Club Dance Artists

Style:

• Electronica
• Fast Tempo
• Drum and Bass

Influenced: 

• House/Techno/Acid/Funk genres

Albums:

• Left Above the Clouds (1996)
• Whan a Banana was just a Banana (2009)

Song:

• Higher State of Consciousness (2012)
• Low Pass Filters
• No vocals
• Long (5+ mins)
• Not too progressive

Style: 

• Funky, Big Beat, Electronica
• Repetative 
• Catchy vocals
• UK

Influenced: 

• The Chemical Brothers
• Free Stylers

Song:

• Praise you (1999)
• Repetative
• Heavily edited vocals
• Breakdown section
• Not heavily bass oriented
• Catchy, happy sounding

Style: 

• UK Grime/Dubstep/Dance

Influenced: 

• Example
• Chipmunk

Influences:

• Wiley
• Beenie Man

Song:

• I Dont Need a Reason (2013)
• Samples with rap/vocals on top (also sample stutter) - Accented vocals (London)
• Repetative high frequencies
• Sound effects
• Heavy bass line to hold track together

Style: 

• Swedish
• EDM/Soul/Funk/Electronic - Eclectic 

Influenced: 

• Tiesto

Influences:

• Daft Punk
• Swedish House Mafia

Song:

• Wake Me Up (2014)
• Soulful vocals
• Busy, lots of layers
• Heavy, Pounding Kick
• Breakdown

Style: 

• UK Drum and Bass/Dance/Electro/Techno

Influenced:

• The Chemical Brothers
• Skrillex

Influences:

• Nine Inch Nails
• The Sex Pistols

Song:

• Firestarter (1997)
• Panning / Aggressive Vocals
• Sawtooth Wave
• Repetative

Style: 

• Electro/Dubstep Blend
• Fast Bpm (110+)
• Fast tempo drum patterns

Influenced:

• Muse
• Nero

Influences:

• The Chemical Brothers
• The Prodigy

Song:

• Bangarang (2011)
• Follows no traditional structure
• Little/No traditional instrumens
• Sampling

Style: 

• Dance/Techno/Electro/Dubstep

Influences:

• Skrillex
• Shift

Albums:

• Magnetic Man (2010)

Song:

• I Need Air
• Pitch Bends
• Edited Vocals (LPF/EQ)
• Reverb + Male harmonies
• Sound effects

Style: 

• Pop/Dance

Influenced:

• Avicci
• Calvin Harris

Influences:

• Daft Punk
• Kings of Leon

Song:

• Titanium (ft Sia)
• Catchy vocal line
• Use of synth
• Fast tempo/complex drums
• Breakdown