Dance Music 101
Gartner's glossary of notable genres
Fri., May 13, 2011
"It's not about hands in the air or jumping around. It's something you hear in the hotel elevator or a small bar in San Francisco. It's slower, with more live elements and a stronger jazz influence."
Chicago House
"I group Chicago with jackin' and disco house. It all started with a movement in the Nineties pioneered by people like Derek Carter, Dust Traxx, and Paul Johnson. It was a very broad spectrum of sounds, but it all had the same flavor to it that's hard to define. It's not deep; it's a little harder-edged and rhythmic."
Downtempo
"That's like the Flying Lotus crowd. I did a few tracks like that for this Om Lounge compilation. It's what you hear at Diesel when you're trying on jeans in a mall. It's very chilled-out – hip-hop without words."
Electro House
"I wouldn't associate it with the term 'electro,' which defined a different kind of music in the Eighties. This has only really come into existence in the last four or five years. This is what I do along with MSTRKRFT, Deadmau5, and Bloody Beetroots. I couldn't play a Justice track at one of my shows. They're more electro-pop. It's just too slow."