Ramp; B

Ramp; "Black pop music", which originated from black blues music, is the basis of today's western pop music and rock music. Hip Hop and Rap, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, are both derived from Ramp;B, and at the same time retain many Ramp;B elements.

HOUSE

HOUSE is a 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 drums (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, and a simple melody, often with high-pitched female voices singing. After DISCO became popular, some DJs changed it and deliberately made DISCO It has become less commercial, and the bass and drums have become deeper, often becoming 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 trendy music brand in Chicago and New York. and London pop chart darlings.

House can be divided into:

Acid House is house music that combines the acid sound of TB-303

Deep House has a very strong soul singing style. Also called Garage, it is quite popular. Groups such as Real Mecoy, M-People, and La Bouche are all Garage groups.

Hard House is simply a house with a heavier rhythm and fiercer rhythm.

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Progressive House This type of house does not have much soul singing, but pays more attention to melody and music arrangement. It is a bit like "performance" house music. For example, SASH!'s album It's My Life is a good Progressive House album. .

Epic House is an "epic" House. Epic House has beautiful, smooth melody and majestic momentum, and rarely has vocals in it (almost none!). BT's music is great. Epic House, and he is also known as the "Epic House Emperor". In fact, even Rock also has "Epic Rock"

Trible House Imagine: with the original African style or the drumming of the Indians What is Trible House like? This is Trible House~ In addition to the stable rhythm of ordinary House, this kind of House will add some original style and fragmented drum beats between each beat. It is quite interesting~ However, the scope of House It’s too broad, and you don’t have to classify a piece of music. These just tell you that there are many kinds of house.

In the 1990s, house had reduced its avant-garde and trendy colors, but it still had It is a very popular music.

Britpop

Although Britpop has the word "Pop", it is actually a type of Rock. It originated in England in the 1990s and can be translated into Chinese. "British rock" is the British music scene's response to the American Grunge trend, mainly in the form of bands.

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 representatives: Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Radiohead

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, England, so it was originally called "Bristol Hip-Hop". Because of the Hip-Hop (in fact, a lot of music is based on Hip-Hop... If you don’t know what Hip-Hop is, go and see the hip-hop dancers, most of them use Hip-Hop music to dance.) Rhythm Slow it down (sometimes very slowly) and add some psychedelic flavor, such as a very gloomy, fat Bass, slight but psychedelic synthetic sound effects, or samples from some records. Sometimes even the noise of the record may be "deliberate" Take a sample. The so-called "trip" refers to a psychedelic and dense drug journey. Therefore, trip-hop is a kind of slow psychedelic, jazz-like, hazy break beat music with a bit of hip-hop rhythm. Although it belongs to the dance music category, its psychedelic and confusing characteristics have made it far away from the clear rhythm characteristics of ordinary dance music.

Representative figures of foreign Trip-Hop: Ortishead, Tricky, Massive Attack, Mandalay Moloko, Coldcut, recognized as the Iron Triangle in Trip-Hop

Gangsta Rap

Gangsta Rap is a type of Rap. The content of Rap is mostly related to urban crime and is full of violence and lustful feelings. This is a music direction that reflects reality. Gangsta Rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s. The tough and sharp style of rap music was very popular in the United States, and its record sales were 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 group: Ice-T, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, 2 Pac, Geto Boys

Synth Pop

Synth The "Synth" in Pop 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. Synth Pop is characterized by a strong sense of technology, which 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 groups: Depeche Mode, Human League, Duran Duran

ORCHESTRA

ORCHESTRA is an orchestra, which is divided into four parts: 1. Strings, including Violin, cello, etc., 2 brass, 3 woodwind and 4 percussion groups. 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 modeled 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 members of ORCHESTRA to assist in performances.

CHAMBER POP

CHAMBER POP refers to a kind of elegant, noble and refined pop music, which has a certain feeling of classical music. The word CHAMBER MUSIC comes from classical music, which is called "chamber music" in Chinese. It is a group string performance style with an elegant atmosphere. CHAMBER POP emerged in the 1990s as a reaction to LO-FI and GRUNGE at that time. It emphasized beautiful melodies, exquisite soundtracks, and clean recordings, often using strings and wind instruments to create the musical feel of the Baroque era. Representative foreign bands include THE DIVINE COMEDY, RIALTO, ERIC MATTHEWS and BALLE amp; SEBASTIAN, etc., while Hong Kong bands include Wong Yaoming, part of Peng Ling, part of MULTIPLEX, etc.

BOSSA NOVA

BOSSA NOVA is a kind of Brazilian music with a JAZZ flavor. In the 1950s, the composer ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM mixed the Brazilian music rhythm with the American West Coast COOL JAZZ. It is soft and comfortable. , relaxed, lazy and romantic are the characteristics. The 1st, 4th, 7th, 11th and 14th beats of every two BARs are repeated beats. The pure singing voice of singer JOAO GILBERTO is an excellent partner of 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 GIRLFROM IPANEMA”. OSSA NOVA was most popular in the 1960s, and has continued to have fans throughout the rest of the decade.

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 "ELEANORRIGBY" by THE BEATLES. . Some works by the Australian band CROWDED HOUSE can also be included in this category. If we say CLASSIC POP, we mean classic pop songs.

ACAPPELLA

ACAPPELLA refers to songs without instrumental accompaniment. Any song sung purely with human voice is ACAPPELLA. However, when we say ACAPPELLA today, it usually refers to songs with multiple choruses. This singing method, even the instrumental accompaniment is sung by the human voice. The opposite of ACAPPELLA is INSTRUMENTAL, which is pure music. Any type of song can be sung in the form of ACAPPELLA. The most familiar ACAPPELLA song to Hong Kong people is "SO MUCH IN LOVE", and the Hong Kong ACAPPELLA band includes Ji Shengmas and others.

WORLD MUSIC

WORLD MUSIC is a term from a Western perspective, meaning non-British, American and Western folk/pop music, usually referring to the traditions of developing or backward areas. Music, such as music from Africa and South Asia, and music from some regions such as Latin America, is so popular that it forms its own genre. What everyone talks about today as WORLD MUSIC usually refers to improved traditional regional music that is mixed with Western music.

Africa's KING SUNNY ADE, Eastern Europe's DON BYRON, China's Zhu Zheqin, Pakistan's NUSRAT FATEHALI KAHN, etc. are the WORLD MUSIC musicians that are more familiar to Western music fans.

DREAM-POP

DREAM-POP is a kind of "dream" pop song. It has a blurred atmosphere, mostly caused by SYNTHESIZERS (electronic synthesizers), with the addition of ECHO The electric guitar is also an important component. The singing parts are often very "BREATHY", that is, heavy breathing, and the lyrics are often dreamlike and poetic. Representative bands include COCTEAU WINS, LISA GERMANO, ST. ETIENNE, THIS MORTAL COIL, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, MAZZY STAR and DEAD CAN DANCE, etc. Chinese singers are headed by Faye Wong, whose representative works include "Lost", "DI-DA", etc.

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 a smaller proportion. 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 sense of the vastness of the universe, cleansing the listener's mind and making people feel calm. NEW AGE is often related to music therapy. Many NEW AGE music is said to be able to cure diseases, and many of it is related to meditation. This has a lot to do with the NEW AGE ideological trend and philosophy. NEW AGE music is usually regarded as quite middle-class music. WINDHAM HILL is the most representative NEW AGE record company. The representative musicians of NEW AGE include ENYA, GEORGE WINSTON, WILLIAM ACKERMAN, YANNI, KITARO, etc.

Electrophonic Music

What is Electrophonic Music? As time goes by, musicians have more ways to make music. The so-called electronic music refers to music produced by electronic sounds produced by electronic synthesizers, music software, computers, etc. Electronic music has a wide range and can often be heard around us. It is used in movie soundtracks, advertising soundtracks, and even some Mandarin pop songs, but electronic dance music is the most popular. Many people think 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 various 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.

Techno

Technology means "high-tech dance music"! Use computers and synthesizers to synthesize and create 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 that of 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, with three DJs: Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins trying to combine electronic music with black music, resulting in Detroit Techno.

Detroit Techno is usually gentler and not as strong as ordinary Techno. It can be said to be the origin of modern Techno.

Ambient

It doesn’t sound very ups and downs, but in fact it is constantly making changes, such as long-term sound effects, or progressive music arrangements, etc., which often creates a layered sound. It has a sense of space, so it is called "situational music", and it often samples the sounds around us, such as human voices, car sounds, and even the melodies of other music...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... and so on. I believe everyone can understand it from the literal meaning. In fact, there are shadows of Ambient in many kinds of music, and even some classical music also has the flavor of Ambient.

Trance

Psychedelic dance music evolved from Techno. Listening to it will make you feel "trance-like", but it still retains the rhythm of dance music and pays great attention to the performance of Bass. Some will have a "hypnotic" effect when listened to. The time signature is also mainly 4/4. However, I have also heard breakbeats used (will be introduced below), such as Sven Vath’s album Fusion.

Psychedelic Trance

Also known as Goa Trance, it originated from a small island in India. Goa is the name of this island. The melodies often have an Indian flavor. The characteristic of this type of Trance is that it attaches great importance to melody, subtle changes between notes, and often has overlapping melodies, and the high-pitched TB-303 sound. A bit ambient.

Break beat

It is not as regular as House's Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom beat, but is presented in a broken beat, like a syncopated beat. For example, adding a small snare drum to 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.

Big-Beat

"Big Beat" makes Brit-Hop faster, heavier and more rock-like. It can be said that it is an improved Brit-Hop. It's a mature music style. You can imagine what it sounds like with a heavy, broken, and a bit fast beat. For example, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, and Fat Boy Slim are the "big corners" of Big Beat.

Drum N' Bass

For some people, Drum N' Bass music may be annoying, because Drum N' Bass focuses on playing tricks on the rhythm, and The performance of Bass is like fast and complex breakbeats, as well as 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 from Drum N' Bass.

Jungle

Jungle is the predecessor of Drum N' Bass. Jungle's speed 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 (of course this is the same as Jungle compared). Even the "rock chameleon" David Bowie is now doing Jungle.

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. There was only Electro. Just electronic music. 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 Roland's drum machine (Drum Machine) TR-808 is often used to produce drum sounds. Germany's Kraftwerk band can be considered a representative. Today's Electro sounds 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 into his music.

Dub

Dub can be said to be Reggae, which separates the singing and leaves only the music (Reggae, also called reggae, a very rhythmic and special singing style) South American black music). When applying Dub to electronic music, part of the singing voice is extracted, the bass and drum sounds 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.

Chill Out

This is just a general term. Next to the dance floor, there is often an area, or a small room, where some gentler and calmer music is played, allowing dancers to relax and take a rest after dancing. It mainly plays ambient music, so it is called "Chill". Out" (cooling) for this reason. The Orb can be said to be the master of Chill Out music.

Minimalism

This is translated as "minimal music style" and is often heard in ambient and Techno music. Music with minimalism has a repetitive melody and a special rhythm that feels like a special frequency that makes you feel hypnotized when listening to it. Jeff Mills' works belong to Minimal Detroit-Techno, with quite a psychedelic color.

Black Metal Black Metal

With evil, pagan worship and Satanic thoughts as its main appeals, it is usually classified as black metal when the lyrics contain anti-Christ and anti-religious tendencies. In addition to traditional heavy metal fixed instruments, other instruments such as piano, violin, or opera soprano are often used to create a weird and scary atmosphere in the songs. "Black metal" is most represented by heavy metal groups from Northern Europe.

Representative bands: Emperor, Mayhem, Enslaved, Dark Funeral

Death death metal

The music style is "thrash metal" or "grindcore" The background evolved. The electric guitar repeats quickly, the chords are almost without melody, the double bass drums are pounded hard, and the lead singer moans and roars through gritted teeth. The lyrics are based on the theme of death and hatred, and are full of corpses, internal organs, dismemberment, dismemberment, and rape of corpses. , necrophilia, cannibalism, torture and other perverted words. "Death metal" is most represented by heavy metal bands from Florida.

Representative bands: Death, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation

Doom destruction metal

The rhythm and speed are very slow, very slow. It's less intense and less aggressive, but it's still music that has a lot of weight to it. Usually has very clean music and singing, but sometimes rough and brutal sounds appear.

Representative bands: Solitude Aeturnus, Cathedral, Candlemass

Glam Metal

Usually refers to the exaggerated stage performance or external image of a heavy metal band They wear heavy makeup or handsome appearance to attract music fans. Most of these bands are idol groups. The music style of "glam metal" is not too heavy, and the lyrics do not have too deep meaning. It belongs to the more popular heavy metal music and is a branch of mainstream metal.

Representative bands: Kiss, Poison, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue

Grindcore

Music that is similar to "punk" but extremely heavy, The lead singer's deep roar, the super spicy tone of the electric guitar, coupled with extremely fast repetitive beats and dense drum beats, form a heavy metal style with almost no melody. The length of the music is very short, ranging from two seconds to three seconds. Minutes vary. "Grindcore" is an extremely obscure heavy metal style, used by most "death metal" bands.

Representative band: Napalm Death

Grunge (decadent?)

A synonym for alternative rock. A metal-like alternative rock that originated in Seattle, Grunge basically belongs to alternative rock and should not be classified under heavy metal.

Representative bands: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains

Hardcore

Derived from "punk", the lyrics are blunt and vulgar , music is like noise.

Hard Rock

Music that is "lighter" than heavy metal.

Representative bands: Foreigner, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Cinderella

Heavy Metal

"Heavy Metal" must have a roaring or high-pitched voice , the heavily distorted tone of the electric guitar, and then fill the entire auditory background space with dense and fast drum beats and deep and powerful bass, forming a modified rock music that contains elements of high explosiveness, speed, weight, and destructiveness. . Usually refers to traditional mainstream heavy metal or heavy metal music that cannot be classified into other heavy metal genres.

Representative bands: AC/DC, Accept, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, W.A.S.P.

Industrial Metal

Using a large number of cold computer sampling sound effects, Interspersed with the impact of machinery or metal instruments instead of traditional percussion instruments, and adding electronic beats, it is heavy metal music that is very similar to techno dance music, but it still retains a lot of the distortion effects of heavy metal.

Representative bands: Fear Factory, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails

Neo-Classical metal

Influenced deeply by classical music, they added it to heavy metal music Lots of classical music elements.

Representative band: Angra

Pop Metal

Adding elements of pop music to heavy metal rock can be said to be a compromise between heavy metal rock and pop music. The compromise product is heavy metal rock music that is easily accepted by music consumers in the mainstream market.

Representative bands: Def Leppard, Mr Big, White Lion

Power Metal

Has speed similar to "speed metal" and "thrash metal" " has a sense of weight and oppression, but its melody is not as good as "speed metal", and its explosive power is not as good as "thrash metal".

Representative bands: Pantera, Armored Saint, Wild Dogs

Progressive Metal

The style is different from traditional heavy metal, using a lot of complexity and gorgeousness in the songs The arrangement of the song, or conveying some forward thoughts in the lyrics, gives the listener a space to imagine and think.

Representative bands: Queensryche, Fate Warning, Dream Theater

Punk

The lyrics convey certain rebellious thoughts and concerns about the living environment, culture, society, Political dissatisfaction, etc., while the music lacks coordination and has no specific style. It is a very noisy music. Usually a group of people who can make the sound out of the instruments can form a punk band.

Representative bands: Clash, Sex Pistols

Speed ??Metal Speed ??Metal

Speed ??is its main characteristic. It is often confused with "thrash metal". Generally, the music of "speed metal" is more melodic, the lead singer's lyrics are clearer, and the guitar interludes are melodic, fast and smooth; while "thrash metal" is less melodic. Sex, complete with equal emphasis on speed, weight, pressure and destructive power. Usually the musicians in "thrash metal" bands and "speed metal" bands have proficient and superb instrument playing skills.

Representative bands: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Riot, Rage

Thrash Metal

It is also extremely fast, with a very fast repetitive beat ( riff), the rough tone of the electric guitar produces fierce chords, the double bass drum is extremely destructive and oppressive, and the lead singer's rough and roaring singing voice matches the fast rhythm of the electric guitar to quickly sing an almost melody-less tune. . "Thrash metal" is most represented by heavy metal bands from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Representative bands: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel, Testament, Exodus, Destruction, Kreator, Coroner, Overkill