35 music categories

01.trip-hop

trip-hop is a type of British/European dance music. Its name comes from "trip+hip" "Hop" = trip-hop, because it originated from Bristol in the UK, so it was originally called "bristol hip-hop". Because hip-hop (in fact, many music is based on hip-hop... .If you don’t know what hip-hop is, go and see some hip-hop dancers. Most of them use hip-hop music to dance.) The rhythm slows down (sometimes very slow, very slow), and some psychedelic flavor is added, such as very gloomy , fat bass, slight but psychedelic synthetic sound effects, or some record samples, sometimes even the noise of the record may be "deliberately" sampled. The so-called "trip" refers to the psychedelic, dense drug 'journey', Therefore, trip-hop is a kind of slow psychedelic, jazzy, hazy break beat music with a bit of hip hop rhythm. Although it belongs to the dance music category, its psychedelic and confused characteristics make it ordinary. The clear beat characteristics of dance music are far away from each other.

Representatives of foreign trip-hop: Ortishead, tricky, massive attack, recognized as the iron triangle in trip-hop. mandalay moloko coldcut

02.world music

World music is a term from a Western perspective, meaning non-British, American and Western folk/pop music. It usually refers to traditional music in developing or backward areas, such as Africa and The music of South Asia and some regions, such as Latin America, has become so popular that it forms its own genre. What we call world music today usually refers to improved traditional African music that is mixed with Western music. King Sunny Ade, Eastern Europe's Don Byron, China's Zhu Zheqin, Pakistan's Nusrat Fatehali Kahn, etc. are world music musicians that are more familiar to Western music fans.

03.new age

new. Age is a kind of quiet, comfortable and leisure music. Pure music works account for a larger proportion, and singing works account for less. New age can be purely acoustic (that is, played with traditional self-sounding instruments), or it can be very electronic. The focus is to create a calm atmosphere of nature or a feeling of vastness of the universe, cleanse the listener's mind and make people feel calm. New age is often related to music therapy. Many new age music is said to be able to cure diseases, and there are also many. It is related to meditation, which has a lot to do with the new age philosophy. New age music is usually regarded as quite middle-class music, and Windham Hill is the most representative new age record company. Representative musicians of new age include enya, george winston, william ackerman, yanni, kitaro and so on.

04.dream-pop

Dream-pop is a kind of "dream" pop song. It has a confusing atmosphere, which is mostly created by synthesizers (electronic synthesizers). The electric guitar with echo effect is also an important component. The singing parts are often very 'breathy', that is, breathing heavily, and the lyrics are often dreamlike and poetic. Representative bands include cocteau twins, lisa germano, st. etienne, this mortal coil, my bloody valentine, mazzy star and dead can dance, etc.

05.classical pop

Classical pop refers to pop songs with a classical symphony flavor. Songs that mostly use string accompaniment can be included in this category, such as the beatles' "eleanorrigby" "that is.

Some works by the Australian band crowded house can also be included in this category. If we say classical pop, it refers to classic pop music.

06.acappella

Acappella refers to a song without instrumental accompaniment. Any song sung purely with human voice is acappella. However, when we say acappella today, it usually refers to a song with multiple harmonies. That kind of singing method, even the instrumental accompaniment is sung by the human voice. The opposite of acappella is umental, which is pure music. Any type of song can be sung in acappella form. The most familiar acappella song to Hong Kong people is "so much in love". The Hong Kong acappella band includes Ji Shengya Shi and others.

07.bossa nova

Many natural and philosophical concepts are conveyed in the new album "Enigma". The theme of this concept is "why". "Beyond the Underworld" is a classic single from "Enigma". An irresistible chorus of chants and powerful melodies are laid through Kritu's voice.

Bossa nova is a Brazilian music with a jazz flavor. In the 1950s, composer Antonio Carlos Jobim mixed Brazilian music rhythms with cool jazz from the West Coast of the United States. It is soft, comfortable, relaxed, lazy, and romantic. . Beats 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 of every two bars are repeated beats. Singer Joao Gilberto's pure singing voice is an excellent partner for jobim music. It became very popular after being introduced to the United States in the mid-1950s. Other famous bossa nova musicians include Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. The most famous song is " the girl from ipanema". Ossa nova was most popular in the 1960s, and has continued to have fans in the rest of the decade.

08.post rock

Post-rock is a kind of experimental and avant-garde rock music that emerged in the mid-1990s. It has a hypnotic feel and its style is derived from ambient and free-form. jazz, avant garde and electronic music. Representative bands include tortoise. They regard their music not as songs, but as constantly changing and fresh works. Most post-rock bands are anti-mainstream music and anti-indie-rock, but there are also some that are more pop, such as stereolab, etc. .

Examples of post-rock bands include cul de sac, ui, flying saucer attack, the high llamas, mogwai, trans am, etc.

09.britpop

Although britpop has the word "pop", it is actually a type of rock. It originated from England in the 1990s and can be translated as "British rock" in Chinese. , this is the British music scene's response to the American grunge trend, mainly in the form of a band. However, the britpop style is actually very broad. For example, oasis is a guitar rock band, blur has a lot of pop, and pulp is close to glam rook and dance styles, but they are all classified as britpop.

British britpop representative: oasis blur suede pulp radiohead

10.dub

Dub can be said to be a reggae that removes the singing and leaves only the music (Switzerland) Reggae, also known as reggae, a kind of South American black music with a very rhythmic and special singing style). When dub is used in electronic music, part of the singing is extracted, the bass and drums are emphasized, and a large number of echo (echo) and other effects are added. This technique is often used to remix songs during live performances. For example, Massive Attack's album Protection was mixed from trip-hop music into a dub version by Mad Professor.

11.electro

As early as the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were no such things as house and techno, and electronic music was less popular. It's just electronic music like electro. Electro can be said to be music that is purely produced by an electronic synthesizer (synthesizer, which looks a bit like a keyboard). It is usually quite soft, and often uses Roland's drum machine tr-808. Come and make a drum sound. Germany's kraftwerk band can be considered a representative. Today's electro sound is much brighter and more transparent than before. Later, some DJs used electro to transform into a kind of hip-hop music, which was called old school. The current Fatboy Slim also incorporates some electro and old school in his music.

12.jungle

Jungle is the predecessor of drum'n'bass. The speed of jungle is much faster than drum'n'bass, and the beat is more complex and powerful. It is sometimes paired with some rap. Unlike drum'n'bass, which incorporates some jazz, soul and other elements, it sounds softer and more continuous. Rock chameleon" david bowie is now doing jungle.

13.drum'n'bass

For some people, drum'n'bass music may be annoying, because drum'n'bass pays great attention to rhythm. Play tricks and bass performance, such as fast, complex breakbeats, and the use of various electronic drums or sampled drum sounds. Therefore, drum'n'bass is also a type of breakbeat. 4hero is a well-known band of drum'n'bass

14. big-beat

"Big beat", which refers to brit-hop It has become faster, the rhythm is heavier, and it has more of a rock flavor. It can be said that it is a more mature style after improving brit-hop. You can imagine what the beat is like, which is heavy, broken, and a little fast. . For example, the prodigy, the chemical brothers, and fat boy slim are the "big horns" of big beat.

15.brit-hop

Speed ??up the rhythm of black hip-hop and make the drums heavier, With some electric guitar and bass, it has the flavor of rock music, like the style of the chemical brothers.

16.break beat

It is not like the boom-boom-boom of house. -Boom is so regular, but it is presented in broken beats, such as adding small broken drums in two beats, etc. Breakbeat is just a general term. There are many kinds of music that belong to breakbeat, such as the following brit. -hop, big-beat, and black hip-hop are one kind.

17.psychedelic trance

Also known as goa trance, it originated on a small island in India. Goa is the name of this island. The melody often has an Indian flavor. The characteristic of this type of trance is that it attaches great importance to the melody and the subtle changes between the notes. There are often overlapping melodies and the high-pitched tb-303 sound. It's a bit ambient.

18.trance

Psychedelic dance music, evolved from techno, will make you feel "trance-like" while listening to it, but it still retains the rhythm of dance music. , pays great attention to the performance of the bass, some of which have a "hypnotic" effect, and the beat is mainly 4/4.

19.ambient

It sounds choppy. It is large, but it is always making changes, such as long-term sound effects, or progressive music arrangements, etc., which often create a layered sense of space, so it is called "situational music", and often changes the surroundings of life. Sampling sounds, such as human voices, car sounds, or even other music melodies...etc.

Created by Brian Eno in the 1970s, it is a very "profound" electronic music. Later, ambient also had branches, such as ambient house, ambient techno... etc. I believe you can understand it from the literal meaning, but it is actually used in many genres. There are shadows of ambient in music, and even some classical music also has the flavor of ambient.

20.techno

Technology means "high-tech dance music"! Computers and synthesizers are used to synthesize and produce some special sound effects. This kind of music is often a combination of many sound effects. The beat of techno is also 4/4, but the speed is faster than house, and it sounds repetitive, tough, and mechanical, so some people call techno "industrial noise", but some still focus on melody. Techno originated in Detroit, USA. There are three DJs: Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins. They tried to combine electronic music with black music, which resulted in Detroit Techno. Detroit Techno is usually gentler and not as strong as ordinary Techno. It can be said to be modern. The origins of techno.

21.electrophonic music

Electrophonic music (electronic music). With the evolution of the times, musicians have more ways to make music. The so-called electronic music is based on electronic synthesis Electronic sounds produced by devices, music software, computers, etc. are used to make music. Electronic music has a wide range and can often be heard in daily life. It is used in movie soundtracks, advertising soundtracks, and even some Mandarin pop songs, but it is mainly used in electronic dance music. Most people think that electronic music is a cold, emotionless music. In fact, electronic music can also be filled with emotions by incorporating various elements such as rock, jazz and even blues.

There are also many types of electronic music, including house, techno, ambient, trance, psychedelic trance, breakbeat, brit-hop, big-beat, trip-hop, drum'n'bass, jungle , electro, dub, chill out, minimalism.

22.folk (folk)

Folk (folk) originally refers to the traditional songs of each nation. The ancestors of each nation have their own songs that have existed since ancient times. Songs, most of which are unknown to the author, are spread orally, from one person to another, from one generation to the next, and they have been passed down to this day. However, what we call folk songs today mostly refers to folk songs from the pop music era, which mainly use wooden guitar as the accompaniment instrument, sing in a natural and frank way, and sing out people's simple life feelings. kind of songs. The records of American folk singer Woody Guthrie in the 1950s can be said to be the earliest folk song recordings, so they are generally regarded as the ancestors of modern folk songs (folk). Afterwards, Pete Seeger and the Weavers continued to promote this type of music. During the Vietnam War in the 1960s, anti-war folk singers such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary became the voice of the times. Later, folk music developed towards pop, rock and urbanization. Bob Dylan invented folkrock, and Simon & Garfunkel developed urban folk pop with middle-class taste, which became popular for a while. In the 1980s, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, etc., embarked on an urban folk/contemporary folk route that had a more urban feel. Folk songs (folk) have also developed different aspects in music circles such as the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The latest development of folk music in recent years is its combination with new age (such as enya) and trip hop (such as beth orton).

23. Chamber pop

Chamber pop refers to a kind of elegant, noble and refined pop music, which has a certain feeling of classical music. The term chamber music comes from classical music, which is called "chamber music" in Chinese. It is a small group string performance with an elegant atmosphere. Chamber pop emerged in the 1990s as a reaction to the lo-fi and grunge styles of the time. It emphasized beautiful melodies, exquisite soundtracks, and clean recordings, and often used strings and wind instruments to create the musical feel of the Baroque era.

Foreign representative bands include the divine comedy, Rialto, Eric Matthews and Balle & Sebastian, etc.

24. synth pop

The "synth" in synth pop , that is, synthesizer. As the name suggests, synth pop is "pop music produced by sythesizers". Of course, in addition to synthesizers, other electronic instruments such as computers and drum machines are also used. Synth pop became popular in the early 1980s, but fell silent in the mid-1980s. It also caused a wave of craze in Hong Kong that year. The characteristic of synth pop is that it has a strong sense of technology and can sometimes be quite cold. Most of its songs are "3-minutes pop", and synth pop musicians often dress up in fashionable styles.

Synth pop representative combinations: depeche mode, human league, duran duran, omd, gary numan

25. orchestra

Orchestra is an orchestra, which is divided into four Parts: 1. Strings, including violin, cello, etc., 2. Brass, 3. Woodwinds and 4. Percussion. Each instrument in the string section has multiple players (except harp), and the four groups of players are coordinated and led by one person, who is the conductor of the orchestra. Orchestra emerged in the 17th century and was clearly patterned by the 18th century with the works of Haydn and Mozart. In the 19th century, new instruments were added and the number of orchestras increased. Orchestra is the authentic version of Western classical/orthodox music. Western pop/rock music often uses some or all of the orchestra members to assist in performances.

26. gangsta rap

Gangsta rap is a type of rap. The content of rap is mostly related to urban crime, full of violence and lustful feelings. This is a kind of music that reflects reality. Direction. Gangsta rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s. The tough and sharp style of music rap has become very popular in the United States, and its record sales are very high. Many gangsta rap musicians themselves actually "participated" in various real-life crimes, and some were imprisoned or even died as a result. It can be said that it is a genre of music that truly reflects reality and is shocking.

Gangsta rap combination: ice-t, ice cube, dr. dre, snoop doggy dogg, 2 pac, geto boys.

27.house

House is dance music developed from disco in the 1980s. This is the music played by DJs in Chicago. They mixed a record by the German electronic band Kraftwerk with the regular rhythm of electronic drum (drum machine) and black blues singing, and house was born ~ generally translated as "house" "Dance music is the most basic form of electronic dance music, with a 4/4 rhythm, a drum sound per beat, a simple melody, and often a high-pitched female voice singing. After disco became popular, some DJs changed it and deliberately incorporated disco It has become less commercial, the bass and drums have become deeper, and many times have become pure musical works. Even if there are singing parts, they are mostly short sentences sung by dancing female singers, often without clear lyrics.

Gradually, some people added elements such as latin (Latin), reggae (Reggae in the West Indies), rap (rap) or jazz (jazz). By the late 1980s, house broke out of the underground and became a popular music genre in Chicago and New York. and London pop chart darlings.

28. r&b

The full name of r&b is rhythm & blues, which is generally translated as "rhythm and blues". In a broad sense, r&b can be regarded as "black pop music". It originated from black blues music and is the basis of today's western pop and rock music. Billboard magazine once defined r&b as all black music, except jazz and blues. It is listed as r&b, which shows how broad the scope of r&b is. Hip hop and rap, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, are both derived from r&b, and at the same time retain many r&b elements.

29.disco

The abbreviation of discotheque, originally meaning record dance, originally referred to the music that black people danced to in nightclubs according to records. In the 1970s, it actually became a symbol of any era. A general term for new dance music. Compared with rock, it is characterized by a strong, indiscriminate, 4/4 beat that sounds like a metronome, and simple lyrics and melody. In 1977, the Australian pop music group "Bee Gees" (Bee Gees)'s film recording "Weekend Fever" set off a disco craze in the United States. Disco often synthesized sounds in recording studios and made records. However, due to the monotonous rhythm and the same style, disco was gradually replaced by other pop dance music with less obvious rhythm and slower speed in the early 1980s.

30.punk

A type of rock music, or "punk rock", developed in the mid-1970s and spread throughout the United States in the early 1980s. Punk responded to the weakening resistance of rock music and appeared as a deliberate opposition to more civilized rock music. It inherits the rebellious spirit from the beginning of rock music and despises all traditions, religion, educational institutions, etc., but it is expressed in a more decadent way, with extremely anist words and deeds. Their lyrics are obscene and rude; they scream, stamp their feet, and fight on the stage; their music is closer to hard rock, with loudspeakers and strong and deep timbres. Representative bands include the "sex pistols" (sex pistols), "the clash" (the clash), etc. In the late 1970s, a new breed separated from punk that was more acceptable and more artistic, called the "new wave".

31.soul (Saul)

Also known as "spiritual song". In 1969, "Billboard" replaced the original title of "R&B" with "Sol". It is a kind of black pop music that is a mixture of blues, rock music and black gospel songs. It uses fewer instruments when singing. Sol's famous singers include James Brown, Ray Charles, Redding, Stevie Wonder, Prince, etc.

32. reggae (reggae)

Origined in Jamaica and introduced to the United States in the mid-1970s. It combines African and Latin American rhythms and call-and-response singing methods similar to African pop with powerful, propulsive rock and roll sounds.

33.rap (rap)

Black slang, equivalent to "talking", is produced in poor black neighborhoods in New York. It is characterized by a series of rhymed verses spoken rapidly against a background of mechanical rhythmic sounds. One source of this form is the rapid, rhyming jargon used by radio presenters in the past when introducing records. Lapper's lyrics are humorous, witty and often satirical, and were especially popular among black people in the 1980s.

The most representative band is "Public Enemy". Lepp is sometimes also called "hip-hop" (hip-hop).

In fact, hip-hop has a broader meaning and refers to various elements of New York street culture at that time. In addition to Lapp, there are also: (Lip often used) hand handles placed on the front and back of the record on the turntable. Moving, making a rhythmic scratching sound; the record player (DJ)'s technique of not hearing any traces of interruption when switching records and splicing the music pieces of the record; break dancing, etc.

34. pop

A modern pop music with a strong beat. It is generally believed that pop music can be divided into a broad sense and a narrow sense. “Pop” here refers to pop music in a narrow sense, such as the famous singers Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, and Whitney Houston in the 1970s and 1980s. Many songs sung by (whitney houston), madonna, michael jackson, prince, janet jackson and others.

35.art rock (art rock)

It became popular after the 1970s, mainly in Europe, led by the British, such as the "moody blues" (Moody Blues) band, but in The United States also has an influence. Art rock combines rock and classical music, using electronic equipment to perform works by composers such as Liszt and Debussy. It is also called "prosressive rock" (progressive rock).