local styles, such as Bossa Nova and Samba. DJ Marky is the one who brought jungle to Brazil and obviously, one of the creators of this new style. Chapter 7: Break Beat and Big beat Breakbeat evolved from late '80's rave by combining hip-hop rhythms and mixing tricks (back, spins, ets.,) with techno-rave keyboards and sampling techniques. The most famous genre that evolved from breakbeats is probably big beat. It borrowed elements both from American chemical beats and rock: Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and Fatboy Slim became celebrities worldwide in the late '90's. Chapter 8: Trance and its subgenres Trance evolved from German Techno, using the rolling bass and sizzling keyboards of techno to give the music a hypnotic flowing effect, yet retaining all the driving, pulsating energy of it's true techno roots. Attributes: synth/sample-driving, pounding basslines, complex cyber-sounding keyboards, usually instrumental. 128 to 150 BPM. In UK press, 1999 was considered the year of Trance and Ibiza clubs are featuring DJ?s like Judge Jules, Scott Bond, Ferry Corsten, DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold... and obviously Paul Van Dyk, probably the most important name of this new trance trend. The reference in the musical brit press "MUZIK" gave him the title of "Best International DJ". So did the Ministry of Sound . In december 99, Mixmag, one of the most important magazines about electronic music, gave him the consacration: he was the "Man Of The Year". The club where he was spinning, the "Gatecrasher" became a legend, just like "Warehouse" and "Paradise Garage" were 10 years before and the "Ministry of Sound". He's known as "God" by some trancers. It's nice to point that one of the subgenres that revitalised trance was dream trance (aka dream house). Apparently the Italian D.J. Gianni Parrini used this term for the first time, at the end of 1993. D.J. Parrini is still the real leader of this style, but it seems he has not the luck as Robert Miles with "Children". Among the first creators of this style were artists like: Adriano Dodici, Gigi d'Agostino (though he changed his style a bit later), Leonardo Rossi, and of course Gianni Parrini himself. Usually down-beat, with soft melodic sounds (a piano is characteristic and practically a mandatory section), and a sharp pounding drum beat. It also can have a heavenly female or choir voice (e.g. Zhi-vago, DJ Dado etc). Some elements of dream house were borrowed by the new forms of trance that we were played in 1999. Goa (aka Psy-trance) was born in (and named after) a former Portuguese colony in India. It was played on a lot of beach parties and because of its warm climate of "goa" it received this peculiar name. Thus, the music was put on DAT and wasn?t mixed, and that?s why the tracks have an intro, climax, and an outro. In the late ?90?s Israeli Goa scene became important all over the world, thanks to acts like "Astral Projection" and some others. Chapter 9: Ambient It may or may not have a beat, and is primarily designed for a chilled out trip to synth-driven fantasy. Often combining natural and "found sounds" which can be looped through processors to create original unique sounds. Attributes: Very electronic and spacey, often featuring long sound effect, intros and breaks, and occasionally featuring mixes 20 minutes long (or more). Examples: The Orb, Amorphous Androgynous and Future Sound Of London (except for "We have explosives")

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1)Is there anything wrong (history, grammar or vocabulary)?
2)What happened to hi-nrg? All I know is: it's got nothing to do with nu-nrg Where did nu-nrg come from, by the way?
3) Is this too long or should I erase more info?

PS.: I'll add the source in the page, it would be too long as well (by now all I can say is, thanks longinZ )

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Last edited by Lira on Oct-11-2002 at 02:02